The NC State Wolfpack capped a historic night to close out the Friday night finals of the 2021 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships in Greensboro with its third win as a program, finishing with a 200 medley relay win of 1:33.18. The team of Katharine Berkoff (23.27), Sophie Hansson (25.92), Sirena Rowe (22.73) and Kylee Alons (21.26) swept the medley relays as NC State won its second national title relay in school history after last night’s 400 medley relay that broke the NCAA record.
This is also the third win of the night as Berkoff and Hansson each won their respective individual events tonight in the 100 back and breaststroke as the Wolfpack are solidly in second place with one more day to go. The school has never been higher than seventh place at NCAAs as the Atlantic Coast Conference is becoming a powerhouse conference.
Virginia will hang on to the NCAA & American Record but will not have the satisfaction of finishing the season as national champs as they finished second for the third time this meet with the team of Caroline Gmelich (24.13), Alexis Wenger (26.41), Lexi Cuomo (22.40) and Kate Douglass (21.19) at 1:34.13. They were well off their 1:32.93 American record they set weeks prior at ACCs in this same pool in Greensboro as this relay being on Friday night of NCAAs versus being on the first night of conference can certainly cause some disparity between the season best times.
Ohio State finished in third overall at 1:34.96 with the team of Emily Crane (23.92), Hannah Bach (26.58), Katherine Zenick (22.95) and Taylor Petrak (21.51) as they sit fifth overall.
Cal was fourth and sit in that same spot in the team standings as the team of Isabelle Stadden (23.91), Ema Rajic (26.80), Isabel Ivey (22.76) and Elise Garcia (21.51) swam a 1:34.98 out of the penultimate heat.
Stanford (1:35.62), Alabama (1:35.80), Texas (1:35.84), Tennessee (1:36.25) and North Carolina (1:36.25) rounded out the top eight.
The quickest spits outside the top four came from Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil (23.17), Tennessee’s Mona McSharry (26.57), Missouri’s Sarah Thompson (22.43) and Alabama’s Kalia Antoniou (21.46).
This is the first time an ACC school has won the 200 medley relay and the first time a school outside the Pac-12 or SEC has won it since Texas in 1987.
Listen to the audio interviews with the NC State relay below:
Berkoff & Alons:
Hansson & Rowe:
Event 14 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:32.93 2/17/2021 Virginia
C Gmelich, A Wenger, A Cuomo, K Douglass
Meet: M 1:33.11 3/16/2018 Stanford
A. Howe, K. Williams, J. Hu, S. Manuel
American: A 1:32.93 2/17/2021 Virginia
C Gmelich, A Wenger, A Cuomo, K Douglass
US Open: O 1:32.93 2/17/2021 Virginia
C Gmelich, A Wenger, A Cuomo, K Douglass
Pool: P 1:32.93 2/17/2021 Virginia
C Gmelich, A Wenger, A Cuomo, K Douglass
School Seed Finals Points
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1 NC State 1:33.52 1:33.18 40
1) Berkoff, Katharine SO 2) r:0.13 Hansson, Sophie JR
3) r:0.23 Rowe, Sirena SR 4) r:0.17 Alons, Kylee JR
r:+0.56 23.27 49.19 (25.92)
1:11.92 (22.73) 1:33.18 (21.26)
2 Virginia 1:32.93 1:34.13 34
1) Gmelich, Caroline SR 2) r:0.04 Wenger, Alexis JR
3) r:0.26 Cuomo, Lexi SO 4) r:0.36 Douglass, Kate SO
r:+0.63 24.13 50.54 (26.41)
1:12.94 (22.40) 1:34.13 (21.19)
3 Ohio St 1:34.46 1:34.96 32
1) Crane, Emily JR 2) r:0.30 Bach, Hannah SO
