The second night of finals from the 2019 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro was a short one but saw plenty of fast swims. NC State broke the meet record in the 200 free relay at the end of the night and also put up the top time in the nation in the event. The team of Ky-lee Perry, Kylee Alons, Sirena Rowe and Sophie Hansson won the final with a huge 1:26.15.
Louisville’s Mallory Comerford won her last 500 free title with a 4:34.63 for a huge new best time as she also leads the NCAA in the event. Comerford indicated in her post race interview though that that was her last 500 ever, so she most likely will do the 50 free at NCAAs instead.
NC State’s Julia Poole won the 200 IM and Virginia’s Morgan Hill won the 50 free.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 7 1. North Carolina State 454 2. Louisville 409 3. Virginia 379 4. Notre Dame 320.5 5. Duke 300.5 6. North Carolina 277.5 7. Florida State 265 8. Virginia Tech 181 9. Georgia Tech 147 10. Miami 146.5 11. Pittsburgh 126 12. Boston College 92
500 Free
Louisville senior Mallory Comerford dropped a huge 4:34.63 to lower her best time by a second to win the ACC title in the 500 free. Comerford led from start to finish as she collected 32 valuable points for the Cardinals. She finished ahead of Virginia’s Paige Madden (4:38.13) and NC State’s Kate Moore (4:39.10).
Comerford now has the fastest time in the nation this year, but she noted in her post race interview that she is done with the 500 for her career. That means she will probably do the 50 free instead of the 500 at NCAAs.
Virginia Tech’s Reka Gyorgy (4:41.51), NC State’s Tamila Holub (4:41.53), NC State’s Anna Jahns (4:43.59), Duke’s Easop Lee (4:43.76) and Notre Dame’s Abbie Dolan (4:44.73) also swam in the final.
Event 4 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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Meet: ! 4:30.74 2/18/2016 Leah Smith, UVA-VA
ACC: % 4:28.90 3/16/2017 Leah Smith, Virginia
American: * 4:24.06 3/17/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
NCAA: $ 4:24.06 3/17/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
U.S. Open: # 4:24.06 11/18/2016Katie Ledecky
Pool: ^ 4:29.54 12/4/2014 Katie Ledecky, NCAP-PV
4:36.30 A
4:40.50 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
4:47.20 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Comerford, Mall SR Louisville 4:42.25 4:34.63 A 32
r:+0.67 24.85 52.27 (27.42)
1:20.05 (27.78) 1:47.94 (27.89)
2:15.54 (27.60) 2:43.16 (27.62)
3:10.76 (27.60) 3:38.59 (27.83)
4:06.61 (28.02) 4:34.63 (28.02)
2 Madden, Paige SO UVA 4:39.08 4:38.13 IV18 28
r:+0.73 25.55 53.34 (27.79)
1:21.62 (28.28) 1:49.93 (28.31)
2:18.23 (28.30) 2:45.96 (27.73)
3:13.87 (27.91) 3:41.99 (28.12)
4:10.30 (28.31) 4:38.13 (27.83)
3 Moore, Kathleen SO NC State 4:41.66 4:39.10 IV18 27
r:+0.72 26.08 54.04 (27.96)
1:22.15 (28.11) 1:50.37 (28.22)
2:18.63 (28.26) 2:47.06 (28.43)
3:15.38 (28.32) 3:43.66 (28.28)
4:11.91 (28.25) 4:39.10 (27.19)
4 Gyorgy, Reka JR VT 4:43.23 4:41.51 B 26
r:+0.71 26.04 54.26 (28.22)
1:22.72 (28.46) 1:51.39 (28.67)
2:19.91 (28.52) 2:48.53 (28.62)
3:17.15 (28.62) 3:45.79 (28.64)
4:14.04 (28.25) 4:41.51 (27.47)
