The final morning of the 2019 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro will be a pivotal one in the team standings. Virginia and NC State are coming down to the wire for the ACC team title. Both schools put eight swimmers in the championship final for tonight but Virginia put seven in the consolation final that could make a big difference in the point standings.
However, 1m diving and the 1650 have yet to take place so there could be more movement among the top teams in those events as well.
Virginia’s Megan Moroney is on top in the 200 back after this morning while NC State’s Sophie Hansson is on top in the 200 breast. Louisville’s Mallory Comerford and Grace Oglesby are top seeds in the 100 free and 200 fly.
The full ups, mids, downs report is below. Diving has also been included! Teams are in order of the team scores after last night.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 + Ups, Mids, Downs 1. North Carolina State 886 9, 4, 4 2. Virginia 867 8, 8, 4 3. Louisville 766 6, 7, 4 4. Notre Dame 624.5 4, 6, 2 5. Duke 570.5 3, 2, 7 6. Florida State 490 2, 6, 6 7. North Carolina 487.5 3, 4, 2 8. Virginia Tech 333 1, 2, 4 9. Pittsburgh 237 0, 2, 1 10. Georgia Tech 209 2, 0, 4 11. Miami 184.5 2, 0, 1 12. Boston College 124 0, 0, 0
200 Back
Virginia got Saturday morning started with the top three swimmers in the 200 back heats as Megan Moroney (1:51.91), Emma Sieberlich (1:52.53) and Paige Madden (1:52.76) will be in the middle lanes at finals tonight.
Virginia also got a fourth swimmer into the final as half the field will be Virginia Cavaliers. Abigail Richter (1:53.87) qualified in sixth as Virginia is searching for a second straight ACC team title.
NC State, who had the lead heading into today, did not go away lightly. They put three swimmers in the final with Emma Muzzy (1:53.18), Elise Haan (1:53.22) and Kate Moore (1:53.91) coming in fourth, fifth and seventh respectively. Duke’s Madeline Hess (1:54.13) was the last swimmer in the final.
Event 17 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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Meet: ! 1:49.61 2/16/2017 Alexia Zevnik, NC State
ACC: % 1:49.09 3/18/2017 Alexia Zevnik, NC State
American: * 1:47.30 3/17/2018 Kathleen Baker, California
NCAA: $ 1:47.84 3/21/2013 Elizabeth Pelton, California
U.S. Open: # 1:47.30 3/17/2018 Kathleen Baker, California
Pool: ^ 1:47.91 3/21/2015 Missy Franklin, California
1:50.50 A
1:53.64 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
1:57.11 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Moroney, Megan JR UVA 1:53.78 1:51.91 qIV18
r:+0.61 26.66 55.13 (28.47)
1:23.47 (28.34) 1:51.91 (28.44)
2 Seiberlich, Emm SO UVA 1:54.32 1:52.53 qIV18
r:+0.76 26.84 55.18 (28.34)
1:23.77 (28.59) 1:52.53 (28.76)
3 Madden, Paige SO UVA 1:53.02 1:52.76 qIV18
r:+0.76 26.38 54.57 (28.19)
1:23.19 (28.62) 1:52.76 (29.57)
4 Muzzy, Emma FR NC State 1:51.58 1:53.18 qIV18
r:+0.81 26.71 55.45 (28.74)
1:24.35 (28.90) 1:53.18 (28.83)
5 Haan, Elise SR NC State 1:54.52 1:53.22 qIV18
r:+0.72 26.53 55.42 (28.89)
1:24.58 (29.16) 1:53.22 (28.64)
6 Richter, Abigai SO UVA 1:55.28 1:53.87 qB
r:+0.68 26.42 54.64 (28.22)
1:23.55 (28.91) 1:53.87 (30.32)
7 Moore, Kathleen SO NC State 1:54.47 1:53.91 qB
r:+0.69 27.21 56.17 (28.96)
1:25.27 (29.10) 1:53.91 (28.64)
8 Hess, Madeline SR Duke 1:53.86 1:54.13 qB
r:+0.69 25.97 54.40 (28.43)
1:24.12 (29.72) 1:54.13 (30.01)
100 Free
Louisville’s Mallory Comerford will have lane four in the 100 free on Saturday night at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro as she swam a 47.48 in the heats. Comerford is just ahead of 50 free runner-up Ky-lee Perry (47.53) of NC State.
