{"id":625939,"date":"2025-11-07T22:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=625939"},"modified":"2025-11-08T07:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:02:21","slug":"leah-shackley-kaii-winkler-have-nc-state-leading-raleigh-rumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leah-shackley-kaii-winkler-have-nc-state-leading-raleigh-rumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Leah Shackley, Kaii Winkler Have NC State Leading Raleigh Rumble"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leah Shackley, Kaii Winkler Have NC State Leading Raleigh Rumble<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NC State Wolfpack are hosting Ohio State and Virginia Tech for a two-day, three-session event called the Raleigh Rumble, and it kicked off Friday with the home team leading the way. NC State’s women have scored 508 points to lead Ohio State (309) and Virginia Tech (202.5) while the Wolfpack men have 487 to top OSU (295.5) and VT (241).<\/p>\n

Sophomore standout\u00a0Leah Shackley<\/strong> grabbed three individual wins on day one of competition. Shackley swam a time of 1:55.61 for first in the 200 butterfly in the morning session, and she returned in the evening to top the 100 fly (51.19) and 100 backstroke (50.73). Fellow sophomore\u00a0Erika Pelaez\u00a0<\/strong>swam a time of 1:51.32 to dominate the 200 back before also winning the 100 IM (54.08).<\/p>\n

Breaststroker Eneli Jefimova<\/strong> won the 200 (2:08.86) and 100 (58.20), and the team of\u00a0Shackley, Jefimova, Pelaez and\u00a0Cassie Moses<\/strong> swam a time of 3:28.89 to win the 400 medley relay.<\/p>\n

Ohio State also picked up a pair of wins:\u00a0Mila Nikanarov<\/strong> topped the 1000 freestyle in 9:25.62 while\u00a0Rachel Bockrath<\/strong> came home first in the 100 free (48.09).<\/p>\n

The meet features three rounds of knockout competition for the 50-yard events of each stroke, with the first round held Friday morning, the semifinals with four swimmers Friday evening and the one-on-one finals to come Saturday. In the 50 fly, NC State’s\u00a0Tyler Driscoll<\/strong> had the fastest time in the first round (23.18) and semifinals (23.37), with teammate Pelaez joining her in the final.<\/p>\n

Shackley was first both times in the 50 back (23.66\/23.51), with fellow Wolfpack standout Kennedy Noble <\/strong>also advancing to Saturday. Jefimova twice led the way in the 50 breast (26.30\/26.32), with Ohio State’s\u00a0Maria Ramos Najji<\/strong> joining her in Saturday’s race.\u00a0Moses was best in the 50 free (22.11\/22.14), with\u00a0Lily Christianson<\/strong> also advancing.<\/p>\n