Louisville vs Cincinnati
- January 31, 2026
- SCY (25 Yards)
- Results PDF
Louisville hosted Cincinnati for senior day and earned the sweep. The Louisville won 207-81, and the men won 235-64.
Women’s Highlights
Anastasia Gorbenko has made a huge impact since her arrival competing for the Cardinals already this month, and that continued against Cincinnati as she posted a 1:43.27 in the 200 free as well as a 1:52.53 in the 200 back for the win. Both events were her first time swimming them. She now sits tied for 18th in the 200 back and 19th in the 200 free in the NCAA this season.
Also swimming to two individual wins was freshman Thilda Hall as she swept the distance events. She won the 1650 free in a 16:10.35 and the 500 free in a 4:43.51. Her 1650 free time now sits at #18 in the NCAA this season.
Senior Ella Welch won the 100 freestyle in a 48.89, her lone individual event of the day. Welch also helped the team’s 200 medley relay to a win as she swam alongside Camille Murray, Caroline Larsen, and Julie Mishler. That relay touched in a 1:36.71. Welch led off the team’s winning 200 free relay that also consisted of Julia Dennis, Karoline Barrett, and Abby Karl as they touched in a 1:27.84.
Murray swam to her own win as well, touching in a 52.21 in the 100 backstroke. Larsen won the 100 fly in a 52.92, and Dennis won the 50 free in a 21.82. Dennis most notably has a season best 21.21 in the 50 free that sits at #3 in the NCAA this season.
The Cincinnati women were led by senior Joleigh Crye who won the 100 breast in a 58.70. Crye, an NCAA All-American in the event, has been as fast as 57.99 this season which sits at #8 in the NCAA this season.
Other Event Winners:
- 200 fly: Summer Cardwell (Louisville), 1:58.50
- 200 breast: Kim Emely Herkle (Louisville), 2:09.71
- 200 IM: Xeniya Ignatova (Louisville), 1:59.58
Men’s Highlights
Freshman Finnley Conklin swept the breaststroke events for the Louisville men. He won the 100 breast in a 53.29 and the 200 breast in a 1:55.88. He sits at t-#58 in the NCAA this season in the 100 breast with a 52.67 while his season best of a 1:54.73 is tied for 47th in the NCAA this season.
Conklin also swam on the team’s winning 200 medley relay. That relay also featured Rian Graham, Aiden Musso, and Nikita Sheremet. They touched in a 1:23.36. Sheremet won the 100 freestyle in a 42.46, only 0.43 off his lifetime best 42.03 that he swam on Friday against Indiana.
Sheremet also swam on the team’s 200 free relay that earned the win. He led off in a 19.48 and was followed by Charlie Crush, Aiden Musso, and Guy Brooks. Crush had the fastest split with a 19.07 and they touched in a final time of a 1:16.95. Brooks won the individual 50 free in a 19.70.
Jackson Millard swam to two individual wins for the Cardinals. His first win came in the 100 back as he swam a 46.78. He has been as fast as 45.94 which was a lifetime best that he swam at midseason. He also won the 200 IM in a 1:45.61, about a second and a half off his season best 1:44.08.
The Cincinnati men were led by freshman Aiden Gerst who finished 2nd in the 500 free in a 4:28.71. Louisville’s Owen Stevens earned the win in a 4:21.99.
Also a top scorer for Cincinnati was Joe Swain. Swain was 3rd in both backstroke events, touching in a 48.18 in the 100 and in a 1:46.05 in the 200.
Other Event Winners:
- 1650 free: Tommy Bried (Louisville), 15:11.04
- 200 free: Gregg Enoch (Louisville), 1:35.84
- 200 fly: Aidan Paro (Louisville), 1:43.87
- 200 back: Filip Kosinski (Louisville), 1:41.03
- 100 fly: Rian Graham (Louisville), 46.08
Looking forward to NCs this year. Prediction, Louisville wins at least one relay and finishes in the top 5.
Wait who was the last 60 point scorer from outside of UVA?
I might be missing context…I don’t see anything in the article about a 60 point scorer. Gretchen Walsh was the only one on the women’s side. Hubert Kos scored 60 on the men’s side.
Did you mean to leave this on a different article?
I think they were referring to Gorbenko’s potential for winning 3 individual events at NCAAs? Who was the last non UVA female swimmer to win 3 individual events at a single NCAA’s is the question I think
OOOOH.
Beata Nelson in 2019.
no yeah the question just came to me as I was thinking about her potential and I decided to leave it here
She seems to be enjoying SCY!
gorbenko is kinda the israeli alex walsh lol. they basically have the equivalent range and strengths.
she has always had a lot of potential but has had trouble peaking at championship meets. will be pretty interesting if that changes w this new training group
Note – she has been training with Louisville since early 2025 (a full year) so the training should certainly have set in by now to see actual progress in that department. Louisville notoriously peaks at the end of the year so I’m also pretty curious how it works out for her.
It appears to be working seeing how she swam LCM the past year, better than previous years.
Coach Alberio is a master and a GREAT PERSON!