ACC Championships, Day 2 Prelims: 50 Free Depth on Display to Open
Officially, it’s the fourth day of the 2026 ACC Championships. But the meet’s swim schedule begins in earnest on Wednesday at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Center.
With diving done and the relays started, individual events finally get underway. The highlight of the morning promises to be a loaded 50 freestyle in which 24 men and 24 women are under the NCAA cut, one in which Quintin McCarty set a meet record in the men’s 50 free.
Thanks to a pair of platform diving titles, Stanford finds itself atop the standings through Tuesday night’s action, but that could be quick to change once the events start coming thick and fast.
ACC Championships Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 8 1. Stanford University 261 2. Pittsburgh, University of 227 3. California, University of, Ber 207 4. University of Miami (Florida) 204 5. Louisville, University of 174 6. Notre Dame, University of 171 7. Florida State University 167 8. North Carolina, University of, 165 9. Georgia Institute of Technolog 149 10. VA Tech 124 11. Virginia, University of 120 12. North Carolina State Universit 116 13. Duke University 112 14. Southern Methodist University 97 15. Boston College 24
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 10 1. Stanford University 244 2. California, University of, Ber 218 3. Louisville, University of 205 4. Florida State University 202 5. Southern Methodist University 186 6. Georgia Institute of Technolog 177 7. VA Tech 163 8. University of Miami (Florida) 162 9. Notre Dame, University of 147 10. North Carolina, University of, 137 11. Pittsburgh, University of 135 12. Duke University 68 13. Boston College 58 14. North Carolina State Universit 56 15. Virginia, University of 52
All the prelims action from the morning:
- ACC Championships Live Results
- 2026 ACC Championships Meet Page
- ACC Swimming News
- NCAA Division I Conference Championships Hub
- ACC Championships Diving: Chiara Pellacani, Max Fowler Repeat on Boards
- ACC Championships, Night 1 Finals: Florida State Men, Louisville Women Start with 200 Medley Relay Wins
Women’s 500 freestyle
Katie Grimes led the way in prelims with a time of 4:36.49 as Virginia monopolized the top four spots. Cavan Gormsen was .06 second back in second. Aimee Canny was third in 4:38.37, .09 p on Madi Mintenko.
After the Cavaliers intrasquad came Claire Weinstein of Cal in 4:38.71. She entered as the second seed. Louisville’s Thilda Haell and Daria Golovaty found their way into the A final.
Event 13 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: @ 4:30.74 2/18/2016 Leah Smith, Virginia
CONF: # 4:28.90 3/16/2017 Leah Smith, Virginia
AMER: $ 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
USOP: % 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
NCAA: ^ 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Pool: & 4:30.81 3/17/2016 Leah Smith, Virginia-VA
4:39.47 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
4:43.70 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Grimes, Katie SO UVA 4:36.04 4:36.49 qIV25
r:+0.66 25.10 52.53 (27.43)
1:20.30 (27.77) 1:47.98 (27.68)
2:15.95 (27.97) 2:43.66 (27.71)
3:11.91 (28.25) 3:40.09 (28.18)
4:08.45 (28.36) 4:36.49 (28.04)
2 Gormsen, Cavan JR UVA 4:35.65 4:36.55 qIV25
r:+0.71 25.25 52.74 (27.49)
1:20.43 (27.69) 1:48.55 (28.12)
2:16.64 (28.09) 2:44.87 (28.23)
3:12.96 (28.09) 3:41.16 (28.20)
4:09.04 (27.88) 4:36.55 (27.51)
3 Canny, Aimee SR UVA 4:34.26 4:38.37 qIV25
r:+0.73 25.52 52.97 (27.45)
1:20.54 (27.57) 1:48.48 (27.94)
2:16.69 (28.21) 2:45.07 (28.38)
3:13.70 (28.63) 3:42.12 (28.42)
4:10.71 (28.59) 4:38.37 (27.66)
4 Mintenko, Madi FR UVA 4:35.79 4:38.46 qIV25
