{"id":497430,"date":"2022-02-17T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=497430"},"modified":"2022-02-17T12:40:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:40:48","slug":"2022-acc-championships-day-3-prelims-virginia-takes-three-more-top-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-acc-championships-day-3-prelims-virginia-takes-three-more-top-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 ACC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Virginia Takes Three More Top Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2022 ACC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Virginia Takes Three More Top Seeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Day 3 of the 2022 ACC Championships, and we\u2019re still waiting for the first race in which the University of Virginia fails to pick up a victory.<\/p>\n<p>Well, if the seeds holds, it looks like the wait could drag on to Day 4. UVA swimmers picked up the top seed in each of the three preliminary events (and a casual meet record by <strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong>) in Thursday\u2019s session, setting up a chance for more hardware in the night session as the Cavaliers parade toward another title.<\/p>\n<p>All the prelims action:<\/p>\n<h4>2022 ACC Championships Links<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/acc-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/acc\/swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theacc.com\/sports\/swimming_diving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Information Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-acc-championships-virginia-women-nc-state-men-top-meet-records-in-800-free-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day one finals recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-swimming-championships-day-2-prelims-live-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day two prelims recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-acc-championships-ross-dant-leads-nc-state-1-2-3-4-finish-in-500-free-wolfpack-take-command\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day two men\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-acc-championships-virginia-undefeated-in-swimming-behind-weyant-a-walsh-douglass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day two women&#8217;s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Women\u2019s Team Standings<\/strong><\/h4>\n<pre>  1. Virginia, University of           421   2. North Carolina State University   415\r\n  3. Louisville, University of         274   4. Duke University                   232\r\n  5. VA Tech                           221   6. North Carolina, University of,    216\r\n  7. Notre Dame, University of         176   8. University of Miami (Florida)     167\r\n  9. Florida State University          148  10. Georgia Institute of Technolog    109\r\n 11. Pittsburgh, University of          94  12. Boston College                     75<\/pre>\n<h4><strong>Men\u2019s Team Standings<\/strong><\/h4>\n<pre>  1. North Carolina State Universit  506.5   2. Louisville, University of       361.5\r\n  3. Virginia, University of           336   4. VA Tech                           319\r\n  5. Georgia Institute of Technolog    264   6. Florida State University          248\r\n  7. North Carolina, University of,    236   8. Pittsburgh, University of         158\r\n  9. Duke University                   135  10. Notre Dame, University of          84\r\n 11. Boston College                     79  12. University of Miami (Florida)      57<\/pre>\n<h4>Women&#8217;s Ups\/Mids\/Downs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Virginia 6-5-2<\/li>\n<li>NC State 6-3-2<\/li>\n<li>Louisville 6-4-2<\/li>\n<li>Duke 1-2-4<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Tech 2-2-2<\/li>\n<li>North Carolina 1-1-1<\/li>\n<li>Notre Dame 2-2-2<\/li>\n<li>Miami 0-0-0<\/li>\n<li>Florida State 0-2-4<\/li>\n<li>Georgia Tech 0-1-4<\/li>\n<li>Pittsburgh 0-2-1<\/li>\n<li>Boston College 0-0-0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Men&#8217;s Ups\/Mids\/Downs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>NC State 10-5-0<\/li>\n<li>Louisville 5-5-2<\/li>\n<li>Virginia 2-3-4<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Tech 4-3-3<\/li>\n<li>Georgia Tech 2-1-3<\/li>\n<li>Florida State 0-2-2<\/li>\n<li>North Carolina 0-2-4<\/li>\n<li>Pittsburgh 0-0-1<\/li>\n<li>Duke 0-0-3<\/li>\n<li>Notre Dame 1-3-2<\/li>\n<li>Boston College 0-0-1<\/li>\n<li>Miami 0-0-0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>With a pair of 4:02s and nothing else below a 4:08, the IM was setting up as yet another UVA plaything. So it counts as a minor surprise that <strong>Grace Shelbe<\/strong> of NC State broke the duopoly in prelims with a 4:07.36, a season-best.