The University of Kentucky men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated Cincinnati on Friday, Jan. 26, breaking five pool records during the meet. The men defeated the Bearcats 128-107, while the women downed UC 131-109.
The 23rd-ranked men’s team (4-1) was led by Macon White and Roger Watkins as they broke the pool records during the meet. Two other pool records fell to the Kentucky relays. White won the 500 freestyle and Watkins won the 100 breaststroke. David Tweedie won the 100 and 200 freestyles, while Shaun Zitani took the 100 butterfly and Aaron Workman won the 50 freestyle. Tweedie, Fernando Barros, and Daniel Wimer swam to a one-two-three sweep in the 100 freestyle.
The 24th-ranked women’s team (6-2) was led by Melissa Olson who broke the pool record in the 400 individual medley. Kelli Stein added another win in the 100 breaststroke, Jaime Siegele won in the 50 freestyle and Amanda Bourgeios took the 100 freestyle. Jenaca Pumphrey combined with Shawna Sechrist and Jaime Siegele to sweep the 100 backstroke.
Kentucky’s divers won every event and had one-two punches in the one-meter as Kelli Frost and Sarah Fields, and Clayton Moss and Aaron Kirkpatrick went one-two in the event. Carrie Knoeber added a win in the three-meter and Kirkpatrick recorded a first-place finish in the three-meter as well.
Women 200 Yard Medley Relay1. Kentucky (Pumphrey, Stein, Hinsley, Siegele) 1:48.632. Cincinnati (Gowens, McGibbon, deJong, Meyer, ) 1:49.533. Kentucky (Sechrist, Trahan, Hoppe, Neal, Kelly) 1:52.24Men 200 Yard Medley Relay Team1. Kentucky A 1:32.65 (Wimer, Watkins, Zitani, Workman)2. Cincinnati A 1:35.31 (Wolfe, Dupuis, Elliott, McNally)3. Kentucky B 1:37.79 (Nath, Vogt, Clement, Barros)EXH. Kentucky C 1:40.58 (Cuker, Wolling, Perkins, Peterkin)Women 1,000 Yard Freestyle1. Elizabeth Weis Cincinnati 10:28.962. Emily Johnston Kentucky 10:44.673. Louise Gowens Cincinnati 10:48.044. Jenaca Pumphrey Kentucky 11:06.49Men 1,000 Yard Freestyle1.Scott Davison Cincinnati 9:20.462. Steven McLeod Cincinnati 9:23.433. Darron Berquist Kentucky 10:00.524. Cody Nath Kentucky 10:17.13Women 200 Yard Freestyle1. Maria Oberg Cincinnati 1:51.452. Amanda Bourgeois Kentucky 1:53.893. Tracy Sullivan Kentucky 1:55.036. Kelli Stein Kentucky 2:00.67Men 200 Yard Freestyle1. David Tweedie Kentucky 1:41.652. Brian Wolfe Cincinnati 1:43.863. David Kuendig Kentucky 1:44.544. Russ Throckmorton Kentucky 1:49.87Women 50 Yard Freestyle1. Jaime Siegele Kentucky 23.612. Marein deJong Cincinnati 24.313. Sarah Hoppe Kentucky 24.855. Kelly Neal Kentucky 25.80Men 50 Yard Freestyle1.Aaron Workman Kentucky 21.112. Ryan McNally Cincinnati 21.293. Joe Seither Cincinnati 21.524. Roger Watkins Kentucky 21.576. Jamie Peterkin Kentucky 22.38Women 400 Yard Individual Medley1. Melissa Olson Kentucky 4:23.432. Tori Livingston Cincinnati 4:32.423. Kendra Trahan Kentucky 4:46.485. Sarah Carter Kentucky 4:51.58Men 400 Yard Individual Medley1. Kevin Dupuis Cincinnati 4:00.562. Eddie Clement Kentucky 4:02.443. Scott Davison Cincinnati 4:05.124. Aaron Cuker Kentucky 