What could be a huge night for Virginia’s hopes of reclaiming the ACC Swimming and Diving Championship started off with a bang Friday, and who else would it be leading the way than Kate Douglass.
Douglass went 50.83 to win the 100 butterfly at the ACC Championships, leading a 1-2 finish with teammate Morgan Hill. But NC State limited its losses by rallying to win four of the six events on night 3 of the competition.
Event-by-event recap below.
ACC Swimming Championships, Greensboro Aquatic Center
- Live Results
- Day 3 Results
- Psych Sheets
- ACC Championships Day 1: UVA makes opening salvo
- Full Day 1 Results
- ACC Championships Day 2 Prelims: Douglass Sets IM Meet Record
- ACC Championships Day 2 Finals: Douglass goes 1:51 in 200 IM (RACE VIDEO)
- Full Day 2 Results
- ACC Championships Day 3 Prelims: Virginia Gains 4 Top Seeds
100 butterfly
Douglass claimed the top seed in the morning and sped up slightly to clock in at 50.83. The gold joins Douglass’ title the 200 individual medley and the 200 medley and 200 free relays. She has the 200 breaststroke Saturday on the meet’s final day.
Second was Hill, last year’s champ, in 51.12, the same place she landed in the 50 free. Alexa Cuomo was fifth and Jessica Nava sixth to net huge points for the Cavaliers. NC State didn’t have a swimmer qualify for finals in the event.
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: $ 49.26 12/6/2019 Maggie McNeil, Michigan
U.S. Open: # 49.26 3/18/2019 Louise Hansson
Pool Record: & 49.81 3/20/2015 Kelsi Worrell, UOFL-KY
50.92 A
52.34 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
53.76 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Douglass, Kathe FR UVA 50.90 50.83 A
23.64 50.83 (27.19)
2 Hill, Morgan SR UVA 51.45 51.12 IV19
23.91 51.12 (27.21)
3 Oglesby, Grace SR Louisville 51.59 51.74 IV19
24.53 51.74 (27.21)
4 Marsh, Alyssa SR Duke 51.60 51.82 IV19
23.81 51.82 (28.01)
5 Cuomo, Alexa FR UVA 51.51 51.85 IV19
23.53 51.85 (28.32)
6 Nava, Jessica SO UVA 52.04 52.11 IV19
24.33 52.11 (27.78)
7 Vereb, Joelle JR VT 52.23 52.47 B
24.14 52.47 (28.33)
8 Gillilan, Colee FR ND 52.40 52.86 B
24.41 52.86 (28.45)
400 individual medley
Kathleen Moore spoiled the UVA party with a torrid final leg, making up more than a second in the last 100 to nip Virginia’s Margaret Nelson at the wall by .01. Moore finished in 4:04.35 and saw teammate Emma Muzzy step up into third in 4:05.08. Fourth was Abigail Richter of UVA with NC State’s Makayla Sargent fifth.
