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Kentucky vs Notre Dame
January 9, 2026 Lexington, Kentucky — Lancaster Aquatic Center SCY (25 Yards) Full Meet Results Team Scores Women: Kentucky 158 — Notre Dame 141 Men: Kentucky 187 — Notre Dame 112Kentucky swept Notre Dame in their dual meet on Friday as Wildcat freshman Falemana Tuufui broke his own school record in the 50 freestyle with a time of 19.20. He takes down his own former record time of 19.25 to win the event, by five tenths over Notre Dame freshman standout Shane Eckler‘s 19.77.
The women’s meet was very close with both teams winning individual events to finish with 17 points separating them.
Women’s Meet Recap
Kentucky did not win either relay, but they won eight individual swimming events and both diving events to come out on top of the meet.
Their first win came in the form of Paige Housman‘s 16:49.08 in the women’s 1650 freestyle. She came in almost 10 seconds ahead of teammate Sharon Guerro Cho, who touched in 16:58.04 for 2nd overall.
Katy Jost won the women’s 200 freestyle for Kentucky in 1:47.43, just off her personal best 1:47.04 from the Ohio State Invitational in November. She came in nearly a second ahead of Notre Dame’s Carli Cronk, who swam 1:48.39 for 2nd.
Jost also won the 500 freestyle in 4:50.01, beating Notre Dame’s Lainey Mullins, who swam 4:50.41, by four tenths. Jost was only one hundredth ahead at the 450 mark, but she split 26.96 on the final 50 to lock up the event win.
Fernanda De Goeij swept the backstroke events, swimming 53.38 in the 100 back to set a new personal best time, dropping from the 53.54 she swam at the Ohio State Invite, and 1:55.09 in the 200 back.
Freshman Sara Shaffer took both breaststroke events for Kentucky as well. In the 100, she swam 1:01.35 to beat Notre Dame’s Mary Codevilla by three tenths, and in the 200, she swam 2:12.62, coming in just two tenths ahead of teammate Olivia Stewart after making up nearly a second on the final 50.
Kentucky’s final individual swimming event winner was Hayden Penny, who won the women’s 200 IM in 1:59.35, coming in two seconds ahead of De Goeij, just off her lifetime best 1:58.89 from March 2023.
Kentucky also took both diving events with Kristy Pfaff winning the 3 meter in 342.45 and Avery Giese taking the 1 meter with a score of 286.50.
Notre Dame won both relays, starting the meet off with the top two times in the 400 medley relay. The ‘A’ team of Emily Hamill (53.81), Julieta Tracy (1:01.74), Carli Cronk (52.66), and Hollie Widdows (48.46) swam 3:36.67 to beat their ‘B’ team by nearly two seconds.
The Notre Dame ‘B’ team swam 3:38.83 to come in two hundredths ahead of Kentucky’s ‘A’ team time of 3:38.85.
In the 200 free relay, Notre Dame finished 1st in 1:31.87 with Widdows (22.99), Kate Simon (23.15), Becky Rentz (22.76), and Hamill (22.97).
Widdows also won two individual events during the meet, taking the top time in the 50 free with her 22.68 winning the event by nearly a second over teammate Grace Brenneman‘s 23.59, and her 100 free time of 49.23 beating teammate Becky Rentz who swam 50.12 by a similar margin.
Carli Cronk won the 200 fly in 1:56.87, coming in more than a second ahead of Lainey Mullins‘ 1:58.21.
Becky Rentz was the final individual event winner for the Fighting Irish with the 53.57 she swam in the 100 fly touching just over a tenth ahead of Cronk’s 53.70.
Men’s Meet Recap
The Kentucky men won most of the individual events and they took the top times in both relays.
The 400 medley relay team of Lysander Osman (46.62), Adomas Gatulis (52.93), Javier Lopez-Guillen (46.03), and Falemana Tuufui (42.37) swam 3:07.95 to win by more than a second over their ‘B’ team’s time of 3:09.50.
The Notre Dame ‘A’ team swam 3:08.40, but was disqualified for a false start on the freestyle leg.
The 200 freestyle relay saw Tuufui lead off in 19.31. Osman split 19.67 on the 2nd leg. Logan Ingerick was 19.75 in 3rd, and AJ Terry anchored in 19.45 to bring the team home in 1:18.18. Notre Dame’s ‘A’ team finished 2nd in 1:18.91.
Levi Sandidge won the first individual event of the meet for the Wildcats, touching in 14:48.69 in the 1650 freestyle, a new season best time which will move him up to 10th in the country this season.
Adomas Gatulis swept both breaststroke events for Kentucky, swimming 52.59 in the 100 and 1:58.60 in the 200. In both events he beat Kentucky teammate Eli Greinke who was 53.66 in the 100 and just a tenth back in the 200 at 1:58.71.
Javier Lopez-Guillen won both the 100 and 200 fly, starting with the 200 fly where he swam 1:44.07 to beat teammate Ryan Merani‘s 1:44.91 by nearly a second. In the 100 fly, he swam 47.10 to come in six tenths ahead of Notre Dame’s Dillon Edge‘s 47.61.
Tuufui won the 50 and 100 freestyles, swimming 42.94 in the 100 to just miss his lifetime best of 42.76.
Carson Hick took the top time in the 500 freestyle at 4:19.62, beating Sandidge’s 4:21.26 by a little more than a second.
Finally, Ryan Merani won the men’s 200 IM for the Wildcats in 1:47.23, touching more than a second ahead of Notre Dame’s Gus MacDonald‘s 2nd place time of 1:48.47.
Kentucky also picked up a win in the 3 meter diving event with Gabriel Vieira Perdiago scoring 353.03 to win by five points over Notre Dame’s Dylan Knapp.
Notre Dame won three individual men’s swimming events and one diving event.
They started with the top time in the 200 freestyle, courtesy of Jeremy Kelly‘s 1:35.93, which came in more than a second ahead of Carson Hick‘s 1:36.98 for Kentucky.
The Fighting Irish swept the backstroke events with Marcus Reyes-Gentry swimming 45.69 in the 100 and 1:43.92 in the 200. Both swims were new season best times for him. He won the 200 backstroke by just eight hundredths over Kentucky’s Devin Naoroz.
Matthew Wong won the 1 meter diving event for Notre Dame, scoring 337.43 to beat teammate Ben Nguyen‘s 325.05 by nine points.
Up Next
Kentucky races again on Saturday, January 10th, when they host Mizzou.
Notre Dame will host the Tim Welsh Invite on January 23rd and 24th.
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