Virginia continued its strong morning by placing two in the championship final with Morgan Hill (47.91) and Eryn Eddy (48.68) coming in third and seventh. Hill won the 100 fly last night but no one is expected to challenge Comerford for the title.
Louisville also put two in the finals with Lainey Visscher (48.53) coming in fifth this morning.
Notre Dame’s Abbie Dolan (48.43), Georgia Tech’s Iris Wang (48.67) and Virginia Tech’s Joelle Vereb (48.68) also qualified for the final.
Event 18 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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Meet: ! 46.65 2/17/2018 Mallory Comerford, Louisville-KY
ACC: % 46.20 3/17/2018 Mallory Comerford, Louisville-KY
American: * 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
NCAA: $ 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
U.S. Open: # 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
Pool: ^ 46.09 3/21/2015 Simone Manuel, Stanford
47.35 A
48.53 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
49.51 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Comerford, Mall SR Louisville 46.77 47.48 qIV18
r:+0.66 22.65 47.48 (24.83)
2 Perry, Ky-lee JR NC State 47.69 47.53 qIV18
r:+0.66 22.38 47.53 (25.15)
3 Hill, Morgan JR UVA 47.83 47.91 qIV18
r:+0.70 23.19 47.91 (24.72)
4 Dolan, Abigail JR ND 48.81 48.43 qIV18
r:+0.69 22.93 48.43 (25.50)
5 Visscher, Jilli JR Louisville 48.75 48.53 qIV18
r:+0.69 22.91 48.53 (25.62)
6 Wang, Haibing SR GT 49.03 48.67 qB
r:+0.69 23.37 48.67 (25.30)
7 Vereb, Joelle SO VT 49.04 48.68 qB
r:+0.59 23.42 48.68 (25.26)
7 Eddy, Eryn SR UVA 49.12 48.68 qB
r:+0.68 23.22 48.68 (25.46)
200 Breast
NC State’s Sophie Hansson, fresh off being the sixth fastest 100 breaststroker ever, swam a 2:07.97 in the 200 breast heats to lead the way ahead of Louisville’s Morgan Friesen (2:09.72) and Florida State’s Nina Kucheran (2:10.35). Hansson has been huge for the NC State program this year and could be pushing them to their second ACC team title in three years.
NC State put three in the A-Final in the 200 breast with Julia Poole (2:10.61) and Olivia Calegan (2:11.50) coming in fourth and eighth respectively. Virginia only put one swimmer in the A-Final and that was Vivian Tafuto (2:11.16) in fifth.
Louisville’s Mariia Astashkina (2:11.23) and North Carolina’s Lillian Higgs (2:11.49) also qualified for the A-Final.
Event 19 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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Meet: ! 2:04.34 2/22/2014 Emma Reaney, Notre Dame
ACC: % 2:04.06 3/22/2014 Emma Reaney, Notre Dame
American: * 2:02.60 3/17/2018 Lilly King, Indiana
NCAA: $ 2:03.18 3/18/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
U.S. Open: # 2:02.60 3/17/2018 Lilly King, Indiana
Pool: ^ 2:04.34 2/22/2014 Emma Reaney, Notre Dame
2:06.94 A
2:10.14 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
2:13.97 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hansson, Sophie FR NC State 2:09.39 2:07.97 qIV18
r:+0.76 28.66 1:00.93 (32.27)
1:33.81 (32.88) 2:07.97 (34.16)
2 Friesen, Morgan SO Louisville 2:09.85 2:09.72 qIV18
r:+0.70 29.10 1:01.63 (32.53)
1:35.18 (33.55) 2:09.72 (34.54)
3 Kucheran, Nina FR Florida St 2:11.07 2:10.35 qB
r:+0.69 29.67 1:02.37 (32.70)
1:35.96 (33.59) 2:10.35 (34.39)
4 Poole, Julia SO NC State 2:11.73 2:10.61 qB
r:+0.71 29.96 1:03.54 (33.58)
1:37.15 (33.61) 2:10.61 (33.46)
5 Tafuto, Vivian SR UVA 2:10.67 2:11.16 qB
r:+0.65 29.94 1:03.07 (33.13)
1:36.87 (33.80) 2:11.16 (34.29)
6 Astashkina, Mar SO Louisville 2:09.81 2:11.23 qB
r:+0.64 29.38 1:02.66 (33.28)
1:36.54 (33.88) 2:11.23 (34.69)
7 Higgs, Lillian FR UNC 2:14.70 2:11.49 qB
r:+0.69 29.97 1:03.17 (33.20)
1:37.02 (33.85) 2:11.49 (34.47)
8 Calegan, Olivia SO NC State 2:15.76 2:11.50 qB
r:+0.74 28.66 1:01.23 (32.57)
1:35.67 (34.44) 2:11.50 (35.83)
200 Fly
Louisville’s Grace Oglesby closed out the morning session at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 1:54.64 in the 200 fly heats in Greensboro. Oglesby will be right next to her teammate Alena Kraus as she qualified in third at 1:55.69. Notre Dame senior Nicole Smith (1:55.37) is the second seed with her effort this morning.