<\/p>\n<p>The race in finals, though, is likely to come down to <strong>Margaret Nelson,<\/strong> the top seed and meet record holder who set the pace in 4:06.48, and <strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong>, who claimed the third seed in 4:07.80.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 16  Women 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: # 4:02.62  2\/19\/2021 Margaret Nelson, UVA-VA\r\n         CONF: % 4:01.40  11\/19\/2021Alex Walsh, UVA-VA\r\n         AMER: $ 3:54.60  3\/16\/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford\r\n         USOP: &amp; 3:54.60  3\/16\/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford\r\n         NCAA: ! 3:54.60  3\/16\/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford\r\n         Pool: ^ 3:58.40  3\/18\/2016 Ella Eastin, Stanford-PC\r\n                 4:03.62  A\r\n                 4:13.19  IV21 Invited NCAA 2021\r\n                 4:17.30  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Nelson, Margare  JR UVA               4:02.19    4:06.48 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.68  26.35        56.15 (29.80)\r\n        1:28.30 (32.15)     1:59.78 (31.48)\r\n        2:33.86 (34.08)     3:08.12 (34.26)\r\n        3:37.87 (29.75)     4:06.48 (28.61)\r\n  2 Sheble, Grace E  FR NCSU              4:08.91    4:07.36 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.98        55.81 (29.83)\r\n        1:28.41 (32.60)     2:00.19 (31.78)\r\n        2:34.89 (34.70)     3:09.88 (34.99)\r\n        3:39.22 (29.34)     4:07.36 (28.14)\r\n  3 Weyant, Emma J   FR UVA               4:02.30    4:07.80 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.72  27.13        57.72 (30.59)\r\n        1:29.53 (31.81)     2:00.32 (30.79)\r\n        2:35.46 (35.14)     3:10.64 (35.18)\r\n        3:39.34 (28.70)     4:07.80 (28.46)\r\n  4 Gyorgy, Reka     5Y VT                4:13.11    4:09.20 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.70  26.76        56.90 (30.14)\r\n        1:28.26 (31.36)     1:59.07 (30.81)\r\n        2:34.92 (35.85)     3:11.64 (36.72)\r\n        3:40.93 (29.29)     4:09.20 (28.27)\r\n  5 Moore, Kathleen  5Y NCSU              4:08.92    4:09.43 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.70  26.55        56.74 (30.19)\r\n        1:28.05 (31.31)     1:58.49 (30.44)\r\n        2:34.78 (36.29)     3:11.62 (36.84)\r\n        3:40.77 (29.15)     4:09.43 (28.66)\r\n  6 Hay, Abigail E   JR Louisville        4:08.13    4:10.65 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.81        55.56 (29.75)\r\n        1:27.56 (32.00)     1:59.42 (31.86)\r\n        2:34.53 (35.11)     3:10.28 (35.75)\r\n        3:41.09 (30.81)     4:10.65 (29.56)\r\n  7 Ulett, Ryenne D  FR Louisville        4:15.70    4:12.29 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.74  26.50        56.51 (30.01)\r\n        1:28.47 (31.96)     1:59.53 (31.06)\r\n        2:36.17 (36.64)     3:13.67 (37.50)\r\n        3:43.41 (29.74)     4:12.29 (28.88)\r\n  8 Thomas, Luciana  SR ND                4:12.03    4:12.86 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.75  26.53        55.82 (29.29)\r\n        1:29.54 (33.72)     2:01.93 (32.39)\r\n        2:37.75 (35.82)     3:14.65 (36.90)\r\n        3:44.76 (30.11)     4:12.86 (28.10)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>What Virginia is doing in the women\u2019s race, NC State is more or less achieving on the men\u2019s side. <strong>Michael Moore<\/strong> fired the opening salvo on that front in the 400 IM with a win in 3:42.89 in the morning. Teammate <strong>Eric Knowles<\/strong> is third in 3:44.49. In between is Virginia Tech\u2019s <strong>Filip Dal Maso.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 17  Men 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: # 3:38.43  3\/1\/2017  Robert Owen, VT-VA\r\n         CONF: % 3:38.00  3\/27\/2009 Gal Nevo, Georgia Tech\r\n         AMER: $ 3:33.42  3\/24\/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia\r\n         USOP: &amp; 3:33.42  3\/24\/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia\r\n         NCAA: ! 