Friday morning’s session of the 2019 ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships was a pivotal one for the team race. Virginia came up huge with ten A-Final swims on Friday morning while NC State had nine and Louisville had seven.
NC State has the top four spots in the 400 IM and Virginia also had four in the 200 free. Virginia will have top seeds in the 100 fly with Morgan Hill, the 200 free with Paige Madden and the 100 back with Megan Moroney.
NC State has the top seed in the 400 IM with Makayla Sargent and the 100 breast with Sophie Hansson.
- Live Results
- Thursday Night Results
- Live Stream (not available for prelims)
Team Rankings - Through Thursday + Ups, Mids, Downs 1. North Carolina State 454 9, 4, 5 2. Louisville 409 7, 5, 3 3. Virginia 379 10, 7, 5 4. Notre Dame 320.5 4, 5, 4 5. Duke 300.5 4, 3, 3 6. North Carolina 277.5 0, 6, 6 7. Florida State 265 2, 7, 3 8. Virginia Tech 181 2, 1, 6 9. Georgia Tech 147 1, 1, 0 10. Miami 146.5 0, 0, 1 11. Pittsburgh 126 1, 1, 4 12. Boston College 92 0, 0, 0
100 Fly
Virginia’s Morgan Hill got the morning started with a 51.35 to lead the 100 fly heats on Friday morning at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro. Hill is ahead of a stacked field that includes freshman sensation Kylee Alons of NC State (51.69), Louisville junior Grace Oglesby (51.72) and Duke junior Alyssa Marsh (51.87).
Marsh had the fastest 50 fly split on the 200 medley relay on Wednesday night as she comes in with the fourth seed for finals. Oglesby had the fastest entry time so she could be the favorite tonight in the final.
Duke’s Kylie Jordan (52.16), Virginia Tech’s Joelle Vereb (52.17), Virginia’s Anna Pang (52.37) and Notre Dame’s Nicole Smith (52.57) also qualified for the final.
Event 9 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
==================================================================
Meet: ! 50.06 2/19/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
ACC: % 49.43 3/18/2017 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
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, Louisville
51.03 A
52.41 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
53.76 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
==================================================================
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hill, Morgan JR UVA 52.16 51.35 qIV18
r:+0.68 24.15 51.35 (27.20)
2 Alons, Kylee FR NC State 52.64 51.69 qIV18
r:+0.61 23.65 51.69 (28.04)
3 Oglesby, Grace JR Louisville 50.75 51.72 qIV18
r:+0.63 24.36 51.72 (27.36)
4 Marsh, Alyssa JR Duke 52.10 51.87 qIV18
r:+0.65 23.90 51.87 (27.97)
5 Jordan, Kylie JR Duke 51.42 52.16 qIV18
r:+0.72 24.17 52.16 (27.99)
6 Vereb, Joelle SO VT 52.49 52.17 qIV18
r:+0.61 24.22 52.17 (27.95)
7 Pang, Anna SO UVA 54.11 52.37 qIV18
r:+0.65 23.81 52.37 (28.56)
8 Smith, Nicole SR ND 52.80 52.57 qB
r:+0.76 24.61 52.57 (27.96)
400 IM
NC State came out swinging in the 400 IM heats on Friday morning at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro as they will have the four center lanes in the final tonight. Junior Makayla Sargent (4:08.51), sophomore Kate Moore (4:08.65), freshman Emma Muzzy (4:09.70) and sophomore Julia Poole (4:10.34) put up the four fastest time in the event this morning.
NC State did the same thing last night in the 200 IM, but Poole was the only one to make it back in both. Moore did the 500 last night and both Sargent and Muzzy had their first official swims today.
Virginia Tech’s Reka Gyorgy is the highest seeded swimmer outside of NC State as she is fifth at 4:11.75. She is the defending champion so she has a chance to win from lane 2 tonight as she was a 4:04 last year.
Louisville’s Sophie Cattermole (4:12.09), Notre Dame’s Luciana Thomas (4:12.60) and Pittsburgh’s Sarah Giamber (4:13.45) also placed in the top eight.
