{"id":605116,"date":"2025-02-21T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=605116"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:38:02","slug":"acc-championships-day-4-prelims-virginia-women-stanford-men-sweep-top-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-day-4-prelims-virginia-women-stanford-men-sweep-top-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Virginia Women, Stanford Men Sweep Top Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACC Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Virginia Women, Stanford Men Sweep Top Seeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s morning session of the ACC Championships settled into a tidy theme.<\/p>\n<p>On the women\u2019s side, the University of Virginia secured the top finals seeds in all three individual events. On the men\u2019s, it was Stanford leading the way in each event.<\/p>\n<p>With two Walsh sisters and three Olympians for the Cavaliers and the Cardinal veteran contingent, it should at least set the stage for some intrigue in the men\u2019s team race, where the Cardinal are looking to bridge a 78-point gap to leading Cal.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/acc-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Swimming Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/acc\/swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theacc.com\/feature\/swimdive-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More College Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-day-1-stanford-women-cal-men-enter-conference-with-relay-wins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-day-2-gretchen-walsh-splits-20-02-as-virginia-women-scare-200-free-relay-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-day-3-torri-huske-clocks-48-52-100-fly-katie-grimes-adds-medley-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday\u2019s night session will include the finals of men\u2019s platform diving as well as the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 400 medley relays.<\/p>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 22                 \r\n  1. Virginia, University of         744.5   2. Stanford University               684\r\n  3. Louisville, University of         575   4. California, University of, Ber  431.5\r\n  5. North Carolina, University of,    394   6. North Carolina State Universit    353\r\n  7. University of Miami (Florida)     268   8. Pittsburgh, University of         267\r\n  9. Florida State University          232  10. Duke University                   189\r\n 11. VA Tech                         158.5  12. Notre Dame, University of         157\r\n 13. Southern Methodist University   110.5  14. Boston College                     78\r\n 15. Georgia Institute of Technolog     66<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 21                  \r\n  1. California, University of, Ber  633.5   2. Stanford University               565\r\n  3. North Carolina, University of,    517   4. North Carolina State Universit    501\r\n  5. Louisville, University of       449.5   6. VA Tech                           331\r\n  7. Virginia, University of           306   8. Florida State University        305.5\r\n  9. Pittsburgh, University of       255.5  10. Southern Methodist University     239\r\n 11. Georgia Institute of Technolog    233  12. Duke University                   105\r\n 13. Boston College                     62  14. University of Miami (Florida)      52\r\n 15. Notre Dame, University of          19<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Alex Walsh<\/strong> set the pace in prelims at 1:53.39. The fifth-year\u2019s time was a second off her season-best and well off the NCAA record of 1:49.16 she holds. It was only slightly quicker than teammate <strong>Tess Howley,<\/strong> who went 1:53.70.<\/p>\n<p>The top seed entering the meet was Stanford\u2019s <strong>Lillie Nordmann.<\/strong> She went 1:54.23 for third. UVA and Stanford have three each in the A final, with <strong>Caroline Bricker<\/strong> fourth for Stanford and <strong>Katie Grimes<\/strong> sixth for Virginia. Virginia adds two in the B final.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 23  Women 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 1:49.16  2\/23\/2024 Alexandra Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         CONF: # 1:49.16  2\/23\/2024 Alexandra Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         AMER: $ 1:48.33  10\/20\/2023Reagan Smith, Ariizona St.