Raekwon Noel and Toby Barnett Each Win 3 Events to Help Propel Indiana Past Kentucky

INDIANA VS KENTUCKY (COMBINED DUAL)

• Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
• Lancaster Aquatic Center, Lexington, KY
• SCY (25 yards)
• RESULTS

TEAM SCORES

MEN

1. Indiana – 199
2. Kentucky – 101

WOMEN

1. Indiana – 187.5
2. Kentucky – 112.5

Kentucky hosted Indiana for mid-week dual meet at the Lancaster Aquatic Center today. The Hoosiers handled the Wildcats, emerging victorious by 98 points in the men’s team scoring and 75 points in the women’s meet.

Indiana freshman Liberty Clark showed off her versatility today. Though Clark is primarily a freestyler, already having clocked career bests of 22.03, 47.39, and 1:42.43 in the free events this season, she proved today that she can be an asset in many strokes. Her first individual race of the day was the 100 back, where she came in 2nd with a huge career best of 54.63. That performance blew away Clark’s previous best of 57.44, which she set in February of this year.

Clark then went on to win the women’s 100 fly in 54.48, marking another career best. She clipped her previous best of 54.72 with that swim. Clark then concluded her meet with another win and another huge personal best time. She won the women’s 200 IM in 1:59.94, crushing her previous best of 2:03.03.

Clark also helped the Indiana ‘A’ 200 medley relay to victory at the start of the meet. Mya DeWitt (25.39), Clark (29.15), Sze Yeo (24.65), and Kristina Paegle (22.01) teamed up to clock a 1:41.20, winning the race handily.

DeWitt was the winner of the women’s 100 back, beating out Clark with a 53.78. She posted her season best of 52.34 at the USC Invite about 2 weeks ago.

Another IU freshman, Luci Gutierrez, swept the women’s distance events today. Gutierrez kicked things off with a 10:14.46 in the women’s 1000 free, winning the race by 5 seconds. She then went on to win the 500 free in 5:00.09, touching out Kentucky’s Katy Jost by 0.11 seconds.

Yet another Indiana freshman, Grace Hoeper, put up a pair of event wins. Hoeper began her meet with a 1:50.16 to win the women’s 200 free. She then went on to take the women’s 100 free in 50.33.

On the men’s side, Indiana’s Raekwon Noel was tied for the biggest winner of the day, claiming victory in 3 individual events and helping a relay to victory. Noel picked up a win in the men’s 100 back with a 46.96, touching 1st by nearly 2 full seconds. That was a strong performance out of Noel, who posted his career best of 45.87 at the USC Invite 2 weekends ago.

Noel then went on to take the 200 back with a 1:45.22, winning that race comfortably as well. He made it 3-for-3 on individual event wins with a 47.47 in the 100 fly, which was yet another race which he won by over a second.

Noel’s meet kicked off with the 200 medley relay, where he helped IU’s ‘A’ team to victory. He led off in 21.76, followed by Travis Gulledge with a 24.43 breast split, Andrew Shackell with a 21.78 fly split, and Dylan Smiley with a 19.69 anchor leg. The Hoosiers finished in 1:27.66, beating Kentucky’s team by just 0.28 seconds.

Indiana’s Toby Barnett matched Noel with 3 individual event wins on the day. Barnett clocked a 54.45 to win the men’s 100 breast to kick off his meet today. He narrowly touched out teammate Alexei Avakov (54.68) to win that race. Barnett then made it a sweep of the breaststroke events on the day, swimming a 1:59.01 in the 200 breast. Avakov was 2nd there as well, swimming a 1:59.76.

Barnett concluded his meet with a 1:48.49 in the 200 IM, winning the event by nearly a full second.

Carson Hick was excellent for Kentucky, sweeping the men’s distance events. He kicked things off with a 9:01.65 in the men’s 1000 free, leading teammate Levi Sandige, who came in 2nd with a 9:02.19. Hick and Sandige were then 1-2 in the men’s 500 free, seeing Hick go 4:24.53 and Sandige 4:24.66.

Kentucky’s Falemana Tuufui swept the men’s sprint free events on the day. Tuufui first won the men’s 50 free in 19.84, then went on to win the 100 free in 44.00.

OTHER EVENT WINNERS

• Men’s 200 free: Brandon Fleck (IU) – 1:37.90
• Women’s 100 breast: Olivia Stewart (UK) – 1:04.40
• Women’s 200 fly: Billie Sherratt (UK) – 2:01.81
• Men’s 200 fly: Ryan Merani (UK) – 1:47.26
• Women’s 50 free: Kristina Paegle (IU) – 23.07
• Women’s 3-meter diving: Ella Roselli (IU) – 3:06.00
• Men’s 1-meter diving: Max Weinrich (IU) – 390.68
• Women’s 200 back: Grace Frericks (UK) – 1:57.44
• Women’s 200 breast: Sarah Shaffer (UK) – 2:17.78
• Women’s 1-meter diving: Ella Roselli (IU) – 324.08
• Men’s 3-meter diving: Joshua Hedberg (IU) – 344.55
• Women’s 400 free relay: Indiana ‘A’ (Hoeper, Bray, Paegle, Hodges) – 3:21.83
• Men’s 400 free relay: Indiana ‘A’ (Smiley, Carlbaum, C. McDonald, Van Westering) – 2:56.14