Event 10 Women 400 Yard IM
==================================================================
Meet: ! 4:04.21 2/20/2015 Tanja Kylliainen, Louisville
ACC: % 4:03.51 3/20/2015 Tanja Kylliainen, Louisville
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
Pool: ^ 4:02.47 3/20/2015 Sarah Henry, Texas A&M
4:04.16 A
4:09.75 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
4:17.30 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
==================================================================
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Sargent, Makayl JR NC State 4:09.15 4:08.51 qIV18
r:+0.67 26.35 55.87 (29.52)
1:26.96 (31.09) 1:57.78 (30.82)
2:33.04 (35.26) 3:09.02 (35.98)
3:39.45 (30.43) 4:08.51 (29.06)
2 Moore, Kathleen SO NC State 4:08.66 4:08.65 qIV18
r:+0.71 27.01 57.51 (30.50)
1:28.79 (31.28) 1:59.00 (30.21)
2:34.63 (35.63) 3:10.95 (36.32)
3:40.36 (29.41) 4:08.65 (28.29)
3 Muzzy, Emma FR NC State 4:05.60 4:09.70 qIV18
r:+0.83 26.12 56.76 (30.64)
1:27.74 (30.98) 1:58.66 (30.92)
2:35.35 (36.69) 3:11.94 (36.59)
3:40.97 (29.03) 4:09.70 (28.73)
4 Poole, Julia SO NC State 4:10.46 4:10.34 qB
r:+0.72 26.69 56.88 (30.19)
1:29.27 (32.39) 2:00.32 (31.05)
2:35.62 (35.30) 3:11.39 (35.77)
3:41.20 (29.81) 4:10.34 (29.14)
5 Gyorgy, Reka JR VT 4:11.62 4:11.75 qB
r:+0.71 26.49 57.08 (30.59)
1:29.09 (32.01) 2:00.30 (31.21)
2:36.65 (36.35) 3:13.34 (36.69)
3:42.88 (29.54) 4:11.75 (28.87)
6 Cattermole, Sop JR Louisville 4:11.62 4:12.09 qB
r:+0.72 26.96 57.26 (30.30)
1:29.94 (32.68) 2:02.13 (32.19)
2:38.36 (36.23) 3:14.37 (36.01)
3:43.58 (29.21) 4:12.09 (28.51)
7 Thomas, Luciana FR ND 4:11.52 4:12.60 qB
r:+0.72 26.92 57.01 (30.09)
1:29.62 (32.61) 2:01.67 (32.05)
2:37.62 (35.95) 3:14.43 (36.81)
3:44.06 (29.63) 4:12.60 (28.54)
8 Giamber, Sarah JR PITT 4:12.61 4:13.45 qB
r:+0.77 27.16 57.81 (30.65)
1:31.00 (33.19) 2:03.07 (32.07)
2:39.36 (36.29) 3:15.78 (36.42)
3:45.24 (29.46) 4:13.45 (28.21)
200 Free
Virginia’s Paige Madden is on top of the 200 free heats on Friday morning at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro with a 1:43.96 heat swim. She is ahead of a stacked field that includes Notre Dame’s Abbie Dolan (1:44.19), Virginia’s Megan Moroney (1:44.25) and Louisville’s Mallory Comerford (1:44.38).
Comerford won the 500 last night with a nation-leading time of 4:34.63 as she cruised to the fourth seed this morning in the 200 free, an event where she has the ACC meet and conference record. Comerford did the same thing yesterday in the 500 where she cruised in the morning and put it all out there in the finals. Madden was second last night in the 500 after having the top time in the prelims.
Virginia had four total swimmers in the A-Final with Madden, Moroney, Kyla Valls (1:45.66) and Eryn Eddy (1:45.91). Madden, Moroney and Eddy swam on Virginia’s winning 800 free relay on Wednesday that broke the ACC meet record in the event. Morgan Hill was the fourth swimmer on the relay as she swam the 100 fly instead.
Louisville’s Arina Openysheva (1:45.91) and Georgia Tech’s Iris Wang (1:46.13) also qualified for the final.
Event 11 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
Meet: ! 1:41.70 2/15/2017 Mallory Comerford, Louisville
ACC: % 1:39.80 3/18/2018 Mallory Comerford, Louisville
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, California
1:43.17 A
1:44.90 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
1:47.12 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
==================================================================
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Madden, Paige SO UVA 1:45.35 1:43.96 qIV18
r:+0.70 24.40 50.75 (26.35)
1:17.30 (26.55) 1:43.96 (26.66)
2 Dolan, Abigail JR ND 1:45.11 1:44.19 qIV18
r:+0.69 24.32 50.52 (26.20)
1:17.35 (26.83) 1:44.19 (26.84)
3 Moroney, Megan JR UVA 1:46.08 1:44.25 qIV18
r:+0.69 24.63 50.59 (25.96)
1:17.13 (26.54) 1:44.25 (27.12)
4 Comerford, Mall SR Louisville 1:41.29 1:44.38 qIV18
r:+0.67 24.58 50.68 (26.10)
1:17.26 (26.58) 1:44.38 (27.12)
5 Valls, Kyla SO UVA 1:47.27 1:45.66 qB
r:+0.66 24.35 51.37 (27.02)
1:18.99 (27.62) 1:45.66 (26.67)
6 Openysheva, Ari SO Louisville 1:45.12 1:45.91 qB
r:+0.69 24.72 51.39 (26.67)
1:18.42 (27.03) 1:45.91 (27.49)
6 Eddy, Eryn SR UVA 1:47.01 1:45.91 qB
r:+0.69 24.78 51.32 (26.54)
1:18.66 (27.34) 1:45.91 (27.25)
8 Wang, Haibing SR GT 1:45.87 1:46.13 qB
r:+0.69 24.36 51.24 (26.88)
1:18.47 (27.23) 1:46.13 (27.66)
100 Breast
Louisville fired back in the 100 breast heats as they had three swimmers advance to the championship final on Friday morning at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro. Freshmen Kayla Wheeler (59.75) and sophomores Mariia Astashkina (59.85) and Morgan Friesen (59.98) qualified for the final for Louisville.
