Swimming turns in 5 golds in twin at Xavier

CINCINNATI, Oh. – The Bellarmine University males’s and girls’s swim groups opened 2026 with a twin at Xavier University over the weekend, gathering 5 gold medals.

It was a troublesome battle within the pool as Xavier topped Bellarmine on each the lads’s and girls’s sides, however the Knights by no means gave in, claiming 15 high three completed with 5 gold medals.

Standout freshman Ahmet Efe Inceoglu collected two extra first place finishes to guide the trouble for Bellarmine, profitable the 200 freestyle (1:40.27) and the 100 freestyle (45.79).

Fellow freshmen Yael Bojalil and Joao Kirchgassner additionally turned in a first-place end for the lads, with Bojalil touching the wall first within the 500 freestyle (4:44.64) and Kirchgassner profitable the 200 breaststroke (2:06.78)

For the ladies, sophomore Ava Jones turned within the high end, profitable the 100 freestyle in 54.29.

Six different girls turned in a third-place end as effectively in freshman Kaja Vaadal (1000 free, 11:01.58), sophomore Lily Epley (50 free, 24.98), sophomore Micaela Godfrey (400 IM, 4:37.21), sophomore Annie Leibold (200 butterfly, 2:12.37), junior Lily Wolfe (500 free, 5:23.44) and senior Erin Dall’Agnol (200 breaststroke, 2:27.57).

For the lads, junior Evan Dickson joined Inceoglu as the one different Knight to complete within the high three twice, delivering a second-place run within the 200 freestyle (1:43.22) and a third-place end within the 500 free (4:46.83). Additionally, seniors Cason Henderson and Sam Jones each completed second in a race as Henderson did so within the 200 butterfly (1:55.17) and Jones within the 1000 freestyle (9:47.55).

Up subsequent, Bellarmine will make its remaining highway journey of the season on Saturday, January 24 for a twin at Northern Kentucky University.

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