{"id":637222,"date":"2026-02-18T16:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=637222"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:11:21","slug":"acc-championships-day-2-finals-nc-state-sprints-to-200-free-conference-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-day-2-finals-nc-state-sprints-to-200-free-conference-record\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Sprints to 200 Free Relay Conference Record; UVA Rules 500 Freestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Sprints to 200 Free Conference Record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday is the sprinters\u2019 day at the ACC Championships, with the 50 freestyle and the 200 free relay. NC State is taking full advantage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quintin McCarty<\/strong> set the meet record in prelims in the 50, then split 18.19 to lead NC State to a conference record in the night finals to kick off the session.\u00a0The Wolfpack went 1:14.02, erasing the conference mark set in 2025 by California. The Wolfpack won all four events on the night, helping to erase the point deficit from a disqualification in the 200 medley relay on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h4>ACC Championships Team Scores<\/h4>\n<pre> Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 17                 \r\n  1. Virginia, University of           497   2. California, University of, Ber    454\r\n  3. Stanford University               433   4. Louisville, University of         410\r\n  5. Pittsburgh, University of         306   6. North Carolina State Universit  293.5\r\n  7. North Carolina, University of,  239.5   8. University of Miami (Florida)     230\r\n  9. Florida State University          207  10. Georgia Institute of Technolog    204\r\n 11. Notre Dame, University of         203  12. Duke University                   186\r\n 13. VA Tech                           170  14. Southern Methodist University     151\r\n 15. Boston College                     48<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 18                  \r\n  1. California, University of, Ber    459   2. Stanford University               442\r\n  3. North Carolina State Universit    377   3. Louisville, University of         377\r\n  5. VA Tech                         289.5   6. Florida State University          266\r\n  7. Notre Dame, University of         263   8. Southern Methodist University     242\r\n  9. North Carolina, University of,    239  10. Georgia Institute of Technolog    215\r\n 11. Virginia, University of         201.5  12. Pittsburgh, University of         185\r\n 13. University of Miami (Florida)     162  14. Boston College                     86\r\n 15. Duke University                    68<\/pre>\n<p>The action from the second night of the meet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/acc\/swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Championships Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theacc.com\/feature\/swimdive-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 ACC Championships Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/acc-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-i-conference-championships-how-to-catch-the-action-full-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division I Conference Championships Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-chiara-pellacani-max-fowler-repeat-on-boards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Championships Diving: Chiara Pellacani, Max Fowler Repeat on Boards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-night-1-finals-florida-state-men-louisville-women-start-with-200-medley-relay-wins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Championships, Night 1 Finals: Florida State Men, Louisville Women Start with 200 Medley Relay Wins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-day-2-prelims-50-free-depth-on-display-to-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Quintin McCarty Sets 50 Free Meet Record<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 freestyle relay<\/h4>\n<p>Virginia gave a heck of a run at one of the school\u2019s hallowed relay records. <strong>Bryn Greenwaldt, Claire Curzan, Anna Moesch<\/strong> and <strong>Sara Curtis<\/strong> went 123.75 to win the relay by more than a second. That is a scant .12 seconds off the Meet, Conference, and NCAA record set by a bunch of girls named Walsh in 2024. Curtis was a staggering 20.46 off the end. It also is a McAuley Center pool record.