Friday night’s finals of the 2019 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships from Greensboro was a pivotal one in the team race as NC State won five total events. The headliner was freshman Sophie Hansson as she swam a 57.74 in the 100 breast as she moved to sixth all-time in the event.
Hansson also swam on NC State’s winning 400 medley relay team as she split a 57.75 there as well. She teamed with Elise Haan, Kylee Alons and Ky-lee Perry to win that relay to close the night.
Haan also won the 100 back earlier in the night as she successfully defended her title that she won in 2018. NC State also got wins from Kate Moore in the 400 IM (the Wolfpack had the top four spots in that event) and Madeline Kline in platform diving.
Virginia’s Morgan Hill won the 100 fly and Louisville’s Mallory Comerford won the 200 free as NC State holds a narrow lead over Virginia heading into the final day of action from Greensboro, North Carolina.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. North Carolina State University 886 2. University of Virginia 867 3. University of Louisville 766 4. University of Notre Dame 624.5 5. Duke University 570.5 6. Florida State University 490 7. University of North Carolina 487.5 8. Virginia Tech 333 9. University of Pittsburgh 237 10. Georgia Institute of Technology 209 11. University of Miami 184.5 12. Boston College 124
100 Fly
Virginia’s Morgan Hill won her second event of the weekend at the 2019 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 51.01 in the 100 fly final on Friday night in Greensboro. Hill won the 50 free last night and also won the 100 fly tonight by 0.01. She out-touched Louisville’s Grace Oglesby (51.02).
It was a pretty quick final with two other swimmers under 52 seconds with Duke’s Kylie Jordan (51.46) and NC State’s Kylee Alons (51.79) in third and fourth.
Duke’s Alyssa Marsh (52.06) also broke 52 seconds in the heats but did not in the final.
Virginia Tech’s Joelle Vereb (52.28), Notre Dame’s Nicole Smith (52.50) and Virginia’s Anna Pang (52.75) also swam in the championship final.
Event 9 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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Meet: ! 50.06 2/19/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville-KY
ACC: % 49.43 3/18/2017 Kelsi Worrell, LVLE-KY
American: * 49.43 3/18/2017 Kelsi Worrell
NCAA: $ 49.43 3/18/2017 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
U.S. Open: # 49.43 3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
Pool: ^ 49.81 3/20/2015 Kelsi Worrell, UOFL-KY
51.03 A
52.41 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
53.76 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Hill, Morgan JR UVA 51.35 51.01 A 32
r:+0.66 23.73 51.01 (27.28)
2 Oglesby, Grace JR Louisville 51.72 51.02 A 28
r:+0.63 23.99 51.02 (27.03)
3 Jordan, Kylie JR Duke 52.16 51.46 IV18 27
r:+0.73 23.96 51.46 (27.50)
4 Alons, Kylee FR NC State 51.69 51.79 IV18 26
r:+0.63 23.90 51.79 (27.89)
5 Marsh, Alyssa JR Duke 51.87 52.06 IV18 25
r:+0.66 23.68 52.06 (28.38)
6 Vereb, Joelle SO VT 52.17 52.28 IV18 24
r:+0.63 24.30 52.28 (27.98)
7 Smith, Nicole SR ND 52.57 52.50 B 23
r:+0.77 24.61 52.50 (27.89)
8 Pang, Anna SO UVA 52.37 52.75 B 22
r:+0.68 24.24 52.75 (28.51)
400 IM
NC State picked up 162 points in the 400 IM as a whole as they finished in a 1-2-3-4 sweep on Friday night at the 2019 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro. Sophomore Kate Moore won the final with a 4:05.24 as she finished ahead of teammates Makayla Sargent (4:06.19), Emma Muzzy (4:06.89) and Julia Poole (4:07.65).
NC State had four in the top eight last night in the 200 IM but only Poole made both A-Finals as Moore did the 500 and Sargent and Muzzy swam their first events today.
Defending champion Reka Gyorgy was the defending champion but finished in fifth at 4:08.72. Gyorgy was leading the race through 250 yards but could not hold on to that pace.
Louisville’s Sophie Cattermole (4:10.63), Notre Dame’s Luciana Thomas (4:11.50) and Pittsburgh’s Sarah Giamber (4:11.72) also swam in the A-Final.
