2020 ACC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships Day 4 Prelims: Pumputis Misses 200 Breast A Final

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The final morning of the ACC Men’s Swimming Championship featured one big surprise in the 200 breaststroke, but otherwise sets up battles between winners. The recaps

ACC Men’s Swimming Championships, Greensboro Aquatic Center

200 backstroke

Mitchell Whyte grabbed the top seed ahead of Coleman Stewart, the Louisville sophomore going 1:40.29 to Stewart’s 1:40.60. Sam Tornqvist of Virginia Tech and Justin Grender of Virginia were also under 1:41.

Event 17  Men 200 Yard Backstroke Corrected Results
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         Conf: % 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-PC
   U. S. Open: * 1:35.73  3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
         NCAA: $ 1:35.73  3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
         Pool: ^ 1:39.10  3/2/2019  Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
                 1:39.16  A
                 1:41.31  IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
                 1:45.04  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Whyte, Mitchell  SO Louisville        1:43.87    1:40.29 qIV19  
    r:+0.68  23.18        49.01 (25.83)
        1:15.18 (26.17)     1:40.29 (25.11)
  2 Stewart, Colema  SR NC State          1:39.98    1:40.60 qIV19  
    r:+0.66  23.84        48.93 (25.09)
        1:14.60 (25.67)     1:40.60 (26.00)
  3 Tornqvist, Samu  JR VT                1:41.70    1:40.62 qIV19  
    r:+0.66  23.84        49.01 (25.17)
        1:14.70 (25.69)     1:40.62 (25.92)
  4 Grender, Justin  SO UVA               1:42.79    1:40.83 qIV19  
    r:+0.63  23.82        48.94 (25.12)
        1:14.78 (25.84)     1:40.83 (26.05)
  5 Thames, Christo  JR UNC               1:42.98    1:42.05 qB     
    r:+0.61  23.95        49.99 (26.04)
        1:16.29 (26.30)     1:42.05 (25.76)
  6 Dant, Ross       FR NC State          1:45.71    1:42.46 qB     
    r:+0.64  24.17        49.68 (25.51)
        1:15.92 (26.24)     1:42.46 (26.54)
  7 Stone, Lane      JR VT                1:46.34    1:42.50 qB     
    r:+0.65  24.37        49.71 (25.34)
        1:15.89 (26.18)     1:42.50 (26.61)
  8 Montesi, Jack    SR ND                1:43.94    1:42.56 qB     
    r:+0.73  23.96        49.65 (25.69)
        1:16.11 (26.46)     1:42.56 (26.45)

100 freestyle

Miles Williams has swum some great prelims this week for Duke, and he’s the top seed tonight in 42.53. It may well take faster to win tonight, with Louisville’s Andrej Barna in second, Peter Varjasi of Florida State third, UVA’s Ryan Baker fourth and Nyls Korstanje lurking in an outside lane.

Event 18  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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         Conf: % 41.05  3/24/2018 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
     ACC Meet: & 41.41  2/24/2018 Ryan Held, NC State-NC
     American: @ 39.90  3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
   U. S. Open: * 39.90  3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
         NCAA: $ 39.90  3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
         Pool: ^ 41.31  12/6/2014 Nathan Adrian, CAL-PC
                 41.71  A
                 42.53  IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
                 43.80  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Williams, Miles  SR Duke                42.99      42.53 qIV19  
    r:+0.69  20.14        42.53 (22.39)
  2 Barna, Andrej    SR Louisville          43.36      42.57 qB     
    r:+0.65  20.28        42.57 (22.29)
  3 Varjasi, Peter   FR Florida St          42.86      42.71 qB     
    r:+0.70  20.53        42.71 (22.18)
  4 Baker, Ryan      SR UVA                 43.50      42.79 qB     
    r:+0.65  20.26        42.79 (22.53)
  5 Sameh, Abdelrah  FR Louisville          44.12      42.89 qB     
    r:+0.64  20.14        42.89 (22.75)
  6 Hallock, Thomas  JR VT                  43.64      42.90 qB     
    r:+0.66  20.18        42.90 (22.72)
  7 Korstanje, Nyls  SO NC State            42.43      42.92 qB     
    r:+0.65  20.44        42.92 (22.48)
  8 Messenger, Will  JR UNC                 43.38      43.05 qB     
    r:+0.67  20.31        43.05 (22.74)

200 breaststroke

The big shock of the morning was Caio Pumputis failing to make the A final, the Georgia Tech junior going 1:56.05 to finish 10th, missing the A final by .09 seconds. Ananais Pouch of Virginia Tech dropped more than three seconds to grab the top seed. But the favorite to win his fifth breaststroke title in three years is Evgenii Somov of Louisville, who won the 100 breast. He’s the second seed in 1:54.36. Keefer Barnum of Virginia is third, .01 back.