\r\n         USOP: % 1:48.83  10\/20\/2023Reagan Smith, Stanford\r\n         NCAA: ^ 1:49.16  2\/23\/2024 Alexandra Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         Pool: &amp; 1:49.16  2\/23\/2024 Alexandra Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n                 1:52.47  A\r\n                 1:55.88  IV24 Invited NCAA 2024\r\n                 1:58.93  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Walsh, Alexandr  5Y UVA               1:52.11    1:53.39 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.80  25.56        54.17 (28.61)\r\n        1:23.81 (29.64)     1:53.39 (29.58)\r\n  2 Howley, Tess     SO UVA               1:52.93    1:53.70 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.83        54.64 (28.81)\r\n        1:23.55 (28.91)     1:53.70 (30.15)\r\n  3 Nordmann, Lilli  SR Stanford          1:51.85    1:54.23 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.70  25.78        54.78 (29.00)\r\n        1:24.32 (29.54)     1:54.23 (29.91)\r\n  4 Bricker, Caroli  SO Stanford          1:52.21    1:54.32 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.66  26.10        54.99 (28.89)\r\n        1:24.31 (29.32)     1:54.32 (30.01)\r\n  5 Ressencourt, Li  SR California        1:53.12    1:54.47 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.71  26.10        55.17 (29.07)\r\n        1:24.57 (29.40)     1:54.47 (29.90)\r\n  6 Grimes, Kathryn  FR UVA               1:53.23    1:55.81 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.67  26.05        55.16 (29.11)\r\n        1:25.22 (30.06)     1:55.81 (30.59)\r\n  7 Thompson, Emily  FR Stanford          1:55.92    1:56.07 qB     \r\n    r:+0.67  25.94        55.46 (29.52)\r\n        1:25.14 (29.68)     1:56.07 (30.93)\r\n  8 Bloom, Taylor    SO UNC               1:56.35    1:56.19 qB     \r\n    r:+0.78  25.98        55.11 (29.13)\r\n        1:25.01 (29.90)     1:56.19 (31.18)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>Top seed <strong>Andrei Minakov<\/strong> defended that status for Stanford, going 1:40.73. With a seed time of 1:40.01, he\u2019ll have an eye on breaking that 1:40 mark in finals. His best is 1:38.61.<\/p>\n<p>Florida State\u2019s <strong>Logan Robinson<\/strong> is the second seed in 1:41.31, .31 up on <strong>Landon Gentry<\/strong> of Virginia Tech. Stanford has two in the A final, but so does Cal, with <strong>Gabriel Jett<\/strong> fourth and <strong>Dare Rose<\/strong> fifth. In the oddity of the event, UNC monopolized spots seven through 11 inclusive.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 24  Men 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 1:37.92  2\/18\/2022 Nicolas J Albiero, Louisville-KY\r\n         CONF: # 1:37.92  2\/18\/2022 Nicolas J Albiero, Louisville-KY\r\n         AMER: $ 1:37.17  1\/26\/2025 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n         USOP: % 1:37.17  1\/26\/2025 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n         NCAA: ^ 1:37.17  1\/26\/2025 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n         Pool: &amp; 1:38.64  3\/27\/2021 Nicolas Albiero, LOU-KY\r\n                 1:40.05  A\r\n                 1:42.10  IV24 Invited NCAA 2024\r\n                 1:45.34  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Minakov, Andrei  SR Stanford          1:40.01    1:40.73 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.74  22.62        48.89 (26.27)\r\n        1:13.65 (24.76)     1:40.73 (27.08)\r\n  2 Robinson, Logan  FR FSU               1:41.04    1:41.13 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.62  22.46        47.93 (25.47)\r\n        1:14.04 (26.11)     1:41.13 (27.09)\r\n  3 Gentry, Landon   JR VA Tech           1:45.14    1:41.45 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.68  22.93        48.45 (25.52)\r\n        1:14.68 (26.23)     1:41.45 (26.77)\r\n  4 Jett, Gabriel    SR California        1:40.06    1:41.56 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.72  23.48        48.89 (25.41)\r\n        1:14.76 (25.87)     1:41.56 (26.80)\r\n  5 Rose, Oludare    5Y California        1:42.18    1:41.57 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.70  22.43        47.61 (25.18)\r\n        1:13.92 (26.31)     1:41.57 (27.65)\r\n  6 Holmes, Gibson   SO Stanford          1:43.35    1:41.79 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.75  23.21        49.10 (25.89)\r\n        1:15.15 (26.05)     1:41.79 (26.64)\r\n  7 Lunak, Sebastia  SO UNC               1:41.14    1:41.84 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.68  22.98        48.67 (25.69)\r\n        1:14.92 (26.25)     1:41.84 (26.92)\r\n  8 Whelehan, Colin  SO UNC               1:43.06    1:42.29 qB     \r\n    r:+0.70  22.82        48.60 (25.78)\r\n        1:14.93 (26.33)     1:42.29 (27.36)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 backstroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Gretchen Walsh,<\/strong> the everything record holder, set the pace in 49.51, two tenths off her best time of the season. Her 48.10 is the standard in this event. She was more than a second clear of NC State\u2019s <strong>Leah Shackley,<\/strong> who went 50.47.