ACC Friday Recap: NC State Sweeps in Opening Tri-Meet

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The reigning ACC swimming and diving champions for both the women and men, the NC State Wolfpack, kicked off the 2017-2018 campaign with a sweep of home meets against Duke and Penn State.

Women’s Scores
NC State 195, Duke 103
NC State 185.5, Penn State 110.5
Duke 159, Penn State 139

Men’s Scores
NC State 182, Penn State 110
NC State 179, Duke 113
Penn State 161.5, Duke 138.5

The Wolfpack dominated the meet, which included posting wins in both 200 medley and 400 free relays, and the team lost just six events in the entire meet. For the women, Ky-Lee Perry swept the 50 (22.47) and 100 free (49.38), and Julia Poole won the 200 free (1:49.38) and 200 IM (2:01.69).

It was no surprise to see star senior Hannah Moore winning the 1000 (9:39.67) and 500 free (4:49.63) for the Wolfpack, but in a neat twist, her freshman sister Kate Moore also picked up a win in her first collegiate race, touching in 54.77 in the 100 back and also twice finishing second (200 back, 200 IM).

For the NC State men, Justin Ress won the 100 back (47.36) and 100 fly (48.04), and Andreas Vazaios took first in both the 200 free (1:36.32) and 200 IM (1:47.12). Olympian Ryan Held skipped his signature sprint events but finished second behind Held in the 100 back (47.77) and fourth in the 200 IM (1:52.12).

Penn State’s breaststrokers shined in Raleigh, as Jane Donahue won the women’s 100 breast in 1:03.32 and the 200 breast in 2:15.63. Her teammate Kaelen Freund swept the men’s 100 breast (54.55) and 200 breast (1:59.37), and he also took first-place points in the 200 IM (1:49.54) with Vazaios swimming exhibition.

Duke’s two wins came in the women’s 200 fly, when Isa Paez touched in 1:59.38 to defeat Moore, and in men’s three-meter diving, with freshman Teddy Zeng (385.75).

Full results

Georgia Tech at Notre Dame

Notre Dame continued a hot start to the season with a home sweep of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The Fighting Irish women dominated, winning the meet by a score of 203 to 95, and the Notre Dame men won a 175-125 triumph.

For the women, sophomore Abbie Dolan stayed red-hot with her wins in the 50 (22.96) and 100 free (49.28). Dolan has been the conference’s breakout swimmer during the season’s first month.

Teammate Sherri McIntee, meanwhile, picked up a sweep of the breaststroke events, winnign the 100 in 1:02.99 and the 200 in 1:03.08, while Alice Treuth won the 100 (54.30) and 200 back (1:56.50).

Notre Dame actually won every women’s swimming event on the day, including relays. Carly Quast, Meaghan O’Donnell, Erin Sheehan and Dolan won the 400 medley relay in 3:39.31, leading an Irish 1-2-3 sweep. Dolan, Rachel Wittmer, Lauren Heller and Sofia Revilak Fonseca won the 400 free relay in 3:23.03.

Georgia Tech’s highlight performance came on the boards as freshman Cami Hidalgo won the one-meter (296.18) and three-meter (297.60) events).

For the men, Notre Dame freshman Zach Yeadon again won both the 1000 (9:29.80) and 500 free (4:23.05), and in diving, teammate Joe Coumos won the one-meter (333.90) and three-meter (357.75). Georgia Tech picked up plenty of event wins, but Notre Dame’s relay superiority proved critical in the 50-point win.

The team of Robby Whitacre, Garrett Clarke, Justin Plaschka and Tabahn Afrik won the men’s 400 medley relay in 3:15.09, and the Irish team of Afrik, Plaschka, Aaron Schultz and Whitacre was the only 400 free relay team under 3:00, coming in at 2:58.25.

The Yellow Jackets had two double winners on the day when Caio Pumputis dominated the 200 free (1:36.81) before also winning the 200 IM (1:48.11), and Moises Loschi swept the men’s 100 (54.88) and 200 breast (2:01.07).

Queens, VMI, Liberty (women) at Virginia Tech

The Virginia Tech Hokies swept through the Virginia Tech Challenge, remaining undefeated one week after sweeping Duke and Florida State in Durham. The VT women beat VMI 222-32, Queens 194-68 and Liberty 182-80. The Hokie mem, meanwhile, beat VMI 221-41 and Queens 164-95.

Reka Gyorgy won both the 200 free (1:50.15) and 200 breast (2:18.98) to lead the way for the Hokie women, while teammate Emily Meilus won the 100 (55.18) and 200 breast (2:01.61).

None of the Virginia Tech men were double winners on the day, but Ian Ho posted an impressive time of 19.85 in the 50 free, and Norbert Szabo won the 200 fly in 1:49.84. One week after being named ACC swimmer of the weekLane Stone passed on his typical distance events but still won the 200 free in 1:38.99. In his absence, Michael Craddock won the 1000 free (9:29.76), and Hassler Carroll took first in the 500 (4:37.83).

Virginia & LSU at Pitt

After the first of two days in a three-team meet in Pennsylvania, the Cavaliers lead both the Tigers and Panthers in the team competition, while both Pitt teams lead LSU.

Current Women’s Scores
Virginia 131, LSU 34
Virginia 121, Pitt 46
Pitt 100, LSU 67

Current Men’s Scores
Virginia 98, LSU 59
Virginia 96, Pitt 60
Pitt 93, LSU 74

The Virginia Cavaliers picked up wins in three of four relays (women’s 200 free, both 200 medley) on day one, along with seven individual victories. For the women, Rachel Politi won the 400 IM (4:21.16), Jen Marrkand took first in the 100 fly (54.69), Emma Seiberlich claimed top honors in the 200 back (1:57.45), Vivian Tafuto won the 100 breast (1:02.56), and Morgan Hill came out on top in the 100 free (50.13).

For the UVA men, Bryce Keblish won the 100 fly in 49.20, and Sam Magnan continued his strong start to the season in the distance races with a 1000 free win (9:10.59).

Pitt’s women saw Amanda Richey win the 1000 free in 9:57.00, and her teammates on the men’s side took three wins: Samy Helmbacker in the 400 IM (3:49.83), Brian Ramsey in the 100 breast (55.91) and Brian Lovasik in the 100 free (44.78).

Michigan at Louisville

Louisville is well behind the Michigan Wolverines in both the women’s and men’s competitions after the first of two days in their dual meet. The Michigan women, who finished behind Louisville just last weekend at the SMU Classic, are up 123-44, and Michigan’s men lead 118-49.

Louisville picked up only two wins on the day: Nick Albiero won the men’s 100 back in 48.56, and Brianna Price won three-meter diving with a score of 261.45.

As impressive as Mallory Comerford was at SMU, she managed only a fourth-place finish in the 500 free (4:50.86) and finished well behind Siobhan Haughey in the 100 free, 48.36 to 49.00.

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Swimming Pool Lovers
6 years ago

Hey, nice job, keep posting!

Rose Hollinshead
6 years ago

The Moore sisters❤️❤️

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