The NC State Wolfpack won three more individual events and one relay during the final evening of competition at the men’s ACC championships, putting the finishing touches on a fourth straight conference title.
The Wolfpack finished with 1457 points, almost 300 ahead of runner-up Louisville. NC State senior Ryan Held was named swimmer of the meet for the second straight year after winning three individual events. Held also led his team to an American record in the final event, the 400 free relay.
Full team standings:
1. North Carolina State Universit 1457 2. Louisville, University of 1170.5 3. Virginia, University of 983.5 4. Notre Dame, University of 941 5. Florida State University 828.5 6. VA Tech 688.5 7. Duke University 621 8. North Carolina, University of, 568 9. Georgia Institute of Technolog 504 10. Pittsburgh, University of 324 11. Boston College 137 12. University of Miami (Florida) 94
1650 Free
NC State’s Anton Ipsen finished behind Louisville’s Marcelo Acosta in the 1650 free at the 2017 ACC championships, but he returned to the top of the podium this year, pulling away from Acosta and holding off a late charge from Notre Dame’s Zach Yeadon.
Ipsen touched in 14:31.21, his third win of the meet after winning the 500 free and 400 IM earlier. He broke Acosta’s ACC record of 14:33.68 and moved to No. 1 in the country this season. Yeadon finished second in 14:34.60, the No. 2 time nationally behind Ipsen.
Acosta touched third in 14:41.21, well ahead of the Virginia duo of Brendan Casey (14:50.41) and Sam Magnan (14:54.56). Magnan tied with NC State’s Eric Knowles for fifth, while Louisville’s T.C. Smith (14:55.33) and Virginia Tech’s Lane Stone (14:55.50) rounded out the top three.
Event 16 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 14:33.68 3/2/2017 Marcelo Acosta, Louisville-KY
ACC Meet: & 14:33.68 3/2/2017 Marcelo Acosta, Louisville-KY
American: @ 14:18.25 12/2/2017 Zane Grothe
NCAA: $ 14:22.41 3/25/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
U. S. Open: * 14:18.25 12/2/2017 Zane Grothe
Pool Record: ^ 14:23.52 12/6/2014 Connor Jaeger, CW-MI
14:40.75 A
15:13.14 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
15:30.39 B
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Ipsen, Anton Oe SR NC State 14:39.05 14:31.21%A 32
r:+0.71 23.89 50.03 (26.14)
1:16.33 (26.30) 1:42.64 (26.31)
2:08.94 (26.30) 2:35.16 (26.22)
3:01.46 (26.30) 3:27.75 (26.29)
3:54.14 (26.39) 4:20.49 (26.35)
4:46.68 (26.19) 5:12.91 (26.23)
5:39.39 (26.48) 6:05.76 (26.37)
6:32.17 (26.41) 6:58.53 (26.36)
7:24.82 (26.29) 7:51.17 (26.35)
8:17.61 (26.44) 8:44.26 (26.65)
9:10.68 (26.42) 9:37.35 (26.67)
10:03.89 (26.54) 10:30.74 (26.85)
10:57.57 (26.83) 11:24.33 (26.76)
11:51.27 (26.94) 12:18.18 (26.91)
12:45.04 (26.86) 13:11.80 (26.76)
13:38.50 (26.70) 14:05.23 (26.73) 14:31.21 (25.98)
2 Yeadon, Zach FR ND 14:47.18 14:34.60 A 28
r:+0.82 24.02 50.25 (26.23)
1:16.74 (26.49) 1:43.31 (26.57)
2:09.86 (26.55) 2:36.32 (26.46)
3:02.98 (26.66) 3:29.65 (26.67)
3:56.39 (26.74) 4:23.13 (26.74)
4:49.83 (26.70) 5:16.55 (26.72)
5:43.50 (26.95) 6:10.33 (26.83)
6:37.18 (26.85) 7:03.98 (26.80)
7:30.75 (26.77) 7:57.64 (26.89)
8:24.43 (26.79) 8:51.16 (26.73)
9:17.95 (26.79) 9:44.69 (26.74)
10:11.25 (26.56) 10:37.84 (26.59)
11:04.50 (26.66) 11:31.00 (26.50)
11:57.55 (26.55) 12:24.02 (26.47)
12:50.44 (26.42) 13:16.70 (26.26)
13:43.01 (26.31) 14:09.25 (26.24) 14:34.60 (25.35)
3 Acosta, Marcelo JR Louisville 14:45.42 14:41.21 IV17 27
r:+0.72 23.86 49.96 (26.10)
