ACC Weekly Awards: Kate Douglass, Noah Nichols, Carles Coll Marti Lead Honors

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Virginia’s Noah Nichols and Virginia Tech’s Carles Coll Marti earned Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Co-Swimmers of the Week honors, while Virginia’s Kate Douglass was named ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Week. Virginia Tech’s Noah Zawadski and North Carolina’s Alex Hart shared ACC Men’s Co-Divers of the Week honors and North Carolina’s Emily Grund earned the ACC Women’s Diver of the Week nod.

ACC MEN’S CO-SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK
Carles Coll Marti, Virginia Tech, Jr., Catalonia, Spain
Coll Marti recorded three first-place finishes and broke two pool records for the No. 13 Hokies at the Virginia Tech Invitational. His 51.50 time in the 100 breast broke one pool record and is the fifth fastest time in the country. He followed that up with broken pool record and first-place finish in the 200 breast with a 1:52.82 time, and another top finish in the 200 IM (1:43.56).

Noah Nichols, Virginia, Jr., Midlothian, Virginia
Nichols broke a 21-year-old pool record over the weekend at the Cavalier Invite for No. 14 Virginia, swimming a 51.44 in the 100 breast for a first-place finish and the fourth fastest time in the country. His time was just .33 seconds off the UVA school record and qualified as an NCAA “A” time.

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ACC WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Kate Douglass, Virginia, Sr., Pelham, N.Y.
Douglass made her mark as the only swimmer in NCAA history to swim the 200 breast under the 2:02 mark, as she improved her American Record and US Open Record with a time of 2:01.43 in time trials at the Cavalier Invite. The senior also set a UVA pool record in the 100 breast with her 50.47 mark. Both times recorded qualified as NCAA “A” times.

ACC MEN’S CO-DIVERS OF THE WEEK
Alex Hart, North Carolina, Sr., Vienna, Austria
Hart posted a 419.75 in the 3-meter event to claim first-place at the Virginia Tech Invitational, winning the event by more than 40 points. The senior also recorded 360.25 in the 1-meter for third place. Both marks qualified as NCAA zone scores.

Noah Zawadski, Virginia Tech., R-Sr., Greensboro, N.C.
Zawadski competed in three events for the No. 13 Hokies at the Virginia Tech Invitational, winning the platform event with a score of 374.40. The Greensboro, North Carolina, native posted two second-place finishes in the 1-meter (behind Hart) and 3-meter, with NCAA zone qualifying zone scores of 376.05 and 374.60, respectively.

ACC WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE WEEK
Emily Grund, North Carolina, R-Sr., Keller, Texas
Grund blew the competition away at the Virginia Tech Invitational, posting her second-best score of the season in the 3-meter with 373.95. No. 18 North Carolina had a one-two podium finish as the Keller, Texas, native scored over 30 points to take first-place over her teammate with a NCAA zone qualifying mark. This is the third-straight and sixth overall weekly award for North Carolina divers.

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