4:05.296. Matt Nilson Kentucky 4:10.49Women One-Meter Diving1. Kelli Frost Kentucky 190.002. Sarah Fields Kentucky 182.603. Cassie Kellerman Cincinnati 177.204. Carrie Knoeber Kentucky 173.40Men One-Meter Diving1. Clayton Moss Kentucky 230.352. Aaron Kirkpatrick Kentucky 227.353. Cory McCain Cincinnati 207.60Women 100 Yard Butterfly1. Marein deJong Cincinnati 57.362. Debra Hinsley Kentucky 59.053. Tara Kriss Cincinnati 1:00.614. Emily Johnston Kentucky 1:01.665. Sarah Hoppe Kentucky 1:01.82Men 100 Yard Butterfly1. Shaun Zitani Kentucky 49.922. Ryan McNally Cincinnati 50.393. Joe Seither Cincinnati 51.125. Aaron Cuker Kentucky 53.116. Derek Perkins Kentucky 55.36Women 100 Yard Freestyle1. Amanda Bourgeois Kentucky 53.932. Grandy Meyer Cincinnati 54.353. Jenny Ellis Cincinnati 54.915. Michelle Inzetta Kentucky 55.456. Kelly Neal Kentucky 56.30Men 100 Yard Freestyle1. David Tweedie Kentucky 47.322. Fernando Barros Kentucky 47.763. Daniel Wimer Kentucky 48.11Women 100 Yard Backstroke1. Jenaca Pumphrey Kentucky 59.382. Shawna Sechrist Kentucky 59.893. Jaime Siegele Kentucky 1:00.04EXH. Sarah Carter Kentucky 1:01.01EXH. Amanda Skinner Kentucky 1:10.61Men 100 Yard Backstroke1. Andre Ramos Cincinnati 53.352. Brian Wolfe Cincinnati 53.733. Cody Nath Kentucky 54.334. Darron Berquist Kentucky 54.445. Russ Throckmorton Kentucky 55.48Women 500 Yard Freestyle1. Maria Oberg Cincinnati 4:55.032. Melissa Olson Kentucky 5:06.353.Tori Livingston Cincinnati 5:10.494. Tracy Sullivan Kentucky 5:14.146. Michelle Inzetta Kentucky 5:38.84Men 500 Yard Freestyle1. Macon White Kentucky 4:32.342. Steven McLeod Cincinnati 4:36.333.Eddie Clement Kentucky 4:39.964. David Kuendig Kentucky 4:43.22Women Three-meter Diving1. Carrie Knoeber Kentucky 193.152. Cassie Kellerman Cincinnati 187.453. Sarah Fields Kentucky 181.304. Kelli Frost Kentucky 174.30Men Three-meter Diving1. Aaron Kirkpatrick Kentucky 242.702. Cory McClain Cincinnati 215.803. Clayton Moss Kentucky 207.00Women 100 Yard Breaststroke1. Kelli Stein Kentucky 1:04.512. Serena McGibbon Cincinnati 1:06.263. Monika Loosova Cincinnati 1:06.564. Kendra Trahan Kentucky 1:08.736. Amanda Skinner Kentucky 1:17.75Men 100 Yard Breaststroke1. Roger Watkins Kentucky 56.732. Kevin Dupuis Cincinnati 59.283. Matt Elliott Cincinnati 1:00.225. Tom Vogt Kentucky 1:01.686. Eddie Wolling Kentucky 1:03.36Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay1. Cincinnati (Oberg, Meyer, Ellis Conrad) 1:38.902. Cincinnati (Livingston, Weis, McGibbon, Curtin) 1:42.503. Cincinnati (Kriss, Loosova, Fehring, Armstrong) 1:47.01EXH. Kentucky (Sechrist, Hinsley, Sullivan, Bourgeois) 1:40.03EXH. Kentucky (Inzetta, Olson, Carter, Johnston) 1;44.69Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay1. Cincinnati (Seither, Lynch, Murphy, Walkley) 1:26.562. Cincinnati (Hewitt, Duberow, Hoalst, Kline) 1:32.493. Cincinnati (McLeod, Davison, Kampschmidt, Willison) 1:32,72EXH. Kentucky (Zitani, Wimer, Tweedie, Workman) 1:22.39EXH. Kentucky (Barros, Peterkin, Berquist, Throckmorton) 1:27.56EXH. Kentucky (White, Peterkin, Kuendig, Nilson) 1:27.99