2021 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships
Greensboro, Day Two Heats
Fresh off an American record last night in the 200 medley relay, Virginia came to the pool ready to go on Thursday morning in Greensboro with cruising swims from Paige Madden and Kate Douglass in the 500 and 200 IM, respectively.
However, NC State had the best morning with eight A-finalists qualified for finals tonight, with 50 free top seed Kylee Alons leading a total of three Wolfpack swimmers in that A-Final. Virginia qualified seven to tonight’s A-Finals with Louisville qualifying three.
The ups, mids, downs report is below. Teams are in order of the team scores after last night.
Women - Team Ups, Mids, Downs - Through 1m Diving 1. Virginia 7, 5, 3 2. Duke 2, 3, 4 2. Notre Dame 4, 2, 2 4. NC State 8, 4, 4 5. Virginia Tech 2, 7, 4 6. Georgia Tech 0, 2, 4 6. Louisville 3, 2, 4 6. Miami (Fl) 2, 2, 0 9. North Carolina 3, 0, 2 10. Florida State 1, 3, 1 11. Pittsburgh 0, 1, 3 12. Boston College 0, 1, 1
500 Free
Virginia’s Paige Madden cruised to a 4:38.58 in the heats to lead the way ahead of NC State’s Kate Moore (4:43.33) and Virginia Tech’s Reka Gyorgy (4:44.14). The race is expected to be much quicker tonight in finals as Madden had the top time in the nation this season with her 4:33 at mid-season. It may be a stretch, but the meet record stands at 4:30.74 set by Virginia’s Leah Smith in 2016.
Each team in the final advanced two to the A-Final with Virginia, NC State, Notre Dame and Virginia Tech each getting two representatives.
Event 4 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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Meet: @ 4:30.74 02/18/2016 Leah Smith, Virginia
ACC: ! 4:28.90 03/16/2017 Leah Smith, Virginia
American: * 4:24.06 03/17/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
NCAA: $ 4:24.06 03/17/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
U.S. Open: # 4:24.06 11/18/2016 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
Pool Record: & 4:29.54 12/04/2014 Katie Ledecky, NCAP
4:35.76 A
4:40.96 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
4:47.20 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Madden, Paige SR Virginia 4:33.09 4:38.58 qIV19
r:+0.70 25.40 52.99 (27.59)
1:20.87 (27.88) 1:48.75 (27.88)
2:17.08 (28.33) 2:45.39 (28.31)
3:13.66 (28.27) 3:42.08 (28.42)
4:10.73 (28.65) 4:38.58 (27.85)
2 Moore, Kathleen SR NC State 4:37.94 4:43.33 qB
r:+0.73 25.76 53.89 (28.13)
1:22.31 (28.42) 1:50.95 (28.64)
2:19.59 (28.64) 2:48.25 (28.66)
3:17.20 (28.95) 3:46.25 (29.05)
4:15.23 (28.98) 4:43.33 (28.10)
3 Gyorgy, Reka SR Virginia Tech 4:45.26 4:44.14 qB
r:+0.73 26.14 54.30 (28.16)
1:22.65 (28.35) 1:51.11 (28.46)
2:19.91 (28.80) 2:48.75 (28.84)
3:17.69 (28.94) 3:46.58 (28.89)
4:15.55 (28.97) 4:44.14 (28.59)
4 Donohoe, Madely SO Virginia 4:42.79 4:44.72 qB
r:+0.67 25.93 53.97 (28.04)
1:22.29 (28.32) 1:51.10 (28.81)
2:20.32 (29.22) 2:49.06 (28.74)
3:18.20 (29.14) 3:47.34 (29.14)
4:16.49 (29.15) 4:44.72 (28.23)
5 Travis, Chase FR Virginia Tech 4:44.55 4:45.07 qB
r:+0.77 26.67 54.74 (28.07)
1:23.28 (28.54) 1:52.03 (28.75)
2:20.90 (28.87) 2:49.65 (28.75)
3:18.65 (29.00) 3:47.84 (29.19)
4:16.77 (28.93) 4:45.07 (28.30)
6 Thomas, Luciana JR Notre Dame 4:46.48 4:45.47 qB
r:+0.73 26.54 54.91 (28.37)
1:23.65 (28.74) 1:52.35 (28.70)
2:21.01 (28.66) 2:49.74 (28.73)
3:18.64 (28.90) 3:47.88 (29.24)
4:17.04 (29.16) 4:45.47 (28.43)
7 Hierath, Yara FR NC State 4:45.60 4:45.55 qB
r:+0.77 26.51 54.57 (28.06)
1:22.95 (28.38) 1:51.60 (28.65)
2:20.61 (29.01) 2:49.62 (29.01)
3:18.71 (29.09) 3:47.85 (29.14)
4:17.20 (29.35) 4:45.55 (28.35)
8 Laporte, Madeli JR Notre Dame 4:48.07 4:46.26 qB
r:+0.72 27.01 55.55 (28.54)
1:24.43 (28.88) 1:53.33 (28.90)
2:22.20 (28.87) 2:51.10 (28.90)
3:19.98 (28.88) 3:48.90 (28.92)
4:17.77 (28.87) 4:46.26 (28.49)
200 IM
Virginia’s Kate Douglass also cruised in the 200 IM heats with a 1:52.71 as she has a shot to break the American record of 1:50.67 set by Ella Eastin at the 2018 NCAAs. Her best time this season is a 1:50.92 and she very well may be the first woman to break 1:50 in the event, whether that happens today at the ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships or in four weeks at NCAAs at this same pool in Greensboro. Her teammate Alex Walsh is the second seed at 1:54.41 as the Cavaliers also advanced Ella Nelson (1:56.07) and Abby Harter (1:57.82) to the championship final to make up half the pool.
