No. 3/7 Hoosiers Sweep No. 14/10 Louisville

Friday, January 26

Louisville, KY

2:00 PM

Indiana University

184.5

115.5

Louisville

1/26/2018 5:36:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 3/7 Indiana University men's and women's swimming and diving teams finished the dual-meet season with an exclamation point, sweeping the No. 14/10 Louisville Cardinals on Friday afternoon in Louisville, Ky.

The No. 3-ranked Hoosier men defeated the No. 14 Cardinals, 184.5-115.5, to finish the season undefeated for a second-straight year with a 9-0 record. The IU men have won 22-straight dual meets, with the team's last loss coming on Jan. 16, 2016.

The No. 7-ranked Indiana women's team took down No. 10 Louisville, 160.5-139.5, to finish the dual-meet season with a 5-4 record.

Lilly King led the way for the Hoosier women on Friday, winning three individual events. The Evansville, Ind. product won the 100 breaststroke (59.99) and 200 breaststroke (2:11.03) with NCAA B cut times. The junior then touched first in the 400 IM with a personal-best and NCAA B cut mark of 4:13.69.

Five Hoosiers won two individual events apiece against the Cardinals. Ian Finnerty swept the breaststroke, winning the 100 (53.20) and 200 (1:59.55) with NCAA B cut times. Vini Lanza swept the butterfly events, winning the 100 (46.86) and 200 (1:45.14) with NCAA B cut marks.

For the Hoosier women, Cassy Jernberg won the 1,000 freestyle with a personal-best time of 9:53.23 and then came back later in the day to touch first in the 500 freestyle with a mark of 4:51.49.

In the diving well, Jessica Parratto continued to dominate. The redshirt junior won both the 1-meter (298.65) and 3-meter (333.75) with NCAA Zones qualifying scores. On the men's side, freshman Mory Gould won his first collegiate event, taking the top spot in the men's 3-meter with a personal-best and NCAA Zones qualifying score of 362.40.

The IU men had a great showing in the sprint freestyle events, winning the 50, 100 and 200 against the Cardinals with NCAA B cut marks. Ali Khalafalla won the 50 free in 19.60, while Blake Pieroni touched first in the 100 free in a time of 43.75. Mohamed Samy won the 200 free with a mark of 1:34.76.

Rounding out the individual winners for the IU men was freshman Gabriel Fantoni. The reigning two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week won the 100 backstroke with a NCAA B cut time of 47.27.

For the Hoosier women, three swimmers earned one win each on the day with NCAA B cuts. Ali Rockett was first in the 100 backstroke in 53.69, while Kennedy Goss touched first in the 200 back with a mark of 1:56.91. Christine Jensen won the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.22.

In the 200 medley relay, the Hoosiers earned the sweep. IU women's team of Ali Rockett, Lilly King, Christine Jensen and Shelby Koontz won with a mark of 1:38.14. On the men's side, the team of Gabriel Fantoni, Ian Finnerty, Vini Lanza and Ali Khalafalla won with a time of 1:26.29.

In the final event of the meet, the Hoosier men's 400 freestyle relay team of Ali Khalafalla, Vini Lanza, Mohamed Samy and Blake Pieroni won with a time of 2:54.54.

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