3:33.42  3\/24\/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia\r\n         Pool: ^ 3:35.82  3\/24\/2016 Josh Prenot, California-PC\r\n                 3:39.16  A\r\n                 3:45.67  IV21 Invited NCAA 2021\r\n                 3:51.46  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Moore, Michael   SO NCSU              3:43.85    3:42.89 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.57  23.32        50.06 (26.74)\r\n        1:18.49 (28.43)     1:45.79 (27.30)\r\n        2:17.93 (32.14)     2:50.48 (32.55)\r\n        3:17.31 (26.83)     3:42.89 (25.58)\r\n  2 Dal Maso, Filip  SR VT                3:49.52    3:44.17 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.68  24.00        51.82 (27.82)\r\n        1:21.39 (29.57)     1:49.30 (27.91)\r\n        2:21.17 (31.87)     2:52.47 (31.30)\r\n        3:18.67 (26.20)     3:44.17 (25.50)\r\n  3 Knowles, Eric W  5Y NCSU              3:47.64    3:44.49 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.79        51.02 (27.23)\r\n        1:20.58 (29.56)     1:49.50 (28.92)\r\n        2:21.01 (31.51)     2:53.64 (32.63)\r\n        3:19.56 (25.92)     3:44.49 (24.93)\r\n  4 Storch, Casey J  SR UVA               3:46.09    3:44.78 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.64  23.22        50.28 (27.06)\r\n        1:19.67 (29.39)     1:48.40 (28.73)\r\n        2:19.22 (30.82)     2:51.02 (31.80)\r\n        3:18.43 (27.41)     3:44.78 (26.35)\r\n  5 Sos, Daniel      SR Louisville        3:44.92    3:45.69 qB     \r\n    r:+0.66  23.66        51.27 (27.61)\r\n        1:19.80 (28.53)     1:47.77 (27.97)\r\n        2:19.17 (31.40)     2:51.57 (32.40)\r\n        3:19.08 (27.51)     3:45.69 (26.61)\r\n  6 Conway, Sean Y   JR UVA               3:50.52    3:47.24 qB     \r\n    r:+0.68  24.07        51.62 (27.55)\r\n        1:19.98 (28.36)     1:47.81 (27.83)\r\n        2:20.54 (32.73)     2:53.31 (32.77)\r\n        3:20.95 (27.64)     3:47.24 (26.29)\r\n  7 Myburgh, Keith   SR VT                3:48.29    3:47.42 qB     \r\n    r:+0.60  24.33        52.64 (28.31)\r\n        1:22.04 (29.40)     1:50.75 (28.71)\r\n        2:22.64 (31.89)     2:55.30 (32.66)\r\n        3:21.92 (26.62)     3:47.42 (25.50)\r\n  8 Christianson, B  SO ND                3:48.01    3:48.09 qB     \r\n    r:+0.64  24.21        52.10 (27.89)\r\n        1:21.22 (29.12)     1:50.76 (29.54)\r\n        2:21.89 (31.13)     2:53.90 (32.01)\r\n        3:21.36 (27.46)     3:48.09 (26.73)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong> setting a meet record in prelims is bad news for the field, though it\u2019s par for the course given how outstandingly she\u2019s swimming. Douglass ripped a 49.94 in prelims, her fastest of the season, to trim .02 off the meet record she set last year. The conference record stands at 49.43 (<strong>Kelsi Worrell<\/strong> in 2017), while the ink is barely dry on <strong>Claire Curzan\u2019s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/claire-curzan-breaks-100-butterfly-american-record-and-100-back-high-school-record-at-north-carolina-high-school-state-meet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American record from last week (49.24)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabi Albiero<\/strong> of Louisville is second, just barely a tenth ahead of <strong>Kylee Alons<\/strong> and <strong>Tristen Ulett.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 18  Women 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: # 49.96  2\/19\/2017 Katherine Douglass, UVA-VA\r\n         CONF: % 49.43  3\/18\/2017 Kelsi Worrell, LVLE-KY\r\n         AMER: $ 49.24  2\/10\/2022 Claire Curzan\r\n         USOP: &amp; 48.89  3\/19\/2021 Maggie MacNeil, Michigan\r\n         NCAA: ! 48.89  3\/19\/2021 Maggie MacNeil, Michigan\r\n         Pool: ^ 49.43  3\/18\/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville-KY\r\n                 50.92  A\r\n                 52.70  IV21 Invited NCAA 2021\r\n                 53.76  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Douglass, Kathe  JR UVA                 51.30      49.94#qA     \r\n    r:+0.66  23.44        49.94 (26.50)\r\n  2 Albiero, Gabrie  SO Louisville          51.63      51.29 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.62  23.99        51.29 (27.30)\r\n  3 Alons, Kylee J   SR NCSU                51.64      51.39 qIV21  \r\n             23.72        51.39 (27.67)\r\n  4 Ulett, Tristen   SO Louisville          52.07      51.43 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.73  24.10        51.43 (27.33)\r\n  5 Gillilan, Colee  JR ND                  51.76      51.92 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.57  24.06        51.92 (27.86)\r\n  6 Cuomo, Alexa M   JR UVA                 52.47      52.21 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.00        52.21 (28.21)\r\n  7 Arens, Abigail   SO NCSU                