{"id":635146,"date":"2026-01-17T03:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=635146"},"modified":"2026-01-17T03:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:42:13","slug":"eneli-jefimova-leah-shackley-come-through-for-nc-state-women-as-wolfpack-sweep-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/eneli-jefimova-leah-shackley-come-through-for-nc-state-women-as-wolfpack-sweep-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Eneli Jefimova, Leah Shackley Come Through for NC State Women as Wolfpack Sweep North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eneli Jefimova, Leah Shackley Come Through for NC State Women as Wolfpack Sweep North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NC State Wolfpack swim and dive teams made the short trip west to Chapel Hill Friday to face the North Carolina Tar Heels, emerging with a pair of wins. The NC State women dominated by a 204-94 final score while the men won 179-108.<\/p>\n

The NC State women fired off a statement swim in the 200 medley relay as the group of\u00a0Leah Shackley<\/strong>,\u00a0Eneli Jefimova<\/strong>,\u00a0Erika Pelaez<\/strong> and\u00a0Olivia Nel<\/strong> combined for a time of 1:34.72. Shortly after, Pelaez returned to post a winning time of 1:44.03 in the 200 freestyle, with\u00a0Lily King<\/strong> not far away in 1:44.91. Jefimova blasted a time of 58.65 to finish first in the 100 breaststroke, and she returned to take the win in the 200 breast (2:10.05).<\/p>\n

Shackley finished in 1:51.45 for first in the 200 backstroke, and she would also place first in the 100 butterfly (51.85). NC State’s\u00a0Katherine Helms<\/strong> topped the 1000 free in 9:41.55 while veteran\u00a0Kennedy Noble<\/strong> came in first in the 100 back (51.52) and 200 IM (1:57.06). Cassie Moses<\/strong> swept the sprint freestyle events, going 22.07 in the 50 to tie with teammate Lily Christianson<\/strong> before clocking 48.07 in the 100.<\/p>\n

The team of Pelaez, Moses, King and Nel finished off the meet with a winning time of 3:11.21 in the 400 free relay, surpassing the Wolfpack “B” squad by six seconds and the top-finishing North Carolina group by seven.<\/p>\n

UNC got its first win from\u00a0Taylor Bloom<\/strong> in the 200 fly, clocking 1:55.19, and Maren Conze<\/strong> went 4:44.82 to win the 500 free, an event UNC swept the top-three places.\u00a0Sofia Knight<\/strong> of the Tar Heels dominated diving, winning 1-meter (312.45) and 3-meter (333.38).<\/p>\n