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CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati swimming and diving team opened the Bearcats Midseason Invitational on Thursday in impressive fashion, winning seven of 10 possible races over Indiana State and Carson-Newman. Senior Jacqueline Keire (Burlington, Ontario/Nelson) and junior Chris Bready (Missouri City, Texas/Lawrence E. Elkins) highlighted the opening sessions of the meet, recording three school records, four NCAA B-cuts and six pool records between them.
// KEIRE DOMINATES
Keire's day began in the morning preliminary sessions where she wasted no time setting the school record in the women's 200 IM with a time of 2:00.77. She followed that up with a pool record in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.39. In the finals session she teamed with freshman Michaela Wheeler (Loami, Ill./Home School), sophomore Amanda Deller (Fairfield, Ohio/McAuley) and sophomore Katherine Gob (Louisville, Ky./Ballard) for a pool record in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:32.36. Her second school record of the day game in the finals swim of the 50 freestyle where she topped her early swim with a time of 22.28.
// BREADY'S BEST
After two years of chasing the school record in the 500 freestyle, Bready managed to best the program mark with a time of 4:23.24. The time also served as a pool record and got the junior his first NCAA B-cut of the season.
// 500 FREE FIENDS
The women's team swept the podium in the 500 freestyle and then some, placing a swimmer in first through fifth places in the race. Freshman Rocky Laabs (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) won in a pool-record time of 4:48.37, followed by junior Sara Wanasek (Burlington, Wis./Burlington) in 4:52.84), junior Sydney King (Granville, Ohio/Western Kentucky) in 4:55.96, sophomore Caroline Sheehan (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove) in 5:00.57 and freshman Laura Johnston (Mississauga, Ontario/Michael Power St. Joseph) in 5:06.93.
// FINALS VICTORIES
- Women's 200 freestyle relay - Keire, Wheeler, Deller, Gob - 1:32.62
- Laabs - women's 500 freestyle - 4:48.37
- Bready - men's 500 freestyle - 4:23.24
- Samantha Wheatley (Maple Glen, Pa./Upper Dublin) - women's 200 IM - 2:022.75
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle - 22.28
- Women's 400 medley relay - sophomore Natalie Obando (Herndon, Va./Towson), junior Kennedy Herbert (Green, Ohio/Green), freshman Simone Palomo (Vargas, Venezuela/Los Corales), Sheehan - 3:43.83
- Men's 400 medley relay - sophomore Matt McDonald (Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota East), senior Ludovico Corsini (Milan, Italy/Giulio Casiraghi), freshman John Mataxas (Savannah, Ga./H.V. Jenkins), senior Connor Davis (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson) - 3:17.27
// POOL RECORDS
- Bready - men's 500 freestyle prelims - 4:26.01
- Keire - women's 200 IM prelims - 2:00.77
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle prelims - 22.39
- Women's 200 freestyle relay - Keire, Wheeler, Deller, Gob - 1:32.66
- Laabs - women's 500 freestyle - 4:48.37
- Bready - men's 500 freestyle - 4:23.24
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle - 22.28
- Men's 400 medley relay - McDonald, Corsini, Mataxas, Davis - 3:17.27
// SCHOOL RECORDS
- Keire - women's 200 IM prelims - 2:00.77
- Bready - men's 500 freestyle - 4:23.24
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle - 22.28
// NCAA B-CUTS
- Keire - women's 200 IM prelims - 2:00.77
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle prelims - 22.39
- Bready - men's 500 freestyle - 4:23.24
- Keire - women's 50 freestyle - 22.28
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats Midseason Invitational continues Nov. 18 with preliminary and final races of the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke as well as final heats of the 200 medley relays and the 800 freestyle relays. The prelim round begins at 10 a.m. with the finals starting at 6 p.m. at the Keating Aquatic Center.