The first night of the 2019 ACC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships got started with the 200 medley and 800 free relays. NC State took care of business in the medley relay by taking down the conference record in the process with a 1:22.37 to sit second in Division I right now.<\/p>\n
Louisville upset two-time defending NCAA Champions NC State in the 800 free relay with a 6:11.84 as the Wolfpack faded to fourth behind the two Virginia schools.<\/p>\n
Men’s diving took place last week at the women’s championships so the 3m was factored into scoring tonight. Louisville leads the team standings which can be seen below.<\/p>\n
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 3 \r\n \r\n 1. Louisville 171 \r\n 2. Florida State 156\r\n 3. Duke 148 \r\n 3. North Carolina State 148\r\n 5. Virginia 133 \r\n 6. Georgia Tech 124\r\n 7. Virginia Tech 122 \r\n 8. Pittsburgh 94\r\n 8. Notre Dame 94 \r\n 10. North Carolina 90\r\n 11. Boston College 64 \r\n 12. Miami 58<\/pre>\n200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n
NC State blasted the 200 medley relay with a 1:22.37 to lower the conference and meet record by almost a full second.\u00a0Coleman Stewart\u00a0<\/strong>(20.75),\u00a0Daniel Graber\u00a0<\/strong>(23.27),\u00a0Nyls Korstanje\u00a0<\/strong>(19.81) and\u00a0Justin Ress\u00a0<\/strong>(18.54) won for the Wolfpack as they brought down the conference record from a 1:23.16. The old record was set at the ACC meet in 2017 by NC State.<\/p>\n
NC State finished ahead of Louisville (1:23.10) and Florida State (1:23.63). NC State is currently second in Division I right now behind Alabama’s (1:22.19) time from SECs last week. Louisville is now fourth behind the Crimson Tide, NC State and Tennessee (1:22.79).<\/p>\n
The fastest splits outside of NC State came from Louisville’s\u00a0Nicolas Albiero\u00a0<\/strong>(21.00), Georgia Tech’s\u00a0Caio Pumputis\u00a0<\/strong>(23.24), Florida State’s\u00a0Kanoa Kaleoaloha\u00a0<\/strong>(19.96) and Louisville’s\u00a0Andrej Barna\u00a0<\/strong>(18.56).<\/p>\n
Georgia Tech, who was the top seed coming into the meet, added a little bit from its midseason invite. The Yellow Jackets placed fourth at 1:24.42.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh (1:24.58), Duke (1:24.90), Virginia (1:25.19) and Virginia Tech (1:25.75) also placed in the top eight.<\/p>\n