{"id":637191,"date":"2026-02-18T08:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=637191"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:37:24","slug":"acc-championships-day-2-prelims-50-free-depth-on-display-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-day-2-prelims-50-free-depth-on-display-to-open\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Quintin McCarty Sets 50 Free Meet Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACC Championships, Day 2 Prelims: 50 Free Depth on Display to Open<\/strong><\/p>\n

Officially, it\u2019s the fourth day of the 2026 ACC Championships. But the meet\u2019s swim schedule begins in earnest on Wednesday at Georgia Tech\u2019s McAuley Center.<\/p>\n

With diving done and the relays started, individual events finally get underway. The highlight of the morning promises to be a loaded 50 freestyle in which 24 men and 24 women are under the NCAA cut, one in which Quintin McCarty<\/strong> set a meet record in the men\u2019s 50 free.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a pair of platform diving titles, Stanford finds itself atop the standings through Tuesday night\u2019s action, but that could be quick to change once the events start coming thick and fast.<\/p>\n

ACC Championships Team Scores<\/h4>\n
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 8                      \r\n  1. Stanford University               261   2. Pittsburgh, University of         227\r\n  3. California, University of, Ber    207   4. University of Miami (Florida)     204\r\n  5. Louisville, University of         174   6. Notre Dame, University of         171\r\n  7. Florida State University          167   8. North Carolina, University of,    165\r\n  9. Georgia Institute of Technolog    149  10. VA Tech                           124\r\n 11. Virginia, University of           120  12. North Carolina State Universit    116\r\n 13. Duke University                   112  14. Southern Methodist University      97\r\n 15. Boston College                     24<\/pre>\n
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 10                  \r\n  1. Stanford University               244   2. California, University of, Ber    218\r\n  3. Louisville, University of         205   4. Florida State University          202\r\n  5. Southern Methodist University     186   6. Georgia Institute of Technolog    177\r\n  7. VA Tech                           163   8. University of Miami (Florida)     162\r\n  9. Notre Dame, University of         147  10. North Carolina, University of,    137\r\n 11. Pittsburgh, University of         135  12. Duke University                    68\r\n 13. Boston College                     58  14. North Carolina State Universit     56\r\n 15. Virginia, University of            52<\/pre>\n
All the prelims action from the morning:<\/p>\n