Guy Brooks Record Helps Louisville Sweep Notre Dame By Identical Scores
Guy Brooks set a Ralph Wright Natatorium record in the 200 freestyle as Louisville men’s and women’s team both beat Notre Dame by identical 213-84 margins Friday night.
Julia Dennis led the women’s team with two individual and two relay wins, setting pool records in both relays. Brooks won two individual events and a relay victory.
Brooks went 1:32.22 to win the 200 free. His time clipped .07 seconds off the 11-year-old pool record of Joao De Lucca. De Lucca was on deck in his role as a Notre Dame assistant coach. Brooks led a 1-2-3 finish with Matias Santiso and Gregg Enoch. Brooks won the 100 free in 42.29, with Santiso second. Brooks and Santisa were on the winning 400 free relay that won in 2:50.62.
Despite the wide margin, the meet featured some intriguing races. Jake Eccleston edged teammate Finnley Conklin by .35 to win the 100 breast in 52.95. Tommy Bried was .34 seconds ahead of teammate Aidan Paro to win the 200 fly in 1:44.20. Eccleston won the 200 breast in 1:53.66, ahead of Conklin and Bried.
Oscar Isberg won the 1,000 free and 500 free, in 8:57.68 and 4:20.01, respectively. Paro won the 100 fly in 46.24. Nikita Sheremet won the 50 free in 19.28. He anchored the winning 200 medley relay and led off the 400 free relay. Jackson Millard led off the medley relay and won the 400 individual medley. Filip Kosinski was first in the 200 backstroke in 1:40.68.
The only win for Notre Dame on the men’s side came in maybe the best race of the day, Marcus Reyes-Gentry going 46.34 to win the 100 back. He was .03 up on Kosinski with Millard third in 46.49. Shane Eckler was second in the 50 free in 19.54 and third in the 100 free. Patrick Branon was second in the 500 and third in the 200 fly. Tommy Janton finished second in the 200 back.
Dennis and Louisville started the meet fast. The quartet of Julia Mishler, Caroline Larsen, Ella Welch and Dennis went 1:34.30 to clip nine-tenths off a pool mark from earlier this year. Dennis blew away the field in the 50 free by 1.4 seconds in 21.47, just .04 off Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace’s pool mark from 2016. She went 47.66 to win the 100 free ahead of Mishler.
The meet wrapped with Larsen, Dennis, Mishler and Welch going 3:11.14, a second quicker than the pool mark from 2024. Mishler won the 100 back in 52.65. Welch claimed the 100 fly in 52.02.
Mia Cheatwood did the breaststroke double for the Cardinals. Daria Golovaty edged Larsen in 1:44.48 to win the 200, then claimed the 500. Kim Herkle won the 400 IM after finishing second in the 200 breast to Cheatwood.
Carli Cronk picked up a win for Notre Dame in the 200 fly with teammate Lainey Mullins second. Cronk finished second in the 400 IM. Hollie Widdows finished second in the 50 free and 100 fly.
