The ACC Championships look likely to come down to a battle between Virginia and NC State, the latter having won two of the last three conference titles. If the opening 200 medley relay is any indication, it could be a close battle.
ACC Championships, Greensboro Aquatic Center
200 Medley Relay
Morgan Hill edged out Ky-Lee Perry on the anchor leg to drag Virginia past NC State in a meet- and conference-record time of 1:34.27, edging the Wolfpack by .09 seconds. It’s also a Greensboro Aquatic Center record.
UVA took the lead through Caroline Gmelich in backstroke, but they had to play catch-up after Alexis Wenger’s breaststroke leg. Kate Douglass was up to the task to get the Cavaliers close, and Hill sealed the job, splitting 21.28 on the anchor to the 21.48 by Perry.
The time undercuts the 2017 championship squad from NC State (1:34.89) and is quicker than the time posted by NC State’s 2019 foursome that was the conference record (1:34.52). NC State’s foursome of Katharine Berkoff, Sophie Hansson, Sirena Rowe and Perry finished in 1:34.38, a program record.
Louisville snuck past Duke to third place in 1:35.87 on the power of Casey Franz’s 21.15 free split for an A cut. Ashlyn Schoof, Maria Astashkina and Grace Oglesby comprised the Cardinals’ squad. Duke (Emma Shuppert, Halle Morris, Alyssa Marsh and Sarah Snyder) was fourth in an A cut, the school’s first this season, and a school record.
Event 1 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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Meet: ! 1:34.89 2/13/2017 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-
E Haan, K Brumbaum, N Labonge, K Perry
ACC: % 1:34.52 2/20/2019 North Carolina State Universit, NC State-NC
E Haan, S Hansson, S Rowe, K Perry
American: * 1:33.11 3/17/2018 Stanford, Stanford
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
NCAA: $ 1:34.10 3/17/2017 California, Calif
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
U.S. Open: # 1:33.11 3/16/2018 Stanford, Stanf
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
Pool Record: & 1:34.52 2/20/2019 North Carolina State, NCSU-
E Haan, S Hansson, S Rowe, K Perry
1:36.40 A
1:37.05 B
School Seed Finals
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1 UVA 1:33.91 1:34.27%A
1) Gmelich, Caroline JR 2) Wenger, Alexis SO
3) Douglass, Katherine FR 4) Hill, Morgan SR
23.98 50.66 (26.68)
1:12.99 (22.33) 1:34.27 (21.28)
2 NC State 1:35.92 1:34.38%A
1) Berkoff, Katharine FR 2) Hansson, Sophie SO
3) Rowe, Sirena JR 4) Perry, Ky-lee SR
24.05 50.26 (26.21)
1:12.90 (22.64) 1:34.38 (21.48)
3 Louisville 1:37.44 1:35.87 A
1) Schoof, Ashlyn JR 2) Astashkina, Mariia JR
3) Oglesby, Grace SR 4) Fanz, Casey SR
24.60 51.59 (26.99)
1:14.72 (23.13) 1:35.87 (21.15)
4 Duke 1:36.52 1:35.93 A
1) Shuppert, Emma FR 2) Morris, Halle JR
3) Marsh, Alyssa SR 4) Snyder, Sarah FR
24.41 51.63 (27.22)
1:13.68 (22.05) 1:35.93 (22.25)
5 UNC 1:37.51 1:36.94 B
1) Countie, Grace SO 2) Hauder, Caroline JR
3) Lindner, Sophie SO 4) Cole, Emma JR
24.09 51.22 (27.13)
1:14.97 (23.75) 1:36.94 (21.97)
6 ND 1:38.73 1:37.44
1) Quast, Carly JR 2) Gillilan, Coleen FR
3) Grunhard, Cailey JR 4) Wittmer, Rachel JR
24.12 51.40 (27.28)
1:14.96 (23.56) 1:37.44 (22.48)
7 Florida St 1:36.42 1:37.60
1) McDonald, Madeleine SO 2) Kucheran, Nina SO
3) Fernandes, Aryanna SO 4) Alnek, Kertu SO
24.69 52.22 (27.53)
1:15.73 (23.51) 1:37.60 (21.87)
8 VT 1:40.15 1:38.34
1) Slayton, Alexandra SO 2) Vereb, Joelle JR
3) Purcell, Kayla SR 4) Landon, Anna SO
25.05 52.11 (27.06)
1:15.80 (23.69) 1:38.34 (22.54)
Women’s 1-meter diving
Georgia Tech’s Cami Hidalgo won diving with a score of 313.10. She finished third last year. Second was Molly Carlson of Florida State (her fifth career ACCs medal) with Sydney Dusel of Virginia scoring significant points for Virginia in third. Last year’s one-meter champ, Miami’s Alicia Blagg, did not compete at this year’s ACC Championships. Runner-up Maddison Pullinger of Duke didn’t escape prelims, finishing 10th.