5 Holub, Tamila SO NC State 4:40.92 4:41.53 B 25
r:+0.74 26.09 53.94 (27.85)
1:22.15 (28.21) 1:50.60 (28.45)
2:18.91 (28.31) 2:47.37 (28.46)
3:15.70 (28.33) 3:44.55 (28.85)
4:13.46 (28.91) 4:41.53 (28.07)
6 Jahns, Anna SR NC State 4:39.98 4:43.59 B 24
r:+0.71 26.14 54.31 (28.17)
1:22.70 (28.39) 1:51.45 (28.75)
2:20.06 (28.61) 2:48.76 (28.70)
3:17.78 (29.02) 3:46.76 (28.98)
4:15.50 (28.74) 4:43.59 (28.09)
7 Lee, Easop FR Duke 4:44.21 4:43.76 B 23
r:+0.70 26.32 54.80 (28.48)
1:23.41 (28.61) 1:52.10 (28.69)
2:20.84 (28.74) 2:49.57 (28.73)
3:18.60 (29.03) 3:47.49 (28.89)
4:16.15 (28.66) 4:43.76 (27.61)
8 Dolan, Abigail JR ND 4:43.96 4:44.73 B 22
r:+0.68 24.90 52.29 (27.39)
1:20.51 (28.22) 1:49.21 (28.70)
2:18.09 (28.88) 2:47.03 (28.94)
3:16.35 (29.32) 3:46.10 (29.75)
4:15.82 (29.72) 4:44.73 (28.91)
200 IM
NC State’s Julia Poole won her first ACC title on Thursday night at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro with a 1:55.13 as she dropped almost a full second off her prelim time. Virginia’s Abigail Richter (1:55.92) finished in second as she got big points for defending champion Virginia.
NC State had four total A-Finalists and got huge points from Poole, Sophie Hansson (1:56.81, 4th), Lindsay Morrow (1:57.77, 6th) and Jessica Horomanski (1:59.54, 7th).
Louisville’s Grace Oglesby improved a little bit on her prelim time as she finished in third at 1:56.33.
Louisville’s Alina Kendzior (1:57.56) and North Carolina’s Caroline Hauder (2:00.67) also swam in the A-Final.
Event 5 Women 200 Yard IM
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Meet: ! 1:54.44 2/14/2017 Alexia Zevnik, NCSU-NC
ACC: % 1:54.05 12/6/2016 Kaitlyn Jones, Virginia
American: * 1:50.67 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
NCAA: $ 1:51.65 3/17/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford
U.S. Open: # 1:50.67 3/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford-PC
Pool: ^ 1:52.11 3/19/2015 Missy Franklin, CAL-PC
1:54.31 A
1:56.76 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
1:59.94 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Poole, Julia SO NC State 1:56.00 1:55.13 IV18 32
r:+0.72 25.67 55.30 (29.63)
1:27.90 (32.60) 1:55.13 (27.23)
2 Richter, Abigai SO UVA 1:57.38 1:55.92 IV18 28
r:+0.77 24.95 53.45 (28.50)
1:28.41 (34.96) 1:55.92 (27.51)
3 Oglesby, Grace JR Louisville 1:56.99 1:56.33 IV18 27
r:+0.63 24.33 54.04 (29.71)
1:28.43 (34.39) 1:56.33 (27.90)
4 Hansson, Sophie FR NC State 1:56.61 1:56.81 B 26
r:+0.78 26.06 57.35 (31.29)
1:29.57 (32.22) 1:56.81 (27.24)
5 Kendzior, Alina SR Louisville 1:58.25 1:57.56 B 25
r:+0.67 25.29 54.16 (28.87)
1:29.31 (35.15) 1:57.56 (28.25)
6 Morrow, Lindsay SR NC State 1:58.54 1:57.77 B 24
r:+0.70 25.79 55.03 (29.24)
1:29.05 (34.02) 1:57.77 (28.72)
7 Horomanski, Jes JR NC State 1:59.10 1:59.54 B 23
r:+0.68 25.70 56.65 (30.95)
1:30.93 (34.28) 1:59.54 (28.61)
8 Hauder, Carolin SO UNC 1:58.75 2:00.67 22
r:+0.71 25.39 54.34 (28.95)
1:30.30 (35.96) 2:00.67 (30.37)
50 Free
Virginia’s Morgan Hill out-touched NC State’s Ky-lee Perry in the 50 free finals as Hill won in a minor upset with a 21.68. Perry swam a 21.59 in the heats and looked to be the heavy favorite but ended up in second at 21.69.
