During the first full prelims session of the men’s ACC swimming championships, NC State was the dominant team, with Wolfpack swimmers recording the top qualifying time in all three events contested. NC State is bidding for its fifth straight conference title this week in Greensboro, N.C.
Ups, Mids, Downs
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 3 1. Louisville, University of 171 3, 4, 6 2. Florida State University 156 3, 3, 2 3. Duke University 148 2, 3, 4 3. North Carolina State Universit 148 8, 6, 0 5. Virginia, University of 133 5, 4, 6 6. Georgia Institute of Technolog 124 1, 1, 3 7. VA Tech 122 5, 5, 4 8. Pittsburgh, University of 94 1, 2, 0 8. Notre Dame, University of 94 2, 2, 5 10. North Carolina, University of, 90 1, 1, 1 11. Boston College 64 0, 0, 0 12. University of Miami (Florida) 58 1, 1, 0
500 Free
NC State sophomore Eric Knowles posted the top qualifying mark in the 500 free, his time of 4:13.79 putting him a half-second ahead of Virginia’s Brendan Casey (4:14.30). Louisville’s Marcelo Acosta qualified third in 4:14.96, and then there was a gap back to the rest of the field.
Virginia Tech’s Lane Stone was fourth in 4:16.26, followed by Notre Dame’s Zach Yeadon in 4:16.75. NC State’s Gil Kiesler (4:16.92) and John McIntyre (4:17.73) qualified sixth and seventh, respectively, to join Knowles in the final, and Virginia’s Sam Magnan finished eighth in 4:17.83 to join Casey.
Event 4 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 4:09.13 1/26/2018 Anton Ipsen, NCSU-NC
ACC Meet: & 4:10.00 2/26/2009 Matt McLean, Virginia
American: @ 4:07.25 11/30/2017Zane Grothe, Unattached
U. S. Open: * 4:07.25 11/30/2017Zane Grothe, Unattached
NCAA: $ 4:08.42 3/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
Pool: ^ 4:11.21 2/22/2018 Anton Oerskov Ipsen, NCSU-NC
4:12.22 A
4:16.08 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
4:23.34 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Knowles, Eric SO NC State 4:19.34 4:13.79 qIV18
r:+0.69 23.13 48.20 (25.07)
1:13.82 (25.62) 1:39.72 (25.90)
2:05.80 (26.08) 2:31.62 (25.82)
2:57.44 (25.82) 3:23.14 (25.70)
3:48.80 (25.66) 4:13.79 (24.99)
2 Casey, Brendan SR UVA 4:20.96 4:14.30 qIV18
r:+0.65 23.46 48.95 (25.49)
1:14.66 (25.71) 1:40.20 (25.54)
2:05.66 (25.46) 2:31.18 (25.52)
2:56.88 (25.70) 3:22.69 (25.81)
3:48.67 (25.98) 4:14.30 (25.63)
3 Acosta, Marcelo SR Louisville 4:16.81 4:14.96 qIV18
r:+0.72 23.54 48.73 (25.19)
1:14.27 (25.54) 1:39.96 (25.69)
2:05.85 (25.89) 2:31.92 (26.07)
2:58.06 (26.14) 3:23.91 (25.85)
3:49.49 (25.58) 4:14.96 (25.47)
4 Stone, Lane SO VT 4:18.76 4:16.26 qB
r:+0.73 23.48 48.91 (25.43)
1:14.93 (26.02) 1:40.88 (25.95)
2:06.96 (26.08) 2:33.02 (26.06)
2:59.20 (26.18) 3:25.55 (26.35)
3:51.38 (25.83) 4:16.26 (24.88)
5 Yeadon, Zachary SO ND 4:13.68 4:16.75 qB
r:+0.79 23.42 48.82 (25.40)
1:14.65 (25.83) 1:40.62 (25.97)
2:06.64 (26.02) 2:32.72 (26.08)
2:58.90 (26.18) 3:25.14 (26.24)
3:51.27 (26.13) 4:16.75 (25.48)
6 Kiesler, Gil SO NC State 4:22.80 4:16.92 qB
r:+0.68 23.55 49.12 (25.57)
1:14.86 (25.74) 1:40.97 (26.11)
2:06.89 (25.92) 2:32.72 (25.83)
2:58.71 (25.99) 3:24.70 (25.99)
3:51.17 (26.47) 4:16.92 (25.75)
7 McIntyre, John JR NC State 4:20.20 4:17.73 qB
r:+0.73 23.63 49.62 (25.99)
1:16.22 (26.60) 1:42.78 (26.56)
2:09.21 (26.43) 2:35.58 (26.37)
3:01.62 (26.04) 3:27.38 (25.76)
3:52.96 (25.58) 4:17.73 (24.77)
8 Magnan, Samuel SR UVA 4:27.68 4:17.83 qB
r:+0.74 23.35 49.25 (25.90)
1:15.31 (26.06) 1:41.34 (26.03)
2:07.49 (26.15) 2:33.75 (26.26)
2:59.86 (26.11) 3:25.91 (26.05)
3:51.97 (26.06) 4:17.83 (25.86)
200 IM
NC State’s Andreas Vazaios will go for a third consecutive conference title in the 200 IM after the senior qualified first for the final in 1:42.39, about a second ahead of Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis (1:43.34). Virginia’s Ted Schubert (1:43.49) and Louisville’s Daniel Sos (1:43.74) took third and fourth, respectively.