Event 10 Women 400 Yard IM
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Meet: ! 4:04.21 2/20/2015 Tanja Kylliainen, LVLE-KY
ACC: % 4:03.51 3/20/2015 Tanja Kylliainen, LVLE-KY
American: * 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
NCAA: $ 3:56.54 3/17/2012 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Cal
U.S. Open: # 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford-PC
Pool: ^ 4:02.47 3/20/2015 Sarah Henry, TA&M-GU
4:04.16 A
4:09.75 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
4:17.30 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Moore, Kathleen SO NC State 4:08.65 4:05.24 IV18 32
r:+0.72 26.64 56.41 (29.77)
1:27.59 (31.18) 1:57.79 (30.20)
2:33.28 (35.49) 3:09.30 (36.02)
3:37.82 (28.52) 4:05.24 (27.42)
2 Sargent, Makayl JR NC State 4:08.51 4:06.19 IV18 28
r:+0.66 26.41 56.19 (29.78)
1:27.62 (31.43) 1:58.53 (30.91)
2:33.32 (34.79) 3:08.90 (35.58)
3:37.87 (28.97) 4:06.19 (28.32)
3 Muzzy, Emma FR NC State 4:09.70 4:06.89 IV18 27
r:+0.83 26.06 56.64 (30.58)
1:27.60 (30.96) 1:57.69 (30.09)
2:33.95 (36.26) 3:10.76 (36.81)
3:38.96 (28.20) 4:06.89 (27.93)
4 Poole, Julia SO NC State 4:10.34 4:07.65 IV18 26
r:+0.70 26.50 56.85 (30.35)
1:29.06 (32.21) 2:00.24 (31.18)
2:34.92 (34.68) 3:10.12 (35.20)
3:39.47 (29.35) 4:07.65 (28.18)
5 Gyorgy, Reka JR VT 4:11.75 4:08.72 IV18 25
r:+0.74 25.86 55.68 (29.82)
1:26.31 (30.63) 1:56.63 (30.32)
2:32.52 (35.89) 3:09.53 (37.01)
3:39.62 (30.09) 4:08.72 (29.10)
6 Cattermole, Sop JR Louisville 4:12.09 4:10.63 B 24
r:+0.71 26.89 57.09 (30.20)
1:29.60 (32.51) 2:01.50 (31.90)
2:37.51 (36.01) 3:13.78 (36.27)
3:42.52 (28.74) 4:10.63 (28.11)
7 Thomas, Luciana FR ND 4:12.60 4:11.50 B 23
r:+0.75 26.19 56.09 (29.90)
1:28.66 (32.57) 2:00.03 (31.37)
2:36.96 (36.93) 3:13.78 (36.82)
3:43.26 (29.48) 4:11.50 (28.24)
8 Giamber, Sarah JR PITT 4:13.45 4:11.72 B 22
r:+0.79 27.33 57.95 (30.62)
1:30.34 (32.39) 2:02.06 (31.72)
2:38.27 (36.21) 3:14.71 (36.44)
3:43.80 (29.09) 4:11.72 (27.92)
200 Free
Similar to NC State in the 400 IM, Virginia picked up 103 points in the 200 free thanks in part to four total A-Finalists in the event. But crashing the Cavalier party was Louisville senior Mallory Comerford (1:41.60) who broke her own meet record of 1:41.70 from 2017. Comerford won her fourth straight ACC crown in this event.
Following Comerford was Virginia’s Paige Madden (1:44.03) and Megan Moroney (1:44.61) in second and third. Notre Dame’s Abbie Dolan finished in fourth at 1:44.65 as those three swimmers all went slower tonight in finals.
Virginia’s Eryn Eddy did improve on her seed as she finished in fifth at 1:44.77. Louisville’s Arina Openysheva (1:45.36), Virginia’s Kyla Valls (1:45.74) and Georgia Tech’s Iris Wang (1:45.86) also swam in the final.