1:16.43 (26.47) 1:42.91 (26.48)
2:09.28 (26.37) 2:35.59 (26.31)
3:01.96 (26.37) 3:28.30 (26.34)
3:54.78 (26.48) 4:21.48 (26.70)
4:48.07 (26.59) 5:14.81 (26.74)
5:41.80 (26.99) 6:08.67 (26.87)
6:35.32 (26.65) 7:02.20 (26.88)
7:29.05 (26.85) 7:55.94 (26.89)
8:22.70 (26.76) 8:49.64 (26.94)
9:16.25 (26.61) 9:42.99 (26.74)
10:09.91 (26.92) 10:36.74 (26.83)
11:03.59 (26.85) 11:30.52 (26.93)
11:57.70 (27.18) 12:25.50 (27.80)
12:52.99 (27.49) 13:20.67 (27.68)
13:48.31 (27.64) 14:15.38 (27.07) 14:41.21 (25.83)
Men’s 200 Back
NC State’s Coleman Stewart, the winner of the 100 back Friday evening, completed the backstroke sweep as he pulled away from Notre Dame’s Rob Whitacre and his own Wolfpack teammate Hennessy Stuart. Stewart touched in 1:39.56, while Whitacre took second in 1:40.31. Stuart, who led for the first 100 yards, faded to third in 1:40.82.
Virginia’s Robby Giller took fourth in 1:41.11.followed by Louisville’s Nikkos Sofianidis (1:41.86) and Notre Dame’s Zach Montesi (1:41.95). Shortly after swimming the 1650 free, Virginia’s Brendan Casey faded to seventh (1:45.11), and Georgia Tech’s Colton Williamson took eighth (1:46.72).
Event 17 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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Conference: % 1:38.56 3/26/2016 Hennesey Stuart, NC State
ACC Meet: & 1:39.05 3/2/2017 Grigory Tarasevich, Louisville-KY
American: @ 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
NCAA: $ 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
U. S. Open: * 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
Pool Record: ^ 1:39.28 2/27/2016 Grigory Tarasevich, LOU-KY
1:39.66 A
1:41.74 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
1:46.39 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Stewart, Colema SO NC State 1:40.65 1:39.56 A 32
r:+0.60 23.99 49.34 (25.35)
1:14.48 (25.14) 1:39.56 (25.08)
2 Whitacre, Rober SR ND 1:40.17 1:40.31 IV17 28
r:+0.59 23.98 49.39 (25.41)
1:15.25 (25.86) 1:40.31 (25.06)
3 Stuart, Henness SR NC State 1:40.91 1:40.82 IV17 27
r:+0.52 23.37 48.84 (25.47)
1:14.90 (26.06) 1:40.82 (25.92)
4 Giller, Robby FR Virginia 1:41.37 1:41.11 IV17 26
r:+0.60 24.14 49.81 (25.67)
1:15.47 (25.66) 1:41.11 (25.64)
5 Sofianidis, Nik FR Louisville 1:42.24 1:41.86 B 25
r:+0.59 23.97 50.06 (26.09)
1:15.90 (25.84) 1:41.86 (25.96)
6 Montesi, Jack SO ND 1:42.06 1:41.95 B 24
r:+0.56 24.28 50.11 (25.83)
1:15.94 (25.83) 1:41.95 (26.01)
7 Casey, Brendan JR Virginia 1:41.86 1:45.11 B 23
r:+0.62 24.49 51.41 (26.92)
1:18.93 (27.52) 1:45.11 (26.18)
8 Williamson, Col JR GT 1:41.89 1:46.72 22
r:+0.63 24.52 50.96 (26.44)
1:18.75 (27.79) 1:46.72 (27.97)
100 Free
With a fourth straight conference title pretty much secured already, NC State swept the top four spots in the men’s 100 free. Olympic gold medalist Ryan Held finished first in 41.41, the second third-fastest mark in the country this season behind Caeleb Dressel (40.87). (Later in the evening, Texas’ Tate Jackson moved passed Held in the national rankings with his time of 41.27 at the Big 12 championships.) Held also broke his own meet record of 41.61 set last year
Justin Ress finished second in 41.86, just ahead of Jacob Molacek (41.89), times that rank sixth and seventh in the country this season, respectively. Wolfpack freshman Giovanni Izzo claimed fourth in 42.69 to complete the dominance performance. Perhaps appropriately, Wolfpack legend Cullen Jones was on hand to present awards to his three training partners.