<\/p>\n<p>Second was Standford in 1:25.14. Louisville was third, two tenths behind, and NC State was fourth. Cal and Duke added NCAA cuts<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 11  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 1:23.63  2\/21\/2024 Virginia, University of, UVA-A\r\n                          J Nocentini, G Walsh, A Walsh, M Parker\r\n         CONF: # 1:23.63  2\/21\/2024 Virginia, University of, UVA-A\r\n                          J Nocentini, G Walsh, A Walsh, M Parker\r\n         AMER: $ 1:23.87  2\/15\/2023 University of Virginia, UVA-V\r\n                          K Douglass, G Walsh, A Cuomo, A Walsh\r\n         USOP: % 1:23.63  2\/21\/2024 Virginia, University of, UVA-A\r\n                          J Nocentini, G Walsh, A Walsh, M Parker\r\n         NCAA: ^ 1:23.63  2\/21\/2024 Virginia, University of, UVA-A\r\n                          J Nocentini, G Walsh, A Walsh, M Parker\r\n         Pool: &amp; 1:26.80  3\/17\/2016 California, Calif\r\n                          F Osman, K Vredeveld, V Hull, A Bilquist\r\n                 1:28.26  NC NCAA\r\n                 1:28.78  PROV Provisional Relay\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 UVA  'A'                      1:24.83    1:23.75&amp;NC      64  \r\n     1) Greenwaldt, Bryn SR           2) r:0.13 Curzan, Claire        \r\n     3) r:0.13 Moesch, Anna SO        4) r:0.16 Curtis, Sara FR       \r\n    r:+0.65  21.72        42.35 (20.63)\r\n        1:03.29 (20.94)     1:23.75 (20.46)\r\n  2 Stanford  'A'                 1:25.30    1:25.14&amp;NC      56  \r\n     1) Olasewere, Annam FR           2) r:0.18 Huske, Torri SR       \r\n     3) r:0.92 Johnson, Gigi SR       4) r:0.25 Thomas, Lucy JR       \r\n    r:+0.63  21.50        42.13 (20.63)\r\n        1:03.56 (21.43)     1:25.14 (21.58)\r\n  3 Louisville  'A'               1:25.36    1:25.34&amp;NC      54  \r\n     1) Larsen, Caroline SO           2) r:0.12 Dennis, Julia SR      \r\n     3) r:0.70 Mishler, Julie FR      4) r:0.05 Welch, Ella SR        \r\n    r:+0.69  21.75        42.54 (20.79)\r\n        1:03.87 (21.33)     1:25.34 (21.47)\r\n  4 NC State  'A'                 1:26.75    1:26.33&amp;NC      52  \r\n     1) Moses, Casaundra SR           2) r:0.28 Christianson, Lily SO \r\n     3) r:0.25 Driscoll, Tyler JR     4) r:0.04 Nel, Olivia SR        \r\n    r:+0.63  21.99        43.37 (21.38)\r\n        1:05.21 (21.84)     1:26.33 (21.12)\r\n  5 California  'A'               1:28.17    1:26.69&amp;NC      50  \r\n     1) Moluh, Mary-Ambre SO          2) r:0.33 West, Mia SO          \r\n     3) r:0.51 Griscavage, Sydney SR  4) r:0.36 O'Dell, Teagan FR     \r\n    r:+0.73  21.67        43.14 (21.47)\r\n        1:04.93 (21.79)     1:26.69 (21.76)\r\n  6 Duke  'A'                     1:29.16    1:28.14 NC      48  \r\n     1) Wall, Tatum SR                2) r:0.10 White, Heather FR     \r\n     3) r:0.30 Pfaff, Ali JR          4) r:0.13 Logan, Clare SO       \r\n    r:+0.66  21.66        43.80 (22.14)\r\n        1:05.86 (22.06)     1:28.14 (22.28)\r\n  7 GT  'A'                       1:29.17    1:28.38 PROV    46  \r\n     1) Stanisavljevic, Nina SO       2) r:0.30 Hadjiloizou, Anna SR  \r\n     3) r:0.15 Wright, Phoebe SR      4) r:0.26 Ferrari, Jillian JR   \r\n    r:+0.63  22.21        44.20 (21.99)\r\n        1:06.36 (22.16)     1:28.38 (22.02)\r\n  8 Pitt  'A'                     1:29.04    1:28.40 PROV    44  \r\n     1) Kudlac, Avery JR              2) r:0.93 Jansen, Claire SR     \r\n     3) r:0.34 Hafele, Avery SO       4) r:0.26 Clarke, Mary SO       \r\n    r:+0.65  22.40        43.82 (21.42)\r\n        1:06.20 (22.38)     1:28.40 (22.20)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle relay<\/h4>\n<p>A night after a DQ in the 200 medley relay denied the Wolfpack a possible win, NC State made amends, with very safe starts, to boot. The Wolfpack went 1:14.02 with the team of <strong>Jerry Fox, Quintin McCarty, Drew Salls<\/strong> and <strong>Kaii Winkler.