 Event 19  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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         Conf: % 1:50.79  3/25/2019 Caio Pumputis, GT-GA
     ACC Meet: & 1:51.46  3/2/2019  Caio Pumputis, GT-GA
     American: @ 1:47.91  3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas-ST
   U. S. Open: * 1:47.91  3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas-ST
         NCAA: $ 1:47.91  3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas-ST
         Pool: ^ 1:51.46  3/2/2019  Caio Pumputis, GT-GA
                 1:52.61  A
                 1:54.04  IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
                 1:58.43  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Pouch, Ananias   FR VT                1:57.19    1:53.72 qIV19  
    r:+0.70  25.77        54.13 (28.36)
        1:23.40 (29.27)     1:53.72 (30.32)
  2 Somov, Evgenii   JR Louisville        1:56.50    1:54.36 qB     
    r:+0.74  25.67        54.85 (29.18)
        1:24.30 (29.45)     1:54.36 (30.06)
  3 Barnum, Keefer   JR UVA               1:55.16    1:54.37 qB     
    r:+0.65  25.68        55.07 (29.39)
        1:24.50 (29.43)     1:54.37 (29.87)
  4 Storch, Casey    SO UVA               1:56.08    1:54.78 qB     
    r:+0.68  26.23        55.30 (29.07)
        1:24.86 (29.56)     1:54.78 (29.92)
  5 Otto, Matthew    JR UVA               1:57.63    1:54.96 qB     
    r:+0.71  26.12        55.23 (29.11)
        1:24.69 (29.46)     1:54.96 (30.27)
  6 Bottelberghe, J  SO ND                1:56.78    1:55.12 qB     
    r:+0.73  26.42        55.80 (29.38)
        1:25.52 (29.72)     1:55.12 (29.60)
  7 Sos, Daniel      JR Louisville        1:57.40    1:55.75 qB     
    r:+0.70  25.95        55.55 (29.60)
        1:25.38 (29.83)     1:55.75 (30.37)
  8 Abaliksta, Vald  JR UNC               1:56.60    1:55.96 qB     
    r:+0.78  26.22        55.77 (29.55)
        1:25.46 (29.69)     1:55.96 (30.50)

200 butterfly

It’s Nick Albiero’s race to lose. The Louisville junior is out front by 1.5 seconds in prelims, but the guy chasing him is not short on confidence, IM double-winner Ted Schubert of Virginia (1:42.09). Zach Brown of NC State is third.

Event 20  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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         Conf: % 1:38.57  3/25/2019 Andreas Vazaios, NCSU-NC
     ACC Meet: & 1:40.70  3/2/2019  Nicolas Albiero, Louisville-KY
     American: @ 1:37.35  3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas-ST
   U. S. Open: * 1:37.35  3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas-ST
         NCAA: $ 1:37.35  3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
         Pool: ^ 1:40.70  3/2/2019  Nicolas Albiero, Louisville-KY
                 1:40.76  A
                 1:42.35  IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
                 1:46.69  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Albiero, Nicola  JR Louisville        1:42.55    1:40.51&qA     
    r:+0.64  22.70        48.27 (25.57)
        1:14.26 (25.99)     1:40.51 (26.25)
  2 Schubert, Frede  SR UVA               1:43.01    1:42.09 qIV19  
    r:+0.68  22.94        48.95 (26.01)
        1:15.54 (26.59)     1:42.09 (26.55)
  3 Brown, Zachary   SO NC State          1:43.99    1:42.27 qIV19  
    r:+0.69  23.09        48.69 (25.60)
        1:15.47 (26.78)     1:42.27 (26.80)
  4 Ivanov, Antani   SO VT                1:42.34    1:42.48 qB     
    r:+0.63  23.04        49.21 (26.17)
        1:16.01 (26.80)     1:42.48 (26.47)
  5 Ferraro, Christ  JR GT                1:42.42    1:42.66 qB     
    r:+0.68  22.84        49.30 (26.46)
        1:15.98 (26.68)     1:42.66 (26.68)
  6 Manoff, Philip   SO VT                1:42.32    1:42.79 qB     
    r:+0.67  22.41        48.16 (25.75)
        1:15.10 (26.94)     1:42.79 (27.69)
  7 Gezmis, Erge     JR NC State          1:48.89    1:43.41 qB     
    r:+0.72  23.19        49.38 (26.19)
        1:15.96 (26.58)     1:43.41 (27.45)
  8 Polianski, Maxi  SR Florida St        1:46.16    1:44.25 qB     
    r:+0.71  23.19        48.91 (25.72)
        1:15.83 (26.92)     1:44.25 (28.42)

The night session will start with the 1,650 free, in which Notre Dame’s Zach Yeadon and Jack Hoagland are the top seeds, and finished with the 400 free relay.

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Cheryl Conaway Atkinson
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