No. 12/8 Cards Sweep Xavier in Home Opener

Friday, October 2

Louisville, KY

2 p.m. ET

University of Louisville

Xavier

Photo by: Mallory Peak | Louisville Athletics

October 02, 2026 | Swimming & Diving

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The Louisville women set two individual pool records along with one relay pool record

By: Zach Zsido

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 12/8-ranked University of Louisville men's and women's swim & dive teams swept Xavier on Friday afternoon at Ralph Wright Natatorium. The Cardinal men won 189.50-70.50, while the UofL women came out on top 188-69.

The Louisville women put on a show, setting two individual pool records along with one relay pool record. In the first individual event of the meet, Thilda Hall and Leticia Fassina Romao each went under Liberty Williams' previous pool record of 9:40.26 in the women's 1000-yard freestyle set back in 2022. Hall won the race with a 9:34.26, but Romao followed closely with a 9:35.12 to finish second. Anastasia Gorbenko also broke another one of Liberty Williams' pool records, this time in the women's 200-yard backstroke, where Gorbenko's 1:52.76 beat Williams' 1:53.22 set back in 2023.

In the second to last event of the afternoon, Caroline Larsen (47.13 split), Julia Ogren (48.90 split), Julie Mishler (48.50 split) and Angelina Solari (48.31 split) set the third pool record of the meet in the women's 400-yard freestyle relay with a 3:12.84. The time beats the previous record of 3:14.23 set by Lainey Visscher, Mallory Comerford, Abigail Houck and Casey Fanz back in 2016.

On the men's side, Gregg Enoch led the charge with two individual victories. The junior started out his night with a win in the men's 200-yard butterfly, turning in a 1:45.69. Enoch capped his performance with a first-place finish in the men's 200-yard IM, notching a 1:48.79.

RESULTS
* = Pool Record

Women's 200 Medley Relay
Mary Clarke, Kaitlyn Sallows, Daria Golovaty, Avery Karl – 1:37.96
Caroline Larsen, Anna Inagaki, Julia Ogren, Anastasia Gorbenko – 1:40.27
Xeniya Ignatova, Summer Cardwell, Angelina Solari, Julie Mishler – 1:42.38

Men's 200 Medley Relay
Chase Knopf, Finnley Conklin, Harrison Smith, Ethan Gover – 1:26.51
Filip Kosinski, Ryder Hicks, Aidan Kaplan, Nikita Sheremet – 1:27.23
Fritz Dietz, Grant Gooding, Aiden Musso, Luca Ceccarelli – 1:28.14
Nate Thomas, Jake Eccleston, Rian Graham, Oscar Isberg – 1:29.71

Women's 1000 Freestyle
Thilda Hall – 9:34.26*
Leticia Fassina Romao – 9:35.12

Men's 1000 Freestyle
Max Hatcher – 9:07.42
Lucas Jue - 9:25.68
Kayden Lancaster – 9:33.85

Women's 200 Freestyle
Summer Cardwell – 1:46.18
Mary Clarke – 1:46.43
Maya Bezanson – 1:46.92
Sadie Murphy – 1:51.72

Men's 200 Freestyle
Luca Ceccarelli – 1:36.41
Ethan Gover – 1:37.10
Owen Stevens – 1:37.12
Chase Knopf – 1:41.12

Women's 100 Backstroke
Anastasia Gorbenko – 51.79
Camille Murray – 53.68
Avery Karl – 55.61

Men's 100 Backstroke
Filip Kosinski – 46.53
Rian Graham – 47.28
Oscar Isberg – 48.74
Fritz Dietz – 50.05

Women's 100 Breaststroke
Anna Inagaki - 1:00.96
Xeniya Ignatova – 1:03.57

Men's 100 Breaststroke
Jake Eccleston – 55.25
Ryder Hicks – 56.18

Women's 200 Butterfly
Kaitlyn Sallows – 2:01.26
Sophia Rodriguez – 2:02.47
Leticia Fassina Romao – 2:08.32

Men's 200 Butterfly
Gregg Enoch – 1:45.69
Harrison Smith – 1:48.27

Women's 50 Freestyle
Caroline Larsen – 21.71
Julie Mishler – 22.17
Julia Ogren – 22.64
Daria Golovaty – 23.16

Men's 50 Freestyle
Nikita Sheremet – 19.34
Aiden Musso – 19.79
Aidan Kaplan – 20.80

Women's 100 Freestyle
Summer Cardwell – 49.99
Avery Karl – 51.09

Men's 100 Freestyle
Rian Graham – 43.65
Ethan Gover – 45.01
Grant Gooding – 46.24
Fritz Dietz – 46.38

Women's 200 Backstroke
Anastasia Gorbenko – 1:52.76*
Julie Mishler – 1:54.15
Xeniya Ignatova – 1:54.47
Sadie Murphy – 2:01.37

Men's 200 Backstroke
Nate Thomas – 1:45.60
Chase Knopf – 1:48.64

Women's 200 Breaststroke
Anna Inagaki – 2:12.26
Kaitlyn Sallows – 2:19.07
Maya Bezanson – 2:22.50

Men's 200 Breaststroke
Finnley Conklin – 1:55.92
Ryder Hicks – 2:00.81

Women's 500 Freestyle
Daria Golovaty – 4:43.73

Men's 500 Freestyle
Owen Stevens – 4:26.87
Luca Ceccarelli – 4:30.15
Harrison Smith – 4:35.41
Kayden Lancaster – 4:39.35

Women's 100 Butterfly
Caroline Larsen – 51.61
Julia Ogren – 53.77
Angelina Solari – 53.93
Camille Murray – 55.60

Men's 100 Butterfly
Aiden Musso – 46.24
Filip Kosinski – 47.64
Aidan Kaplan – 49.22

Women's 200 IM
Xeniya Ignatova – 2:00.32

Men's 200 IM
Gregg Enoch – 1:48.79

Women's 400 Freestyle Relay
Caroline Larsen (47.13), Julia Ogren (48.90), Julie Mishler (48.50) Angelina Solari (48.31) – 3:12.84*

Men's 400 Freestyle Relay
Nikita Sheremet (42.70), Fritz Dietz (45.19), Harrison Smith (45.23) and Aidan Kaplan (44.43) – 2:57.55

UP NEXT
The Cards head to Knoxville, Tenn., to take on Virginia, Michigan, and Tennessee in their second College Swim League match of the season on Friday, Oct. 9. The meet is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. ET and will be streamed on ESPN+.

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