The NC State Wolfpack have a massive lead at the men’s ACC championships, pushing towards a fourth-straight team title. Ryan Held and Anton Ipsen each won their second individual events of the meet during Friday night’s finals session as NC State grabbed victories in five of the six events on the day.
The Wolfpack have a total of 1020 points, well ahead of Louisville with 802.5. It should be a battle for the rest of the spots in the top five on the final day of the meet, with Notre Dame (624), Virginia (598.5) and Florida State (583.5) all in the mix.
100 Fly
NC State’s Ryan Held won his second individual event of the meet, topping the sprint fly in 44.96. He fell just a bit short of his ACC record of 44.79 set last year but moved up to second in the country behind Joseph Schooling (44.78).
The Wolfpack finished 1-2 as Coleman Stewart came in second behind Held at 45.11. The race was Stewart’s first of two on the evening, before he swims as the top seed in the 100 back. Two other Wolfpack swimmers swam in the final, with James Bretscher taking seventh (46.15) and Giovanni Izzo finishing eight (46.48).
Louisville’s Nicolas Albiero picked up third-place honors with his time of 45.60, just ahead of the Virginia duo of Bryce Keblish (45.76) and Zach Fong (45.95). Louisville’s Zach Harting took sixth in 46.03.
Event 9 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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Conference: % 44.79 3/1/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
ACC Meet: & 44.79 3/1/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
American: @ 43.58 3/24/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
NCAA: $ 43.58 3/24/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: * 43.58 3/24/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool Record: ^ 44.99 12/5/2014 Giles Smith, PSC-AZ
45.49 A
46.10 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
48.29 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Held, Ryan SR NC State 45.28 44.96^A 32
r:+0.63 20.63 44.96 (24.33)
2 Stewart, Colema SO NC State 45.30 45.11 A 28
r:+0.69 21.17 45.11 (23.94)
3 Albiero, Nicola FR Louisville 45.89 45.60 IV17 27
r:+0.68 21.44 45.60 (24.16)
4 Keblish, Bryce JR Virginia 46.02 45.76 IV17 26
r:+0.67 20.96 45.76 (24.80)
5 Fong, Zach JR Virginia 46.16 45.95 IV17 25
r:+0.63 22.11 45.95 (23.84)
6 Harting, Zach JR Louisville 46.08 46.03 IV17 24
r:+0.69 21.39 46.03 (24.64)
7 Bretscher, Jame JR NC State 45.93 46.15 B 23
r:+0.65 21.56 46.15 (24.59)
8 Izzo, Giovanni FR NC State 46.26 46.48 B 22
r:+0.64 21.15 46.48 (25.33)
400 IM
Virginia’s Brendan Casey held the top seed for the 400 IM final, and he turned at the halfway point almost even with Louisville’s Etay Gurevich. Gurevich then took off on the breaststroke leg, putting in jeopardy NC State’s undefeated streak in individual events at the meet. But NC State’s Anton Ipsen would not give in.
Ipsen stormed home with a monster freestyle split, erasing Gurevich’s bodylength lead over the first 75 yards of free, turning dead even with 25 yards to go and then pulling ahead. Ipsen touched in 3:40.48, good for his second win of the meet after winning the 500 free Thursday. He finished ahead of Gurevich, who touched in 3:41.30, and Casey came in third at 3:41.94.
Louisville’s Daniel Sos took fourth in 3:42.68, two seconds ahead of NC State’s Eric Knowles (3:44.68). Other finalists included Virginia’s Robby Giller (3:44.72), UNC’s Henry Campbell (3:44.84) and Louisville’s Jarrett Jones (3:48.10).
