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The 2019 champion is out to regain his title in a senior-laden final. Georgia Tech\u2019s Caio Pumputis,<\/strong> who was the silver medalist last year, set the pace in prelims at 1:43.67. Second is Virginia\u2019s Samuel Schilling,<\/strong> one of three Cavaliers in the final. NC State\u2019s Erge Gezmis<\/strong> (seventh) and Louisville\u2019s Evgenii Somov<\/strong> (third), who finished third and fourth respectively in the event last year, are also in the hunt. Big time drops for Virginia Tech, who pushed four swimmers into the B final.<\/p>\nEvent 5 Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n Conf: % 1:39.35 3\/24\/2019 Andreas Vazaios, NCSU-NC\r\n ACC Meet: & 1:41.25 2\/28\/2017 Andreas Vazaios, NCSU-NC\r\n American: @ 1:38.13 2\/15\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n U. S. Open: * 1:38.13 2\/15\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n NCAA: $ 1:38.13 2\/15\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n Pool: ^ 1:41.28 2\/24\/2019 Caio Pumputis, GT-GA\r\n 1:41.34 A\r\n 1:43.82 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA\r\n 1:46.77 B\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Pumputis, Caio SR GT 1:41.90 1:43.67 qIV19 \r\n r:+0.66 21.79 47.77 (25.98)\r\n 1:17.48 (29.71) 1:43.67 (26.19)\r\n 2 Schilling, Samu SR UVA 1:45.17 1:44.18 qB \r\n r:+0.65 22.50 48.79 (26.29)\r\n 1:18.84 (30.05) 1:44.18 (25.34)\r\n 3 Somov, Evgenii SR Louisville 1:49.74 1:44.55 qB \r\n r:+0.70 22.27 49.48 (27.21)\r\n 1:18.50 (29.02) 1:44.55 (26.05)\r\n 4 Conway, Sean SO UVA 1:44.38 1:44.57 qB \r\n r:+0.67 23.26 48.80 (25.54)\r\n 1:19.51 (30.71) 1:44.57 (25.06)\r\n 5 Bowers, Noah SO NC State 1:47.24 1:44.69 qB \r\n r:+0.67 22.45 48.31 (25.86)\r\n 1:19.80 (31.49) 1:44.69 (24.89)\r\n 6 Coll Marti, Car FR VT 1:43.80 1:44.78 qB \r\n r:+0.62 22.60 48.79 (26.19)\r\n 1:19.04 (30.25) 1:44.78 (25.74)\r\n 7 Gezmis, Erge SR NC State 1:48.51 1:44.83 qB \r\n r:+0.69 22.81 \r\n 1:19.64 ( ) 1:44.83 (25.19)\r\n 8 Storch, Casey JR UVA 1:46.06 1:44.98 qB \r\n r:+0.66 23.02 49.37 (26.35)\r\n 1:19.25 (29.88) 1:44.98 (25.73)<\/pre>\n50 freestyle<\/h4>\n
A 50 free final without an NC State swimmer seems odd, but the Wolfpack were locked out, with three in the B final, including Noah Henderson<\/strong> in ninth. Peter Varjasi<\/strong> of Florida State, who was third last year, is also in the B final. Last year\u2019s runner up Sameh sets the pace, with a showdown against Virginia freshman Matt Brownstead<\/strong> on tap. Pitt\u2019s Blaise Vera,<\/strong> off the sizzling fly split Wednesday, is third, and Virginia Tech has two in the final.<\/p>\n Event 6 Men 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n Conf: % 18.56 3\/23\/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC\r\n ACC Meet: & 18.68 2\/28\/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC\r\n American: @ 17.63 3\/22\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL\r\n U. S. Open: * 17.63 3\/22\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL\r\n NCAA: $ 17.63 3\/22\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL\r\n Pool: ^ 18.75 2\/22\/2018 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC\r\n 18.96 A\r\n 19.35 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA\r\n 19.96 B\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Sameh, Abdelrah SO Louisville 19.51 19.14 qIV19 \r\n r:+0.63 9.27 19.14 (9.87)\r\n 2 Brownstead, Mat FR UVA 19.26 19.19 qIV19 \r\n r:+0.61 9.19 19.19 (10.00)\r\n 3 Vera, Blaise SR PITT 19.46 19.30 qIV19 \r\n r:+0.64 9.14 19.30 (10.16)\r\n 4 Ramadan, Yousse FR VT 19.58 19.37 qB \r\n r:+0.58 9.42 19.37 (9.95)\r\n 5 Hallock, Thomas SR VT 19.88 19.41 qB \r\n r:+0.64 9.23 19.41 (10.18)\r\n 6 Deliyiannis, Mi SR Louisville 19.93 19.44 qB \r\n r:+0.68 9.31 19.44 (10.13)\r\n 7 Eastman, Michae JR Louisville 20.08 19.50 qB \r\n r:+0.63 9.39 19.50 (10.11)\r\n 8 Cummings, Tanne JR Louisville 20.12 19.51 qB \r\n r:+0.58 9.35 19.51 (10.16)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an otherwise balanced morning session at Day 2 of the ACC Men\u2019s Championships, Louisville stands to make a big splash with four A-finalists in the 50 free. Abdelrahman Salmeh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":395600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,6,7],"tags":[127522,127504,127521,49364,55063,63913,34127,96181,67893,4713,74441,65019,9257,72541,451,126917,127520,43224,240,8153,69554,62205,1437,58176,65709,126974,8707,93512],"class_list":["post-463191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-college","category-usa","tag-2021-acc-mens-swimming-and-diving-championships","tag-abdelrahman-sameh","tag-acc-mens-championships","tag-acc-swimming","tag-blaise-vera","tag-caio-pumputis","tag-duke","tag-erge-gezmis","tag-evgenii-somov","tag-georgia-tech","tag-jack-hoagland","tag-john-walker","tag-louisville","tag-matt-brownstead","tag-miami","tag-michael-eastman","tag-mihalis-deliyannis","tag-nc-state","tag-north-carolina","tag-notre-dame","tag-peter-varjasi","tag-pitt","tag-pittsburg","tag-ross-dant","tag-samuel-schilling","tag-tanner-cummings","tag-virginia-tech","tag-yordan-yanchev"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
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