r:+0.71 25.26 52.55 (27.29)
1:20.45 (27.90) 1:48.63 (28.18)
2:17.06 (28.43) 2:45.38 (28.32)
3:13.75 (28.37) 3:42.50 (28.75)
4:11.13 (28.63) 4:38.46 (27.33)
5 Weinstein, Clai FR California 4:34.81 4:38.71 qIV25
r:+0.77 25.47 53.20 (27.73)
1:20.99 (27.79) 1:49.05 (28.06)
2:17.08 (28.03) 2:45.49 (28.41)
3:13.83 (28.34) 3:42.25 (28.42)
4:10.67 (28.42) 4:38.71 (28.04)
6 Haell, Thilda FR Louisville 4:38.91 4:39.01 qIV25
r:+0.74 26.11 53.88 (27.77)
1:21.96 (28.08) 1:50.22 (28.26)
2:18.07 (27.85) 2:46.23 (28.16)
3:14.35 (28.12) 3:42.61 (28.26)
4:11.07 (28.46) 4:39.01 (27.94)
7 Golovaty, Daria SO Louisville 4:40.98 4:40.28 qNC
r:+0.69 25.77 53.33 (27.56)
1:21.00 (27.67) 1:49.19 (28.19)
2:17.57 (28.38) 2:46.05 (28.48)
3:14.82 (28.77) 3:43.93 (29.11)
4:12.80 (28.87) 4:40.28 (27.48)
8 Hartman, Bailey SO UVA 4:39.83 4:40.65 qNC
r:+0.69 25.74 53.90 (28.16)
1:22.35 (28.45) 1:50.76 (28.41)
2:19.31 (28.55) 2:47.72 (28.41)
3:16.08 (28.36) 3:44.47 (28.39)
4:12.68 (28.21) 4:40.65 (27.97)
Men’s 500 freestyle
Cal sits the top two and three of four thanks to Ryan Erisman leading the way in 4:11.17. Eduardo Moraes was second in 4:13.02, with Erisman’s fellow freshman Nathan Wiffen fourth. In between was NC State’s Max Carlsen.
Cal got a fourth A finalist in Norvin Clontz. Carlsen is the only A finalist for NC State, and Stanford only has Ethan Ekk.
Event 14 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: @ 4:08.83 2/19/2025 Lucas Henveaux, California-AC
CONF: # 4:06.74 3/27/2025 Lucas Henveaux, California-AC
AMER: $ 4:04.45 11/20/2024Rex Maurer, Texas
USOP: % 4:02.31 3/27/2024 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
NCAA: ^ 4:02.31 3/27/2024 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
Pool: & 4:06.61 3/24/2022 Matthew Sates, Georgia-GA
4:14.13 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
4:18.07 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Erisman, Ryan FR California 4:12.78 4:11.17 qIV25
r:+0.65 23.21 48.84 (25.63)
1:14.64 (25.80) 1:40.36 (25.72)
2:05.90 (25.54) 2:31.31 (25.41)
2:56.95 (25.64) 3:21.86 (24.91)
3:46.55 (24.69) 4:11.17 (24.62)
2 Oliveira de Mor 5Y California 4:15.41 4:13.02 qIV25
r:+0.71 23.48 48.74 (25.26)
1:14.52 (25.78) 1:40.17 (25.65)
2:05.81 (25.64) 2:31.36 (25.55)
2:56.77 (25.41) 3:22.12 (25.35)
3:47.64 (25.52) 4:13.02 (25.38)
3 Carlsen, Max FR NC State 4:11.89 4:14.49 qNC
r:+0.72 22.32 46.91 (24.59)
1:12.22 (25.31) 1:37.64 (25.42)
2:03.54 (25.90) 2:29.27 (25.73)
2:55.39 (26.12) 3:21.84 (26.45)
3:48.51 (26.67) 4:14.49 (25.98)
4 Wiffen, Nathan FR California 4:16.41 4:14.72 qNC
r:+0.69 23.12 48.16 (25.04)
1:13.53 (25.37) 1:39.19 (25.66)
2:05.04 (25.85) 2:30.87 (25.83)
2:56.92 (26.05) 3:23.13 (26.21)
3:49.33 (26.20) 4:14.72 (25.39)
5 Ekk, Ethan FR Stanford 4:11.10 4:15.20 qNC
r:+0.71 23.17 48.51 (25.34)
1:14.21 (25.70) 1:40.09 (25.88)
2:06.09 (26.00) 2:32.39 (26.30)
2:58.65 (26.26) 3:24.62 (25.97)
3:51.04 (26.42) 4:15.20 (24.16)
6 Branon, Patrick FR ND 4:16.24 4:16.10 qNC
r:+0.66 22.47 47.30 (24.83)
1:12.76 (25.46) 1:38.78 (26.02)
2:05.43 (26.65) 2:31.96 (26.53)
2:58.66 (26.70) 3:25.33 (26.67)
3:51.73 (26.40) 4:16.10 (24.37)
7 Clontz, Norvin FR California 4:16.81 4:16.23 qNC
r:+0.75 23.84 49.20 (25.36)
1:14.88 (25.68) 1:40.95 (26.07)
2:06.98 (26.03) 2:32.89 (25.91)
2:58.96 (26.07) 3:25.34 (26.38)
3:51.32 (25.98) 4:16.23 (24.91)
8 Isberg, Oscar FR Louisville 4:15.05 4:16.58 qNC
r:+0.69 23.07 48.37 (25.30)
1:14.22 (25.85) 1:40.24 (26.02)
2:06.48 (26.24) 2:32.67 (26.19)
2:58.80 (26.13) 3:25.08 (26.28)
3:51.16 (26.08) 4:16.58 (25.42)
Women’s 200 individual medley
The 50 free is loaded despite Torri Huske opting for the 200 IM. The Stanford senior is the co-leader in prelims at 1:53.99 with Louisville’s Anastasia Gorbenko.