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That unseats the meet mark of 1:14.29 that NC State set last year. Cal\u2019s team at NCAAs went 1:14.12. (It\u2019s also under the American record that NC State owns, but German international Winkler obviates that.) And it downs the 1:14.11 pool mark set in 2022 by Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Cal was second in 1:14.81, with an 18.38 from Evan Petty in there. Louisville was third in 1:14.91, followed by Virginia Tech in 1:15.00. Stanford, Florida State, Virginia and Notre Dame also had A cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 12  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 1:14.29  2\/19\/2025 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-AC\r\n                          Q McCarty, J Fox, L Salls, L Miller\r\n         CONF: # 1:14.12  3\/27\/2025 California, NCSU\r\n                          J. Alexy, B. Seeliger, M. Jensen, D. Lasco\r\n         AMER: $ 1:14.29  2\/19\/2025 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-AC\r\n                          Q McCarty, J Fox, L Salls, L Miller\r\n         USOP: % 1:12.80  2\/19\/2025 Tennessee, Tennessee\r\n                          J. Crooks, G. Caribe, L. Taylor, N. Blackman\r\n         NCAA: ^ 1:12.80  2\/19\/2023 Tennessee, Tennessee\r\n                          J. Crooks, G. Caribe, L. Taylor, N. Blackman\r\n         Pool: &amp; 1:14.11  3\/24\/2022 Florida, Flori\r\n                          A. Chaney, J. Friese, W. Davis, K. Smith\r\n                 1:16.23  NC NCAA\r\n                 1:16.23  IV25 Invited NCAA 2025\r\n                 1:16.91  PROV Provisional Relay\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 NC State  'A'                 1:15.47    1:14.02&amp;NC      64  \r\n     1) Fox, Jerry JR                 2) r:0.20 McCarty, Quintin JR   \r\n     3) r:0.25 Salls, Drew SR         4) r:0.33 Winkler, Kaii SO      \r\n    r:+0.65  18.87        37.06 (18.19)\r\n          55.39 (18.33)     1:14.02 (18.63)\r\n  2 California  'A'               1:15.74    1:14.81 NC      56  \r\n     1) Wrede, Martin FR              2) r:0.23 Battaglini, Lucca SO  \r\n     3) r:0.31 Petty, Evan 5Y         4) r:0.04 Puggaard, Casper FR   \r\n    r:+0.64  19.01        37.73 (18.72)\r\n          56.11 (18.38)     1:14.81 (18.70)\r\n  3 Louisville  'A'               1:15.74    1:14.91 NC      54  \r\n     1) Sheremet, Nikita FR           2) r:0.14 Crush, Charlie SR     \r\n     3) r:0.06 Musso, Aiden SO        4) r:0.19 Graham, Rian SO       \r\n    r:+0.66  18.91        37.61 (18.70)\r\n          56.13 (18.52)     1:14.91 (18.78)\r\n  4 VA Tech  'A'                  1:16.87    1:15.00 NC      52  \r\n     1) Whitfield, Brendan JR         2) r:0.14 Aranda Pereira,tian FR\r\n     3) r:0.16 George Mathew, nish SR 4) r:0.18 Nunez, Javier FR      \r\n    r:+0.68  18.69        37.51 (18.82)\r\n          56.23 (18.72)     1:15.00 (18.77)\r\n  5 Stanford  'A'                 1:16.31    1:15.45 NC      50  \r\n     1) Harrington, Ethan JR          2) r:0.12 Gu, Rafael SR         \r\n     3) r:0.03 Dupont Cabrera,dres SR 4) r:0.14 Tan, Jonathan JR      \r\n    r:+0.60  19.41        38.00 (18.59)\r\n          56.83 (18.83)     1:15.45 (18.62)\r\n  6 FSU  'A'                      1:16.20    1:15.65 NC      48  \r\n     1) Arkhangelskiy, Michel SO      2) r:0.18 Bork, Sam SR          \r\n     3) r:0.02 Wilson, Max SR         