2020 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships Day 1: UVA makes opening salvo

Morgan Hill Photo Courtesy: Virginia Athletics

The ACC Championships look likely to come down to a battle between Virginia and NC State, the latter having won two of the last three conference titles. If the opening 200 medley relay is any indication, it could be a close battle.

ACC Championships, Greensboro Aquatic Center

200 Medley Relay

Morgan Hill edged out Ky-Lee Perry on the anchor leg to drag Virginia past NC State in a meet- and conference-record time of 1:34.27, edging the Wolfpack by .09 seconds. It’s also a Greensboro Aquatic Center record.

UVA took the lead through Caroline Gmelich in backstroke, but they had to play catch-up after Alexis Wenger’s breaststroke leg. Kate Douglass was up to the task to get the Cavaliers close, and Hill sealed the job, splitting 21.28 on the anchor to the 21.48 by Perry.

The time undercuts the 2017 championship squad from NC State (1:34.89) and is quicker than the time posted by NC State’s 2019 foursome that was the conference record (1:34.52). NC State’s foursome of Katharine Berkoff, Sophie Hansson, Sirena Rowe and Perry finished in 1:34.38, a program record.

Louisville snuck past Duke to third place in 1:35.87 on the power of Casey Franz’s 21.15 free split for an A cut. Ashlyn Schoof, Maria Astashkina and Grace Oglesby comprised the Cardinals’ squad. Duke (Emma Shuppert, Halle Morris, Alyssa Marsh and Sarah Snyder) was fourth in an A cut, the school’s first this season, and a school record.

Event 1  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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         Meet: ! 1:34.89  2/13/2017 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-
                          E Haan, K Brumbaum, N Labonge, K Perry
          ACC: % 1:34.52  2/20/2019 North Carolina State Universit, NC State-NC
                          E Haan, S Hansson, S Rowe, K Perry
     American: * 1:33.11  3/17/2018 Stanford, Stanford
                          A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
         NCAA: $ 1:34.10  3/17/2017 California, Calif
                          A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
    U.S. Open: # 1:33.11  3/16/2018 Stanford, Stanf
                          A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
  Pool Record: & 1:34.52  2/20/2019 North Carolina State, NCSU-
                          E Haan, S Hansson, S Rowe, K Perry
                 1:36.40  A
                 1:37.05  B
    School                           Seed     Finals              
====================================================================
  1 UVA                           1:33.91    1:34.27%A      
     1) Gmelich, Caroline JR          2) Wenger, Alexis SO            
     3) Douglass, Katherine FR        4) Hill, Morgan SR              
                 23.98        50.66 (26.68)
        1:12.99 (22.33)     1:34.27 (21.28)
  2 NC State                      1:35.92    1:34.38%A      
     1) Berkoff, Katharine FR         2) Hansson, Sophie SO           
     3) Rowe, Sirena JR               4) Perry, Ky-lee SR             
                 24.05        50.26 (26.21)
        1:12.90 (22.64)     1:34.38 (21.48)
  3 Louisville                    1:37.44    1:35.87 A      
     1) Schoof, Ashlyn JR             2) Astashkina, Mariia JR        
     3) Oglesby, Grace SR             4) Fanz, Casey SR               
                 24.60        51.59 (26.99)
        1:14.72 (23.13)     1:35.87 (21.15)
  4 Duke                          1:36.52    1:35.93 A      
     1) Shuppert, Emma FR             2) Morris, Halle JR             
     3) Marsh, Alyssa SR              4) Snyder, Sarah FR             
                 24.41        51.63 (27.22)
        1:13.68 (22.05)     1:35.93 (22.25)
  5 UNC                           1:37.51    1:36.94 B      
     1) Countie, Grace SO             2) Hauder, Caroline JR          
     3) Lindner, Sophie SO            4) Cole, Emma JR                
                 24.09        51.22 (27.13)
        1:14.97 (23.75)     1:36.94 (21.97)
  6 ND                            1:38.73    1:37.44        
     1) Quast, Carly JR               2) Gillilan, Coleen FR          
     3) Grunhard, Cailey JR           4) Wittmer, Rachel JR           
                 24.12        51.40 (27.28)
        1:14.96 (23.56)     1:37.44 (22.48)
  7 Florida St                    1:36.42    1:37.60        
     1) McDonald, Madeleine SO        2) Kucheran, Nina SO            
     3) Fernandes, Aryanna SO         4) Alnek, Kertu SO              
                 24.69        52.22 (27.53)
        1:15.73 (23.51)     1:37.60 (21.87)
  8 VT                            1:40.15    1:38.34        
     1) Slayton, Alexandra SO         2) Vereb, Joelle JR             
     3) Purcell, Kayla SR             4) Landon, Anna SO              
                 25.05        52.11 (27.06)
        1:15.80 (23.69)     1:38.34 (22.54)

Women’s 1-meter diving

Georgia Tech’s Cami Hidalgo won diving with a score of 313.10. She finished third last year. Second was Molly Carlson of Florida State (her fifth career ACCs medal) with Sydney Dusel of Virginia scoring significant points for Virginia in third. Last year’s one-meter champ, Miami’s Alicia Blagg, did not compete at this year’s ACC Championships. Runner-up Maddison Pullinger of Duke didn’t escape prelims, finishing 10th.

