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Morning Splash<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

As Braden Holloway<\/strong> built NC State into one of the top swimming programs in the country, Todd DeSorbo<\/strong> was his chief lieutenant.<\/p>\n

Last season, in year six of their tenure at NC State, the Wolfpack men dominated the 800 free relay to open the NCAA championships, and afterwards, Holloway asked DeSorbo to accompany him to the press table to acknowledge his key role in the effort. Neither man knew for sure, but even then it was a real possibility it could be their last NCAAs together as colleagues.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because DeSorbo had already been sought after for head coaching roles and turned them down. The following summer, he finally accepted one\u2014at the school that was one of NC State\u2019s biggest competitors, Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers had captured the women\u2019s ACC championship every season from 2008 until 2016 before NC State claimed the title in 2017. Now, DeSorbo was switching sides, and Holloway was losing a key assistant who also happened to be\u00a0a good friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe earned that position, and we were happy for him,\u201d Holloway said of DeSorbo\u2019s departure. When he wanted to go after it, I was supportive. I knew it was something that he wanted to do, and it\u2019s a great spot for him, and I was really supportive of it.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But then again, just a few weeks after DeSorbo accepted the Virginia job, Holloway did have this to say: \u201cIt\u2019ll be a little more fun of a rivalry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The date for the renewal of that rivalry was January 19, when NC State traveled to Charlottesville for the annual dual meet between the teams. Sure, no conference title would be up for grabs in a dual meet, but tensions were still high before the first race of the meet, the women\u2019s 200 medley relay.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could slice the air with a knife,\u201d DeSorbo said.<\/p>\n

As the referee blew the whistle for the backstrokers to enter the pool, both Elise<\/strong> Haan<\/strong>, leading off NC State\u2019s A-team, and Abby Richter<\/strong>, in the same position for Virginia, stood still. Neither one wanted to jump in the pool before the other.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was loud. The fans and alumni at Virginia wanted it to be loud,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cThe backstroke standoff was entertaining. As soon as I saw it happen, I knew Elise was going to go fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Haan got the Wolfpack out to a lead with her 24.81 leadoff split, but Virginia took command on the breaststroke leg and pulled away, winning the race by three tenths of a second.<\/p>\n

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UVA senior Jen Marrkand — Photo Courtesy: University of Virginia Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

On the UVA side of the pool, DeSorbo was loving it\u2014the electric atmosphere and the way his new team stepped up in a tense juncture to begin the rivalry meet. Coaching against the Wolfpack, he insisted, felt in no way awkward. Before the meet he had enjoyed catching up with his friends on the NC State coaching staff, but once it started, he was laser-focused on his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, it didn\u2019t feel a whole lot different than any other meet,\u201d DeSorbo said. \u201cThat may sound odd, but I really get so into what our team is doing and focused on our team and how they\u2019re racing and how they\u2019re swimming. I didn\u2019t really notice them on the other side of the pool deck. I didn\u2019t really notice how their swimmers were doing unless it was a close race or something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In what was expected to be a highly-competitive women\u2019s meet, DeSorbo\u2019s new team stepped up, and his old team did not have the firepower to keep the contest close. Even with Virginia losing Olympian Leah Smith<\/strong> to graduation, NC State lost plenty of its aces as well, with NCAA A-finalists Alexia Zevnik<\/strong> and Kayla Brumbaum<\/strong> moving on.<\/p>\n

NC State\u2019s Hannah<\/strong> Moore<\/strong>, arguably the best distance swimmer in the country outside of Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, did her job, with wins in the 500 and 1000 free, but NC State won just two other races all day.<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers, on the other hand, were energized, and big swims came from veterans of the Augie Busch era like senior Caitlin Cooper<\/strong> and from newcomers like freshman Anna Pang<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey just got really pumped up. Especially for the women, they had that salty taste in their mouth,\u201d DeSorbo said.<\/p>\n

Early in the meet, UVA sophomore Morgan Hill<\/strong> recorded a time of 1:44.81 in the 200 free, a lifetime best by seven tenths of a second. Yes, a lifetime best time in a dual meet. It was that kind of day for the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMorgan Hill, I think, is capable of a 1:42 200 freestyle,\u201d DeSorbo said. \u201cI told her that at the beginning of the season. When I watch her train, she trains like nobody I\u2019ve ever seen from the 200 down kind of perspective. She\u2019s capable of being that good. I don\u2019t think she believed me, but now I think she does.\u201d<\/p>\n

Behind those efforts, Virginia\u2019s women won big, 178 to 117.<\/p>\n

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NC State junior Justin Ress — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

The men\u2019s meet, on the other hand, was never going to be particularly competitive, and it wasn\u2019t. Ryan<\/strong> Held<\/strong>, Justin Ress<\/strong> and Co. laid the hammer down on the Cavaliers, 193 to 100. Virginia won an ACC title on the men\u2019s side as recently as 2013, but the team has not finished higher than fourth at the conference meet since then.<\/p>\n

DeSorbo knows that, and he also knows where NC State\u2019s program stood before Holloway\u2019s staff arrived\u2014outside the top five in the ACC every year since 2000. This year, the Wolfpack men have championship aspirations\u2014national, not just conference\u2014after three straight ACC titles and fourth-place finishes at the NCAA championships the past two years.<\/p>\n

And while he\u2019s happy for his former colleagues and swimmers at NC State, he has expectations of elevating his Cavalier men to that level as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew when I was leaving that I was leaving a team that potentially on the men\u2019s side could win a national title this year,\u201d DeSorbo said. \u201cI do believe that our men in the very near future will be on that level also.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the other side of the pool, Holloway was obviously unhappy that his women\u2019s team was getting blown out, but seeing how his former assistant had already left his imprint upon a new team pleased him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know how he is, I know his strengths, and I saw all that today,\u201d Holloway said. I saw his coaching style and the way he is as a person reflected in his team. It was cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before that dual meet, Holloway and DeSorbo hadn\u2019t actually seen each other in several months, but the two will reunite again soon, with the ACC championships coming up next month, and many more times over the next few years as major conference rivals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want the best for each other,\u201d Holloway said, \u201cbut we\u2019re both competitive at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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