PREVIEW: Swim & Dive at Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Tennessee swimming & diving has a quick turnaround, as the squad travels to Louisville on Thursday for its second meet in the last week.

The seventh-ranked Lady Vols and 13th-ranked Vols will take on the No. 10 Cardinals teams at 2 p.m. ET at the Ralph Wright Natatorium. Admission to the competition is free, and fans can follow along live on the Meet Mobile App.

Order of Events
200 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
1-Meter Diving
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
3-Meter Diving
200 IM
400 Free Relay

Tennessee would look to build on some strong performances from its two-day meet against No. 4 NC State over the weekend. On the men's side, the Vols won both sprint freestyle events. Jordan Crooks took home first in the 50 free, matching his season-best time of 19.36, while Gui Caribe won the 100 free with a 43.36 mark.

Crooks and Caribe were also the first two legs of the top 400 free relay lineup along with Björn Kammann and Aleksey Tarasenko, posting the fastest mark in the race at 2:53.38. Crooks' 100 split of 42.72 marked the second-fastest time in the country this season.

Jarel Dillard won the 200 breast with 1:56.56 mark, while Lyubomir Epitropov followed him with a second-place finish (1:57.22). Dillard also won the 100 breast with an impressive mark of 53.22

On the women's side, the squad of Josephine Fuller, Mona McSharry, Sara Stotler and Brooklyn Douthwright took first place in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:38.48. McSharry notched a first-place win in the 50 free, touching the wall in 22.63. She also took second in the 100 breast (1:00.51) and had the second-fastest time in the 200 breast with a 2:12.33 mark.

Kristen Stege notched an impressive win in the 1000 free with a mark of 9:49.34, nearly 20 seconds faster than her previous top time from this season. Her performance ranks fourth in the country so far this season.

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Players Mentioned

Gui Caribe

Jordan Crooks

Jarel Dillard

Brooklyn Douthwright

Lyubomir Epitropov

Josephine Fuller

Mona McSharry

Kristen Stege

Sara Stotler

Aleksey Tarasenko

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