By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam
Delta State vs. Cincinnati vs. LSU
January 25, 2025 Baton Rouge, LA 25 Yards (SCY) Full ResultsLSU Swimming and Diving hosted the University of Cincinnati and Delta State for its senior day and final regular season meet of the 2024-25 season. The Tigers swept the meet, winning 24 of the 32 events.
Women’s Recap
Zoe Carlos-Bloc, Grace Palmer, Avery Littlefield, and Michaela De Villiers swam 1:40.62 in the 200 medley relay, winning by 2.39 seconds as the Tigers went 1-2. They earned another 1-2 finish in the 1000 freestyle, led by Nicole Santuliana (10:00.08), then Megan Barnes spearheaded a 1-2-3-4 finish in the 200 freestyle with a 1:48.61.
Joleigh Crye to win by six-hundredths in one of the closest women’s races of the meet.
Crye, a 2024 NCAA ‘B’ finalist in the 100 breaststroke, was one of the highlights of the meet for Cincinnati. In addition to her second-place finish in the 100 fly, she disrupted LSU’s event win streak by clocking 1:02.84 to win the 100 breaststroke.
Libby Michel grabbed first in the 400 IM (4:23.48), while Julie Rose and the 400 freestyle ‘A’ relay earned first-place points after the fastest swimmers were Tigers swimming exhibition.
Jessie Liao and Cincinnati’s Jessica Davis. After the diving break, De Villiers was back on the blocks for the 100 freestyle. She swam 50.33, winning by .33 seconds as the Tigers went 1-2-3-4.
Sofia Sartori and Giulia Zambelli went head-to-head. Sartori, an SEC finalist in the 200 fly, held out against a strong finish from Zambelli, earning the win in 2:01.77. Zambelli touched second with a 2:01.82, five-hundredths behind Sartori.
Grace Palmer rounds out LSU’s event winners in the pool. She won the 500 freestyle in 4:52.59.
Men’s Recap
LSU was similarly dominant on the men’s side, claiming a 186-110 victory over Cincinnati and a 215-74 win over Delta State. Combined, the Tigers won the first eight events of the meet. The men surpassed the women’s four straight event wins with eight to open the meet.
Jere Hribar was key to the Tigers’ victory, winning two individual events and helping the team win the 200 medley relay. The Croatian sophomore has been excellent this season as LSU’s top sprinter; He swept the 50/100 freestyle at the meet, clocking 19.71/43.05. He anchored the 200 medley relay in 19.03, stopping the clock at 1:27.06 as he followed Stepan Goncharov, Mitch Mason, and Griffin Curtis.
Levi Thome’s 54.98. Silas Beth (1000 free, 9:14.06), Karlo Percinic (200 free, 1:39.82), and Jacob Pishko (200 fly, 1:48.68).
Hunter Gubeno broke LSU’s streak by winning the 200 backstroke. Gubeno is the 2024 Big 12 runner-up in the event, and he came from behind for the win, passing Curtis for the win in 1:44.59. Gubeno also took third in the 50 freestyle (21.05).
Kyle Bumgardner followed Gubeno’s win by touching first in the 200 breaststroke. He ran away with the event win, leading a Cincinnati 1-2 finish with a 2:00.23. Bumgardner was the only man other than Hribar and Pishko to win two individual events; later, he won the 400 IM in 3:55.89 and was the only man to break 4:06. Between Bumgardner’s wins, LSU got back in the win column thanks to a 4:25.99 from Pishko to win the 500 freestyle and a 49.50 from Stuart Higdon to win the 100 fly.
Jake Runyon, Mateus Franco, Ethan Baylin, and Michael Robinson grabbed the maximum points in the 400 freestyle relay with a 3:07.06.
Up Next
LSU will send some swimmers to the Auburn First Chance Invite on Feb. 7-8, which is the team’s final time to suit up before the 2025 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships. Cincinnati and Delta State still have regular season meets on the schedule. Cincinnati hosts Louisville on Feb. 1, while Delta State hosts Ouachita Baptist University for a two-day meet from Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
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