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: $ 3:54.60 3/18/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
U.S. Open: # 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford-PC
Pool Record: & 4:02.47 3/20/2015 Sarah Henry, TA&M-GU
4:03.62 A
4:10.00 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
4:17.30 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Moore, Kathleen JR NC State 4:08.13 4:04.35 IV19
26.09 55.86 (29.77)
1:26.38 (30.52) 1:55.71 (29.33)
2:31.64 (35.93) 3:08.15 (36.51)
3:36.87 (28.72) 4:04.35 (27.48)
2 Nelson, Margare FR UVA 4:06.62 4:04.36 IV19
26.35 55.95 (29.60)
1:27.44 (31.49) 1:58.31 (30.87)
2:32.23 (33.92) 3:06.78 (34.55)
3:35.73 (28.95) 4:04.36 (28.63)
3 Muzzy, Emma SO NC State 4:11.54 4:05.08 IV19
25.83 55.81 (29.98)
1:26.30 (30.49) 1:56.58 (30.28)
2:32.43 (35.85) 3:08.47 (36.04)
3:37.24 (28.77) 4:05.08 (27.84)
4 Richter, Abigai JR UVA 4:07.90 4:05.86 IV19
25.93 55.01 (29.08)
1:25.74 (30.73) 1:55.79 (30.05)
2:32.26 (36.47) 3:08.75 (36.49)
3:37.79 (29.04) 4:05.86 (28.07)
5 Sargent, Makayl SR NC State 4:08.47 4:06.93 IV19
26.60 56.70 (30.10)
1:27.94 (31.24) 1:58.58 (30.64)
2:33.87 (35.29) 3:09.46 (35.59)
3:38.78 (29.32) 4:06.93 (28.15)
6 Hay, Abigail FR Louisville 4:09.58 4:09.48 IV19
26.40 56.69 (30.29)
1:28.33 (31.64) 1:59.78 (31.45)
2:35.34 (35.56) 3:11.39 (36.05)
3:41.22 (29.83) 4:09.48 (28.26)
7 Thomas, Luciana SO ND 4:12.93 4:11.19 B
26.69 56.29 (29.60)
1:28.84 (32.55) 2:00.04 (31.20)
2:36.79 (36.75) 3:13.39 (36.60)
3:42.82 (29.43) 4:11.19 (28.37)
8 Dean, Constance JR Duke 4:13.41 4:12.22 B
27.63 59.46 (31.83)
1:32.18 (32.72) 2:04.15 (31.97)
2:38.45 (34.30) 3:13.34 (34.89)
3:43.27 (29.93) 4:12.22 (28.95)
200 freestyle
Paige Madden led a parade of three Cavaliers in the top four, winning the final comfortably in 1:43.18. Second was Louisville’s Arina Openysheva (1:44.24) with Megan Moroney and Kyla Valls within a quarter-second of her. NC State’s Julia Poole limited the NC State’s losses by winning the B final (in a time that would’ve finished fifth in the A final).
Event 11 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Meet: @ 1:41.60 2/22/2019 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 Record: & 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, CAL-PC
1:42.98 A
1:45.12 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
1:47.12 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Madden, Paige JR UVA 1:45.14 1:43.18 IV19
24.73 51.01 (26.28)
1:17.02 (26.01) 1:43.18 (26.16)
2 Openysheva, Ari JR Louisville 1:44.93 1:44.24 IV19
24.36 50.84 (26.48)
1:17.55 (26.71) 1:44.24 (26.69)
3 Moroney, Megan SR UVA 1:44.87 1:44.26 IV19
24.73 51.03 (26.30)
1:17.69 (26.66) 1:44.26 (26.57)
4 Valls, Kyla JR UVA 1:46.02 1:44.48 IV19
24.11 50.46 (26.35)
1:17.47 (27.01) 1:44.48 (27.01)
5 Dolan, Abigail SR ND 1:45.16 1:45.76 B
24.40 51.04 (26.64)
1:18.12 (27.08) 1:45.76 (27.64)
6 Kraus, Alena SO Louisville 1:46.17 1:46.34 B
24.57 51.59 (27.02)
1:18.80 (27.21) 1:46.34 (27.54)
7 Cole, Emma JR UNC 1:45.94 1:46.64 B
24.92 51.71 (26.79)
1:19.27 (27.56) 1:46.64 (27.37)
8 Pish, Melissa SO Duke 1:46.08 1:46.87 B
24.56 51.26 (26.70)
1:18.67 (27.41) 1:46.87 (28.20)
100 breaststroke
Sophie Hansson got the better of Alexis Wenger for the second straight year, the NC State sophomore winning in a meet record 57.74. Virginia’s Wenger, also a sophomore, was second in 57.91. Both are A cuts. Hansson undercuts her winning time from last year. Third was Olivia Calegan of NC State in 58.95.