Virginia Tech teammates Samuel Tornqvist (1:43.75) and Norbert Szabo (1:43.85) and Virginia’s Bryce Keblish (1:43.98) also broke 1:44, and another Cavalier, Zach Fong, took eighth in 1:44.34.
Event 5 Men 200 Yard IM
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Conference: % 1:39.97 3/24/2018 Andreas Vazaios, NCSU-NC
ACC Meet: & 1:41.25 2/28/2017 Andreas Vazaios, NCSU-NC
American: @ 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: * 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
NCAA: $ 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: ^ 1:41.61 3/14/2018 Marius Kusch, QU-NC
1:41.34 A
1:44.03 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
1:46.77 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vazaios, Andrea SR NC State 1:42.44 1:42.39 qIV18
r:+1.40 22.96 47.02 (24.06)
1:16.67 (29.65) 1:42.39 (25.72)
2 Pumputis, Caio SO GT 1:42.42 1:43.34 qIV18
r:+1.88 22.22 47.87 (25.65)
1:17.74 (29.87) 1:43.34 (25.60)
3 Schubert, Frede JR UVA 1:47.04 1:43.49 qIV18
r:+0.64 22.43 47.79 (25.36)
1:18.23 (30.44) 1:43.49 (25.26)
4 Sos, Daniel SO Louisville 1:46.85 1:43.74 qIV18
r:+0.67 23.07 48.77 (25.70)
1:18.65 (29.88) 1:43.74 (25.09)
5 Tornqvist, Samu SO VT 1:45.92 1:43.75 qIV18
r:+0.68 22.42 48.14 (25.72)
1:18.24 (30.10) 1:43.75 (25.51)
6 Szabo, Norbert SR VT 1:46.37 1:43.85 qIV18
r:+0.66 22.58 48.52 (25.94)
1:18.46 (29.94) 1:43.85 (25.39)
7 Keblish, Bryce SR UVA 1:49.96 1:43.98 qIV18
r:+0.63 21.63 47.22 (25.59)
1:18.64 (31.42) 1:43.98 (25.34)
8 Fong, Zachary SR UVA 1:45.98 1:44.34 qB
r:+0.63 22.33 48.35 (26.02)
1:19.43 (31.08) 1:44.34 (24.91)
50 Free
NC State’s Justin Ress put up a 19.14 to lead the way in the 50 free prelims, three hundredths ahead of Florida State’s Will Pisani (19.17). The Wolfpack put four swimmers total in the A-final, with Nyls Korstanje (19.31), Giovanni Izzo (19.53) and Cobe Garcia (19.56) joining Ress.
Louisville’s Andrej Barna took fourth in 19.33, followed by Pitt’s Blaise Vera (19.34) and Virginia Tech’s Ian Ho (19.50) in fifth and sixth, respectively.
Event 6 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 18.56 3/23/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
ACC Meet: & 18.68 2/28/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
American: @ 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
U. S. Open: * 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
NCAA: $ 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Pool: ^ 18.75 2/22/2018 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
19.00 A
19.36 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
19.96 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Ress, Justin SR NC State 19.38 19.14 qIV18
r:+0.73 9.24 19.14 (9.90)
2 Pisani, William SR FSU 19.46 19.17 qIV18
r:+0.64 9.16 19.17 (10.01)
3 Korstanje, Nyls FR NC State 19.29 19.31 qIV18
r:+1.83 9.31 19.31 (10.00)
4 Barna, Andrej JR Louisville 19.73 19.33 qIV18
r:+0.60 9.39 19.33 (9.94)
5 Vera, Blaise SO PITT 19.55 19.34 qIV18
r:+0.62 9.21 19.34 (10.13)
6 Ho, Ian SR VT 19.74 19.50 qB
r:+0.61 9.47 19.50 (10.03)
7 Izzo, Giovanni SO NC State 19.79 19.53 qB
r:+0.64 9.26 19.53 (10.27)
8 Garcia, Cobe SR NC State 20.03 19.56 qB
r:+0.64 9.32 19.56 (10.24)
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