North Carolina Has Strong Morning During ACC Prelims

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By Chandler Brandes, ACC Beat Writer

Day three of the 2016 Women’s ACC Swimming and Diving Championships started off strong. Virginia’s Courtney Bartholomew broke her own ACC meet record set last year in the 100 back, and expect to see much faster times posted tonight.

North Carolina showed their impressive depth this morning, qualifying 18 swimmers to swim in finals as they look to improve upon their current fourth-place standing.

Below are the top 8 qualifiers in each event for tonight’s A final.

400 IM

1. Rachael Bradford-Feldman (4:08.87)-Louisville
2. Kaitlyn Jones (4:09.62)-Virginia
3. Hannah Moore (4:10.55)-NC State
4. Annie Harrison (4:11.72)-North Carolina
5. Klaudia Nazieblo (4:12.00)-Virginia Tech
6. Emma Nunn (4:12.33)-North Carolina
7. Fiona Donnelly (4:14.22)-Virginia Tech
8. Haley Durmer (4:14.24)-Virginia

100 fly

1. Kelsi Worrell (50.23)-Louisville
2. Hellen Moffitt (50.67)-North Carolina
3. Maggie Gruber (52.14)-Virginia Tech
4. Natalie Labonge (52.49)-NC State
5. Sarah Koucheki (52.49)-North Carolina
6. Angela Algee (52.86)-Miami
7. Leah Goldman (52.88)-Duke
8. Ellen Thomas (52.96)-Virginia

200 free

1. Mallory Comerford (1:43.91)-Louisville
2. Leah Smith (1:44.61)-Virginia
3. Jessica Hespeler (1:45.05)-Virginia Tech
4. Allyn Hardesty (1:45.08)-North Carolina
5. Megan Moroney (1:45.46)-Virginia
6. Rachel Muller (1:45.81)-NC State
7. Hanne Borgersen (1:45.99)-Virginia
8. Michelle Craddock (1:46.11)-NC State

100 breast

1. Andee Cottrell (58.63)-Louisville
2. Laura Simon (59.57)-Virginia
3. Weronika Paluszek (59.97)-Virginia Tech
4. Kayla Brumbaum (1:00.11)-NC State
5. Vivian Tafuto (1:00.90)-Virginia
6. Natalie Pierce (1:00.93)-Florida State
7. Kinga Cichowska (1:01.00)-Pitt
8. Danielle Margheret (1:01.05)-Notre Dame

100 back

1. Courtney Bartholomew (51.15)-Virginia
2. Hellen Moffitt (51.46)-North Carolina
3. Alexia Zevnik (52.12)-NC State
4. Courtney Caldwell (52.26)-NC State
5. Caroline Baldwin (52.58)-North Carolina
6. Sarah Hitchens (52.89)-North Carolina
7. Ashlyn Koletic (52.97)-NC State
8. Ashley Leclair (53.12)-Louisville

Team	A Final	B Final	C Final	Total
Virginia	9	3	3	15
Louisville	5	4	4	13
Virginia Tech	5	2	4	11
North Carolina	8	7	3	18
Pitt	1	0	2	3
Duke	1	6	6	13
Notre Dame	1	6	3	10
Miami	1	2	3	6
NC State	8	5	3	16
Florida State	0	3	4	7
Georgia Tech	0	2	6	8

Finals will begin at 6pm EST.

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