North Carolina State Swimming Dominates Against Princeton

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PRINCETON – The North Carolina State swimming and diving teams were no match for the Princeton Tigers on Friday night at DeNunzio Pool, as the Wolfpack men picked up a 180-113 win and the women’s team cruised to a 190-105 win. NC State finished first in all 32 events contested.

North Carolina State Press Release

After recording the fastest time and highest score in all 32 events, the NC State swimming and diving team defeated Princeton in its first dual meet in the 2015 portion of its season.

The men’s team earned a 180-113 triumph while the women’s squad recorded a 190-105 victory.

Wolfpack Relays
NC State swam recorded the top time in each of the four relays swum tonight; the Wolfpack claimed the top two spots in the women’s 200 medley relay while the men finished first and third in the men’s portion of the event.

Freestyle Watch
In the women’s 1000 free, Rachel Muller swam a time of 10:00.49 to claim first place honors by more than 18 seconds. Freshman Anton Ipsen also claimed the title in the men’s 1000 by more than 18 seconds with a time of 9:01.99.

Muller and Ipsen also won the 500 free in their respective events- Muller swam a time of 4:55.50 while Ipsen touched the wall with a 4:24.86.
In the 50 free, the women took the top four spots while the men claimed first through fourth place in the 100 free. Riki Bonnema won the women’s 50 free with a time of 22.99 while Ryan Held swam a time of 44.58 to finish first in the men’s 100 free.

The men also took first, second and third in the 50 free, as Andreas Scheillerup recorded a time of 20.37 to take the top honor.

Back it Up
The Wolfpack women claimed the top four spots in the 100 backstroke and the three spots in the 200 back. Alexia Zevnik took first place honors in both events touching the wall with a 54.21 in the 100 and a 1:46.14 in the 200.
The men finished in a one, two fashion in both backstroke events, as Hennessey Stuart placed first in each race with times of 47.94 in the 100 back and 1:46.14 in the 200 back.

Fly Into the Sky
In both the women’s 100 and 200 butterfly, NC State took the top two spots in each event. Freshman Krista Duffield claimed the honor in the 100 fly with a time of 55.19, while Lydia Jones captured the first place honor in the 200 fly touching the wall with a 2:01.42.

Breaststroke Action
Kayla Brumbaum won both the women’s 100 and 200 breast with times of 1:02.36 (100 breast) and 2:15.93 (200 breast), while Derek Hren claimed the title in both breaststroke events swimming a time of 55.48 in the 100 and a time of 2:02.72 in the 200.

Springboard Action
Junior Rachel Mumma took first place titles in both the women’s one-meter and three-meter events. She recorded a score of 324.22 in the one-meter dive and a score of 326.25 in the three-meter competition.

Wolfpack Improvement
15 swimmers and two relay groups recorded new top times for the 2014-15 season. The ‘Wolfpack Top Times’ consists of the top five times in a given season for each individual event, and the top three times in relay events.

Postseason Focus
In addition to the Pack’s first-place finishes, NC State recorded three more NCAA `B’ standard marks in its dual meet at Princeton.
Soren Dahl, 200 free
Hennessey Stuart, 100 back
Kayla Brumbaum, 200 breast
Christian McCurdy, 400 IM

Up Next
NC State will compete Saturday as it travels to Villanova for its second straight dual meet. Competition is slated to begin at 11 a.m.

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Princeton Women’s Press Release

The Princeton women’s swimming and diving team honored its senior class while testing itself against one of the nation’s toughest programs Friday evening at DeNunzio Pool. North Carolina State handed the Tigers their first loss since the season opener at Ohio State during a 190-105 dual meet.

Princeton opened the meet with a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay, as the quartet of Shirley Wang, Olivia Chan, Elsa Welshofer and Madelyn Veith finished in 1:44.50.

Junior Nikki Larson, a 2014 NCAA qualifier, nearly pulled off a victory for Princeton early. She took second in the 200 free by only .08 in a time of 1:50.44. Larson added third-place finishes in both the 100 free (51.13) and the 100 fly (55.59).

Sophomore Olivia Chan also had a second-place finish, going 2:22.74 in the 200 fly. She added a third-place finish earlier in the meet in the 100 breast (1:05.85), and she added a third-place finish in the 200 IM (2:06.07).

Freshmen Claire McIlmail (5:04.03) and Elsa Welshofer (5:04.21) went 2-3 in the 500, while classmate Mary Kate Davis took second in the 1000 in 10:18.30. Beverly Nguyen took third in the 200 fly (2:04.22).

Sophomore Caitlin Chambers, who had been undefeated this season heading into the meet, finished second to Rachel Mumma, who recently placed fourth at the USA Diving Winter National Championships. Chambers scored 273.97 in the 1-meter competition and 305.71 in the 3-meter event.

Princeton closed the meet with a third-place finish in the 400 free relay, as the quartet of McIlmail, Larson, Veith and Katie Diller finished in 3:26.04.

The Tigers, who will not compete again this season in DeNunzio, honored their Class of 2015 during the meet. Below is the senior profiles written by members of the junior class for the meet program.

Princeton will be off for the next three weeks before embarking on the heart of the season, which includes H-Y-P weekend (Jan. 30-31) and the Ivy League Championships (Feb. 19-21).

Princeton Men’s Press Release

Senior Michael Manhard made sure Senior Night at DeNunzio Pool had some senior victories for the Princeton men’s swimming and diving team. Though the Tigers fell to No. 17 N.C. State 180-113, Manhard gave Princeton its two individual victories of the evening.

Manhard would love to close his DeNunzio career with wins at the Ivy League Championships (Feb. 26-28), but he made Senior Night special with a diving sweep. He won the 1-meter event with 302.47 points, and he followed with a victory in the 3-meter event (316.20 points).

Princeton opened the meet with a runner-up finish in the 200 medley relay, as the quartet of Michael Strand, Teo D’Alessandro, Connor Maher and Julian Mackrel finished in 1:28.42.

D’Alessandro gave Princeton its best early individual finish, taking second in the 200 free in 1:38.64. Reigning Ivy League champion Michael Strand took third in the 100 back (49.43), while another former Ivy League champion, Connor Maher, took third in the 200 back in 1:49.02.

Former NCAA qualifier Byron Sanborn added a runner-up finish in the 100 breast (56.29). Sanborn reached NCAAs as a freshman, and that is the same goal for current Tiger rookie Corey Okubo, who finished second in both the 200 fly (1:48.36) and the 400 IM (3:54.34).

Sophomore Brett Usinger also earned a runner-up finish, going 2:03.92 in the 200 breast, while classmate Sam Smiddy took third in the 400 IM in 3:58.92.

The 200 free relay of Ben Schafer, Connor Maher, Alex Lewis and Julian Mackrel placed second in 1:21.36.

“I’m really proud of how we raced today against one of the best teams in the NCAA,” assistant coach Mitch Dalton said. “The guys have put in two of the best weeks of training during a period of exam prep, writing papers and limited sleep. They had every reason and excuse to back down; however, from the 200 medley relay to the 200 free relay they raced hard with no excuses.

“We are so grateful to N.C. State for giving us our toughest challenge of the year to date,” Dalton added. “If we want to be the best we can be at the end of the year, we knew we had to race the best. I think we did that tonight and we will be better in 47 days because of it.”

Princeton will now break for Finals, but will return Jan. 31-Feb. 1 for its annual H-Y-P showdown weekend, which will be held at Blodgett Pool in Boston.

Results: North Carolina State vs. Princeton

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