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Meet: @ 57.74 2/22/2019 Sophie Hansson, NC State-NC
ACC: ! 57.74 2/22/2019 Sophie Hansson, NC State-NC
American: * 55.73 3/16/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
NCAA: $ 55.73 3/16/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
U.S. Open: # 55.73 3/16/2018 Lilly King, Indiana-IN
Pool Record: & 57.74 2/22/2019 Sophie Hansson, NCSU-NC
ACC: ! 57.74 2/21/2020 Sophie Hansson, NC State-NC
Meet: @ 57.74 2/21/2020 Sophie Hansson, NC State-NC
58.60 A
59.93 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
1:01.84 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Hansson, Sophie SO NC State 58.35 57.74@A
27.33 57.74 (30.41)
2 Wenger, Alexis SO UVA 58.17 57.91 A
27.19 57.91 (30.72)
3 Calegan, Olivia JR NC State 59.05 58.95 IV19
27.50 58.95 (31.45)
4 Astashkina, Mar JR Louisville 1:00.04 59.98 B
28.39 59.98 (31.59)
5 Hauder, Carolin JR UNC 1:00.16 1:00.05 B
27.92 1:00.05 (32.13)
6 Wheeler, Kaylee SO Louisville 59.94 1:00.06 B
27.98 1:00.06 (32.08)
7 Friesen, Morgan JR Louisville 59.75 1:00.12 B
28.19 1:00.12 (31.93)
8 Higgs, Lillian SO UNC 59.92 1:00.15 B
28.51 1:00.15 (31.64)
100 backstroke
Katharine Berkoff made it three wins on the night for NC State, touching the wall first in 51.64. Second was Caroline Gmelich of Virginia in 51.88, with NC State’s Kylee Alons third. Moroney, in a valiant double, took sixth.
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: * 49.18 3/22/2019 Beata Nelson, WISC
NCAA: $ 49.18 2/23/2019 Beata Nelson, WISC
U.S. Open: # 49.18 3/22/2019 Beata Nelson, WISC
Pool Record: & 50.03 3/20/2015 Rachel Bootsma, CAL-PC
50.93 A
52.46 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
53.94 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Berkoff, Kathar FR NC State 51.21 51.64 IV19
24.65 51.64 (26.99)
2 Gmelich, Caroli JR UVA 52.20 51.88 IV19
25.29 51.88 (26.59)
3 Alons, Kylee SO NC State 52.33 52.17 IV19
24.80 52.17 (27.37)
4 Shuppert, Emma FR Duke 52.56 52.34 IV19
25.21 52.34 (27.13)
4 Countie, Grace SO UNC 52.23 52.34 IV19
25.14 52.34 (27.20)
6 Moroney, Megan SR UVA 52.33 52.35 IV19
25.42 52.35 (26.93)
7 Lindner, Sophie SO UNC 52.41 52.50 B
25.43 52.50 (27.07)
8 Quast, Carly JR ND 52.55 52.87 B
24.95 52.87 (27.92)
Men’s platform diving
David Dinsmore led a Miami sweep of the top places, his score of 510.35 taking gold. He scared the meet, pool and ACC records, all heled by Duke’s Nick McCrory from three different meets from 2010-13. Second was Zachary Cooper with Max Flory and Brodie Scapens following.
Event 24 Men Platform Diving
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Meet: @ 523.90 2/26/2010 Nick McCrory, Duke
ACC: ! 548.90 3/26/2011 Nick McCrory, Duke
Pool Record: & 515.20 2/23/2013 Nick McCrory, DUKE
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== Finals ===
1 Dinsmore, David SR Miami 404.65 510.35
2 Cooper, Zachary JR Miami 356.40 434.65
3 Flory, Max FR Miami 368.10 429.15
4 Scapens, Brodie Miami 327.15 387.10
5 Creedon, Walker SO UVA 311.55 347.10
6 Brady, James SR NC State 303.90 344.90
7 Hernandez, Nath SR Duke 376.60 302.90
8 Gur, Kivanc Louisville 287.25 298.15
400 medley relay
What started as a dour morning was burnished into a successful night session by NC State. The medley relay entered as a distant second seed to UVA by triumphed in finals by nearly a second, the team of Berkoff, Hansson, Alons and Ky-Lee Perry setting a meet record of 3:27.22. They did it with a stellar front half (the 100 back and breast champs Berkoff and Hansson) to withstand the 46.82 laid down by UVA’s Hill on the end. The Cavaliers’ foursome of Gmelich, Wenger, Douglass and Hill finished in 3:28.17, and third-place Louisville (3:31.11) also attained an A cut.
