2022 ACC Championships: NC State Cruises to Men’s Title; Virginia Tech Posts Three Wins
The North Carolina State men have been comfortably ahead of the competition all week at the ACC Championships, and they kicked off the final night with a huge performance in the 1650 freestyle. Members of associate head coach Mark Bernardino’s distance group finished 1-2-4-5 in the mile after previously going 1-2-3-4 in the 500 free. After that, the Virginia Tech Hokies posted an incredible evening of racing to claim three individual wins: Sam Tornqvist in the 200 back, Youssef Ramadan in the 100 free and Carles Coll Marti in the 200 breast.
Finally, NC State ended the meet by holding off Virginia’s Matt King to win the 400 free relay, and the Wolfpack finished with 1501.5 points to win by more than 300 points.
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Men’s Team Standings
1. North Carolina State Universit 1437.5 2. Louisville, University of 1140.5 3. VA Tech 1000 4. Virginia, University of 985 5. Georgia Institute of Technolog 702.5 6. Florida State University 626 7. North Carolina, University of, 483 8. Notre Dame, University of 426 9. Pittsburgh, University of 397 10. Duke University 297 11. Boston College 163.5 12. University of Miami (Florida) 116
Men’s 1650 Freestyle
Just like the 500 freestyle earlier this week, NC State was dominant in the 1650 free. Will Gallant of the Wolfpack pulled away from Georgia Tech’s Mert Kilavuz and then from his own NC State teammate Ross Dant to pull away and win the title. Gallant touched the wall three seconds ahead of the field in 14:33.40,while Dant, the 500 free winner, placed second in 14:36.71. Gallant moved to second in the national rankings behind American-record holder and two-time Olympic gold medalist Bobby Finke, while Dant checked in at No. 3 in the national rankings.
Kilavuz ended up third in 14:43.26, while two more NC State swimmers completed the top-five. Eric Knowles was fourth, and James Plage, the 500 free winner, took fifth.
Event 33 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: # 14:27.93 2/29/2020 Zachary Yeadon, ND-IN
CONF: % 14:24.43 3/24/2018 Anton Ipsen, NC State-NC
AMER: $ 14:12.08 2/22/2020 Bobby Finke, Florida
USOP: & 14:12.08 2/22/2020 Bobby Finke, Florida
NCAA: ! 14:12.08 2/22/2020 Bobby Finke, Florida
Pool: ^ 14:29.43 3/26/2008 Sebastien Rouault, Georgia
14:37.31 A
15:01.33 IV21 Invited NCAA 2021
15:26.19 B
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Gallant, John W SO NC State 14:49.10 14:33.40 A 32
r:+0.66 24.02 49.94 (25.92)
1:16.14 (26.20) 1:42.48 (26.34)
2:09.02 (26.54) 2:35.56 (26.54)
3:02.17 (26.61) 3:28.99 (26.82)
3:55.79 (26.80) 4:22.46 (26.67)
4:49.15 (26.69) 5:15.83 (26.68)
5:42.55 (26.72) 6:09.23 (26.68)
6:35.98 (26.75) 7:02.83 (26.85)
7:29.60 (26.77) 7:56.44 (26.84)
8:23.30 (26.86) 8:50.20 (26.90)
9:16.69 (26.49) 9:43.33 (26.64)
10:09.82 (26.49) 10:36.20 (26.38)
11:02.81 (26.61) 11:29.24 (26.43)
11:55.78 (26.54) 12:22.15 (26.37)
12:48.56 (26.41) 13:15.00 (26.44)
13:41.55 (26.55) 14:08.07 (26.52) 14:33.40 (25.33)
2 Dant, Ross M JR NC State 14:59.04 14:36.71 A 28
r:+0.62 23.70 49.90 (26.20)
1:16.23 (26.33) 1:42.77 (26.54)
2:08.94 (26.17) 2:35.57 (26.63)
3:02.24 (26.67) 3:29.08 (26.84)
3:55.97 (26.89) 4:22.66 (26.69)
4:49.29 (26.63) 5:15.87 (26.58)
5:42.40 (26.53) 6:09.11 (26.71)
6:35.61 (26.50) 7:02.30 (26.69)