4) r:0.20 Robinson, Logan SO    \r\n    r:+0.60  19.27        38.14 (18.87)\r\n          57.00 (18.86)     1:15.65 (18.65)\r\n  7 UVA  'A'                      1:16.16    1:15.79 NC      46  \r\n     1) Williamson, Maximus FR        2) r:0.12 Aikins, Jack SR       \r\n     3) r:0.24 Powers, Noah FR        4) r:0.30 Howat, Josh FR        \r\n    r:+0.61  18.92        37.70 (18.78)\r\n          56.59 (18.89)     1:15.79 (19.20)\r\n  8 ND  'A'                       1:18.42    1:15.97 NC      44  \r\n     1) Eckler, Shane FR              2) r:0.12 Reyes-Gentry, Mrcus JR\r\n     3) r:0.11 Kelly, Jeremy SO       4) r:0.15 Janton, Tommy JR      \r\n    r:+0.57  19.06        37.89 (18.83)\r\n          56.99 (19.10)     1:15.97 (18.98)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Katie Grimes<\/strong> is the marshal of the Virginia distance parade, winning the 500 free in 4:33.78. She led teammates <strong>Aimee Canny<\/strong> (4:34.46), <strong>Cavan Gormsen<\/strong> (4:34.99) and <strong>Madi Mintenko<\/strong> (4:36.91) to all but erase the edge that Stanford and Cal built for itself in diving. <strong>Bailey Hartman\u2019s<\/strong> sixth-place finish helped, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Claire Weinstein<\/strong> of Cal was fifth in 4:37.17, though she was a tenth slower than the time that teammate <strong>Ella Crosgrove<\/strong> used to win the B final.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 13  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 4:30.74  2\/18\/2016 Leah Smith, Virginia\r\n         CONF: # 4:28.90  3\/16\/2017 Leah Smith, Virginia\r\n         AMER: $ 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n         USOP: % 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n         NCAA: ^ 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n         Pool: &amp; 4:30.81  3\/17\/2016 Leah Smith, Virginia-VA\r\n                 4:39.47  IV25 Invited NCAA 2025\r\n                 4:43.70  NC NCAA\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Grimes, Katie    SO UVA               4:36.49    4:33.78 IV25    32  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.00        52.05 (27.05)\r\n        1:19.47 (27.42)     1:46.93 (27.46)\r\n        2:14.62 (27.69)     2:42.42 (27.80)\r\n        3:10.31 (27.89)     3:38.06 (27.75)\r\n        4:06.01 (27.95)     4:33.78 (27.77)\r\n  2 Canny, Aimee     SR UVA               4:38.37    4:34.46 IV25    28  \r\n    r:+0.74  24.83        52.01 (27.18)\r\n        1:19.44 (27.43)     1:46.75 (27.31)\r\n        2:14.52 (27.77)     2:42.36 (27.84)\r\n        3:10.35 (27.99)     3:38.36 (28.01)\r\n        4:06.83 (28.47)     4:34.46 (27.63)\r\n  3 Gormsen, Cavan   JR UVA               4:36.55    4:34.99 IV25    27  \r\n    r:+0.71  25.19        52.74 (27.55)\r\n        1:20.38 (27.64)     1:48.24 (27.86)\r\n        2:16.18 (27.94)     2:43.99 (27.81)\r\n        3:11.74 (27.75)     3:39.79 (28.05)\r\n        4:07.69 (27.90)     4:34.99 (27.30)\r\n  4 Mintenko, Madi   FR UVA               4:38.46    4:36.91 IV25    26  \r\n    r:+0.73  24.81        52.03 (27.22)\r\n        1:19.49 (27.46)     1:47.58 (28.09)\r\n        2:15.84 (28.26)     2:44.02 (28.18)\r\n        3:12.57 (28.55)     3:41.31 (28.74)\r\n        4:09.69 (28.38)     4:36.91 (27.22)\r\n  5 Weinstein, Clai  FR California        4:38.71    4:37.17 IV25    25  \r\n    r:+0.76  25.01        52.23 (27.22)\r\n        1:19.89 (27.66)     1:47.91 (28.02)\r\n        2:16.13 (28.22)     2:44.32 (28.19)\r\n        3:12.67 (28.35)     3:41.23 (28.56)\r\n        4:09.61 (28.38)     4:37.17 (27.56)\r\n  6 Hartman, Bailey  SO UVA               4:40.65    4:37.51 IV25    24  \r\n    r:+0.72  25.14        52.70 (27.56)\r\n        1:20.52 (27.82)     1:48.63 (28.11)\r\n        2:16.73 (28.10)     2:45.02 (28.29)\r\n        3:13.36 (28.34)     3:41.87 (28.51)\r\n        4:10.13 (28.26)     4:37.51 (27.38)\r\n  7 Haell, Thilda    FR Louisville        4:39.01    4:39.31 IV25    23  \r\n    