On the second day of ACC action this weekend we saw the Notre Dame tri-meet with Iowa and Illinois end with the Fighting Irish on top of both teams with some impressive swims as well. The University of Virginia Women took the win against Virginia Tech while the Hokie men toppled over the UVA men.<\/p>\n
Here’s a closer look at the weekend’s action:<\/p>\n
Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n Men: UND 187, Iowa 113<\/p>\n Women: UND 217, Iowa 80 & UND 213, Illinois 84<\/p>\n Notre Dame came right out of the gate to win the women’s and men’s 200 medley relays. The women touched ahead of Iowa with their 1:41.89, which was about a second ahead of the 1:42.82 that Iowa turned in. The Fighting Irishmen completed a 1-2-3 sweep in their relay with times of 1:29.01, 1:31.00 and 1:32.03 from their A, B and C relays, respectively.<\/p>\n Notre Dame freshman Lindsay Stone<\/strong> won both the 1000 and 500 freestyle with times of 9:59.80 and 4:52.99, respectively.<\/p>\n In the sprint freestyle events the Irish were ahead of both the Hawkeyes and Illinois, with a 1-2-3 sweep in the 50 and 100 free. Sophomores Abigail Dolan<\/strong> and Katie Smith<\/strong> actually tied for first place in the 50 with a pair of 23.20’s while fellow underclassmen Kelly Jacob<\/strong> sprinted to a 23.39 for third.<\/p>\n In the 100 distance UND freshman Skylar Fore<\/strong> swam to a victory in 50.25 with sophomore Lauren Heller<\/strong> touched second in 50.86. Freshman Carly Quast<\/strong> took third in 51.35.<\/p>\n The women also won the 400 freestyle relay with a swift production of a 3:22.73, ahead of Illinois who swam a 3:31.54.<\/p>\n On the men’s side the Irishmen had a distance freestyle double winner with Zach Yeadon<\/strong> winning the 1000 (9:13.61) and 500 (4:26.19) freestyles. This set up a UND sweep in both events with Richard Manix<\/strong> and Sadler McKeen<\/strong> taking second and third in the 1000 and Manix taking second in the 500.<\/p>\n