Event 2  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
  Pool Record: & 355.65  2/20/2014 Kaylee Arnett, VT
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals              
==================================================================
                          === Finals ===                          
 
  1 Hidalgo, Cami    JR GT                 288.80     313.10        
  2 Carlson, Molly   SR Florida St         278.10     300.85        
  3 Dusel, Sydney    SR UVA                292.45     296.40        
  4 Straub, Kelly    SO ND                 281.05     291.95        
  5 Moravek, Teagan  SO VT                 284.05     286.10        
  6 Isola, Erin      JR ND                 274.70     281.05        
  7 Fears, Molly        Louisville         280.30     271.05        
  8 Grund, Emily     SO UNC                274.80     268.05

800 Freestyle relay

After the drama of the opening relay, Virginia led wire-to-wire over NC State in the 800 free relay, the squad of Kyla Valls, Paige Madden, Margaret Nelson and Megan Moroney winning in 6:55.66. Both of the top two teams attained A cuts for NCAAs. Padden had the fastest split of the race in 1:42.66, swimming second for UVA to get the Cavaliers clean water. It’s UVA’s 13th straight title in the event and the fourth-fastest time in school history.

NC State (Kathleen Moore, Kylee Alons, Katharine Berkoff and Julia Poole) were second in 6:59.73, which ties a program record set in 2017. Louisville was third.

