Swimming & Diving

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

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