Louisville First Likelihood Meet
Louisville hosted a First Likelihood Meet this weekend, giving athletes the chance to qualify for NCAAs, and to earn their spot on their college’s convention groups. In the course of the meet, 9 meet information fell, and one even went a time that might have certified them for final 12 months’s NCAA Championships.
Louisville’s Jackson Millard went 3:42.75 within the males’s 400 IM, breaking the meet report of three:51.09 from again in 2015 set by Jake Schultz. Final 12 months’s 400 IM cutline was 3:42.93. This time at the moment ranks him twenty third within the occasion, which might be beneath the cutline earlier than convention meets. Millard’s earlier finest within the occasion was 3:43.02 from the Ohio State Invitational in November.
Fernanda Celidonio, from Louisville, additionally had a powerful IM swim, along with her 1:57.05 200 IM time, which was an add for her, however the time ties precisely with Catherine Belyakov’s first alternate time from final 12 months’s NCAA Championships. This was a season finest for Celidonio who hadn’t been sooner than 1:50.50 she went in early November. It additionally at the moment sits at thirty seventh within the Division 1 rankings, this may put her proper on the road for qualifying. She did qualify for the occasion ultimately 12 months’s meet with the 1:56.46 she went at ACCs.
On prime of Millard’s report, eight different swimmers additionally broke meet information.
Thomas Powers-Hammond from Louisville, broke two meet information, one in every fly occasion. Within the 200, he went a brand new private finest time of 1:43.36. That is 4 one-hundredths sooner than his earlier better of 1:43.40, and it was a bit greater than 4 tenths sooner than the 1:43.81 Nicolas Albiero went in 2018 to set the previous meet report.
He additionally broke the 100 fly report, swimming 46.21, two tenths sooner than the 46.43 mark he set on the Ohio State Invitational in November. The meet report within the occasion was Abdelraham Elaraby’s at 46.23 from 2022.
Luke Shourds, one other Louisville swimmer, went 52.58 within the 100 breast, a brand new season finest time for him, however he has been as quick as 52.36 in February of 2023. His time broke Carlos Claveri’s 2015 report of 52.88 within the occasion.
The ultimate males’s report breaker was Jake Eccleston, additionally a Louisville swimmer. He went 1:54.03 within the 200 breaststroke, breaking Aidan Kreiley’s 2022 report of 1:55.22 by over a second. This was a season finest mark for Eccleston, who got here in at 1:54.39 from the Indiana twin meet. His lifetime finest stands at 1:52.92 from December of 2023.
College of Kentucky swimmer Paige Housman went 4:14.28, a finest time by 5 seconds from her earlier 4:19.54. Houseman didn’t swim on the convention meet final 12 months, however her time this 12 months ranks her 2nd within the occasion. She additionally broke the meet report set by Duda Sumida in 2022, by one one-hundredth of a second.
Louisville’s Summer time Cardwell broke the 200 freestyle report, swimming 1:45.73. That is off her season finest time of 1:45.26 from Louisville’s twin meet with Indiana. Her finest time within the occasion stands at 1:44.94 from final 12 months’s NCAA Championships. The report she broke was Rachel Grooms’ 1:46.88 from 2018.
Caroline Larsen, from Louisville, went 52.80 within the 100 fly, breaking the meet report of 53.81 set by Hannah Magnuson in 2018. This was a season finest time for her, enhancing from the 52.82 she went originally of January vs Mizzou. Her lifetime finest within the occasion is 52.15 from December of 2023.
The ultimate report went to Camille Murray within the 100 backstroke. She went 52.83, breaking the report of 53.62 set by Tatiana Salcutan in 2022. This time was sooner than the 53.17 she went on the Ohio State Invitational, however is over a second off her lifetime better of 51.81 from March 2023.