r:+0.78  25.69        53.09 (27.40)\r\n        1:20.90 (27.81)     1:49.00 (28.10)\r\n        2:17.12 (28.12)     2:45.41 (28.29)\r\n        3:13.86 (28.45)     3:42.51 (28.65)\r\n        4:11.28 (28.77)     4:39.31 (28.03)\r\n  8 Golovaty, Daria  SO Louisville        4:40.28    4:39.91 NC      22  \r\n    r:+0.71  25.34        52.72 (27.38)\r\n        1:20.55 (27.83)     1:48.93 (28.38)\r\n        2:17.42 (28.49)     2:46.03 (28.61)\r\n        3:14.79 (28.76)     3:43.56 (28.77)\r\n        4:12.14 (28.58)     4:39.91 (27.77)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Max Carlsen<\/strong> pulled maybe a wee bit of an upset in the 500, after finishing third in prelims and having been the second seed entering, though perhaps not as touted as the others. The top seed was <strong>Ethan Ekk,<\/strong> while <strong>Ryan Erisman<\/strong> brought it in prelims at 4:11.17.<\/p>\n<p>But Carlsen was the star at night, the freshman going 4:09.44 for the Wolfpack, putting a scare into <strong>Lucas Henveaux\u2019s<\/strong> conference record from last year by six tenths. Ekk was second in 4:11.07. Erisman was slower than prelims to finish third in 4:11.50. Teammate <strong>Eduardo Moares<\/strong> grabbed fourth and <strong>Nathan Wiffen<\/strong> fifth for the Golden Bears, who move to the lead ahead of Stanford in the team competition, with NC State, still stung by the relay DQ, in ninth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 14  Men 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 4:08.83  2\/19\/2025 Lucas Henveaux, California-AC\r\n         CONF: # 4:06.74  3\/27\/2025 Lucas Henveaux, California-AC\r\n         AMER: $ 4:04.45  11\/20\/2024Rex Maurer, Texas\r\n         USOP: % 4:02.31  3\/27\/2024 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.\r\n         NCAA: ^ 4:02.31  3\/27\/2024 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.\r\n         Pool: &amp; 4:06.61  3\/24\/2022 Matthew Sates, Georgia-GA\r\n                 4:14.13  IV25 Invited NCAA 2025\r\n                 4:18.07  NC NCAA\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Carlsen, Max     FR NC State          4:14.49    4:09.44 IV25    32  \r\n    r:+0.71  22.85        47.69 (24.84)\r\n        1:13.12 (25.43)     1:38.65 (25.53)\r\n        2:04.17 (25.52)     2:29.80 (25.63)\r\n        2:55.09 (25.29)     3:20.31 (25.22)\r\n        3:45.09 (24.78)     4:09.44 (24.35)\r\n  2 Ekk, Ethan       FR Stanford          4:15.20    4:11.07 IV25    28  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.17        48.68 (25.51)\r\n        1:14.23 (25.55)     1:39.77 (25.54)\r\n        2:05.31 (25.54)     2:31.00 (25.69)\r\n        2:56.03 (25.03)     3:21.59 (25.56)\r\n        3:46.71 (25.12)     4:11.07 (24.36)\r\n  3 Erisman, Ryan    FR California        4:11.17    4:11.50 IV25    27  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.54        49.17 (25.63)\r\n        1:14.78 (25.61)     1:40.54 (25.76)\r\n        2:05.83 (25.29)     2:30.87 (25.04)\r\n        2:55.84 (24.97)     3:20.85 (25.01)\r\n        3:46.20 (25.35)     4:11.50 (25.30)\r\n  4 Oliveira de Mor  5Y California        4:13.02    4:11.96 IV25    26  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.51        48.89 (25.38)\r\n        1:14.17 (25.28)     1:39.66 (25.49)\r\n        2:05.29 (25.63)     2:30.84 (25.55)\r\n        2:55.96 (25.12)     3:21.03 (25.07)\r\n        3:46.36 (25.33)     4:11.96 (25.60)\r\n  5 Wiffen, Nathan   FR California        4:14.72    4:12.57 IV25    25  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.06        47.99 (24.93)\r\n        1:13.34 (25.35)     1:38.97 (25.63)\r\n        2:04.75 (25.78)     2:30.49 (25.74)\r\n        2:56.22 (25.73)     3:22.18 (25.96)\r\n        3:47.82 (25.64)     4:12.57 (24.75)\r\n  6 Branon, Patrick  FR ND                4:16.10    4:15.92 NC      24  \r\n    r:+0.66  22.79        48.09 (25.30)\r\n        1:13.63 (25.54)     1:39.67 (26.04)\r\n        2:06.00 (26.33)     2:32.17 (26.17)\r\n        