Florida State’s Will Pisani (42.72), Louisville’s Andrej Barna (42.82), Notre Dame’s Daniel Spees (43.20) and Florida State’s Emir Muratovic (43.29) also swam in the final.
Event 18 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 41.18 2/27/2016 Simonas Bilis, NCSU-NC
ACC Meet: & 41.41 2/24/2018 Ryan Held, NC State-NC
American: @ 40.00 3/25/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
NCAA: $ 40.00 3/25/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: * 40.00 3/25/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool Record: ^ 41.31 12/6/2014 Nathan Adrian, CAL-PC
42.11 A
42.76 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
44.29 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Held, Ryan SR NC State 42.10 41.41&A 32
r:+0.63 19.54 41.41 (21.87)
2 Ress, Justin JR NC State 41.74 41.86 A 28
r:+0.67 19.88 41.86 (21.98)
3 Molacek, Jacob JR NC State 42.01 41.89 A 27
r:+0.63 20.14 41.89 (21.75)
4 Izzo, Giovanni FR NC State 42.86 42.69 IV17 26
r:+0.67 20.24 42.69 (22.45)
5 Pisani, Will JR Florida St 42.73 42.72 IV17 25
r:+0.67 20.35 42.72 (22.37)
6 Barna, Andrej SO Louisville 42.77 42.82 B 24
r:+0.62 20.32 42.82 (22.50)
7 Speers, Daniel JR ND 42.88 43.20 B 23
r:+0.64 20.50 43.20 (22.70)
8 Muratovic, Emir JR Florida St 43.08 43.29 B 22
r:+0.66 20.46 43.29 (22.83)
Men’s 200 Breast
Louisville’s Evgenii Somov completed a sweep of the breaststroke events, pulling away from Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis on the final 25 to take the win. Somov touched in 1:53.05, ahead of Pumputis in 1:53.45. Somov remained the only individual swimmer not representing NC State to win an event all weekend.
Somov’s Cardinals teammate Carlos Claverie took third in 1:53.62, and Virginia’s Matthew Otto also broke 1:54, touching the wall in 1:53.92.
North Carolina’s Michael McBryan (1:54.66), Virginia’s Keefer Barnum (1:54.82), Georgia Tech’s Moises Loschi (1:54.95) and Duke’s Judd Howard (1:55.19) also swam in the final.
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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Conference: % 1:52.39 3/2/2017 Brandon Fiala, VT-VA
ACC Meet: & 1:52.39 3/2/2017 Brandon Fiala, VT-VA
American: @ 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
NCAA: $ 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
U. S. Open: * 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
Pool Record: ^ 1:52.87 2/27/2016 Brandon Fiala, VT-VA
1:52.94 A
1:54.54 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
1:59.79 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Somov, Evgenii FR Louisville 1:54.59 1:53.05 IV17 32
r:+0.72 26.18 54.15 (27.97)
1:24.45 (30.30) 1:53.05 (28.60)
2 Pumputis, Caio FR GT 1:55.68 1:53.45 IV17 28
r:+0.67 25.85 54.59 (28.74)
1:23.64 (29.05) 1:53.45 (29.81)
3 Claverie, Carlo SR Louisville 1:54.57 1:53.62 IV17 27
r:+0.75 26.07 55.04 (28.97)
1:24.04 (29.00) 1:53.62 (29.58)
4 Otto, Matthew FR Virginia 1:54.34 1:53.92 IV17 26
r:+0.67 26.45 55.20 (28.75)
1:24.12 (28.92) 1:53.92 (29.80)
5 McBryan, Michae SR UNC 1:54.98 1:54.66 B 25
r:+0.70 25.72 54.64 (28.92)
1:24.35 (29.71) 1:54.66 (30.31)
6 Barnum, Keefer FR Virginia 1:55.08 1:54.82 B 24
r:+0.67 25.96 54.70 (28.74)
1:24.63 (29.93) 1:54.82 (30.19)
7 Loschi, Moises SR GT 1:54.23 1:54.95 B 23
r:+0.63 26.27 55.51 (29.24)
1:25.36 (29.85) 1:54.95 (29.59)
8 Howard, Judd JR Duke 1:55.31 1:55.19 B 22
r:+0.71 26.17 55.48 (29.31)
1:25.17 (29.69) 1:55.19 (30.02)
200 Fly
NC State’s Andreas Vazaios had the lead almost the entire race, and he was up by a half-second with 50 yards to go. But Louisville’s Nicolas Albiero stormed home and got his hands on the wall in front. Albiero won the race in 1:41.08, while Vazaios tied with Virginia’s Ted Schubert for second at 1:41.35.
