{"id":603414,"date":"2025-01-17T18:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T01:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=603414"},"modified":"2025-01-17T18:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T01:45:53","slug":"leah-shackley-daniel-diehl-impress-in-nc-state-victories-over-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leah-shackley-daniel-diehl-impress-in-nc-state-victories-over-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Leah Shackley, Daniel Diehl Impress in NC State Victories Over North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leah Shackley, Daniel Diehl Impress in NC State Victories Over North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n

The North Carolina State Wolfpack hosted the rival North Carolina Tar Heels Friday evening in Raleigh and came away with a pair of victories, with a pair of young swimmers standing out. Freshman\u00a0Leah Shackley<\/strong> won three individual events and contributed to a winning medley relay squad as NC State won 170.5-129.5, and sophomore Daniel Diehl<\/strong> led the NC State men to a 165-134 win.<\/p>\n

NC State’s team of\u00a0Erika Pelaez<\/strong>,\u00a0Aubree Brouwer<\/strong>, Shackley and\u00a0Olivia Nel<\/strong> recorded a time of 1:34.26 in a 200 medley relay win, with Nel splitting 21.39 to pull away from UNC’s anchor swimmer, her twin sister\u00a0Georgia Nel<\/strong>.\u00a0Shackley blasted a time of 1:54.30 for the top spot in the 200 butterfly, and she blasted a mark of 1:50.56 to win the 200 back. In her third win of the day, Shackley clocked 50.90 in the 100 fly.<\/p>\n

Pelaez won an individual victory in the 200 freestyle (1:45.79), and\u00a0Kennedy Noble<\/strong> clocked 50.75 for a win in the 100 backstroke. After finishing second to Shackley in the 200 back, Noble swam a mark of 1:56.38 to win the 200 IM. The Wolfpack’s Chase Travis<\/strong> topped the 1000 free (9:33.38) and 500 free (4:44.15), and Tyler Driscoll<\/strong> tied with UNC’s Greer Pattison<\/strong> atop the 50 free, with both swimmers clocking 22.07. Olivia Nel won the 100 free (48.29), and she anchored the NC State 400 free relay, joining\u00a0Lily Christianson<\/strong>, Pelaez and\u00a0Casaundra Moses<\/strong> to win in 3:12.95.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels got on the board as Skyler Smith<\/strong> won the 100 breaststroke in a strong time of 58.49, and she returned to post a time of 2:08.85 in the 200 breast, beating NC State’s Lisa Nystrand<\/strong> by four hundredths.\u00a0In diving, Aranza V\u00e1zquez Monta\u00f1o<\/strong> placed first in 3-meter (339.30) and 1-meter (315.80).<\/p>\n