Event 10 Men 400 Yard IM
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Conference: % 3:38.00 3/27/2009 Gal Nevo, Georgia Tech
ACC Meet: & 3:38.43 3/1/2017 Robert Owen, VT-VA
American: @ 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
NCAA: $ 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
U. S. Open: * 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Pool Record: ^ 3:41.08 2/26/2016 Robert Owen, VT-VA
3:39.95 A
3:44.92 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
3:54.49 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ipsen, Anton Oe SR NC State 3:44.26 3:40.48^IV17 32
r:+0.70 24.10 51.55 (27.45)
1:19.75 (28.20) 1:46.91 (27.16)
2:18.02 (31.11) 2:49.10 (31.08)
3:15.35 (26.25) 3:40.48 (25.13)
2 Gurevich, Etay SO Louisville 3:45.91 3:41.30 IV17 28
r:+0.69 22.97 49.58 (26.61)
1:17.73 (28.15) 1:46.40 (28.67)
2:16.17 (29.77) 2:47.34 (31.17)
3:14.47 (27.13) 3:41.30 (26.83)
3 Casey, Brendan JR Virginia 3:43.22 3:41.94 IV17 27
r:+0.72 23.42 50.14 (26.72)
1:17.52 (27.38) 1:44.75 (27.23)
2:17.65 (32.90) 2:50.45 (32.80)
3:16.45 (26.00) 3:41.94 (25.49)
4 Sos, Daniel FR Louisville 3:47.91 3:42.68 IV17 26
r:+0.70 23.73 51.22 (27.49)
1:19.26 (28.04) 1:46.89 (27.63)
2:19.01 (32.12) 2:50.64 (31.63)
3:17.27 (26.63) 3:42.68 (25.41)
5 Knowles, Eric FR NC State 3:46.29 3:44.68 IV17 25
r:+0.74 24.34 52.09 (27.75)
1:21.25 (29.16) 1:49.90 (28.65)
2:21.67 (31.77) 2:53.82 (32.15)
3:20.01 (26.19) 3:44.68 (24.67)
6 Giller, Robby FR Virginia 3:45.29 3:44.72 IV17 24
r:+0.71 23.91 51.12 (27.21)
1:19.39 (28.27) 1:46.79 (27.40)
2:19.67 (32.88) 2:52.72 (33.05)
3:19.48 (26.76) 3:44.72 (25.24)
7 Campbell, Henry SR UNC 3:45.48 3:44.84 IV17 23
r:+0.65 24.18 51.51 (27.33)
1:20.82 (29.31) 1:49.18 (28.36)
2:21.17 (31.99) 2:53.41 (32.24)
3:20.00 (26.59) 3:44.84 (24.84)
8 Jones, Jarrett SO Louisville 3:46.34 3:48.10 B 22
r:+0.75 23.97 51.29 (27.32)
1:21.05 (29.76) 1:50.31 (29.26)
2:22.88 (32.57) 2:55.66 (32.78)
3:22.57 (26.91) 3:48.10 (25.53)
200 Free
NC State’s Justin Ress passed on the 200 free in order to swim the 100 back, and he picked up a wire-to-wire win in the 200 free. The Woflpack have still yet to not win an individual event in six tries. Ress finished in 1:32.66, pulling away from Virginia’s Luke Georgiadis on the last 50.
Georgiadis took second in 1:33.78, and Ress’s Wolfpack teammate Andreas Vazaios took third in 1:34.11. Florida State’s Felipe Riberio de Souza also snuck under 1:35, touching fourth in 1:34.91.
Finishing fifth through eighth, respectively, were Virginia Tech’s Norbert Szabo (1:35.06), Louisville’s Sam Steele (1:35.12), Virginia Tech’s Lane Stone (1:35.23) and Louisville’s Andrej Barna (1:36.36).
Event 11 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 1:31.37 3/23/2017 Soren Dahl, NC State
ACC Meet: & 1:32.45 2/26/2010 Scot Robison, Virginia -VA
American: @ 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
NCAA: $ 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
U. S. Open: * 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
Pool Record: ^ 1:32.46 2/26/2016 Simonas Bilis, NCSU-NC
1:32.54 A
1:34.20 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
1:37.99 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ress, Justin JR NC State 1:33.41 1:32.66 IV17 32
r:+0.66 21.22 44.80 (23.58)
1:08.68 (23.88) 1:32.66 (23.98)
2 Georgiadis, Luk SR Virginia 1:34.45 1:33.78 IV17 28
r:+0.68 21.66 45.25 (23.59)
1:09.05 (23.80) 1:33.78 (24.73)
3 Vazaios, Andrea JR NC State 1:34.25 1:34.11 IV17 27
r:+0.71 22.14 45.83 (23.69)
1:09.80 (23.97) 1:34.11 (24.31)
4 Ribeiro de Souz SO Florida St 1:34.65 1:34.91 B 26
r:+0.67 21.70 45.44 (23.74)
1:10.13 (24.69) 1:34.91 (24.78)
5 Szabo, Norbert JR VT 1:35.20 1:35.06 B 25
r:+0.66 21.98 45.96 (23.98)
1:10.40 (24.44) 1:35.06 (24.66)
6 Steele, Sam SO Louisville 1:35.02 1:35.12 B 24
r:+0.64 22.07 46.55 (24.48)
1:11.15 (24.60) 1:35.12 (23.97)
7 Stone, Lane FR VT 1:35.48 1:35.23 B 23
r:+0.73 22.67 46.98 (24.31)
1:11.30 (24.32) 1:35.23 (23.93)
8 Barna, Andrej SO Louisville 1:34.92 1:36.36 B 22
r:+0.64 21.65 45.95 (24.30)
1:10.64 (24.69) 1:36.36 (25.72)
100 Breast
Louisville freshman Evgenii Somov was tied with senior teammate Carlos Claverie at the 50-yard mark, but he accelerated on the second half and pulled away to win in 52.18. Claverie took second in 52.69 to make it a 1-2 for the Cardinals, one hundredth ahead of UNC’s Michael McBryan (52.70).