52.97      52.25 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.63  24.38        52.25 (27.87)\r\n  8 Vannote, Elizab  JR UNC                 52.54      52.31 qIV21  \r\n             24.53        52.31 (27.78)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>Spare a thought for <strong>Dalton Lowe,<\/strong> who went 45.91 and missed the A final. It\u2019s an event with some serious speed, led by Virginia Tech\u2019s <strong>Antani Ivanov<\/strong> in 45.03. The meet record holder, <strong>Youssef Ramadan,<\/strong> is lurking in fourth. A former champ in <strong>Nick Albiero<\/strong> of Louisville is third. <strong>Nyls Kostanje<\/strong> is second. It should be a grandstand final.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 19  Men 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: # 44.32  2\/26\/2021 Youssef Ramadan, VT-VA\r\n         CONF: % 44.32  2\/26\/2021 Youssef Ramadan, VT-VA\r\n         AMER: $ 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n         USOP: &amp; 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n         NCAA: ! 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n         Pool: ^ 44.01  3\/24\/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas-ST\r\n                 44.96  A\r\n                 46.29  IV21 Invited NCAA 2021\r\n                 47.43  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Ivanov, Antani   SR VT                  45.48      45.03 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.64  21.44        45.03 (23.59)\r\n  2 Korstanje, Nyls  JR NCSU                44.76      45.06 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.63  20.61        45.06 (24.45)\r\n  3 Albiero, Nicola  5Y Louisville          45.88      45.08 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.61  21.03        45.08 (24.05)\r\n  4 Ramadan, Yousse  SO VT                  44.64      45.39 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.59  20.55        45.39 (24.84)\r\n  5 Elaraby, Abdelr  JR Louisville          46.41      45.60 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.64  20.72        45.60 (24.88)\r\n  6 Henderson, Noah  JR NCSU                46.18      45.68 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.61  20.94        45.68 (24.74)\r\n  7 Hayes, Aiden G   FR NCSU                46.57      45.79 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.65  21.34        45.79 (24.45)\r\n  8 Ferraro, Christ  5Y GT                  45.61      45.84 qIV21  \r\n    r:+0.66  21.44        45.84 (24.40)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Alex Walsh<\/strong> leads the way in the 200 free for Virginia, clocking in at 1:44.54 in prelims. It\u2019s a tight field headed to finals. <strong>Sarah Foley<\/strong> of Duke continued her strong meet by going 1:45.17, .02 ahead of <strong>Reilly Tiltmann<\/strong> of Virginia. The top seed entering the morning, Louisville\u2019s <strong>Paige Hetrick,<\/strong> eased into the final in fourth in 1:45.35, while Virginia Tech\u2019s <strong>Emma Atkinson<\/strong> and NC State\u2019s <strong>Abbey Webb<\/strong> tied for fifth in 1:45.60.<\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Ah, just five A finalists for NC State and six of the top nine. Ho hum.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the way NC State\u2019s depth is, with <strong>Bartosz Piszczorowicz<\/strong> leading the way in 1:33.23. Teammate <strong>Lukas Miller,<\/strong> who entered as the top seed, went 1:33.73 for fourth, followed in order by <strong>Samuel Hoover, Noah Bowers<\/strong> and <strong>Hunter Tapp.<\/strong> The only interlopers in the NC State party were Louisville\u2019s <strong>Murilo Sartori<\/strong> (second in 1:33.39) and Georgia Tech\u2019s <strong>Baturalp Ulu<\/strong> (third in 1:33.49).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 ACC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Virginia Takes Three More Top Seeds It\u2019s Day 3 of the 2022 ACC Championships, and we\u2019re still waiting for the first race in which<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":472666,"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":[3,6],"tags":[130389,49364,34127,62445,25010,9257,121459,43224,543,8707],"class_list":["post-497430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","tag-2022-acc-championships","tag-acc-swimming","tag-duke","tag-emma-weyant","tag-kate-douglass","tag-louisville","tag-margaret-nelson","tag-nc-state","tag-virginia","tag-virginia-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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