Event 2 Women 1 mtr Diving
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Meet: ! 361.85 2/17/2011 Abby Johnston, Duke
ACC: % 379.98 3/3/2007 Jenna Dreyer, Miami
NCAA: $ 361.55 3/2007 Cassidy Krug, Stanford
Pool Record: & 355.65 2/20/2014 Kaylee Arnett, VT
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== Finals ===
1 Hidalgo, Cami JR GT 288.80 313.10
2 Carlson, Molly SR Florida St 278.10 300.85
3 Dusel, Sydney SR UVA 292.45 296.40
4 Straub, Kelly SO ND 281.05 291.95
5 Moravek, Teagan SO VT 284.05 286.10
6 Isola, Erin JR ND 274.70 281.05
7 Fears, Molly Louisville 280.30 271.05
8 Grund, Emily SO UNC 274.80 268.05
800 Freestyle relay
After the drama of the opening relay, Virginia led wire-to-wire over NC State in the 800 free relay, the squad of Kyla Valls, Paige Madden, Margaret Nelson and Megan Moroney winning in 6:55.66. Both of the top two teams attained A cuts for NCAAs. Padden had the fastest split of the race in 1:42.66, swimming second for UVA to get the Cavaliers clean water. It’s UVA’s 13th straight title in the event and the fourth-fastest time in school history.
NC State (Kathleen Moore, Kylee Alons, Katharine Berkoff and Julia Poole) were second in 6:59.73, which ties a program record set in 2017. Louisville was third.
Event 3 Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Meet: ! 6:55.22 2/20/2019 Virginia, University of, UVA-VA
M Hill, P Madden, M Moroney, E Eddy
ACC: % 6:53.75 3/16/2018 Louisville, LVLE-KY
Cattermole, Comerford,Openysheva,Bradford Freeman
American: * 6:45.91 3/15/2017 Stanford, Stanford
S Manuel, L Neal, E Eastin, K Ledecky
NCAA: $ 6:45.91 3/15/2017 Stanford, Stanf
S Manuel, L Neal, E Eastin, K Ledecky
U.S. Open: # 6:45.91 3/15/2017 Stanford
S Manuel, L Neal, E Eastin, K Ledecky
Pool Record: & 6:50.99 3/20/2015 California
C Rung, C Cheng, E Pelton, M Franklin
7:00.86 A
7:05.88 B
School Seed Finals
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1 UVA 7:01.18 6:55.66 A
1) Valls, Kyla JR 2) Madden, Paige JR
3) Nelson, Margaret FR 4) Moroney, Megan SR
24.00 50.06 (50.06)
1:17.15 (1:17.15) 1:44.54 (1:44.54)
2:08.10 (23.56) 2:33.85 (49.31)
3:00.31 (1:15.77) 3:27.20 (1:42.66)
3:50.78 (23.58) 4:16.94 (49.74)
4:44.12 (1:16.92) 5:11.76 (1:44.56)
5:35.36 (23.60) 6:01.60 (49.84)
6:28.50 (1:16.74) 6:55.66 (1:43.90)
2 NC State 7:01.74 6:59.73 A
1) Moore, Kathleen JR 2) Alons, Kylee SO
3) Berkoff, Katharine FR 4) Poole, Julia JR
25.04 51.73 (51.73)
1:18.70 (1:18.70) 1:45.41 (1:45.41)
2:08.39 (22.98) 2:34.42 (49.01)
3:01.16 (1:15.75) 3:28.82 (1:43.41)
3:52.61 (23.79) 4:19.21 (50.39)
4:46.33 (1:17.51) 5:14.16 (1:45.34)
5:38.35 (24.19) 6:05.07 (50.91)
6:32.32 (1:18.16) 6:59.73 (1:45.57)
3 Louisville 7:07.02 7:03.24 B
1) Openysheva, Arina JR 2) Kraus, Alena SO
3) Cattermole, Sophie SR 4) Dunn, Diana SO
24.31 50.57 (50.57)
1:17.15 (1:17.15) 1:43.91 (1:43.91)
2:07.25 (23.34) 2:33.50 (49.59)
