2019 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships: NC State Has Huge Morning

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The first full morning of the 2019 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships from Greensboro featured the heats of the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free. The NC State Wolfpack got off to a huge start on this Thursday morning as they are chasing their second team title in three years. They had ten A-finalists advance, which was twice as much as the next school. Louisville (5) and Virginia (3) were second and third in terms of getting swimmers in the A-Finals.

The full ups, mids, downs report is listed below. The teams are in order of the team standings after last night.

Ups-Mids-Downs

Florida State, 0, 2, 4
Virginia, 3, 3, 4
Louisville, 5, 3, 3
Duke, 2, 3, 1
Notre Dame, 1, 6, 5
North Carolina, 2, 4, 1
NC State, 10, 1, 2
Virginia Tech, 1, 0, 2
Georgia Tech, 0, 1, 0
Miami, 0, 1, 0
Pittsburgh, 0, 0, 2
Boston College, 0, 0, 0

500 Free

Virginia’s Paige Madden dipped under 4:40 in the 500 free heats with a 4:39.08 for the top spot. She is ahead of NC State senior Anna Jahns (4:39.98) who dipped under 4:40 for the first time in her career as she got the ball rolling for the Wolfpack on Thursday morning in Greensboro.

She is ahead of two sophomores from NC State in Tamila Holub (4:40.92) and Kate Moore (4:41.66) as they sit third and fourth.

Louisville’s Mallory Comerford, who is the heavy favorite to take the title, is fifth at 4:42.25.

Virginia Tech’s Reka Gyorgy (4:43.23), Notre Dame’s Abbie Dolan (4:43.96) and Duke’s Easop Lee (4:44.21) also placed in the top eight.

 Event 4  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
         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               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Madden, Paige    SO UVA               4:39.19    4:39.08 qIV18  
    r:+0.74  25.51        53.33 (27.82)
        1:21.42 (28.09)     1:49.71 (28.29)
        2:17.95 (28.24)     2:45.78 (27.83)
        3:14.32 (28.54)     3:42.70 (28.38)
        4:11.07 (28.37)     4:39.08 (28.01)
  2 Jahns, Anna      SR NC State          4:44.59    4:39.98 qIV18  
    r:+0.73  25.91        53.69 (27.78)
        1:21.86 (28.17)     1:50.12 (28.26)
        2:18.34 (28.22)     2:46.60 (28.26)
        3:14.96 (28.36)     3:43.46 (28.50)
        4:11.82 (28.36)     4:39.98 (28.16)
  3 Holub, Tamila    SO NC State          4:44.27    4:40.92 qB     
    r:+0.74  25.87        53.97 (28.10)
        1:22.09 (28.12)     1:50.44 (28.35)
        2:18.66 (28.22)     2:47.11 (28.45)
        3:15.61 (28.50)     3:44.34 (28.73)
        4:13.04 (28.70)     4:40.92 (27.88)
  4 Moore, Kathleen  SO NC State          4:43.04    4:41.66 qB     
    r:+0.70  25.90        53.79 (27.89)
        1:21.92 (28.13)     1:50.38 (28.46)
        2:18.89 (28.51)     2:47.41 (28.52)
        3:16.22 (28.81)     3:44.83 (28.61)
        4:13.69 (28.86)     4:41.66 (27.97)
  5 Comerford, Mall  SR Louisville        4:40.33    4:42.25 qB     
    r:+0.67  25.59        53.56 (27.97)
        1:22.07 (28.51)     1:50.81 (28.74)
        2:19.36 (28.55)     2:47.47 (28.11)
        3:15.93 (28.46)     3:44.86 (28.93)
        4:13.77 (28.91)     4:42.25 (28.48)
  6 Gyorgy, Reka     JR VT                4:47.21    4:43.23 qB     
    r:+0.70  25.78        53.94 (28.16)
        1:22.40 (28.46)     1:51.22 (28.82)
        2:19.81 (28.59)     2:48.63 (28.82)
        3:17.49 (28.86)     3:46.41 (28.92)
        4:15.11 (28.70)     4:43.23 (28.12)
  7 Dolan, Abigail   JR ND                4:49.18    4:43.96 qB     
    r:+0.70  25.06        53.33 (28.27)
        1:21.93 (28.60)     1:50.50 (28.57)
        2:19.16 (28.66)     2:47.87 (28.71)
        3:16.69 (28.82)     3:46.17 (29.48)
        4:15.35 (29.18)     4:43.96 (28.61)
  8 Lee, Easop       FR Duke              4:46.84    4:44.21 qB     
    r:+0.73  25.86        54.02 (28.16)
        1:22.49 (28.47)     1:51.27 (28.78)
        2:20.16 (28.89)     2:49.18 (29.02)
        3:17.91 (28.73)     3:47.14 (29.23)
        4:16.24 (29.10)     4:44.21 (27.97)