<\/p>\n<p>NC State is poised to score big points, with Shackley second, <strong>Erika Pelaez<\/strong> fourth and <strong>Kennedy Noble<\/strong> fifth. Cal has two A finalists, led by <strong>Mary-Ambre Moluh<\/strong> in third.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 25  Women 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 48.10  2\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         CONF: # 48.10  2\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         AMER: $ 48.10  2\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         USOP: % 48.10  2\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         NCAA: ^ 48.10  2\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         Pool: &amp; 48.10  2\/23\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n                 50.66  A\r\n                 52.28  IV24 Invited NCAA 2024\r\n                 53.53  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Walsh, Gretchen  SR UVA                 49.31      49.51 qA     \r\n    r:+0.60  24.14        49.51 (25.37)\r\n  2 Shackley, Leah   FR NCSU                50.22      50.47 qA     \r\n    r:+0.61  24.63        50.47 (25.84)\r\n  3 Moluh, Mary-Amb  FR California          49.68      50.60 qA     \r\n    r:+0.62  24.44        50.60 (26.16)\r\n  4 Pelaez, Erika    FR NCSU                50.55      50.79 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.65  24.68        50.79 (26.11)\r\n  5 Noble, Helen     JR NCSU                50.75      51.05 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.61  24.76        51.05 (26.29)\r\n  6 Weiler Sastre,   JR VA Tech             50.82      51.09 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.63  24.70        51.09 (26.39)\r\n  7 Pfaff, Alison    SO Duke                51.36      51.11 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.74  24.78        51.11 (26.33)\r\n  8 Stadden, Isabel  5Y California          50.26      51.32 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.77  24.84        51.32 (26.48)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 backstroke<\/h4>\n<p>Stanford senior <strong>Aaron Sequeira<\/strong> was the pace-setter in what promises to be a chaotic final. He went 45.06, his fastest time this season by a half second. Just .53 seconds separate the top eight times.<\/p>\n<p>NC State went 2-3 with <strong>Quintin McCarty<\/strong> (45.08) and <strong>Hudson Williams<\/strong> (45.21). <strong>Mason Herbet<\/strong> and <strong>Michel Arkhangelskiy<\/strong> give Florida State two A finalists, though not their quickest swimmer entering the meet, <strong>Max Wilson,<\/strong> who was 10th.<\/p>\n<p>In an all-around bizarre event, 14 swimmers entered with 45-point seed times. Five made the A final, five are in the B final, and four are in the C final. The B final includes <strong>Destin Lasco<\/strong> in 11th and <strong>Jack Aikins<\/strong> in 13th. The C final features the top overall seed entering the meet, Virginia Tech\u2019s <strong>Youssef Ramadan,<\/strong> whose 46.28 landed him 19th. Also in there is <strong>Bjorn Seeliger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 26  Men 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 44.04  2\/28\/2020 Coleman Stewart\/Kaspar Stokows, NC State-NC\r\n         CONF: # 43.83  3\/24\/2023 Kaspar Stokowski, NC State-NC\r\n         AMER: $ 43.35  3\/25\/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n         USOP: % 43.35  3\/25\/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n         NCAA: ^ 43.35  3\/25\/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n         Pool: &amp; 44.04  2\/28\/2020 Coleman Stewart, NCSU-NC\r\n                 44.48  A\r\n                 45.56  IV24 Invited NCAA 2024\r\n                 47.16  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Sequeira, Aaron  SR Stanford            45.57      45.06 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.72  21.84        45.06 (23.22)\r\n  2 McCarty, Quinti  SO NCSU                45.84      45.08 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.56  21.44        45.08 (23.64)\r\n  3 Williams, Hudso  SO NCSU                45.98      45.21 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.70  22.07        45.21 (23.14)\r\n  4 Herbet, Mason    5Y FSU                 46.18      45.26 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.92  21.74        45.26 (23.52)\r\n  5 Arkhangelskiy,      FSU                 46.69      45.32 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.76  21.76        45.32 (23.56)\r\n  6 King, David      FR UVA                 45.51      45.44 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.70  22.06        45.44 (23.38)\r\n  7 Tomac, Mewen     5Y California          45.72      45.57 qB     \r\n    r:+0.74  22.06        45.57 (23.51)\r\n  8 Molla Yanes, Ma  SR VA Tech             46.51      45.59 qB     \r\n    r:+0.87  21.90        45.59 (23.69)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p>American Olympian <strong>Emma Weber<\/strong> led the way with a time of 58.72 for Virginia. She was three tenths up on <strong>Kaelyn Gridley<\/strong> of Duke, who has been 58.14 in season and went 59.02 in the morning. <strong>Skyler Smith<\/strong> of UNC and Florida State\u2019s <strong>Maddy Huggins<\/strong> tied for third in 59.33. Stanford\u2019s <strong>Lucy Bell<\/strong> was among the scratches.