ACC Friday Recap: NC State Dominates Rival North Carolina at Home

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The NC State Wolfpack rampage through the ACC continued Friday afternoon during a home date with North Carolina. The Tar Heels made the half-hour drive east from Chapel Hill to Raleigh and were unable to hang with the Wolfpack in either the women’s or men’s meets, winning just two swimming events total.

Among the highlights for the NC State women, Hannah Moore won a trio of events: the 1000 free (9:44.06), 200 fly (1:59.06) and 500 free (4:47.47). Seniors Alexia Zevnik and Kayla Brumbaum each won two events apiece as Zevnik swept the 100 (53.11) and 200 back (1:54.98) and Brumbaum did the same in the 100 (59.79) and 200 breast (2:10.42).

On the other side of the experience spectrum, freshman Ky-Lee Perry won both the 50 (22.54) and 100 free (49.14). She also anchored the Wolfpack’s meet-opening 200 medley relay in 22.00. That squad finished in 1:37.58, beating the top UNC squad by more than four seconds. That set the tone for what turned out to be a 185-112 victory.

UNC’s women got wins from Elissa Dawson in both diving events and from Hellen Moffitt in the 100 fly (52.64). But Moffitt could not quite hold off Zevnik in the 100 back (Zevnik won 53.11 to 53.26), and Sarah Koucheki also fell by a narrow margin in the 200 fly as Moore used a strong last 50 to come in ahead, 1:59.06 to 1:59.08.

The Wolfpack men were even more dominant, winning by a margin of 192 to 105. As with the women, UNC picked up just three wins on the day: from Jack Nyquist in three-meter diving, Michael McBryan in the 200 breast and Andrew Owsiany in one-meter diving.

The Wolfpack men picked up numerous 1-2-3 finishes and won both the 200 medley and 400 free relays. Individually, Ryan Held blasted a 19.55 to win the 50 free (with teammates Justin Ress and Joe Bonk rounding out the top three), and Held later returned to win the 100 fly in 47.08.

Anton Ipsen won the 1000 free in 8:58.84 and later on the 500 free in 4:22.60. Teammates Adam Linker and Jack McIntyre completed the top three finishers in both events (in different orders). Andreas Vazaios won the 200 fly (1:45.18) and 200 IM (1:46.03), finishing just ahead of Soeren Dahl and Ress in the later event.

NC State also finished 1-2-3 in both backstroke events, with Coleman Stewart, Hennessey Stuart and Andreas Schiellerup in the 100 and Ress, Stuart and Stewart in the 200. Full results from the meet are available on Meet Mobile.

Louisville at Indiana

The Mallory Comerford-led Cardinal women took down the Hoosiers Friday afternoon in Bloomington by a score of 171-129. Comerford, the sophomore from Kalamazoo, Mich., dominated the 200 free (1:47.78) and 100 free (49.27) and even picked up a win in an off-event, posting a 53.53 in the 100 fly. She then split 49.30 on the victorious 400 free relay to end the meet.

Abbie Houck won both the 200 fly and 500 free for the Cardinals, and while Andrea Cottrell couldn’t quite take down Olympic gold medalist Lilly King in the breaststroke events, she came pretty close. King won the 100-yard showdown 1:00.39 to 1:00.58, and the margin was even closer in the 200, 2:12.09 to 2:12.14.

As for the Cardinal men, they fell to Indiana, who remains unbeaten in dual meets, by a margin of 195-105. Louisville won just three men’s events on the afternoon, as Grigory Tarasevich swept the 100 and 200 back and Carlos Claverie dominated the 200 breast while twice finishing a close second to Indiana’s Ian Finnerty in the 100 breast and 200 IM.

Full results from the meet are available here.

Other Meet Results:

In the diving portion of the Western Pennsylvania Invitational, Pitt’s Meme Sharp and Joe Ference swept the one and three-meter competitions for women and men, respectively. The swimming portion of the meet begins Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Aside from Pitt, Carnegie Mellon, Clarion, California (PA), Duquesne and St. Francis (PA) will be competing.
The Notre Dame men won the 200 free relay Friday evening at the Shamrock Invitational as Justin Plaschka, Daniel Speers, Reed Fujan and Tabahn Afrik posted a time of 1:19.25. Saturday’s sessions begin at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and live results can be found here.

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Bill Bell

7 years ago

I don’t think Abby Weitzeil or the co-Olympic gold-medalist in the women’s 100 free @ Rio whose two favorite colors are cardinal and white are losing any sleep over what Wolfpack froshwoman Ky-Lee Perry will do @ NCAAs but I think she’ll definitely be Top 6 in either or both the 50 and 100 frees in The Big Dance the third weekend of March .
And before she departs the hallowed halls of Raleigh I predict she’ll be a national collegiate champ.
That goes double for teammate Ryan Held but he may have to wait for a certain Gator to bid adieu to Gainesville and hold off a Golden Bear named Hoffer.
North Carolina State has some v/good swimmers in Alexis Zevnik, Hennessey Stuart, Anton Ipsen and a few others.