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. Throughout the meet, 9 meet data fell, and one even went a time that will have certified them for final yr’s NCAA Championships.
Louisville’s Jackson Millard went 3:42.75 within the males’s 400 IM, breaking the meet document of three:51.09 from again in 2015 set by Jake Schultz. Final yr’s 400 IM cutline was 3:42.93. This time at present ranks him twenty third within the occasion, which might be underneath the cutline earlier than convention meets. Millard’s earlier greatest within the occasion was 3:43.02 from the Ohio State Invitational in November.
Fernanda Celidonio, from Louisville, additionally had a robust IM swim, together 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 yr’s NCAA Championships. This was a season greatest for Celidonio who hadn’t been quicker than 1:50.50 she went in early November. It additionally at present sits at thirty seventh within the Division 1 rankings, this could put her proper on the road for qualifying. She did qualify for the occasion finally yr’s meet with the 1:56.46 she went at ACCs.
On prime of Millard’s document, eight different swimmers additionally broke meet data.
Thomas Powers-Hammond from Louisville, broke two meet data, one in every fly occasion. Within the 200, he went a brand new private greatest time of 1:43.36. That is 4 one-hundredths quicker than his earlier better of 1:43.40, and it was just a little greater than 4 tenths quicker than the 1:43.81 Nicolas Albiero went in 2018 to set the previous meet document.
He additionally broke the 100 fly document, swimming 46.21, two tenths quicker than the 46.43 mark he set on the Ohio State Invitational in November. The meet document 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 greatest time for him, however he has been as quick as 52.36 in February of 2023. His time broke Carlos Claveri’s 2015 document of 52.88 within the occasion.
The ultimate males’s document breaker was Jake Eccleston, additionally a Louisville swimmer. He went 1:54.03 within the 200 breaststroke, breaking Aidan Kreiley’s 2022 document of 1:55.22 by over a second. This was a season greatest mark for Eccleston, who got here in at 1:54.39 from the Indiana twin meet. His lifetime greatest stands at 1:52.92 from December of 2023.
College of Kentucky swimmer Paige Housman went 4:14.28, a greatest time by 5 seconds from her earlier 4:19.54. Houseman didn’t swim on the convention meet final yr, however her time this yr ranks her 2nd within the occasion. She additionally broke the meet document set by Duda Sumida in 2022, by one one-hundredth of a second.
Louisville’s Summer time Cardwell broke the 200 freestyle document, swimming 1:45.73. That is off her season greatest time of 1:45.26 from Louisville’s twin meet with Indiana. Her greatest time within the occasion stands at 1:44.94 from final yr’s NCAA Championships. The document she broke was Rachel Grooms’ 1:46.88 from 2018.
Caroline Larsen, from Louisville, went 52.80 within the 100 fly, breaking the meet document of 53.81 set by Hannah Magnuson in 2018. This was a season greatest time for her, enhancing from the 52.82 she went in the beginning of January vs Mizzou. Her lifetime greatest within the occasion is 52.15 from December of 2023.
The ultimate document went to Camille Murray within the 100 backstroke. She went 52.83, breaking the document of 53.62 set by Tatiana Salcutan in 2022. This time was quicker 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.