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 27  Women 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 56.72  2\/18\/2022 Sophie E Hansson, NCSU-NC\r\n         CONF: # 56.09  3\/22\/2024 Jasmine Nocentini, UVA-AC\r\n         AMER: $ 55.73  3\/22\/2019 Lilly King, Indiana\r\n         USOP: % 55.73  3\/22\/2019 Lilly King, Indiana\r\n         NCAA: ^ 55.73  3\/22\/2019 Lilly King, Indiana\r\n         Pool: &amp; 57.01  2\/23\/2024 Jasmine Nocentini, UVA-AC\r\n                 58.01  A\r\n                 59.75  IV24 Invited NCAA 2024\r\n               1:01.22  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Weber, Emma      JR UVA                 58.18      58.72 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.72  27.76        58.72 (30.96)\r\n  2 Gridley, Kaelyn  JR Duke                58.14      59.02 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.72  27.82        59.02 (31.20)\r\n  3 Smith, Skyler    SR UNC                 58.26      59.33 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.68  27.33        59.33 (32.00)\r\n  3 Huggins, Madeli  SR FSU                 59.04      59.33 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.76  27.55        59.33 (31.78)\r\n  5 McDonald, Marga  5Y California          59.59      59.53 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.74  28.04        59.53 (31.49)\r\n  6 Skirboll, Zoe    JR UVA                 59.20      59.66 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.73  28.24        59.66 (31.42)\r\n  7 Cheatwood, Mia   JR Louisville          58.77      59.73 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.65  27.87        59.73 (31.86)\r\n  8 Moll, Simone     FR Miami               59.51      59.88 qB     \r\n    r:+0.74  28.36        59.88 (31.52)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ron Polonsky<\/strong> led the way in 51.29 for Stanford, which also pushed <strong>Zhier Fan<\/strong> into the A final. California has only <strong>Yamato Okadome,<\/strong> in fourth, to counter.<\/p>\n<p>Louisville\u2019s <strong>Denis Petrashov<\/strong> was second in 51.55. He and the other 50-points \u2013 Okadome and <strong>Carles Coll Marti<\/strong> of Virginia Tech (fifth in 51.86) made it through unscathed. Third was NC State\u2019s <strong>Sam Hoover.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 28  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 50.82  2\/17\/2023 Noah P Nichols, UVA-VA\r\n         CONF: # 50.78  3\/24\/2023 Denis Petrashov, Louisville-KY\r\n         AMER: $ 49.53  3\/29\/2024 Liam Bell, California\r\n         USOP: % 49.53  3\/29\/2024 Liam Bell, California\r\n         NCAA: ^ 49.53  3\/29\/2024 Liam Bell, California\r\n         Pool: &amp; 50.18  3\/26\/2021 Max McHugh, MINN-MN\r\n                 51.02  A\r\n                 51.89  IV24 Invited NCAA 2024\r\n                 53.43  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Polonsky, Ron    SR Stanford            51.21      51.29 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.68  24.13        51.29 (27.16)\r\n  2 Petrashov, Deni  5Y Louisville          50.65      51.55 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.69  24.08        51.55 (27.47)\r\n  3 Hoover, Samuel   SR NCSU                52.40      51.72 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.63  24.05        51.72 (27.67)\r\n  4 Okadome, Yamato  FR California          50.87      51.85 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.65  24.76        51.85 (27.09)\r\n  5 Coll Marti, Car  5Y VA Tech             50.78      51.86 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.60  24.20        51.86 (27.66)\r\n  6 Fan, Zhier       JR Stanford            51.93      51.89 qIV24  \r\n    r:+0.60  24.03        51.89 (27.86)\r\n  7 Baravelli, Tomm  JR FSU                 51.80      51.92 qB     \r\n    r:+0.66  24.08        51.92 (27.84)\r\n  8 Delmar, Benjami  SO UNC                 51.44      51.93 qB     \r\n    r:+0.70  24.47        51.93 (27.46)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACC Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Virginia Women, Stanford Men Sweep Top Seeds Friday\u2019s morning session of the ACC Championships settled into a tidy theme. 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