3:01.12 (1:17.21) 3:29.28 (1:45.37)
3:53.89 (24.61) 4:20.79 (51.51)
4:48.35 (1:19.07) 5:16.49 (1:47.21)
5:41.19 (24.70) 6:08.13 (51.64)
6:35.32 (1:18.83) 7:03.24 (1:46.75)
4 ND 7:12.96 7:07.89
1) Dolan, Abigail SR 2) Gillilan, Coleen FR
3) Heller, Lauren SR 4) Fore, Skylar JR
23.85 50.11 (50.11)
1:16.99 (1:16.99) 1:44.60 (1:44.60)
2:08.89 (24.29) 2:35.72 (51.12)
3:03.53 (1:18.93) 3:31.81 (1:47.21)
3:56.25 (24.44) 4:22.90 (51.09)
4:50.71 (1:18.90) 5:19.47 (1:47.66)
5:44.05 (24.58) 6:11.15 (51.68)
6:39.31 (1:19.84) 7:07.89 (1:48.42)
5 UNC 7:08.37 7:10.33
1) Cole, Emma JR 2) Lindner, Sophie SO
3) Lowe, Heidi SO 4) Cameron, Bryanna SR
24.51 51.36 (51.36)
1:19.14 (1:19.14) 1:47.18 (1:47.18)
2:11.43 (24.25) 2:38.31 (51.13)
3:06.48 (1:19.30) 3:34.77 (1:47.59)
3:59.17 (24.40) 4:26.11 (51.34)
4:53.86 (1:19.09) 5:22.36 (1:47.59)
5:47.23 (24.87) 6:14.85 (52.49)
6:42.72 (1:20.36) 7:10.33 (1:47.97)
6 Duke 7:11.04 7:11.17
1) Pish, Melissa SO 2) Lee, Easop SO
3) Scannell, Quinn JR 4) Jordan, Kylie SR
24.39 51.03 (51.03)
1:18.78 (1:18.78) 1:46.97 (1:46.97)
2:11.95 (24.98) 2:39.30 (52.33)
3:07.01 (1:20.04) 3:34.14 (1:47.17)
3:59.12 (24.98) 4:26.66 (52.52)
4:54.55 (1:20.41) 5:22.03 (1:47.89)
5:46.25 (24.22) 6:14.10 (52.07)
6:42.31 (1:20.28) 7:11.17 (1:49.14)
7 Pitt 7:16.23 7:11.19
1) Daigneault, Valerie SR 2) Nalls, Madison SO
3) Shaffer, Madelyn SR 4) Elliott, Dakota SO
25.38 52.12 (52.12)
1:19.61 (1:19.61) 1:47.38 (1:47.38)
2:11.85 (24.47) 2:39.43 (52.05)
3:07.37 (1:19.99) 3:35.60 (1:48.22)
4:00.01 (24.41) 4:27.22 (51.62)
4:54.69 (1:19.09) 5:22.74 (1:47.14)
5:47.14 (24.40) 6:14.65 (51.91)
6:42.93 (1:20.19) 7:11.19 (1:48.45)
8 VT 7:18.48 7:13.39
1) Vos, Loulou SO 2) Shackelford, Sarah FR
3) Travis, Brooke FR 4) Pouch, Rose FR
25.27 52.41 (52.41)
1:20.05 (1:20.05) 1:47.96 (1:47.96)
2:12.90 (24.94) 2:39.55 (51.59)
3:06.57 (1:18.61) 3:34.52 (1:46.56)
3:59.96 (25.44) 4:27.94 (53.42)
4:56.09 (1:21.57) 5:23.82 (1:49.30)
5:48.89 (25.07) 6:16.06 (52.24)
6:44.26 (1:20.44) 7:13.39 (1:49.57)
Men’s 3-meter Diving
NC State’s James Brady, who finished 10th last year, claimed the title as a senior with 392.65. Miami took the next two spots with Brodie Scapens second in 388.95 and Max Flory third in 387.95.
Event 22 Men 3 mtr Diving
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Meet: ! 531.00 2/20/2014 Nick McCrory, Duke
ACC: % 531.00 2/20/2014 Nick McCrory, Duke
Pool Record: & 531.00 2/20/2014 Nick McCrory, DUKE
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== Finals ===
1 Brady, James SR NC State 350.05 392.65
2 Scapens, Brodie Miami 350.90 388.95
3 Flory, Max FR Miami 386.55 387.25
4 Hernandez, Nath SR Duke 376.75 382.65
5 Davidson, Joshu JR Florida St 368.15 367.15
6 Hart, Alexander FR UNC 330.00 336.75
7 Shelton, Bryce SR UVA 328.35 334.00
8 Stepinski, Fabi FR UNC 328.90 314.10
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