{"id":521495,"date":"2023-01-21T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T23:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=521495"},"modified":"2023-01-21T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T23:20:11","slug":"virginia-women-nc-state-men-dominate-day-two-of-top-flight-acc-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-women-nc-state-men-dominate-day-two-of-top-flight-acc-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Women, NC State Men Dominate Day Two of Top-Flight ACC Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia Women, NC State Men Dominate Day Two of Top-Flight ACC Clash<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Atlantic Coast Conference tri-meet featuring North Carolina, NC State and Virginia began Friday afternoon in Chapel Hill, N.C., with the Virginia women and NC State men opening up big leads<\/a>, and as the venue shifted east to NC State’s pool in Raleigh for Saturday’s session, the same trends continued. The Virginia women, again led by\u00a0Kate Douglass<\/strong>,\u00a0Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> and\u00a0Alex Walsh<\/strong>, dominated their final regular season meet while the Wolfpack men, top-four finishers at five of the last six NCAA Championships, performed well in advance of a trip to Austin, Texas, next week to face the Longhorns.<\/p>\n

Women’s Results<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Just like Friday, the meet began with Virginia dominating a medley relay against the Cavaliers’ closest competition from last season’s NCAA Championships. The Virginia team of Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Douglass and\u00a0Maxine Parker<\/strong> topped the 200 medley relay in 1:35.71, well ahead of NC State’s 1:37.39. Notably, Gretchen Walsh topped Wolfpack rival Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> in the opening backstroke leg, 23.57 to 23.96.<\/p>\n

Virginia’s\u00a0Maddie Donahoe<\/strong> took the 1000 freestyle in 9:57.04, and Douglass went 47.77 for a big win in the 100 free. Alex Walsh made an appearance in the 100 breaststroke and was the only swimmer under 1:00 at 59.90, and younger sister Gretchen dominated the 100 butterfly in 50.76. The Walsh sisters, Douglass and Parker teamed up again to win the 400 free relay by six seconds in 3:14.45, and it was a 1-2 finish for UVA as the B-squad of\u00a0Carly Novelline<\/strong>,\u00a0Aimee Canny<\/strong>,\u00a0Lexi Cuomo<\/strong> and\u00a0Reilly Tiltmann<\/strong> grabbed second in 3:20.53.<\/p>\n

NC State’s\u00a0Abbey Webb\u00a0<\/strong>edged out Virginia’s\u00a0<\/strong>Canny in the 200 free, 1:46.48 to 1:46.72, and Berkoff won the 100 back in 51.63 with teammate Kennedy Noble<\/strong> taking second (52.72). With both Douglass and Alex Walsh passing on the 200 IM,\u00a0Abby Arens<\/strong> got the win for the Wolfpack in 1:58.71. Meanwhile, UNC’s\u00a0Aranza Vazquez<\/strong> won 1-meter diving with a score of 309.85.<\/p>\n

Women’s Team Scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n