Event 14 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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Meet: @ 3:27.22 2/21/2020 North Carolina State Universit, NC State-NC
K Berkoff, S Hansson, K Alons, K Perry
ACC: ! 3:26.42 3/20/2015 University of Virginia, Virgi
C Bartholomew, L Simon, E Williamson, E. Thomas
American: * 3:25.09 3/15/2018 Stanford, Stanford
Howe, Williams, Hu, Manuel
NCAA: $ 3:25.09 3/15/2018 Stanford, Stanford
A Howe, K. Williams, J. Hu, S. Manuel
U.S. Open: # 3:25.09 3/15/2018 Stanford, Stanf
A Howe, K Williams, J Hu, S Manuel
Pool Record: & 3:26.41 3/19/2015 Stanford
A Howe, M Olsen, J Hu, S Manuel
3:31.66 A
3:33.78 B
School Seed Finals
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1 NC State 3:30.94 3:27.22@A
1) Berkoff, Katharine FR 2) Hansson, Sophie SO
3) Alons, Kylee SO 4) Perry, Ky-lee SR
24.61 51.32 (51.32)
1:18.11 (26.79) 1:49.25 (57.93)
2:12.40 (23.15) 2:39.59 (50.34)
3:01.65 (22.06) 3:27.22 (47.63)
2 UVA 3:27.58 3:28.17 A
1) Gmelich, Caroline JR 2) Wenger, Alexis SO
3) Douglass, Katherine FR 4) Hill, Morgan SR
25.44 52.19 (52.19)
1:19.49 (27.30) 1:51.06 (58.87)
2:14.28 (23.22) 2:41.35 (50.29)
3:03.59 (22.24) 3:28.17 (46.82)
3 Louisville 3:33.91 3:31.11 A
1) Schoof, Ashlyn JR 2) Wheeler, Kaylee SO
3) Oglesby, Grace SR 4) Fanz, Casey SR
25.54 53.41 (53.41)
1:20.48 (27.07) 1:52.34 (58.93)
2:15.89 (23.55) 2:43.44 (51.10)
3:06.04 (22.60) 3:31.11 (47.67)
4 UNC 3:31.36 3:32.42 B
1) Lindner, Sophie SO 2) Hauder, Caroline JR
3) Vannote, Elizabeth FR 4) Countie, Grace SO
25.26 52.34 (52.34)
1:19.63 (27.29) 1:51.25 (58.91)
2:15.97 (24.72) 2:44.09 (52.84)
3:06.86 (22.77) 3:32.42 (48.33)
5 Florida St 3:33.08 3:33.11 B
1) Terebo, Emma JR 2) Kucheran, Nina SO
3) Fernandes, Aryanna SO 4) Alnek, Kertu SO
1:52.65 ( )
2:16.80 (24.15) 2:45.25 (52.60)
3:07.91 (22.66) 3:33.11 (47.86)
6 ND 3:34.94 3:33.74 B
1) Quast, Carly JR 2) Gillilan, Coleen FR
3) Grunhard, Cailey JR 4) Dolan, Abigail SR
25.42 52.79 (52.79)
1:20.46 (27.67) 1:53.06 (1:00.27)
2:16.55 (23.49) 2:45.35 (52.29)
3:08.17 (22.82) 3:33.74 (48.39)
Team scoring
Virginia widened its edge, but NC State limited the damage with a stellar night session. UVA is ahead with 1,001.5 points. The Wolfpack are well back with 888 with Louisville (745.5) in third and six events remaining Saturday.
Women – Team Rankings – Through Event 24
- Virginia, 1001.5
- North Carolina State University 888
- Louisville 745.5
- North Carolina 567
- Notre Dame 531
- Duke University 462.5
- Florida State University 417
- VA Tech 297
- Georgia Tech 261.5
- University of Miami (Florida) 231
- Pittsburgh, University 224
- Boston College 134
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