NC State freshman Kylee Alons also put up a solid fight as she was third at 21.81. Those three were the only ones under 22 seconds in the final.
North Carolina freshman Grace Countie finished in fourth from lane one as she finished in fourth at 22.15 in a tie with Duke junior Alyssa Marsh (22.15).
Louisville’s Lainey Visscher (22.23), NC State’s Sirena Rowe (22.29) and Louisville’s Avery Braunecker (22.35) also finished in the A-Final.
Event 6 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Meet: ! 21.54 2/15/2018 Caitlin Cooper, Virginia-VA
ACC: % 21.48 11/20/2017Caroline Baldwin, UNC
American: * 21.12 3/5/2016 Abbey Weitzeil
NCAA: $ 21.15 2/20/2019 Erica Brown, Tennessee
U.S. Open: # 21.12 3/5/2016 Abbey Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatics
Pool: ^ 21.32 3/19/2015 Simone Manuel, STAN-PC
21.74 A
22.30 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
22.76 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Hill, Morgan JR UVA 21.93 21.68 A 32
r:+0.67 10.57 21.68 (11.11)
2 Perry, Ky-lee JR NC State 21.59 21.69 A 28
r:+0.66 10.48 21.69 (11.21)
3 Alons, Kylee FR NC State 21.90 21.81 IV18 27
r:+0.63 10.53 21.81 (11.28)
4 Countie, Grace FR UNC 22.31 22.15 IV18 25.5
r:+0.75 10.74 22.15 (11.41)
4 Marsh, Alyssa JR Duke 22.07 22.15 IV18 25.5
r:+0.65 10.69 22.15 (11.46)
6 Visscher, Jilli JR Louisville 22.30 22.23 IV18 24
r:+0.64 10.63 22.23 (11.60)
7 Rowe, Sirena SO NC State 22.38 22.29 IV18 23
r:+0.65 10.54 22.29 (11.75)
8 Braunecker, Ave JR Louisville 22.28 22.35 B 22
r:+0.68 10.90 22.35 (11.45)
Men’s 3m Diving
Miami’s Briadam Herrera won his second board of the meet as the senior won the 3m title with a 452.55. Herrera won the 1m last night as the Hurricanes picked up 32 more points with Hererra’s victory. Fellow Cane Zach Cooper (373.00) moved up to fourth in the final. Miami only has men’s diving and does not have a men’s swimming program.
Duke’s Evan Moretti finished second behind Hererra as he was the only other diver over 400 points with a 403.55 score. Florida State’s Joshua Davidson (387.55) finished third.
Florida State’s Cameron Thatcher (360.15), Louisville’s Daniel Pinto (322.10), Georgia Tech’s Matt Casillas (309.50) and Louisville’s Daniel Fecteau (294.75) also competed in the final.
Event 22 Men 3 mtr Diving
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Meet: ! 531.00 2/20/2014 Nick McCrory, Duke
ACC: % 531.00 2/20/2014 Nick McCrory, Duke
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Herrera, Briada SR Miami 410.40 452.55 32
2 Moretti, Evan SR Duke 377.70 403.55 28
3 Davidson, Joshu SO Florida St 335.00 387.55 27
4 Cooper, Zach SO Miami 327.40 373.00 26
5 Thatcher, Camer JR Florida St 339.40 360.15 25
6 Pinto, Daniel SO Louisville 327.15 322.10 24
7 Casillas, Matt SR GT 327.80 309.50 23
8 Fecteau, Daniel SR Louisville 332.30 294.75 22
200 Free Relay
NC State scorched the Greensboro Aquatic Center in the 200 free relay on Thursday night at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The Wolfpack swam a 1:26.15 to win the relay by almost a second and a half over Louisville (1:27.45). NC State smashed the ACC and meet record that Virginia broke last year at 1:26.67. The swim also broke Cal’s pool record of 1:26.41 from the 2015 NCAAs.
Ky-lee Perry (21.58), Kylee Alons (21.19), Sirena Rowe (21.42) and Sophie Hansson (21.96) put up the top time in the country in the 200 free relay as they are ahead of Tennessee’s 1:26.51 from SECs last night. Perry’s time would have won the 50 free earlier in the night as she was out-touched at the finish by Morgan Hill of Virginia.