Virginia’s Keefer Barnum took fourth in 52.98, and Georgia Tech’s Moises Loschi was fifth in 53.06. Other finalists included Duke’s Judd Howard (53.18), UNC’s Valdas Abaliksta (53.31) and Notre Dame’s Steven Shek (53.42).
The 100 breast was the first individual event of the meet that NC State did not win, and the Wolfpack actually had no swimmer qualify for the A-final. However, NC State juniors Jacob Molacek (52.88) and Daniel Graber (53.02) finished 1-2 in the consolation final.
Event 12 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Conference: % 51.30 3/24/2017 Brandon Fiala, Virginia Tech
ACC Meet: & 51.46 3/1/2017 Peter Kropp, Duke-NC
American: @ 50.03 2/17/2018 Caleb Dressel, Florida
NCAA: $ 50.03 2/17/2018 Caleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: * 50.03 2/17/2018 Caleb Dressel, Arizona
Pool Record: ^ 51.86 2/26/2016 Brandon Fiala, VT-VA
51.74 A
52.62 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
55.39 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Somov, Evgenii FR Louisville 52.69 52.18 IV17 32
r:+0.71 24.64 52.18 (27.54)
2 Claverie, Carlo SR Louisville 52.69 52.69 B 28
r:+0.73 24.64 52.69 (28.05)
3 McBryan, Michae SR UNC 52.56 52.70 B 27
r:+0.68 24.87 52.70 (27.83)
4 Barnum, Keefer FR Virginia 52.60 52.98 B 26
r:+0.65 24.76 52.98 (28.22)
5 Loschi, Moises SR GT 53.30 53.06 B 25
r:+0.66 25.15 53.06 (27.91)
6 Howard, Judd JR Duke 52.95 53.18 B 24
r:+0.72 25.33 53.18 (27.85)
7 Abaliksta, Vald FR UNC 53.12 53.31 B 23
r:+0.84 25.19 53.31 (28.12)
8 Shek, Steven JR ND 53.30 53.42 B 22
r:+0.61 24.93 53.42 (28.49)
100 Back
NC State’s Coleman Stewart broke the ACC record in the 100 back for the second time today, blasting a time of 44.54. That not only improves upon his No. 1 national ranking, but he also became the fifth-fastest swimmer of all-time in the event. Only Ryan Murphy, Nick Thoman, John Shebat and Matt Grevers have ever been quicker.
Louisville’s Nicolas Albiero, who like Stewart was swimming in his second A-final of the night after the 100 fly, took second in 45.44. Virginia’s Joe Clark, in contention for the first 75 yards, faded the last 25 and ended up third in 45.54.
The rest of the final included NC State’s Noah Hensley (46.14), UNC’s Alvin Jiang (46.49), NC State’s Hennessy Stuart (46.80), Notre Dame’s Rob Whitacre (46.99) and NC State’s James Bretscher (48.12).
Event 13 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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Conference: % 44.80 2/23/2018 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
ACC Meet: & 44.80 2/23/2018 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
American: @ 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
NCAA: $ 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
U. S. Open: * 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
Pool Record: ^ 44.80 2/23/2018 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
45.25 A
46.28 IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
48.49 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Stewart, Colema SO NC State 44.80 44.54%A 32
r:+0.59 21.60 44.54 (22.94)
2 Albiero, Nicola FR Louisville 45.89 45.44 IV17 28
r:+0.53 22.14 45.44 (23.30)
3 Clark, Joe SO Virginia 46nc.22 45.54 IV17 27
r:+0.59 21.66 45.54 (23.88)
4 Hensley, Noah JR NC State 46.41 46.14 IV17 26
r:+0.51 22.31 46.14 (23.83)
5 Jiang, Alvin FR UNC 46.33 46.49 B 25
r:+0.60 22.32 46.49 (24.17)
6 Stuart, Henness SR NC State 46.07 46.80 B 24
r:+0.54 22.54 46.80 (24.26)
7 Whitacre, Rober SR ND 46.46 46.99 B 23
r:+0.58 22.79 46.99 (24.20)
8 Bretscher, Jame JR NC State 46.49 48.12 B 22
r:+0.51 23.40 48.12 (24.72)
4×100 Medley Relay
Louisville had the lead at the halfway point of the 4×100 medley relay behind Nicolas Albiero and Evgenii Somov, but NC State pulled ahead on the back half of the race with Ryan Held and Justin Ress. Andreas Vazaios (45.63), Jacob Molacek (52.27), Held (44.92) and Ress (41.42) combined to swim a time of 3:04.24.
Louisville’s Albiero, Somov, Nikkos Sofianidis and Andrej Barna took second in 3:05.55. Barna split 41.68 to edge Virginia at the finish after Bryce Keblish moved the Cavaliers into second with a quick 45.03 fly leg. Joe Clark, Keefer Barnum, Keblish and Ryan Baker finished just two hundredths behind Louisville in 3:05.57.