2:58.31 (26.14)     3:24.57 (26.26)\r\n        3:50.68 (26.11)     4:15.92 (25.24)\r\n  7 Isberg, Oscar    FR Louisville        4:16.58    4:21.64         23  \r\n    r:+0.71  22.74        47.73 (24.99)\r\n        1:13.52 (25.79)     1:39.71 (26.19)\r\n        2:06.05 (26.34)     2:32.57 (26.52)\r\n        2:59.38 (26.81)     3:26.89 (27.51)\r\n        3:54.70 (27.81)     4:21.64 (26.94)\r\n  8 Clontz, Norvin   FR California        4:16.23    4:23.12         22  \r\n    r:+0.76  24.11        49.96 (25.85)\r\n        1:16.04 (26.08)     1:42.43 (26.39)\r\n        2:08.84 (26.41)     2:35.22 (26.38)\r\n        3:01.84 (26.62)     3:28.88 (27.04)\r\n        3:56.39 (27.51)     4:23.12 (26.73)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Torri Huske<\/strong> opted for the IM over the 50, and it paid off for her. The senior went 151.27 to just outtouch <strong>Anastasia Gorbenko<\/strong> by .03 in the IM. The Israeli Olympian took second in her first college championships season. <strong>Mia West<\/strong> of California was third in 1:52.30, nearly two seconds ahead of teammate <strong>Teagan O\u2019Dell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virginia was fifth and seventh with <strong>Sophia Umstead<\/strong> and <strong>Leah Hayes,<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 15  Women 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 1:50.15  2\/14\/2023 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA\r\n         CONF: # 1:48.37  3\/17\/2022 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA\r\n         AMER: $ 1:48.37  3\/17\/2022 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA\r\n         USOP: % 1:48.37  3\/17\/2022 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA\r\n         NCAA: ^ 1:48.37  3\/17\/2022 Kate C Douglass, UVA-VA\r\n         Pool: &amp; 1:50.08  3\/17\/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia-VA\r\n                 1:56.69  IV25 Invited NCAA 2025\r\n                 1:57.88  NC NCAA\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Huske, Torri     SR Stanford          1:53.99    1:51.27 IV25    32  \r\n    r:+0.59  23.19        50.98 (27.79)\r\n        1:24.09 (33.11)     1:51.27 (27.18)\r\n  2 Gorbenko, Anast  SO Louisville        1:53.99    1:51.30 IV25    28  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.95        51.70 (27.75)\r\n        1:24.18 (32.48)     1:51.30 (27.12)\r\n  3 West, Mia        SO California        1:54.84    1:52.30 IV25    27  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.75        51.95 (28.20)\r\n        1:25.06 (33.11)     1:52.30 (27.24)\r\n  4 O'Dell, Teagan   FR California        1:55.07    1:54.04 IV25    26  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.46        52.47 (28.01)\r\n        1:26.54 (34.07)     1:54.04 (27.50)\r\n  5 Umstead, Sophia  FR UVA               1:55.03    1:54.93 IV25    25  \r\n    r:+0.67  25.17        53.81 (28.64)\r\n        1:26.07 (32.26)     1:54.93 (28.86)\r\n  6 Gring, Sydney    JR Pitt              1:55.86    1:55.26 IV25    24  \r\n    r:+0.62  24.89        53.72 (28.83)\r\n        1:27.73 (34.01)     1:55.26 (27.53)\r\n  7 Hayes, Leah      SO UVA               1:54.65    1:55.57 IV25    23  \r\n    r:+0.76  25.42        53.21 (27.79)\r\n        1:26.66 (33.45)     1:55.57 (28.91)\r\n  8 Macaulay, Mary   JR UNC               1:55.87    1:56.28 IV25    22  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.00        53.47 (28.47)\r\n        1:27.34 (33.87)     1:56.28 (28.94)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>NC State\u2019s <strong>Arsenio Bustos<\/strong> defended his top seed from the morning by speeding up to 1:40.39. He was fourth tenths up on <strong>Maximus Williamson<\/strong> of Virginia, who entered the meet as the top seed. <strong>Louis Dramm<\/strong> of UNC was third in 1:41.40, nearly a second up on NC State\u2019s <strong>Daniel Diehl.