Virginia has two in the A final with Leah Hayes third and Sophia Umstead fifth. It was nearly a third with Zoe Skirboll ninth. Cal’s Mia West was fourth, with teammate Teagan O’Dell sixth.
Event 15 Women 200 Yard IM
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MEET: @ 1:50.15 2/14/2023 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA
CONF: # 1:48.37 3/17/2022 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA
AMER: $ 1:48.37 3/17/2022 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA
USOP: % 1:48.37 3/17/2022 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA
NCAA: ^ 1:48.37 3/17/2022 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA
Pool: & 1:50.08 3/17/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia-VA
1:56.69 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
1:57.88 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Huske, Torri SR Stanford 1:55.13 1:53.99 qIV25
r:+0.62 23.54 52.01 (28.47)
1:25.64 (33.63) 1:53.99 (28.35)
1 Gorbenko, Anast SO Louisville 1:53.46 1:53.99 qIV25
r:+0.67 24.13 52.40 (28.27)
1:25.80 (33.40) 1:53.99 (28.19)
3 Hayes, Leah SO UVA 1:54.10 1:54.65 qIV25
r:+0.79 25.56 53.51 (27.95)
1:26.80 (33.29) 1:54.65 (27.85)
4 West, Mia SO California 1:54.77 1:54.84 qIV25
r:+0.66 24.24 52.79 (28.55)
1:26.88 (34.09) 1:54.84 (27.96)
5 Umstead, Sophia FR UVA 1:56.51 1:55.03 qIV25
r:+0.71 25.40 53.92 (28.52)
1:26.70 (32.78) 1:55.03 (28.33)
6 O'Dell, Teagan FR California 1:53.19 1:55.07 qIV25
r:+0.73 24.71 52.94 (28.23)
1:27.10 (34.16) 1:55.07 (27.97)
7 Gring, Sydney JR Pitt 1:57.20 1:55.86 qIV25
r:+0.62 24.89 53.84 (28.95)
1:27.99 (34.15) 1:55.86 (27.87)
8 Macaulay, Mary JR UNC 1:57.17 1:55.87 qIV25
r:+0.73 25.24 53.72 (28.48)
1:27.49 (33.77) 1:55.87 (28.38)
Men’s 200 individual medley
NC State’s Arsenio Bustos is the man to beat in the 200 IM, going 1:42.14 in prelims, but it’ll be tight in the final. The top seven were separated by less than seven tenths. The top seed entering the meet, Maximus Williamson of Virginia, was fifth in that group, with second seed Louis Dramm fourth. They went 1:42.68 and 1:42.52, respectively.
Jackson Millard of Louisville jumped to the second seed in 1:42.21. Jeremy Kelly of Notre Dame is third. NC State got a second A finalists in Daniel Diehl while Stanford pushed two into the A final.