NC State placed Julia Poole (1:56.01), Emma Muzzy (1:56.17) and Abby Arens (1:57.83) in the A-Final as Louisville’s Abby Hay (1:56.60) will complete the final in an all-red shade heat.
Event 5 Women 200 Yard IM
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Meet: @ 1:51.36 02/20/2020 Kate Douglass, UVA
ACC: ! 1:50.92 11/17/2020 Kate Douglass, UVA
American: * 1:50.67 03/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
NCAA: $ 1:50.67 03/17/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
U.S. Open: # 1:50.67 03/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Pool Record: & 1:51.36 02/20/2020 Kate Douglass, UVA
1:53.66 A
1:56.76 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
1:59.94 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Douglass, Kathe SO Virginia 1:50.92 1:52.71 qA
r:+0.67 23.56 51.92 (28.36)
1:25.31 (33.39) 1:52.71 (27.40)
2 Walsh, Alexandr FR Virginia 1:54.47 1:54.41 qIV19
r:+0.75 24.95 53.64 (28.69)
1:26.46 (32.82) 1:54.41 (27.95)
3 Poole, Julia SR NC State 1:56.19 1:56.01 qIV19
r:+0.66 25.34 54.45 (29.11)
1:27.58 (33.13) 1:56.01 (28.43)
4 Nelson, Ella SO Virginia 1:54.72 1:56.07 qIV19
r:+0.73 25.54 55.00 (29.46)
1:28.06 (33.06) 1:56.07 (28.01)
5 Muzzy, Emma JR NC State 1:57.97 1:56.17 qIV19
r:+0.86 25.81 54.62 (28.81)
1:29.18 (34.56) 1:56.17 (26.99)
6 Hay, Abigail SO Louisville 1:58.78 1:56.60 qIV19
r:+0.67 25.09 55.17 (30.08)
1:28.07 (32.90) 1:56.60 (28.53)
7 Harter, Abigail FR Virginia 1:56.22 1:57.82 qB
r:+0.73 25.11 55.06 (29.95)
1:29.48 (34.42) 1:57.82 (28.34)
8 Arens, Abigail FR NC State 1:57.59 1:57.83 qB
r:+0.64 25.16 55.10 (29.94)
1:29.13 (34.03) 1:57.83 (28.70)
50 Free
NC State qualified three to the A-Final in the 50 free led by Kylee Alons (21.70) and Katharine Berkoff (22.06) as Heather Maccausland (22.36) will also swim out in lane seven in tonight’s final at the ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships. Virginia only qualified Lexi Cuomo (22.46) to the A-Final out in lane eight as the 200 free relay may very well go NC State’s way in tonight’s finals. However, with the addition of Kate Douglass to Virginia’s line-up, the Cavaliers will certainly be a force in that relay after her 20.6 split on the end of the medley relay last night.
Louisville advanced two to the final with Gabi Albiero (22.13) and former juniors champ Christiana Regenauer (22.34). Florida State’s Rebecca Moynihan will also swim in the final out in lane 1.
Event 6 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Meet: @ 21.54 02/15/2018 Caitlin Cooper, Virginia
ACC: ! 21.42 11/18/2017 Kate Douglass, Virginia
American: * 20.90 12/05/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, Cal
NCAA: $ 20.90 12/05/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, Cal
U.S. Open: # 20.90 12/05/2019 Abbey Weitzeil, Cal
Pool Record: & 21.32 03/19/2015 Simone Manuel, Stanford
21.66 A
22.23 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
22.76 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Alons, Kylee JR NC State 21.90 21.70 qIV19
r:+0.63 10.49 21.70 (11.21)
2 Berkoff, Kathar SO NC State 22.25 22.06 qIV19
r:+0.68 10.80 22.06 (11.26)
3 Albiero, Gabrie FR Louisville 22.73 22.13 qIV19
r:+0.64 10.69 22.13 (11.44)
4 Countie, Grace JR North Carolina 22.44 22.20 qIV19
r:+0.71 10.80 22.20 (11.40)
5 Regenauer, Chri SO Louisville 22.37 22.34 qB
r:+0.74 10.91 22.34 (11.43)
6 Maccausland, He SO NC State NT 22.36 qB
r:+0.63 10.85 22.36 (11.51)
7 Moynihan, Rebec SR Florida St 22.99 22.45 qB
r:+0.68 10.76 22.45 (11.69)
8 Cuomo, Alexa SO Virginia 22.47 22.46 qB
r:+0.70 10.84 22.46 (11.62)
1m Diving
Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Duke each qualified two to the finals of the 1m at the ACC women’s swimming and diving championships to close out Thursday’s heats session.
Event 7 Women 1 mtr Diving
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vallee, Mia SO Miami 308.40 317.60
2 Vazquez, Aranza FR North Carolina 344.03 315.70
3 Straub, Kelly SR Notre Dame 340.35 312.85
4 Pullinger, Maddison JR Duke 301.58 309.65
5 Burrell, Paige SO North Carolina 284.50 288.65
6 Wiese, Annie JR Notre Dame 321.75 285.35
7 Creed, Jessie SO Miami 257.18 281.20
8 Winslow, Ellie SR Duke 258.50 280.60
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