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 16  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 1:40.31  2\/15\/2023 Arsenio Bustos, NC State\r\n         CONF: # 1:37.98  3\/27\/2025 Destin Lasco, California-AC\r\n         AMER: $ 1:37.91  3\/28\/2024 Destin Lasco, California\r\n         USOP: % 1:36.34  3\/24\/2023 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.\r\n         NCAA: ^ 1:36.34  3\/24\/2022 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.\r\n         Pool: &amp; 1:37.69  3\/24\/2022 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.-AZ\r\n                 1:42.65  IV25 Invited NCAA 2025\r\n                 1:44.13  NC NCAA\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Bustos, Arsenio  5Y NC State          1:42.14    1:40.39 IV25    32  \r\n    r:+0.59  21.03        45.73 (24.70)\r\n        1:14.95 (29.22)     1:40.39 (25.44)\r\n  2 Williamson, Max  FR UVA               1:42.68    1:40.78 IV25    28  \r\n    r:+0.62  21.90        46.79 (24.89)\r\n        1:17.00 (30.21)     1:40.78 (23.78)\r\n  3 Dramm, Louis     SR UNC               1:42.52    1:41.40 IV25    27  \r\n    r:+0.68  21.77        47.23 (25.46)\r\n        1:16.68 (29.45)     1:41.40 (24.72)\r\n  4 Diehl, Daniel    JR NC State          1:42.74    1:42.24 IV25    26  \r\n    r:+0.64  21.61        48.18 (26.57)\r\n        1:17.32 (29.14)     1:42.24 (24.92)\r\n  5 Millard, Jackso  SR Louisville        1:42.21    1:42.33 IV25    25  \r\n    r:+0.64  22.12        47.70 (25.58)\r\n        1:17.14 (29.44)     1:42.33 (25.19)\r\n  6 Holmes, Gibson   JR Stanford          1:42.93    1:42.48 IV25    24  \r\n    r:+0.72  22.09        47.43 (25.34)\r\n        1:17.37 (29.94)     1:42.48 (25.11)\r\n  7 Wiener, Omer     FR Stanford          1:43.09    1:43.54 NC      23  \r\n    r:+0.65  22.50        47.86 (25.36)\r\n        1:17.96 (30.10)     1:43.54 (25.58)\r\n  8 Kelly, Jeremy    SO ND                1:42.46    1:43.73 NC      22  \r\n    r:+0.61  21.72        48.01 (26.29)\r\n        1:17.99 (29.98)     1:43.73 (25.74)\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>For <strong>Sara Curtis,<\/strong> it\u2019s 21.09 in the morning, 21.09 at night, and a gold medal. The Italian Olympian is an ACC champion on the back of her two stellar swims in the 50. She helped the Cavaliers go 1-3-8, with <strong>Anna Moesch<\/strong> going 21.22, .01 behind <strong>Julia Dennis<\/strong> of Louisville. <strong>Bryn Greenwaldt<\/strong> was eighth.<\/p>\n<p>With those points, Virginia formally goes to the lead with 497 points ahead of Cal and Stanford.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Olsaewere<\/strong> was fourth for Stanford. <strong>Tatum Wall<\/strong> went 21.47 for Duke in fifth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 17  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 20.57  2\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         CONF: # 20.37  3\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         AMER: $ 20.37  3\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         USOP: % 20.37  3\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         NCAA: ^ 20.37  3\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC\r\n         Pool: &amp; 20.84  3\/17\/2022 Kate Douglass, Virginia-VA\r\n                 22.01  IV25 Invited NCAA 2025\r\n                 22.28  NC NCAA\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Curtis, Sara     FR UVA                 21.09      21.09 IV25    32  \r\n    r:+0.66  10.14        21.09 (10.95)\r\n  2 Dennis, Julia    SR Louisville          21.21      21.21 IV25    28  \r\n    r:+0.65  10.19        21.21 (11.02)\r\n  3 Moesch, Anna     SO UVA                 21.60      21.22 IV25    27  \r\n    r:+0.68  10.29        21.22 (10.93)\r\n  4 Olasewere, Anna  FR Stanford            21.52      21.46 IV25    26  \r\n    r:+0.63  10.38        21.46 (11.08)\r\n  5 Wall, Tatum      SR Duke                21.57      21.47 IV25    25  \r\n    r:+0.65  10.41        21.47 (11.06)\r\n  6 Larsen, Carolin  SO Louisville          21.69      21.62 IV25    24  \r\n    r:+0.68  10.47        21.62 (11.15)\r\n  7 Christianson, L  SO NC State            21.76      21.71 IV25    23  \r\n    r:+0.66  10.55        21.71 (11.16)\r\n  8 Greenwaldt, Bry  SR UVA                 21.68      21.99 IV25    22  \r\n    r:+0.65  10.65        21.99 (11.34)\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Quintin McCarty<\/strong> didn\u2019t quite match the record speed of the morning, but his 18.63 at night was good enough to get another win for NC State. 