Event 11 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Meet: ! 1:41.70 2/15/2017 Mallory Comerford, Louisville-KY
ACC: % 1:39.80 3/18/2018 Mallory Comerford, Louisville-KY
American: * 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
NCAA: $ 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
U.S. Open: # 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Pool: ^ 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, CAL-PC
1:43.17 A
1:44.90 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
1:47.12 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Comerford, Mall SR Louisville 1:44.38 1:41.60!A 32
r:+0.65 23.89 49.43 (25.54)
1:15.22 (25.79) 1:41.60 (26.38)
2 Madden, Paige SO UVA 1:43.96 1:44.03 IV18 28
r:+0.73 24.24 50.44 (26.20)
1:17.10 (26.66) 1:44.03 (26.93)
3 Moroney, Megan JR UVA 1:44.25 1:44.61 IV18 27
r:+0.69 24.36 50.36 (26.00)
1:16.84 (26.48) 1:44.61 (27.77)
4 Dolan, Abigail JR ND 1:44.19 1:44.65 IV18 26
r:+0.69 24.27 50.71 (26.44)
1:17.66 (26.95) 1:44.65 (26.99)
5 Eddy, Eryn SR UVA 1:45.91 1:44.77 IV18 25
r:+0.67 24.13 50.45 (26.32)
1:17.51 (27.06) 1:44.77 (27.26)
6 Openysheva, Ari SO Louisville 1:45.91 1:45.36 B 24
r:+0.66 24.62 51.34 (26.72)
1:18.32 (26.98) 1:45.36 (27.04)
7 Valls, Kyla SO UVA 1:45.66 1:45.74 B 23
r:+0.70 24.32 50.96 (26.64)
1:18.60 (27.64) 1:45.74 (27.14)
8 Wang, Haibing SR GT 1:46.13 1:45.86 B 22
r:+0.70 24.56 51.06 (26.50)
1:18.09 (27.03) 1:45.86 (27.77)
100 Breast
In one of the youngest fields ever in NCAA Division I swimming, NC State freshman Sophie Hansson (57.74) broke the ACC record in the 100 breaststroke on Friday night at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Hansson took down Emma Reaney‘s old record from 2015 that was a 57.79. Hansson also took down Andrea Cottrell’s meet record of 58.26 from 2016 in the process.
Hansson had her hands full in the final through 75 with Virginia’s Alexis Wenger (58.31) pushing her the whole way. Wenger dropped over a second from her heat swim in the 100 breast.
Florida State freshman Ida Hulkko (58.94) placed in third for the Seminoles as there were five total freshmen in the 100 breast final. NC State’s Olivia Calegan, who is a sophomore, broke up the freshman sweep as she placed in fourth at 59.43.
Freshmen Nina Kucheran (59.61) of Florida State and Kaylee Wheeler of Louisville (59.88) finished fifth and sixth.
Louisville’s Mariia Astashkina (1:00.12) and Morgan Friesen (1:00.46) finished seventh and eighth.
All-Time Standings:
- Lilly King, 55.88 (2019)
- Molly Hannis, 56.64 (2017)
- Breeja Larson, 57.23 (2014)
- Alia Atkinson, 57.29 (2014)
- Sarah Haase, 57.36 (2016)
- Sophie Hansson, 57.74 (2019)
- Emily McClellan, 57.76 (2014)
- Tara Kirk, 57.77 (2006)
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Meet: ! 58.26 2/19/2016 Andee Cottrell, Louisville-KY
ACC: % 57.79 3/21/2015 Emma Reaney, Notre Dame
American: * 56.25 3/16/2018 Lilly King, Indiana
NCAA: $ 56.30 2/17/2017 Lilly King, Indiana
U.S. Open: # 56.25 3/16/2018 Lilly King, Indiana-IN
Pool: ^ 57.95 2/22/2019 Sophie Hansson, NC State-NC
58.79 A
1:00.11 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
1:01.84 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Hansson, Sophie FR NC State 57.95 57.74%A 32
r:+0.76 27.38 57.74 (30.36)
2 Wenger, Alexis FR UVA 59.70 58.31 A 28
r:+0.61 27.20 58.31 (31.11)
3 Hulkko, Ida FR Florida St 59.35 58.94 IV18 27
r:+0.69 27.61 58.94 (31.33)
4 Calegan, Olivia SO NC State 59.84 59.43 IV18 26
r:+0.73 27.78 59.43 (31.65)
5 Kucheran, Nina FR Florida St 1:00.10 59.61 IV18 25
r:+0.68 28.21 59.61 (31.40)
6 Wheeler, Kaylee FR Louisville 59.75 59.88 IV18 24
r:+0.64 27.76 59.88 (32.12)
7 Astashkina, Mar SO Louisville 59.85 1:00.12 B 23
r:+0.66 28.29 1:00.12 (31.83)
8 Friesen, Morgan SO Louisville 59.98 1:00.46 B 22
r:+0.70 28.23 1:00.46 (32.23)
100 Back
NC State senior Elise Haan successfully defended her 100 back title with a 51.43 on Friday night at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro. Haan continued NC State’s big night as she finished ahead of Virginia’s Megan Moroney (51.96) and Notre Dame’s Carly Quast (52.06) in the final.