Louisville’s Zach Harting just missed the podium, taking third in 1:41.54. Finishing behind him were Virginia’s Zach Fong (1:42.37), Georgia Tech’s Christian Ferraro (1:43.36), Notre Dame’s Aaron Schultz (1:43.46) and NC State’s James Bretscher (1:44.04).
Event 20 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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Conference: % 1:40.77 3/26/2017 Andreas Vazaios, NCSU-NC
ACC Meet: & 1:41.42 2/27/2016 Vazalos/McCurdy, NCSU-NC
American: @ 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
NCAA: $ 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
U. S. Open: * 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
Pool Record: ^ 1:41.42 2/27/2016 Christian McCurdy, NCSU-NC
1:41.44 A
1:43.09 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
1:47.99 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Albiero, Nicola FR Louisville 1:41.61 1:41.08&A 32
r:+0.67 22.94 49.08 (26.14)
1:15.06 (25.98) 1:41.08 (26.02)
2 Vazaios, Andrea JR NC State 1:41.69 1:41.35&A 27.5
r:+0.70 22.98 48.64 (25.66)
1:14.48 (25.84) 1:41.35 (26.87)
2 Schubert, Ted SO Virginia 1:42.00 1:41.35&A 27.5
r:+0.67 23.27 49.37 (26.10)
1:15.61 (26.24) 1:41.35 (25.74)
4 Harting, Zach JR Louisville 1:42.22 1:41.54 IV17 26
r:+0.67 22.98 49.24 (26.26)
1:15.03 (25.79) 1:41.54 (26.51)
5 Fong, Zach JR Virginia 1:42.64 1:42.37 IV17 25
r:+0.63 23.81 49.56 (25.75)
1:15.53 (25.97) 1:42.37 (26.84)
6 Ferraro, Christ FR GT 1:43.03 1:43.36 B 24
r:+0.69 23.80 49.41 (25.61)
1:16.67 (27.26) 1:43.36 (26.69)
7 Schultz, Aaron SO ND 1:44.00 1:43.46 B 23
r:+0.70 23.31 49.83 (26.52)
1:16.43 (26.60) 1:43.46 (27.03)
8 Bretscher, Jame JR NC State 1:42.61 1:44.04 B 22
r:+0.65 22.87 49.57 (26.70)
1:16.61 (27.04) 1:44.04 (27.43)
4×100 Free Relay
The NC State Wolfpack finished off their dominant effort at the ACC championships, with an American record in the men’s 4×100 free relay.
Swimming with a full beard, Ryan Held led off in 41.45, just off his ACC title-winning time of 41.45 from earlier in the night, before Justin Ress split an amazing 40.87 on the second leg. Jacob Molaceck (41.71) and Coleman Stewart (41.66) brought the team home to a final time of 2:45.69.
That annihilated the previous American record of 2:47.02 that the Texas foursome of Jimmy Feigen, Ricky Berens, Peter Jameson and David Walters set back in 2009. The Wolfpack recorded the second-fastest relay in history, behind only the 2:45.39 set by Texas’ Brett Ringgold, Jack Conger, Townley Haas and Joseph Schooling at last year’s NCAA championships.
Finally, the team crushed its conferene record of 2:46.81 that a team which included Held set back in 2016 on the way to an NCAA title.
NC State won the race by more than five seconds, as Florida State’s team of Emir Muratovic, Felipe Ribeiro de Souzlipe, Will Pisani and Kanoa Kaleoaloha took second in 2:50.63. Louisville’s Nicolas Albiero, Andrej Barna, Evgenii Somov and Zach Harting took third in 2:51.09.
Virginia (2:51.28), Notre Dame (2:51.62), Duke (2:53.99), Georgia Tech (2:54.96) and North Carolina (2:55.35) also finished in the top eight.
