NC State Swimming and Diving Sweeps North Carolina; Alons Swims 48.7 100 Free

Photo Courtesy: Chris Baird

The NC State swimming and diving teams swept their first meet of the weekend at UNC on Friday evening. The sweep marked the men’s squad’s sixth consecutive win over the Tar Heels, and the women’s fifth.

Team Scores:

Men: NC State 187.5, North Carolina 112.5
Women: NC State 182, North Carolina 118
RESULTS

NC State Swimming and Diving Press Release

The sixth-ranked men captured a 187.5-112.5 victory, while the sixth-ranked women outscored the Tar Heels 182-118. Coleman Stewart and Eric Knowles led the way in scoring for the men, and Katharine Berkoff and Kate Moore posted the most points for the women.

The Wolfpack women swept the podium in three events on the night: 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke and 200 individual medley.

Six individuals brought in multiple individual titles for NC State: Moore, Kylee Alons, Berkoff, Julia Poole, Knowles and Stewart.

Alons (1:45.91), Poole (1:49.00) and Katie Mack (1:49.85) completed the Wolfpack’s 200-yard freestyle sweep. Joining in the event sweep, Berkoff (52.38), Emma Muzzy (53.60) and Danika Huizinga (54.03) finished atop the women’s 100-yard backstroke.

Poole (2:01.05), Jessica Horomanski (2:02.40) and Heather MacCausland (2:02.42) finished the sweep in the women’s 200-yard individual medley.

The NC State women recorded two B cuts in the 200-yard breaststroke courtesy of Poole (2:13.82) and MacCausland (2:13.97).

Berkoff and Stewart swept the backstroke events on Friday. Berkoff posted a 52.38 in the 100-yard backstroke and a 1:54.28 in the 200-yard backstroke, while Stewart clocked in at 46.17 and 1:45.31.

Moore finished in 4:49.56 in the women’s 500-yard freestyle and in 9:46.16 in the women’s 1,000-yard freestyle to take home the titles both freestyle events she competed in.

Competing in the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.80) and 500-yard freestyle (4:23.76), Eric Knowles took home both event titles.

In diving, NC State earned three podium finishes. Madeline Kline took second place on the one-meter board (260.78) and third-place on the three-meter board (285.45). James Brady brought in second-place honors on the three-meter, posting a 369.08.

“Today was a solid outing for the divers, but we still left a lot of points on the board,” said head diving coach Yahya Radman. “I’m looking forward to seeing how we can bounce back from this tomorrow morning. A lot of the things that we’ve been working on have started to bring themselves together just in time for the postseason. Tomorrow is another opportunity to showcase what we’ve been working on and how far we can take it.”

North Carolina Press Release

Valdas Abaliksta, Emily Grund and Alex Hart were double winners for the North Carolina swimming and diving teams as the Tar Heels closed out the home dual meet schedule against NC State Friday at Koury Natatorium. Carolina dropped a pair of duals to the sixth-ranked Wolfpack, with the NCSU men winning 187.5-112.5 and the women taking a 182-118 victory.

“Overall, we had a nice meet,” head coach Mark Gangloff said. “Sometimes you get punched in the teeth during meets like this because NC State is a really developed program…we got hit a couple of times today, which was new for us this season, but I think we responded really well.”

“I think the makeup of a great team is being resilient, and I think we’re developing the skill of resiliency right now in our program.”

Abaliksta continued his outstanding season with a pair of wins in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. The junior from Lithuania was joined by teammate Jacob Rauch for a 1-2 finish in the 100, and the pair went 1-3 in the 200.

Caroline Hauder, Bryanna Cameron and Ellie VanNote were also individual event winners on the women’s side. Hauder touched the wall in 1:00.61 to win the 100 breaststroke, while Cameron and teammate Emma Cole went 1-2 in the 200 fly. VanNote out-touched NCSU’s Sirena Rowe to win the 100 fly in 55.24.

Carolina finished the swimming competition on a high note in the 400 freestyle relay. The foursome of Grace Countie, Cole, Sophie Lindner and Hauder – led by a 48.25 anchor leg by Hauder – topped NCSU by 0.33, winning in 3:18.56.

The Tar Heel divers continued their strong season by sweeping all four events in the well. Grund was less than a point shy of her season best in the 1-meter springboard before also winning the 3-meter, with teammate Paige Burrell posting a second and third. Hart was also less than a point off a season high in the 3-meter before adding the 1-meter win.

“We’re really excited for the outcome today again,” head diving coach Yaidel Gamboa said. “A good day for the whole team on the women and men’s side. We’re just trying to take one week at a time looking toward the ACC Championships, and so far we continue to improve and that’s exciting.”

Name*

Email*

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use