Event 16 Men 200 Yard IM
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MEET: @ 1:40.31 2/15/2023 Arsenio Bustos, NC State
CONF: # 1:37.98 3/27/2025 Destin Lasco, California-AC
AMER: $ 1:37.91 3/28/2024 Destin Lasco, California
USOP: % 1:36.34 3/24/2023 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
NCAA: ^ 1:36.34 3/24/2022 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
Pool: & 1:37.69 3/24/2022 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.-AZ
1:42.65 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
1:44.13 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Bustos, Arsenio 5Y NC State 1:47.88 1:42.14 qIV25
r:+0.62 21.56 46.45 (24.89)
1:15.93 (29.48) 1:42.14 (26.21)
2 Millard, Jackso SR Louisville 1:44.08 1:42.21 qIV25
r:+0.65 22.20 48.46 (26.26)
1:17.10 (28.64) 1:42.21 (25.11)
3 Kelly, Jeremy SO ND 1:45.63 1:42.46 qIV25
r:+0.60 21.88 47.14 (25.26)
1:17.09 (29.95) 1:42.46 (25.37)
4 Dramm, Louis SR UNC 1:41.92 1:42.52 qIV25
r:+0.69 22.02 47.69 (25.67)
1:17.68 (29.99) 1:42.52 (24.84)
5 Williamson, Max FR UVA 1:41.61 1:42.68 qNC
r:+0.62 21.87 47.29 (25.42)
1:17.78 (30.49) 1:42.68 (24.90)
6 Diehl, Daniel JR NC State 1:42.49 1:42.74 qNC
r:+0.64 21.78 47.97 (26.19)
1:17.84 (29.87) 1:42.74 (24.90)
7 Holmes, Gibson JR Stanford 1:45.37 1:42.93 qNC
r:+0.73 22.67 47.84 (25.17)
1:17.76 (29.92) 1:42.93 (25.17)
8 Wiener, Omer FR Stanford 1:43.79 1:43.09 qNC
r:+0.63 22.11 47.42 (25.31)
1:18.15 (30.73) 1:43.09 (24.94)
Women’s 50 freestyle
Sara Curtis led the way in prelims with a time of 21.09 seconds as the Cavaliers got three in the A final. Anna Moesch was fifth and Bryn Greenwaldt sixth, with Nina Jazy 11th.
Julia Dennis of Louisville finished second in 21.21. Anna Olasewere of Stanford was third, with Duke’s Tatum Wall fourth.
There’s a swim off needed, Lily Christianson and Mary-Ambre Moluh tied for eighth.
Event 17 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: @ 20.57 2/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
CONF: # 20.37 3/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
AMER: $ 20.37 3/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
USOP: % 20.37 3/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
NCAA: ^ 20.37 3/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
Pool: & 20.84 3/17/2022 Kate Douglass, Virginia-VA
22.01 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
22.28 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Curtis, Sara FR UVA 21.18 21.09 qIV25
r:+0.66 10.17 21.09 (10.92)
2 Dennis, Julia SR Louisville 21.21 21.21 qIV25
r:+0.66 10.11 21.21 (11.10)
3 Olasewere, Anna FR Stanford 21.51 21.52 qIV25
r:+0.64 10.47 21.52 (11.05)
4 Wall, Tatum SR Duke 21.70 21.57 qIV25
r:+0.65 10.38 21.57 (11.19)
5 Moesch, Anna SO UVA 21.44 21.60 qIV25
r:+0.70 10.48 21.60 (11.12)
6 Greenwaldt, Bry SR UVA 21.51 21.68 qIV25
r:+0.65 10.59 21.68 (11.09)
7 Larsen, Carolin SO Louisville 21.70 21.69 qIV25
r:+0.69 10.44 21.69 (11.25)
8 Christianson, L SO NC State 21.81 21.76 qIV25
r:+0.66 10.59 21.76 (11.17)
8 Moluh, Mary-Amb SO California 21.79 21.76 qIV25
r:+0.69 10.67 21.76 (11.09)
Men’s 50 freestyle
Quintin McCarty set the meet record in the 50 free with a time of 18.55, a best time and quicker than the 18.62 he set at NCAAs last season.
Brendan Whitfield of Virginia Tech was second. NC State added Jerry Fox and Drew Salls in the A final. Cal has two in the final, with Martin Wrede and Lucca Battaglini.
Event 18 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: @ 18.57 2/21/2024 Christopher Guiliano, Notre Dame-AC
CONF: # 18.34 3/27/2025 Jack Alexy, California-AC
AMER: $ 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
USOP: % 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
NCAA: ^ 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: & 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
19.02 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
19.43 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 McCarty, Quinti JR NC State 18.81 18.55@qIV25
r:+0.63 8.93 18.55 (9.62)
2 Whitfield, Bren JR VA Tech 18.94 18.62 qIV25
r:+0.66 8.96 18.62 (9.66)
3 Fox, Jerry JR NC State 19.05 18.80 qIV25
r:+0.64 9.06 18.80 (9.74)
4 Sheremet, Nikit FR Louisville 18.92 18.84 qIV25
r:+0.67 9.17 18.84 (9.67)
5 Wrede, Martin FR California 19.31 18.87 qIV25
r:+0.63 9.03 18.87 (9.84)
6 Eckler, Shane FR ND 19.21 18.89 qIV25
r:+0.56 9.02 18.89 (9.87)
7 Battaglini, Luc SO California 18.78 18.94 qIV25
r:+0.60 9.01 18.94 (9.93)
8 Salls, Drew SR NC State 19.17 19.03 qNC
r:+0.67 9.14 19.03 (9.89)
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