Sandidge Sets Program Record, Kentucky Falls at NC State

RALEIGH, N.C. – A program file by freshman Levi Sandidge highlighted Friday’s dual-meet motion as Kentucky swimming & diving was defeated on the highway by NC State at Willis R. Casey Aquatic Heart.

On the ladies’s aspect, the ultimate tally completed at 172-126, whereas the boys’s rely got here out to 188-105. Each NC State squads entered the meet ranked No. 4 within the nation within the CSCAA October ballot. The Kentucky girls additionally seem within the present rankings at No. 12.

In simply the second meet of his collegiate profession, Sandidge shattered the UK file within the 1000 freestyle with a time of 8:57.81, nearly 4 seconds higher than the earlier mark and the second quickest time within the nation this season. The Texas native additionally got here away with the victory within the 500 freestyle, swimming a 4:26.25 to edge the Wolfpack’s Will Gallant. Sandidge earned a team-high 18 factors for the Wildcat males and has now received all 5 particular person races entered for the 2022-23 season.

Junior diver Sam Duncan additionally loved a profitable day for the Cats, incomes 13 factors whereas posting NCAA Zone requirements in each the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions.

Kyndal Knight and Izzy Gati have been the highest Wildcat level earners on the ladies’s aspect, ending with 18 and 16 factors, respectively. Knight received each diving occasions for the second consecutive meet with scores of 329.18 and 354.98. Her 1-meter rating was the very best of her collegiate profession and locations the fifth-year fourth on the UK all-time top-10. The fifth-year Gati was victorious within the 500 free with a time of 4:50.31, and was joined on the rostrum by senior Beth McNeese (4:51.92) because the Cats went one-three within the occasion.

Kentucky managed a clear sweep in 1-meter diving, as Claire McDaniels (288.38) and Morgan Southall (280.58) adopted Knight with Zone Commonplace outcomes. The Wildcats additionally went one-two within the 3-meter occasion, with sophomore Abby Devereaux incomes a career-best rating of 317.03.

Additionally representing the Wildcat girls, Caitlin Brooks (100 again) and Gillian Davey (200 breast) achieved NCAA B customary minimize occasions, swimming their respective races in 53.80 and a pair of:11.30. Davey’s time was ok for a first-place end within the 200 breast, because the senior beat out her nearest competitor by almost a full second.

UK Occasion Winners: 

• Males’s 1000 Free – Levi Sandidge (8:57.81)
• Ladies’s 200 Breast – Gillian Davey (2:11.30)
• Ladies’s 500 Free – Izzy Gati (4:50.31)
• Males’s 500 Free – Levi Sandidge (4:26.25)
• Ladies’s 3-mtr Diving – Kyndal Knight (354.98)
• Males’s 1-mtr Diving – Sam Duncan (339.98)
• Ladies’s 1-mtr Diving – Kyndal Knight (329.18)
• Males’s 200 IM – Mason Wilby (1:49.18)
• Ladies’s 400 Free Relay – Izzy Gati, Grace Frericks, Kaitlynn Wheeler, Lauren Poole (3:24.29)
• Males’s 400 Free Relay – Victor Martin Roig, Nick Caruso, John Michael Gordon, Brady McInerney (3:05.17)

The Wildcats stay on the highway for an SEC twin meet towards Texas A&M Thursday, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m.

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