Event 21 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Conference: % 2:46.81 3/26/2016 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-NC
R. Held, S. Bilis, A. Schiellerup, S. Dahl
ACC Meet: & 2:48.14 3/2/2017 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-NC
J Ress, R Held, A Schiellerup, S Dahl
American: @ 2:47.02 3/28/2009 Texas
J Feigen, R Berens, P Jameson, D Walters
NCAA: $ 2:45.39 3/25/2017 Texas
B Ringgold, J Conger, F Haas, J Schooling
U. S. Open: * 2:45.39 3/25/2017 Texas
B Ringgold, J Conger, F Haas, J Schooling
Pool Record: ^ 2:48.52 2/27/2016 North Carolina State Univ., NCSU-
S Bilis, R Held, J Bonk, S Dahl
2:52.10 A
2:53.23 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 NC State 2:48.75 2:45.69%A 64
1) Held, Ryan SR 2) r:0.22 Ress, Justin JR
3) r:0.40 Molacek, Jacob JR 4) r:0.28 Stewart, Coleman SO
r:+3.86 19.71 41.45 (41.45)
1:00.48 (19.03) 1:22.32 (40.87)
1:42.29 (19.97) 2:04.03 (41.71)
2:23.57 (19.54) 2:45.69 (41.66)
2 Florida St 2:51.27 2:50.63 A 56
1) Muratovic, Emir JR 2) r:0.30 Ribeiro de Souzlipe SO
3) r:0.36 Pisani, Will JR 4) r:0.24 Kaleoaloha, Kanoa JR
r:+0.65 20.21 43.26 (43.26)
1:03.46 (20.20) 1:26.19 (42.93)
1:45.82 (19.63) 2:08.29 (42.10)
2:50.63 (42.34)
3 Louisville 2:53.92 2:51.09 A 54
1) Albiero, Nicolas FR 2) r:0.14 Barna, Andrej SO
3) r:0.27 Somov, Evgenii FR 4) r:0.23 Harting, Zach JR
r:+0.66 21.00 43.04 (43.04)
1:02.78 (19.74) 1:25.24 (42.20)
1:45.58 (20.34) 2:08.65 (43.41)
2:28.66 (20.01) 2:51.09 (42.44)
4 Virginia 2:53.89 2:51.28 A 52
1) Baker, Ryan SO 2) r:0.50 Georgiadis, Luke SR
3) r:0.28 Clark, Joe SO 4) r:0.29 Keblish, Bryce JR
r:+0.68 20.52 43.03 (43.03)
1:03.29 (20.26) 1:25.93 (42.90)
1:45.79 (19.86) 2:07.99 (42.06)
2:28.48 (20.49) 2:51.28 (43.29)
5 ND 2:54.33 2:51.62 A 50
1) Afrik, Tabahn JR 2) r:0.40 Plaschka, Justin SR
3) r:0.23 Schultz, Aaron SO 4) r:0.36 Speers, Daniel JR
r:+0.64 20.83 43.06 (43.06)
1:03.40 (20.34) 1:25.96 (42.90)
1:46.40 (20.44) 2:09.34 (43.38)
2:29.21 (19.87) 2:51.62 (42.28)
6 Duke 2:56.61 2:53.99 48
1) Legard, Yusuke JR 2) r:0.09 Williams, Miles SO
3) r:0.10 St. George, Max JR 4) r:0.21 Tate, Sean JR
r:+0.65 20.99 43.76 (43.76)
1:04.22 (20.46) 1:26.60 (42.84)
1:46.91 (20.31) 2:09.78 (43.18)
2:30.45 (20.67) 2:53.99 (44.21)
7 GT 2:54.83 2:54.96 46
1) Harasz, Noah SR 2) r:0.12 Correia, Rodrigo JR
3) r:0.37 Pumputis, Caio FR 4) r:0.10 Ferraro, Christian FR
r:+0.61 20.75 44.01 (44.01)
1:04.28 (20.27) 1:26.92 (42.91)
1:39.05 (12.13) 2:11.02 (44.10)
2:31.95 (20.93) 2:54.96 (43.94)
8 UNC 2:58.52 2:55.35 44
1) Messenger, Jack FR 2) r:0.32 Casey, James SR
3) r:0.37 Jiang, Alvin FR 4) r:0.24 Brocato, Greg SO
r:+0.77 21.21 44.64 (44.64)
1:04.93 (20.29) 1:27.80 (43.16)
1:48.34 (20.54) 2:11.80 (44.00)
2:32.37 (20.57) 2:55.35 (43.55)
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