Perry’s time was just off of the ACC meet record held by Virginia’s Caitlin Cooper of 21.54 from 2018. North Carolina’s Caroline Baldwin holds the ACC overall record of 21.48 from 2017.
Louisville finished in second and Virginia was third at 1:28.60.
The fastest splits outside of NC State came from Louisville’s Mallory Comerford (21.17), Louisville’s Casey Fanz (21.71), Duke’s Maddie Hess (21.85) and Notre Dame’s Abbie Dolan (21.95).
Event 7 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Meet: ! 1:26.67 2/15/2018 Virginia, University of, Virgi
M Hill, D Rommel, L Reed, C Cooper
ACC: % 1:26.67 2/15/2018 Virginia, University of, Virginia-VA
M Hill, D Rommel, L Reed, C Cooper
American: * 1:25.43 3/15/2018 Stanford, Stanford
Hu, Manuel, Pitzer, Howe
NCAA: $ 1:25.59 3/16/2017 California
A Weitzeil, M Murphy, A Bilquist, F Osman
U.S. Open: # 1:25.43 3/15/2018 Stanford, Stanf
J Hu, S Manuel, L Pitzer, A Howe
Pool: ^ 1:26.41 3/19/2015 California
K Bing, M Franklin, R Bootsma, F Osman
1:28.61 A
1:29.36 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 NC State 1:27.64 1:26.15^A 64
1) Perry, Ky-lee JR 2) r:0.03 Alons, Kylee FR
3) r:0.21 Rowe, Sirena SO 4) r:0.16 Hansson, Sophie FR
r:+0.66 21.58 42.77 (21.19)
1:04.19 (21.42) 1:26.15 (21.96)
2 Louisville 1:28.46 1:27.47 A 56
1) Visscher, Jillian JR 2) r:0.06 Comerford, Mallory SR
3) r:0.45 Braunecker, Avery JR 4) r:0.22 Fanz, Casey JR
r:+1.71 22.39 43.56 (21.17)
1:05.76 (22.20) 1:27.47 (21.71)
3 UVA 1:29.03 1:28.60 A 54
1) Hill, Morgan JR 2) r:0.26 Valls, Kyla SO
3) r:0.09 Pang, Anna SO 4) r:0.18 Eddy, Eryn SR
r:+0.68 22.04 44.29 (22.25)
1:06.37 (22.08) 1:28.60 (22.23)
4 Duke 1:28.98 1:28.93 B 52
1) Marsh, Alyssa JR 2) r:0.10 Hess, Madeline SR
3) r:0.31 Hollander, Shayna FR 4) r:0.10 Aitchison, Alexndra SR
r:+0.65 22.21 44.06 (21.85)
1:06.55 (22.49) 1:28.93 (22.38)
5 UNC 1:29.21 1:29.06 B 50
1) Fields, Zhada SR 2) r:0.15 Bauer, Brooke JR
3) r:0.16 Smith, Madeline SO 4) r:0.28 Countie, Grace FR
r:+0.63 22.46 44.63 (22.17)
1:06.99 (22.36) 1:29.06 (22.07)
6 ND 1:29.72 1:29.36 B 48
1) Quast, Carly SO 2) r:0.26 Dolan, Abigail JR
3) r:0.76 Heller, Lauren JR 4) r:0.04 Smith, Mary JR
r:+0.72 22.54 44.49 (21.95)
1:06.98 (22.49) 1:29.36 (22.38)
7 Florida St 1:30.15 1:29.56 46
1) Terebo, Emma SO 2) r:0.22 Olsen, Elise SO
3) r:0.16 Johnston, Leila SR 4) r:0.20 Alnek, Kertu FR
r:+0.63 22.60 44.85 (22.25)
1:07.15 (22.30) 1:29.56 (22.41)
8 PITT 1:31.61 1:30.05 44
1) Brown, Rachel SR 2) r:0.18 Daigneault, Valerie JR
3) r:0.21 Forbes, Camryn FR 4) r:0.17 Swantek, Kailyn SO
r:+0.64 22.72 45.04 (22.32)
1:07.66 (22.62) 1:30.05 (22.39)
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