 Event 3  Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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         Meet: ! 6:55.22  2/20/2019 Virginia, University of, UVA-VA
                          M Hill, P Madden, M Moroney, E Eddy
          ACC: % 6:53.75  3/16/2018 Louisville, LVLE-KY
                          Cattermole, Comerford,Openysheva,Bradford Freeman
     American: * 6:45.91  3/15/2017 Stanford, Stanford
                          S Manuel, L Neal, E Eastin, K Ledecky
         NCAA: $ 6:45.91  3/15/2017 Stanford, Stanf
                          S Manuel, L Neal, E Eastin, K Ledecky
    U.S. Open: # 6:45.91  3/15/2017 Stanford
                          S Manuel, L Neal, E Eastin, K Ledecky
  Pool Record: & 6:50.99  3/20/2015 California
                          C Rung, C Cheng, E Pelton, M Franklin
                 7:00.86  A
                 7:05.88  B
    School                           Seed     Finals              
====================================================================
  1 UVA                           7:01.18    6:55.66 A      
     1) Valls, Kyla JR                2) Madden, Paige JR             
     3) Nelson, Margaret FR           4) Moroney, Megan SR            
                 24.00        50.06 (50.06)
      1:17.15 (1:17.15)   1:44.54 (1:44.54)
        2:08.10 (23.56)     2:33.85 (49.31)
      3:00.31 (1:15.77)   3:27.20 (1:42.66)
        3:50.78 (23.58)     4:16.94 (49.74)
      4:44.12 (1:16.92)   5:11.76 (1:44.56)
        5:35.36 (23.60)     6:01.60 (49.84)
      6:28.50 (1:16.74)   6:55.66 (1:43.90)
  2 NC State                      7:01.74    6:59.73 A      
     1) Moore, Kathleen JR            2) Alons, Kylee SO              
     3) Berkoff, Katharine FR         4) Poole, Julia JR              
                 25.04        51.73 (51.73)
      1:18.70 (1:18.70)   1:45.41 (1:45.41)
        2:08.39 (22.98)     2:34.42 (49.01)
      3:01.16 (1:15.75)   3:28.82 (1:43.41)
        3:52.61 (23.79)     4:19.21 (50.39)
      4:46.33 (1:17.51)   5:14.16 (1:45.34)
        5:38.35 (24.19)     6:05.07 (50.91)
      6:32.32 (1:18.16)   6:59.73 (1:45.57)
  3 Louisville                    7:07.02    7:03.24 B      
     1) Openysheva, Arina JR          2) Kraus, Alena SO              
     3) Cattermole, Sophie SR         4) Dunn, Diana SO               
                 24.31        50.57 (50.57)
      1:17.15 (1:17.15)   1:43.91 (1:43.91)
        2:07.25 (23.34)     2:33.50 (49.59)
      3:01.12 (1:17.21)   3:29.28 (1:45.37)
        3:53.89 (24.61)     4:20.79 (51.51)
      4:48.35 (1:19.07)   5:16.49 (1:47.21)
        5:41.19 (24.70)     6:08.13 (51.64)
      6:35.32 (1:18.83)   7:03.24 (1:46.75)
  4 ND                            7:12.96    7:07.89        
     1) Dolan, Abigail SR             2) Gillilan, Coleen FR          
     3) Heller, Lauren SR             4) Fore, Skylar JR              
                 23.85        50.11 (50.11)
      1:16.99 (1:16.99)   1:44.60 (1:44.60)
        2:08.89 (24.29)     2:35.72 (51.12)
      3:03.53 (1:18.93)   3:31.81 (1:47.21)
        3:56.25 (24.44)     4:22.90 (51.09)
      4:50.71 (1:18.90)   5:19.47 (1:47.66)
        5:44.05 (24.58)     6:11.15 (51.68)
      6:39.31 (1:19.84)   7:07.89 (1:48.42)
  5 UNC                           7:08.37    7:10.33        
     1) Cole, Emma JR                 2) Lindner, Sophie SO           
     3) Lowe, Heidi SO                4) Cameron, Bryanna SR          
                 24.51        51.36 (51.36)
      1:19.14 (1:19.14)   1:47.18 (1:47.18)
        2:11.43 (24.25)     2:38.31 (51.13)
      3:06.48 (1:19.30)   3:34.77 (1:47.59)
        3:59.17 (24.40)     4:26.11 (51.34)
      4:53.86 (1:19.09)   5:22.36 (1:47.59)
        5:47.23 (24.87)     6:14.85 (52.49)
      6:42.72 (1:20.36)   7:10.33 (1:47.97)
  6 Duke                          7:11.04    7:11.17        
     1) Pish, Melissa SO              2) Lee, Easop SO                
     3) Scannell, Quinn JR            4) Jordan, Kylie SR             
                 24.39        51.03 (51.03)
      1:18.78 (1:18.78)   1:46.97 (1:46.97)
        2:11.95 (24.98)     2:39.30 (52.33)
      3:07.01 (1:20.04)   3:34.14 (1:47.17)
        3:59.12 (24.98)     4:26.66 (52.52)
      4:54.55 (1:20.41)   5:22.03 (1:47.89)
        5:46.25 (24.22)     6:14.10 (52.07)
      6:42.31 (1:20.28)   7:11.17 (1:49.14)
  7 Pitt                          7:16.23    7:11.19        
     1) Daigneault, Valerie SR        2) Nalls, Madison SO            
     3) Shaffer, Madelyn SR           4) Elliott, Dakota SO           
                 25.38        52.12 (52.12)
      1:19.61 (1:19.61)   1:47.38 (1:47.38)
        2:11.85 (24.47)     2:39.43 (52.05)
      3:07.37 (1:19.99)   3:35.60 (1:48.22)
        4:00.01 (24.41)     4:27.22 (51.62)
      4:54.69 (1:19.09)   5:22.74 (1:47.14)
        5:47.14 (24.40)     6:14.65 (51.91)
      6:42.93 (1:20.19)   7:11.19 (1:48.45)
  8 VT                            7:18.48    7:13.39        
     1) Vos, Loulou SO                2) Shackelford, Sarah FR        
     3) Travis, Brooke FR             4) Pouch, Rose FR               
                 25.27        52.41 (52.41)
      1:20.05 (1:20.05)   1:47.96 (1:47.96)
        2:12.90 (24.94)     2:39.55 (51.59)
      3:06.57 (1:18.61)   3:34.52 (1:46.56)
        3:59.96 (25.44)     4:27.94 (53.42)
      4:56.09 (1:21.57)   5:23.82 (1:49.30)
        5:48.89 (25.07)     6:16.06 (52.24)
      6:44.26 (1:20.44)   7:13.39 (1:49.57)

Men’s 3-meter Diving

NC State’s James Brady, who finished 10th last year, claimed the title as a senior with 392.65. Miami took the next two spots with Brodie Scapens second in 388.95 and Max Flory third in 387.95.

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
  Pool Record: & 531.00  2/20/2014 Nick McCrory, DUKE
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals              
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                          === Finals ===                          
 
  1 Brady, James     SR NC State           350.05     392.65        
  2 Scapens, Brodie     Miami              350.90     388.95        
  3 Flory, Max       FR Miami              386.55     387.25        
  4 Hernandez, Nath  SR Duke               376.75     382.65        
  5 Davidson, Joshu  JR Florida St         368.15     367.15        
  6 Hart, Alexander  FR UNC                330.00     336.75        
  7 Shelton, Bryce   SR UVA                328.35     334.00        
  8 Stepinski, Fabi  FR UNC                328.90     314.10

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