200 IM

NC State sophomore Julia Poole posted a solid 1:56.00 in the 200 IM heats as she led a 1-2 with Wolfpack freshman Sophie Hansson (1:56.61). Half the field tonight will be NC State swimmers as Lindsay Morrow (1:58.54) and Jessica Horomanski (1:59.10) qualified for the championship final in sixth and eighth.

Louisville will have two swimmers in the A-Final with Grace Oglesby (1:56.99) putting up the third fastest time and Alina Kendzior (1:58.25) sitting in fifth.

Virginia’s Abigail Richter (1:57.38) and North Carolina’s Caroline Hauder (1:58.75) will also swim in the championship final.

Event 5  Women 200 Yard IM
==================================================================
         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               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Poole, Julia     SO NC State          1:57.09    1:56.00 qIV18  
    r:+0.72  25.72        55.15 (29.43)
        1:28.21 (33.06)     1:56.00 (27.79)
  2 Hansson, Sophie  FR NC State          1:59.12    1:56.61 qIV18  
    r:+0.75  25.76        56.49 (30.73)
        1:28.50 (32.01)     1:56.61 (28.11)
  3 Oglesby, Grace   JR Louisville        1:56.85    1:56.99 qB     
    r:+0.65  24.64        53.65 (29.01)
        1:28.37 (34.72)     1:56.99 (28.62)
  4 Richter, Abigai  SO UVA               1:57.85    1:57.38 qB     
    r:+0.78  25.08        53.55 (28.47)
        1:29.33 (35.78)     1:57.38 (28.05)
  5 Kendzior, Alina  SR Louisville        1:58.96    1:58.25 qB     
    r:+0.70  25.65        54.43 (28.78)
        1:29.38 (34.95)     1:58.25 (28.87)
  6 Morrow, Lindsay  SR NC State          1:59.80    1:58.54 qB     
    r:+0.68  26.27        55.43 (29.16)
        1:29.63 (34.20)     1:58.54 (28.91)
  7 Hauder, Carolin  SO UNC               1:58.45    1:58.75 qB     
    r:+0.72  25.34        54.76 (29.42)
        1:29.54 (34.78)     1:58.75 (29.21)
  8 Horomanski, Jes  JR NC State          2:00.72    1:59.10 qB     
    r:+0.69  25.52        55.90 (30.38)
        1:30.27 (34.37)     1:59.10 (28.83)

50 Free

NC State’s Ky-lee Perry posted a swift 21.59 to lead the qualifiers in the 50 free heats on Thursday morning at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro. NC State’s 200 free relay is looking to be in good shape with freshman Kylee Alons (21.90) and sophomore Sirena Rowe (22.38) sitting in second and eighth in the championship final.

Louisville will have two in the finals with Avery Braunecker (22.28) and Jillian Visscher (22.30) sitting in fifth and sixth heading into tonight.

Virginia’s Morgan Hill (21.93), Duke’s Alyssa Marsh (22.07) and North Carolina’s Grace Countie (22.31) have also shown a lot of speed throughout the season as it will be a very tight race to get that victory.

 Event 6  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
         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               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Perry, Ky-lee    JR NC State            21.80      21.59 qA     
         r:+0.65                       
  2 Alons, Kylee     FR NC State            22.26      21.90 qIV18  
         r:+0.62                       
  3 Hill, Morgan     JR UVA                 22.05      21.93 qIV18  
         r:+0.68                       
  4 Marsh, Alyssa    JR Duke                22.12      22.07 qIV18  
         r:+0.63                       
  5 Braunecker, Ave  JR Louisville          22.36      22.28 qIV18  
         r:+0.65                       
  6 Visscher, Jilli  JR Louisville          22.45      22.30 qIV18  
         r:+0.67                       
  7 Countie, Grace   FR UNC                 22.44      22.31 qB     
         r:+0.71                       
  8 Rowe, Sirena     SO NC State            22.26      22.38 qB     
         r:+0.65

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