Duke’s Alyssa Marsh (52.18) finished in fourth and NC State’s Emma Muzzy (53.35) finished in seventh as both had swum events earlier in the night. Marsh was fifth in the 100 fly and Muzzy was third in the 400 IM.
Duke’s Maddie Hess (52.27) and Virginia’s Caroline Gmelich (52.71) placed fifth and sixth in the final. Virginia’s Marcella Maguire slipped on the start and was eighth at 54.01. She was a 52.08 in the heats.
Event 13 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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Meet: ! 50.74 2/19/2016 Courtney Bartholomew, UVA-VA
ACC: % 50.01 12/5/2014 Courtney Bartholomew, UVA
American: * 49.67 12/1/2018 Beata Nelson
NCAA: $ 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
U.S. Open: # 49.67 12/1/2018 Beata Nelson
Pool: ^ 50.03 3/20/2015 Rachel Bootsma, CAL-PC
50.99 A
52.54 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
53.94 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Haan, Elise SR NC State 51.97 51.43 IV18 32
r:+0.69 24.80 51.43 (26.63)
2 Moroney, Megan JR UVA 51.83 51.96 IV18 28
r:+0.61 25.24 51.96 (26.72)
3 Quast, Carly SO ND 52.49 52.06 IV18 27
r:+0.61 25.12 52.06 (26.94)
4 Marsh, Alyssa JR Duke 52.23 52.18 IV18 26
r:+0.67 25.02 52.18 (27.16)
5 Hess, Madeline SR Duke 52.92 52.27 IV18 25
r:+0.67 25.32 52.27 (26.95)
6 Gmelich, Caroli SO UVA 52.45 52.71 B 24
r:+0.60 25.51 52.71 (27.20)
7 Muzzy, Emma FR NC State 52.93 53.35 B 23
r:+0.81 26.12 53.35 (27.23)
8 Maguire, Marcel SO UVA 52.08 54.01 22
r:+0.63 26.76 54.01 (27.25)
Women’s Platform Diving
NC State junior Madeline Kline continued NC State’s momentum on Friday night at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro with a win in the platform diving event. Kline won going away at 271.60 as she finished ahead of North Carolina’s Emily Grund (242.15) and Virginia’s Kylie Towbin (236.85).
Florida State’s Molly Carlson (231.70) and Duke’s Mack Willborn (231.50), who were the top two seeds out of prelims, finished fourth and fifth.
Notre Dame’s Kelly Straub (231.40), Georgia Tech’s Cami Hidalgo (222.95) and Louisville’s Molly Fears (202.70) also dove in the final.
Event 8 Women Platform Diving
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Meet: ! 364.70 2/22/2014 Katrina Young, Florida St.
ACC: % 367.20 3/16/2008 Brittany Viola, Miami
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Kline, Madeline JR NC State 250.45 271.60 32
2 Grund, Emily UNC 226.05 242.15 28
3 Towbin, Kylie SR UVA 257.45 236.85 27
4 Carlson, Molly JR Florida St 260.20 231.70 26
5 Willborn, Mack SR Duke 267.30 231.50 25
6 Straub, Kelly SO ND 227.60 231.40 24
7 Hidalgo, Cami SO GT 228.70 222.95 23
8 Fears, Molly JR Louisville 259.80 202.70 22
400 Medley Relay
NC State won its fifth event of the night as the Wolfpack closed Friday night at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 400 medley relay victory in Greensboro. Elise Haan (51.51), Sophie Hansson (57.75), Kylee Alons (51.52) and Ky-lee Perry (47.03) swam a 3:27.81 in the relay to claim the win and gain momentum into tomorrow.
Louisville (3:29.02) and Virginia (3:29.98) were in a dog fight for second as the Cardinals came out on top for the runner-up. The fastest splits outside of NC State came from Notre Dame’s Carly Quast (52.25), Virginia’s Alexis Wenger (58.89), Virginia’s Morgan Hill (50.34) and Louisville’s Mallory Comerford (46.53).
Notre Dame (3:33.69), Duke (3:34.95), Florida State (3:35.04), North Carolina (3:35.09) and Virginia Tech (3:36.50) also finished in the top eight. Georgia Tech was disqualified.