Checking in on the team race, Virginia and NC State both put one swimmer in the championship final with Virginia’s Julia Menkhaus (1:56.63) sitting in sixth and NC State’s Kylee Alons (1:56.80) in a tie for eighth.
Duke’s Cabell Ann Whitlow (1:56.56), North Carolina’s Bryanna Cameron (1:56.62) and Notre Dame’s Luciana Thomas (1:56.80) also qualified for the A-Final.
Event 20 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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Meet: ! 1:53.19 2/21/2015 Tanja Kylliainen, Louisville
ACC: % 1:50.61 3/19/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
American: * 1:49.51 3/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
NCAA: $ 1:49.92 2/25/2009 Elaine Breeden, Stanford
U.S. Open: # 1:49.51 2/24/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Pool: ^ 1:51.11 3/21/2015 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
1:53.48 A
1:55.99 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
1:59.23 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Oglesby, Grace JR Louisville 1:52.64 1:54.64 qIV18
r:+0.64 25.89 54.92 (29.03)
1:24.20 (29.28) 1:54.64 (30.44)
2 Smith, Nicole SR ND 1:55.23 1:55.37 qIV18
r:+0.75 25.88 55.14 (29.26)
1:24.55 (29.41) 1:55.37 (30.82)
3 Kraus, Alena FR Louisville 1:55.73 1:55.69 qIV18
r:+0.70 25.75 54.79 (29.04)
1:25.21 (30.42) 1:55.69 (30.48)
4 Whitlow, Cabell FR Duke 1:56.78 1:56.56 qB
r:+0.73 26.09 55.56 (29.47)
1:25.64 (30.08) 1:56.56 (30.92)
5 Cameron, Bryann JR UNC 1:57.10 1:56.62 qB
r:+0.72 25.61 54.93 (29.32)
1:25.15 (30.22) 1:56.62 (31.47)
6 Menkhaus, Julia FR UVA 1:57.17 1:56.63 qB
r:+0.72 25.72 54.66 (28.94)
1:25.07 (30.41) 1:56.63 (31.56)
7 Thomas, Luciana FR ND 1:55.31 1:56.80 qB
r:+0.72 26.13 55.45 (29.32)
1:25.57 (30.12) 1:56.80 (31.23)
7 Alons, Kylee FR NC State 1:55.16 1:56.80 qB
r:+0.60 25.27 54.63 (29.36)
1:25.10 (30.47) 1:56.80 (31.70)
Women’s 1m Diving
Miami continued to flex its muscles on the diving boards as the Canes put two in the finals of the 1m event. Sophomore Alicia Blagg (327.70) is the top seed while freshman Millie Haffety (264.95) is fifth for the finals tonight. NC State got some valuable points with junior Madeline Kline reaching the A-Final for fourth at 275.30.
Florida State’s Ayla Bonniwell (308.05), Duke’s Maddi Pullinger (288.15), North Carolina’s Emily Grund (263.70), Georgia Tech’s Cami Hidalgo (262.80) and Notre Dame’s Erin Isola (261.40) also qualified for the final.
Event 16 Women 1 mtr Diving
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Meet: ! 361.85 2/17/2011 Abby Johnston, Duke
ACC: % 379.98 3/3/2007 Jenna Dreyer, Miami
NCAA: $ 361.55 3/2007 Cassidy Krug, Stanford
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Blagg, Alicia SO Miami NP 327.70 q
2 Bonniwell, Ayla JR Florida St NP 308.05 q
3 Pullinger, Madd FR Duke 323.33 288.15 q
4 Kline, Madeline JR NC State 285.95 275.30 q
5 Haffety, Millie FR Miami NP 264.95 q
6 Grund, Emily UNC 283.50 263.70 q
7 Hidalgo, Cami SO GT 298.73 262.80 q
8 Isola, Erin JR ND 290.25 261.40 q
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