{"id":462404,"date":"2021-02-17T17:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T00:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=462404"},"modified":"2021-02-17T18:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T01:12:52","slug":"virginia-women-sweep-relays-set-american-record-to-open-acc-womens-swimming-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-women-sweep-relays-set-american-record-to-open-acc-womens-swimming-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Women Sweep Relays & Set American Record to Open ACC Women’s Swimming Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

2021 ACC Women’s Swimming Championships Day One Relays<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Conference season is here! The Atlantic Coast Conference women’s swimming championships kicked off from Greensboro, North Carolina on Wednesday night with the timed finals of the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays. The Virginia Cavaliers won both relays with an American record to start the night in the 200 medley. NC State finished in second in both relays, but due to the 3m diving happening, Duke and Notre Dame are tied for second place in the team standings.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 3                      \r\n \r\n  1. University of Virginia            165\r\n  2. Duke University                   144\r\n  2. Notre Dame, University of         144  \r\n  4. North Carolina State Universit    142\r\n  5. VA Tech                           137   \r\n  6. Georgia Institute of Technolog    124\r\n  6. Louisville, University of         124   \r\n  6. University of Miami (Fl)          124\r\n  9. University of North Carolina      112  \r\n 10. Florida State University           96\r\n 11. Pittsburgh, University of          90  \r\n 12. Boston College                     60<\/pre>\n
200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n
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  • Conference record: 1:33.91, Virginia<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Meet record: 1:34.27, Virginia<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Nation’s top time: 1:34.35, Virginia<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    The Virginia Cavaliers wasted no time in getting the night off to a fast start with a 1:32.93 in the 200 medley relay to break the American and NCAA record that stood since 2018 at 1:33.11 that Stanford set on its way to winning all five relays at NCAAs three years ago. The team of\u00a0Caroline Gmelich<\/strong>, Alexis Wenger<\/strong>, Lexi Cuomo<\/strong>\u00a0and Kate Douglass<\/strong>\u00a0swam on the record setting relay with NC State coming in second at 1:33.52.<\/p>\n
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    • Virginia’s splits:\n
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      • Gmelich – 23.70<\/li>\n
      • Wenger – 26.03<\/li>\n
      • Cuomo – 22.58<\/li>\n
      • Douglass – 20.62<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Stanford’s old record splits:\n
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        • Howe – 23.54<\/li>\n
        • Williams – 26.50<\/li>\n
        • Hu – 22.62<\/li>\n
        • Manuel – 20.45<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          NC State was second with the team of\u00a0Katharine Berkoff\u00a0<\/strong>(23.37),\u00a0Sophie Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>(26.31),\u00a0Sirena Rowe\u00a0<\/strong>(23.02) and\u00a0Kylee Alons\u00a0<\/strong>(20.82) as they also got close to the existing NCAA record and were ahead of the Cavaliers through 125 yards. Due to Hansson and Rowe holding dual citizenship with Sweden and Colombia they were not eligible for the American record, but they could push for an NCAA record later in the week in the 400 medley relay.<\/p>\n
          Berkoff’s time was right on the fastest 50 back ever of\u00a0Maggie MacNeil\u00a0<\/strong>set last year at 23.05.<\/p>\n
          Louisville finished in third at 1:36.15 and Florida State was fourth at 1:36.97.<\/p>\n
          Due to social distancing protocols, the relays were swum in three heats of four teams with a lane separating each of them.<\/p>\n