Kentucky Swim and Dive Kicks Off Season with Blue/White Meet

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 2024-25 Kentucky swimming and diving season got its start on Friday afternoon with the team holding its annual Blue-White intrasquad scrimmage at Lancaster Aquatic Center. With a total tally of 266, Team White claimed victory topping Team Blue’s score of 211.

A total of 28 events were held on the day with the White team winning 17 of them. Event winners can be found below. Kentucky Swim/Dive will start official competition on October 19th in Columbus, Ohio against the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Women’s Event Winners:

400 Yard Medley Relay – Torie Buerger, Bridget Engel, Billie Sherratt, Madilyn McGlothen (Blue)

1000 Yard Freestyle – Caroline Benda (Blue)

200 Yard Freestyle – Hayden Penny (White)

50 Yard Freestyle – Kaelan Daly (White)

200 Yard IM – Hayden Penny (White)

1 Meter Diving – Avery Giese (Blue)

200 Yard Butterfly – Billie Sherratt (Blue)

100 Yard Freestyle – Lauren West (White)

200 Yard Backstroke – Grace Frericks (White)

500 Yard Freestyle – Sammie Hamilton (White)

3 Meter Diving – Avery Giese (Blue)

200 Yard Breaststroke – Bridget Engel (Blue)

200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Lauren West, Kaelan Daly, McCall Freiburger, Grace Frericks (White)

Men’s Event Winners:

400 Yard Medley Relay – Devin Naoroz, Jonathan Rom, Ryan Merani, Drew Johnson (White)

1000 Yard Freestyle – Carson Hick (White)

200 Yard Freestyle – Ryan Merani (White)

50 Yard Freestyle – Drew Johnson (White)

200 Yard IM – Aaron Gasiewicz (White)

1 Meter Diving – Landon Isler (White)

200 Yard Butterfly – Ryan Merani (White)

100 Yard Freestyle – Justin Peresse (Blue)

200 Yard Backstroke – Devin Naoroz (White)

500 Yard Freestyle – Carson Hick (White)

3 Meter Diving – Miles Buchart (Blue)

200 Yard Breaststroke – Jonathan Rom (White)

200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Justin Peresse, Jack Hamilton, Piotr Kowalczyk, Radoslav Polcic (Blue)

Times not made available for the Blue-White scrimmage.

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