One other Historic Swim for the Wildcats Headlines a Victory – UK Athletics

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The swimming and diving Wildcats took on Vanderbilt and Texas A&M on Friday, with dive competing strongly in Lexington whereas the swimmers dominated the pool in Nashville with a brand new program greatest time together with a handful of prime ten instances and scores. The Wildcat males defeated Texas A&M 193-107, with the ladies beating Vanderbilt 206-55, however falling Just wanting Texas A&M 151-147.

The divers began off the day in Lexington competing towards Texas A&M. We noticed two occasion wins within the platform and 1M dive from sophomore Avery Giese, who has had a unbelievable 12 months on the boards. Freshman Rock Sweet gained the platform dive as nicely, recording the seventh greatest rating in program historical past with 368.85. Kristy Pfaff picked up the exhibition 3M dive win, moreover.

Down in Nashville, it was as soon as once more the freshman in Falemana Tuufui, setting his personal program greatest 50 free time as soon as once more in 19.19, a .01 distinction from his earlier file set final Friday towards Notre Dame.

Two different swimmers noticed prime ten instances, the primary being Cayden Pitzer within the 100 breast, ending in 53.56 for the fifth greatest time in program historical past. Javier Lopez Guillen swam the sixth greatest program time within the 200 fly, 1:44.05.

Continuing to roll on the lads’s facet with occasion wins, Carson Hick (4:19.36,8:49.51) gained the five hundred free and 1000 free, Caue Gluck picked up the 200 free occasion win in 1:37.25, Lysander Osman and Devin Naoroz battled for the 100 and 200 backstroke, with Osman taking the 100 in 46.03 and Naoroz the 200 in 1:43.17. Adomas Gatulis (52.35,1:56.87) rolled by the 100 and 200 breastroke, profitable each on the day. Tuufui picked up the 100 free occasion win as nicely notching 42.86, Nunez Del Prado gained the 100 butterfly in 47.03, and the lads’s 400 free relay rounded out the day with an occasion win as nicely.

For the ladies’s squad, Paige Housman (9:53.84) picked up the primary occasion win within the mile, freshman Sarah Anne Shaffer completed robust within the 100 breast in 1:01.96, Ally Frame (1:57.45) gained the 200 again, Madi McGlothen swam a 4:47.18 within the 500 free for an occasion win, and Hayden Penny (1:59.14) rounded out the day with a victory within the 200 IM.

The Wildcats will discover their approach again to the Lancaster Aquatic Center on Jan. 30 for Senior Night towards Cincinnati. Nine seniors will likely be honored because the Wildcats hope to make one remaining push earlier than the 2026 SEC Championship on Feb. 16-21.

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