Campbell, Richmond vs. NC State

RALEIGH, North Carolina, October 31. THE NC State women's swimming and diving team beat both Campbell (217-60) and Richmond (181-102) in a tri-meet at Casey Natatorium on Saturday, Oct. 31. The victories push the Wolfpack to 3-1 (1-1 ACC) on the young season.

Wolfpack swimmers and divers placed first in 11 of 16 events on the day,
culminating in 13 top-3 times/scores for the year. Hannah Hopkins also
qualified for the NCAA diving zones with her performance in the 3-meter
dive.

Pack relays competed in both the 200-medley and 200-freestyle relays for
the first time on the year, recording the best time on the day in both
events. Morgan Robertson, Meg Thompson, Patrice Dason and Ashley Richter
won the 200-medley with a 1:45.97, while Allison Hendren, Brianna
Grover, Erica Waters and Richter's 1:36.44 was the top time in the
200-freestyle relay.

Marifrances Henley (10:22.66) and Jessica McBroom (10:34.03) took the
top two spots in the 1000 freestyle, posting the second and third
fastest marks on the year in the event. Hendren, Grover, Maresa-Like
Mathews and Sarah Merritt then swept the top four spots in the 200
freestyle, with Hendren's 1:52.87 serving as the second-quickest finish
on the team this year.

Robertson (58.25) and Dason (58.58) took second and third in the 100
backstroke, with Dason's time ranking third on the season. Anna
Linkenauger then recorded the top 100 breaststroke for the Pack this
year with a 1:05.41 to win the event, while Jessica Ward, Jessica
Stewart and Tracy Rorer rounded out the top four. Jen Kopenitz (2:04.63)
and Maggie McEnerney (2:08.06) placed first and second in the 200
butterfly, with Kopenitz swimming the second-best 200 butterfly on the
team thus far into the year. Richter followed that performance by
winning the 50 freestyle on a 24.01.

Kirstyn Shepler (221.15) and Hopkins (219.25) placed first and second in
the 1-meter dive, with Hopkins later qualifying for the NCAA diving
zones by winning the 3-meter dive with a 273.70 – tops on the team this
season. Shepler's 255.10 in the 3-meter dive stands as second-best.

Dason (52.31), Richter (52.44) and Waters (53.63) placed second, third
and fourth respectively in the 100 freestyle, while Kopenitz grabbed the
top spot with a 2:02.95 in the 200 backstroke. The Pack once again took
the first four finishes in the 200 breaststroke thanks to Ward
(2:21.36), Christina McCann (2:21.40), Stewart (2:24.68) and Kristin
Esplin (2:26.44). McCann's swim was the third-quickest this season.

Hendren's 5:04.67 won the 500 freestyle and is the third-fastest on the
team this year, while Merritt placed second with a 5:06.62. Linkenauger
(57.18), Alli Hagan (58.34) and Like-Mathews (58.54) took second, third
and fourth in the 100 butterfly, with Linkenauger's mark serving as
second-best on the season. Thompson (2:10.48) and Dason (2:10.76) had
the best two showings in the 200 IM,

Both the NC State men's and women's swimming and diving teams will
return to the pool at Davidson on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 12 noon.

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