3) r:0.24 Zenick, Katherine FR 4) r:0.21 Petrak, Taylor SR
r:+0.73 23.92 50.50 (26.58)
1:13.45 (22.95) 1:34.96 (21.51)
4 California 1:35.18 1:34.98 30
1) Stadden, Isabelle FR 2) r:0.26 Rajic, Ema JR
3) r:0.35 Ivey, Isabel JR 4) r:0.22 Garcia, Elise JR
r:+0.65 23.91 50.71 (26.80)
1:13.47 (22.76) 1:34.98 (21.51)
5 Stanford 1:35.52 1:35.62 28
1) Rudolph, Janelle FR 2) r:0.12 Raab, Allie JR
3) r:0.32 Wheal, Emma SO 4) r:0.13 Fackenthal, Amalie JR
r:+0.68 24.36 51.10 (26.74)
1:14.02 (22.92) 1:35.62 (21.60)
6 Alabama 1:34.68 1:35.80 26
1) White, Rhyan JR 2) r:0.21 Wong, Kaila SR
3) r:0.29 Scott, Morgan JR 4) r:0.28 Antoniou, Kalia JR
r:+0.58 24.02 51.38 (27.36)
1:14.34 (22.96) 1:35.80 (21.46)
7 Texas 1:34.82 1:35.84 24
1) Cook, Julia JR 2) r:0.27 Elendt, Anna FR
3) r:0.14 Bray, Olivia FR 4) r:0.07 Cooper, Grace FR
r:+0.66 23.90 50.80 (26.90)
1:13.96 (23.16) 1:35.84 (21.88)
8 UNC 1:36.23 1:36.25 20
1) Countie, Grace JR 2) r:0.48 Higgs, Lilly JR
3) r:0.19 Lindner, Sophie JR 4) r:0.20 Lowe, Heidi JR
r:+0.75 23.92 51.14 (27.22)
1:14.22 (23.08) 1:36.25 (22.03)
8 Tennessee 1:36.41 1:36.25 20
1) Harper, Olivia FR 2) r:0.39 McSharry, Mona FR
3) r:0.17 Rothrock, Trude JR 4) r:0.33 Grinter, Bailey SR
r:+0.61 24.93 51.50 (26.57)
1:14.70 (23.20) 1:36.25 (21.55)
10 Missouri 1:35.61 1:36.49 14
1) Rees, Meredith SO 2) r:0.18 Winer, Molly SO
3) r:0.29 Thompson, Sarah SR 4) r:0.23 Keil, Megan JR
r:+0.63 24.32 52.12 (27.80)
1:14.55 (22.43) 1:36.49 (21.94)
11 Northwestern 1:36.20 1:36.60 12
1) Lepisova, Emma SO 2) r:0.09 Angus, Sophie SR
3) r:0.27 Guevara, Miriam JR 4) r:0.18 Smith, Maddie SR
r:+0.71 24.89 51.47 (26.58)
1:15.08 (23.61) 1:36.60 (21.52)
12 Louisville 1:36.15 1:36.63 10
1) Schoof, Ashlyn SR 2) r:0.33 Wheeler, Kaylee JR
3) r:0.13 Hay, Abby SO 4) r:0.20 Albiero, Gabi FR
r:+0.69 24.61 51.69 (27.08)
1:14.95 (23.26) 1:36.63 (21.68)
13 Indiana 1:36.80 1:36.83 8
1) Kovac, Bailey SR 2) r:0.19 Weiss, Emily SO
3) r:0.04 Broshears, Elizbeth FR 4) r:0.16 Turak, Ashley SO
r:+0.60 25.25 52.29 (27.04)
1:15.24 (22.95) 1:36.83 (21.59)
14 Georgia 1:36.85 1:36.92 6
1) Fa'Amausili, Gabi SR 2) r:0.27 Dellatorre, Danelle SR
3) r:0.35 Harnish, Courtney SR 4) r:0.38 Parker, Maxine FR
r:+0.64 24.34 51.20 (26.86)
1:15.31 (24.11) 1:36.92 (21.61)
15 USC 1:36.52 1:37.29 4
1) Janvier, Aela SO 2) r:0.32 Dobler, Kaitlyn FR
3) r:0.24 Schlicht, Jemma SR 4) r:0.27 Ciesla, Marta SR
r:+0.70 25.31 52.17 (26.86)
1:15.37 (23.20) 1:37.29 (21.92)
16 Michigan 1:36.34 1:37.37 2
1) MacNeil, Maggie JR 2) r:0.17 Venter, Mariella SO
3) r:0.40 Carter, Olivia JR 4) r:0.19 Glass, Megan SO
r:+0.58 23.17 51.09 (27.92)
1:14.57 (23.48) 1:37.37 (22.80)
17 Kentucky 1:35.87 1:37.38
1) Brooks, Caitlin SO 2) r:0.32 Bonnett, Bailey SR
3) r:0.37 Gati, Izzy JR 4) r:0.27 Gaines, Riley JR
r:+0.56 24.05 51.83 (27.78)
1:15.50 (23.67) 1:37.38 (21.88)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. Virginia 344 2. NC State 241 3. Texas 224 4. California 210 5. Ohio St 177.5 6. Alabama 155 7. Stanford 140 8. Michigan 127.5 9. Georgia 115 10. Kentucky 114 10. UNC 114 12. Tennessee 90 13. Louisville 81 14. Missouri 79 15. Florida 74.5 16. Texas A&M 64 16. Northwestern 64 18. Indiana 63 19. Southern California 42 19. Miami 42 21. Minnesota 40 22. Wisconsin 39 23. Virginia Tech 28 24. Nebraska 22 25. Arkansas 21 26. Arizona 17.5 27. Georgia Tech 16 28. Purdue 13 29. Lsu 9 30. Houston 6 30. San Diego St 6 32. Notre Dame 4 32. Duke 4 34. Akron 3