Event 14 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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Meet: ! 3:28.25 2/19/2016 Virginia, University of, UVA-V
C Bartholomew, L Simon, K Jones, E Thomas
ACC: % 3:26.42 3/20/2015 University of Virginia, Virginia
C Bartholomew, L Simon, E Williamson, E. Thomas
American: * 3:25.09 3/15/2018 Stanford, Stanford
Howe, Williams, Hu, Manuel
NCAA: $ 3:26.14 3/17/2016 Stanford
A Howe, S Haase, J Hu, L Neal
U.S. Open: # 3:25.09 3/15/2018 Stanford, Stanf
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
Pool: ^ 3:26.41 3/19/2015 Stanford
A Howe, M Olsen, J Hu, S Manuel
3:32.30 A
3:34.35 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 NC State 3:31.31 3:27.81 A 64
1) Haan, Elise SR 2) r:0.18 Hansson, Sophie FR
3) r:0.25 Alons, Kylee FR 4) r:0.13 Perry, Ky-lee JR
r:+0.69 24.92 51.51 (51.51)
1:18.47 (26.96) 1:49.26 (57.75)
2:12.96 (23.70) 2:40.78 (51.52)
3:02.74 (21.96) 3:27.81 (47.03)
2 Louisville 3:29.74 3:29.02 A 56
1) Kendzior, Alina SR 2) r:0.20 Wheeler, Kaylee FR
3) r:0.15 Oglesby, Grace JR 4) r:0.15 Comerford, Mallory SR
r:+0.67 25.22 52.55 (52.55)
1:19.65 (27.10) 1:51.79 (59.24)
2:15.12 (23.33) 2:42.49 (50.70)
3:04.53 (22.04) 3:29.02 (46.53)
3 UVA 3:33.71 3:29.98 A 54
1) Maguire, Marcella SO 2) r:0.15 Wenger, Alexis FR
3) r:0.18 Hill, Morgan JR 4) r:0.20 Eddy, Eryn SR
r:+0.67 25.44 52.62 (52.62)
1:19.79 (27.17) 1:51.51 (58.89)
2:14.50 (22.99) 2:41.85 (50.34)
3:04.64 (22.79) 3:29.98 (48.13)
4 ND 3:34.98 3:33.69 B 52
1) Quast, Carly SO 2) r:0.17 O'Donnell, Meaghan SR
3) r:0.07 Grunhard, Cailey SO 4) r:0.26 Dolan, Abigail JR
r:+0.58 25.13 52.25 (52.25)
1:20.12 (27.87) 1:52.95 (1:00.70)
2:16.37 (23.42) 2:45.52 (52.57)
3:07.96 (22.44) 3:33.69 (48.17)
5 Duke 3:35.75 3:34.95 50
1) Marsh, Alyssa JR 2) r:-0.02 Morris, Halle SO
3) r:0.16 Jordan, Kylie JR 4) r:0.32 Pish, Melissa FR
r:+0.64 25.35 52.27 (52.27)
1:21.03 (28.76) 1:54.65 (1:02.38)
2:18.32 (23.67) 2:46.28 (51.63)
3:09.62 (23.34) 3:34.95 (48.67)
6 Florida St 3:35.40 3:35.04 48
1) Cohen, Madeline SO 2) r:0.10 Hulkko, Ida FR
3) r:0.25 Schendelaar-Kemaige JR 4) r:0.30 Terebo, Emma SO
r:+0.68 25.64 53.68 (53.68)
1:20.89 (27.21) 1:53.00 (59.32)
2:17.71 (24.71) 2:46.04 (53.04)
3:09.16 (23.12) 3:35.04 (49.00)
7 UNC 3:36.50 3:35.09 46
1) Countie, Grace FR 2) r:0.35 Higgs, Lillian FR
3) r:0.20 Cole, Emma SO 4) r:0.43 Fields, Zhada SR
r:+0.71 25.87 53.47 (53.47)
1:21.55 (28.08) 1:53.21 (59.74)
2:17.37 (24.16) 2:46.29 (53.08)
3:09.58 (23.29) 3:35.09 (48.80)
8 VT 3:39.74 3:36.50 44
1) Ryan, Margarita JR 2) r:0.20 Vereb, Joelle SO
3) r:0.20 Purcell, Kayla JR 4) r:0.14 Gyorgy, Reka JR
r:+0.64 26.27 53.82 (53.82)
1:21.73 (27.91) 1:54.77 (1:00.95)
2:18.98 (24.21) 2:47.50 (52.73)
3:10.77 (23.27) 3:36.50 (49.00)
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