Notre Dame finished fourth in 3:08.32, followed by Florida State (3:09.33), Georgia Tech (3:10.20), North Carolina (3:10.35) and Duke (3:11.23).
Event 14 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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Conference: % 3:03.96 3/23/2017 Louisville, University of, Louisville-KY
G Tarasevich, C Claverie, J Quallen, T Carroll
ACC Meet: & 3:04.44 3/1/2017 Louisville, University of, Louisville-KY
G Tarasevich, C Claverie, J Quallen, T Carroll
American: @ 3:01.51 3/23/2017 California
R Murphy, C Hoppe, M Josa, M Jensen
NCAA: $ 2:59.22 3/23/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
U. S. Open: * 2:59.22 3/23/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
Pool Record: ^ 3:04.47 2/28/2014 Florida State University, FSU-F
P Sankovich, J Pike, C Knight, P Murray
3:07.46 A
3:08.95 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 NC State 3:07.04 3:04.24&A 64
1) Vazaios, Andreas JR 2) r:+0.29 Molacek, Jacob JR
3) r:0.28 Held, Ryan SR 4) r:0.20 Ress, Justin JR
r:+0.54 21.80 45.63 (45.63)
1:09.50 (23.87) 1:37.90 (52.27)
1:58.40 (20.50) 2:22.82 (44.92)
2:42.25 (19.43) 3:04.24 (41.42)
2 Louisville 3:08.73 3:05.55 A 56
1) Albiero, Nicolas FR 2) r:0.29 Somov, Evgenii FR
3) r:0.38 Sofianidis, Nikkos FR 4) r:0.06 Barna, Andrej SO
r:+0.53 22.11 45.42 (45.42)
1:09.77 (24.35) 1:37.34 (51.92)
1:58.77 (21.43) 2:23.87 (46.53)
2:43.38 (19.51) 3:05.55 (41.68)
3 Virginia 3:09.24 3:05.57 A 54
1) Clark, Joe SO 2) r:0.16 Barnum, Keefer FR
3) r:0.23 Keblish, Bryce JR 4) r:0.26 Baker, Ryan SO
r:+5.42 22.25 45.85 (45.85)
1:10.07 (24.22) 1:38.25 (52.40)
1:58.70 (20.45) 2:23.28 (45.03)
2:42.98 (19.70) 3:05.57 (42.29)
4 ND 3:11.56 3:08.32 B 52
1) Whitacre, Robert SR 2) r:0.13 Shek, Steven JR
3) r:0.14 Plaschka, Justin SR 4) r:0.27 Speers, Daniel JR
r:+0.60 23.03 47.10 (47.10)
1:11.49 (24.39) 1:40.40 (53.30)
2:00.82 (20.42) 2:25.74 (45.34)
2:45.35 (19.61) 3:08.32 (42.58)
5 Florida St 3:10.66 3:09.33 50
1) Kalisz, Connor SR 2) r:0.35 Telford, Ryan FR
3) r:0.26 Kaleoaloha, Kanoa JR 4) r:0.17 Pisani, Will JR
r:+0.71 22.56 47.11 (47.11)
1:12.18 (25.07) 1:41.07 (53.96)
2:01.64 (20.57) 2:27.05 (45.98)
2:46.86 (19.81) 3:09.33 (42.28)
6 GT 3:11.72 3:10.20 48
1) Correia, Rodrigo JR 2) r:0.25 Loschi, Moises SR
3) r:0.07 Ferraro, Christian FR 4) r:0.28 Pumputis, Caio FR
r:+0.57 22.43 47.13 (47.13)
1:11.99 (24.86) 1:39.79 (52.66)
2:01.35 (21.56) 2:26.84 (47.05)
2:47.47 (20.63) 3:10.20 (43.36)
7 UNC 3:13.19 3:10.35 46
1) Jiang, Alvin FR 2) r:0.18 McBryan, Michael SR
3) r:0.30 Brocato, Greg SO 4) r:0.32 Casey, James SR
r:+0.60 22.50 46.72 (46.72)
1:10.98 (24.26) 1:39.60 (52.88)
2:01.20 (21.60) 2:27.07 (47.47)
2:47.31 (20.24) 3:10.35 (43.28)
8 Duke 3:12.50 3:11.23 44
1) St. George, Max JR 2) r:0.04 Howard, Judd JR
3) r:0.13 Legard, Yusuke JR 4) r:0.08 Tate, Sean JR
r:+0.58 22.67 46.27 (46.27)
1:10.73 (24.46) 1:38.83 (52.56)
2:00.94 (22.11) 2:27.18 (48.35)
2:48.03 (20.85) 3:11.23 (44.05)
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