What is even more impressive though is that five freshmen advanced to the A-Final. NC State’s Sophie Hansson (57.95), Florida State’s Ida Hulkko (59.35), Virginia’s Alexis Wenger (59.70), Louisville’s Wheeler (59.75) and Florida State’s Ida Hulkko (59.35) qualified for the final as freshmen.
Sophomore Olivia Calegan (59.84) qualified for the final in fifth.
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
==================================================================
Meet: ! 58.26 2/19/2016 Andee Cottrell, Louisville
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
Pool: ^ 58.19 3/20/2015 Sarah Haase, Stanford
58.79 A
1:00.11 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
1:01.84 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
==================================================================
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hansson, Sophie FR NC State 58.44 57.95^qA
r:+0.74 27.28 57.95 (30.67)
2 Hulkko, Ida FR Florida St 59.03 59.35 qIV18
r:+0.71 28.02 59.35 (31.33)
3 Wenger, Alexis FR UVA 1:00.66 59.70 qIV18
r:+0.64 27.88 59.70 (31.82)
4 Wheeler, Kaylee FR Louisville 1:01.53 59.75 qIV18
r:+0.64 27.99 59.75 (31.76)
5 Calegan, Olivia SO NC State 1:01.69 59.84 qIV18
r:+0.73 27.99 59.84 (31.85)
6 Astashkina, Mar SO Louisville 59.87 59.85 qIV18
r:+0.64 28.24 59.85 (31.61)
7 Friesen, Morgan SO Louisville 1:00.08 59.98 qIV18
r:+0.72 28.20 59.98 (31.78)
8 Kucheran, Nina FR Florida St 1:00.31 1:00.10 qIV18
r:+0.66 28.24 1:00.10 (31.86)
100 Back
Virginia ended the morning with three total swimmers reaching the A-Final with Megan Moroney (51.83) leading the way on Friday morning at the ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Greensboro.
Moroney will be joined in the final by sophomores Marcella Maguire (52.08) and Caroline Gmelich (52.45) as they placed third and fifth respectively.
The top seed coming into the meet was NC State senior Elise Haan (51.97) and she is the second seed.
Duke’s Alyssa Marsh (52.23), Notre Dame’s Carly Quast (52.49), Duke’s Madeline Hess (52.92) and NC State’s Emma Muzzy (52.93) also qualified for the final.
Event 13 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
==================================================================
Meet: ! 50.74 2/19/2016 Courtney Bartholomew, Virginia
ACC: % 50.01 12/5/2014 Courtney Bartholomew, Virginia
American: * 49.67 12/1/2018 Beata Nelson, Wisconsin
NCAA: $ 49.69 2/23/2017 Ally Howe, Stanford
U.S. Open: # 49.67 12/1/2018 Beata Nelson, Wisconsin
Pool: ^ 50.03 3/20/2015 Rachel Bootsma, California
50.99 A
52.54 IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
53.94 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
==================================================================
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Moroney, Megan JR UVA 53.04 51.83 qIV18
r:+0.62 25.31 51.83 (26.52)
2 Haan, Elise SR NC State 51.24 51.97 qIV18
r:+0.68 25.18 51.97 (26.79)
3 Maguire, Marcel SO UVA 52.90 52.08 qIV18
r:+0.69 25.01 52.08 (27.07)
4 Marsh, Alyssa JR Duke 52.27 52.23 qIV18
r:+0.65 25.24 52.23 (26.99)
5 Gmelich, Caroli SO UVA 52.75 52.45 qIV18
r:+0.64 25.43 52.45 (27.02)
6 Quast, Carly SO ND 52.60 52.49 qIV18
r:+0.58 25.11 52.49 (27.38)
7 Hess, Madeline SR Duke 53.01 52.92 qB
r:+0.70 25.39 52.92 (27.53)
8 Muzzy, Emma FR NC State 53.10 52.93 qB
r:+0.78 25.91 52.93 (27.02)
.png "ACC Swimming - logo"){kind=logo}