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Cal\u2019s <strong>Martin Wrede<\/strong> was fourth.<\/p>\n<p>NC State cashed in with <strong>Jerry Fox<\/strong> fifth in 18.86 and <strong>Drew Salls<\/strong> sixth in 18.89 to move up to third in the team standings.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 18  Men 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         MEET: @ 18.57  2\/21\/2024 Christopher Guiliano, Notre Dame-AC\r\n         CONF: # 18.34  3\/27\/2025 Jack Alexy, California-AC\r\n         AMER: $ 17.63  3\/22\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n         USOP: % 17.63  3\/22\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n         NCAA: ^ 17.63  3\/22\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n         Pool: &amp; 18.20  3\/24\/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL\r\n                 19.02  IV25 Invited NCAA 2025\r\n                 19.43  NC NCAA\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 McCarty, Quinti  JR NC State            18.55      18.63 IV25    32  \r\n     r:+0.61  8.94         18.63 (9.69)\r\n  2 Sheremet, Nikit  FR Louisville          18.84      18.71 IV25    27.5\r\n     r:+0.67  9.01         18.71 (9.70)\r\n  2 Whitfield, Bren  JR VA Tech             18.62      18.71 IV25    27.5\r\n     r:+0.67  9.03         18.71 (9.68)\r\n  4 Wrede, Martin    FR California          18.87      18.81 IV25    26  \r\n     r:+0.63  9.00         18.81 (9.81)\r\n  5 Fox, Jerry       JR NC State            18.80      18.86 IV25    25  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.14         18.86 (9.72)\r\n  6 Salls, Drew      SR NC State            19.03      18.89 IV25    24  \r\n     r:+0.64  9.10         18.89 (9.79)\r\n  7 Eckler, Shane    FR ND                  18.89      19.05 NC      23  \r\n     r:+0.58  9.05        19.05 (10.00)\r\n  8 Battaglini, Luc  SO California          18.94      19.10 NC      22  \r\n     r:+0.59  9.02        19.10 (10.08)<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Sprints to 200 Free Conference Record Wednesday is the sprinters\u2019 day at the ACC Championships, with the 50 freestyle and the 200 free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":613735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[49364,128665,2194,133311,176,60521,126849,34127,42726,4713,130926,9257,451,43224,240,64091,8153,62205,3023,127920,43068,327,543,8707],"class_list":["post-637222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","tag-acc-swimming","tag-anna-moesch","tag-boston-college","tag-bryn-greenwaldt","tag-california","tag-claire-curzan","tag-drew-salls","tag-duke","tag-florida-state","tag-georgia-tech","tag-jerry-fox","tag-louisville","tag-miami","tag-nc-state","tag-north-carolina","tag-north-carolina-state","tag-notre-dame","tag-pitt","tag-pittsburgh","tag-quintin-mccarty","tag-smu","tag-stanford","tag-virginia","tag-virginia-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Sprints to 200 Free Conference Record<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Quintin McCarty set the meet record in prelims in the 50, then split 18.19 to lead NC State to a conference record in the night finals.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-day-2-finals-nc-state-sprints-to-200-free-conference-record\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Sprints to 200 Free Relay Conference Record; 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