A day after two Louisville women’s records went down in the first day of the 2015 Louisville Invite, being billed internally as a “first-chance” meet pre-conference, two men’s school records went down on Sunday.
Marcelo Acosta swam to a 15:02.00 in the men’s 1650 free on Sunday, and split 9:05.99 in the 1000 free, both of which cleared Bryan Draganosky’s 2013 School Records in the event of 15:05.45 and 9:06.32, respectively. Draganosky’s old records were also both swum in the same race at the 2013 Big East Championship.
That time would have been fast enough to qualify for NCAA’s in each of the last two years, but will be squarely on the bubble this year as men’s distance swimming is on the rise.
With the framing as a “first chance meet,” those potential NCAA qualifications are an important focus, even with the ACC Championships still coming up in the next few weeks for the Cardinals.
Other noteworthy day 2 swims:
- In the men’s 200 breast, Louisville sophomore Brennen Berger won in 1:58.45, beating out teammate Dexter Thomas (1:58.83). That’s a new lifetime best for Berger.
- In the men’s 100 back, Nick Hasemann swam a 48.54 to win ahead of Louisville post-grad Pedro Oliveira (49.27).
Full results available on Meet Mobile.
Joe Brown time trials 100 breast in 55.91, thats a 4 second drop from his previous lifetime best. Wondering if that insane breastroke group is wearing off on other swimmers.
You aint no machine
unless you go sub-fifteen