7:28.91 (26.61) 7:55.52 (26.61)
8:22.22 (26.70) 8:48.98 (26.76)
9:15.58 (26.60) 9:42.16 (26.58)
10:08.98 (26.82) 10:35.83 (26.85)
11:02.88 (27.05) 11:29.73 (26.85)
11:56.53 (26.80) 12:23.37 (26.84)
12:50.30 (26.93) 13:17.22 (26.92)
13:44.06 (26.84) 14:10.90 (26.84) 14:36.71 (25.81)
3 Kilavuz, Mert FR Georgia Tech 14:42.62 14:43.26 IV21 27
r:+0.79 23.79 49.60 (25.81)
1:15.88 (26.28) 1:42.48 (26.60)
2:09.01 (26.53) 2:35.50 (26.49)
3:02.13 (26.63) 3:28.81 (26.68)
3:55.46 (26.65) 4:22.12 (26.66)
4:48.90 (26.78) 5:15.67 (26.77)
5:42.37 (26.70) 6:09.01 (26.64)
6:35.61 (26.60) 7:02.24 (26.63)
7:29.00 (26.76) 7:55.91 (26.91)
8:22.84 (26.93) 8:49.76 (26.92)
9:16.78 (27.02) 9:43.76 (26.98)
10:10.81 (27.05) 10:37.94 (27.13)
11:05.12 (27.18) 11:32.46 (27.34)
11:59.81 (27.35) 12:27.31 (27.50)
12:54.77 (27.46) 13:22.23 (27.46)
13:49.73 (27.50) 14:17.03 (27.30) 14:43.26 (26.23)
4 Knowles, Eric W 5Y NC State 15:13.61 14:52.50 IV21 26
r:+0.73 24.62 51.42 (26.80)
1:18.49 (27.07) 1:45.66 (27.17)
2:12.90 (27.24) 2:39.94 (27.04)
3:07.10 (27.16) 3:34.12 (27.02)
4:01.11 (26.99) 4:28.23 (27.12)
4:55.32 (27.09) 5:22.22 (26.90)
5:49.01 (26.79) 6:15.62 (26.61)
6:42.05 (26.43) 7:08.83 (26.78)
7:35.71 (26.88) 8:02.67 (26.96)
8:29.76 (27.09) 8:57.07 (27.31)
9:24.04 (26.97) 9:50.94 (26.90)
10:17.94 (27.00) 10:45.15 (27.21)
11:12.53 (27.38) 11:39.90 (27.37)
12:07.52 (27.62) 12:35.33 (27.81)
13:03.22 (27.89) 13:30.75 (27.53)
13:58.78 (28.03) 14:26.00 (27.22) 14:52.50 (26.50)
5 Plage, James L SO NC State 15:09.11 14:59.76 IV21 25
r:+0.72 24.29 50.37 (26.08)
1:16.91 (26.54) 1:43.62 (26.71)
2:10.42 (26.80) 2:37.10 (26.68)
3:03.75 (26.65) 3:30.42 (26.67)
3:57.27 (26.85) 4:24.16 (26.89)
4:51.23 (27.07) 5:18.07 (26.84)
5:44.82 (26.75) 6:11.52 (26.70)
6:38.60 (27.08) 7:05.70 (27.10)
7:32.87 (27.17) 8:00.19 (27.32)
8:27.51 (27.32) 8:55.23 (27.72)
9:22.84 (27.61) 9:50.66 (27.82)
10:18.56 (27.90) 10:46.37 (27.81)
11:14.57 (28.20) 11:42.69 (28.12)
12:11.00 (28.31) 12:39.12 (28.12)
13:07.60 (28.48) 13:36.05 (28.45)
14:04.37 (28.32) 14:32.59 (28.22) 14:59.76 (27.17)
6 Brown, Joshua D FR Notre Dame 15:15.48 15:04.02 B 24
r:+0.76 24.95 51.84 (26.89)
1:18.82 (26.98) 1:46.21 (27.39)
2:13.42 (27.21) 2:40.89 (27.47)
3:08.36 (27.47) 3:35.62 (27.26)
4:03.10 (27.48) 4:30.58 (27.48)
4:57.89 (27.31) 5:25.41 (27.52)
5:53.13 (27.72) 6:20.43 (27.30)
6:48.07 (27.64) 7:15.80 (27.73)
7:43.33 (27.53) 8:11.00 (27.67)
8:38.65 (27.65) 9:06.28 (27.63)
9:34.01 (27.73) 10:01.45 (27.44)
10:29.13 (27.68) 10:56.75 (27.62)
11:24.33 (27.58) 11:52.17 (27.84)
12:19.95 (27.78) 12:47.68 (27.73)
13:15.27 (27.59) 13:43.19 (27.92)
14:10.80 (27.61) 14:38.25 (27.45) 15:04.02 (25.77)
7 Thompson, Peter FR UVA 15:40.79 15:06.66 B 23
r:+0.68 24.49 51.40 (26.91)
1:18.34 (26.94) 1:45.62 (27.28)
2:13.09 (27.47) 2:40.62 (27.53)
3:08.09 (27.47) 3:35.46 (27.37)
4:03.11 (27.65) 4:30.54 (27.43)
4:58.29 (27.75) 5:26.08 (27.79)
5:53.78 (27.70) 6:21.32 (27.54)
6:48.85 (27.53) 7:16.48 (27.63)
7:43.98 (27.50) 8:11.72 (27.74)
8:39.47 (27.75) 9:07.41 (27.94)
9:35.24 (27.83) 10:03.04 (27.80)
10:30.85 (27.81) 10:58.54 (27.69)
11:26.24 (27.70) 11:54.17 (27.93)
12:22.17 (28.00) 12:50.19 (28.02)
13:18.04 (27.85) 13:45.75 (27.71)
14:13.33 (27.58) 14:40.76 (27.43) 15:06.66 (25.90)
8 Curley, Hayden SR Louisville 15:00.75 15:12.07 B 22
r:+0.68 24.38 50.84 (26.46)
1:17.61 (26.77) 1:44.59 (26.98)
2:11.79 (27.20) 2:39.00 (27.21)
3:06.16 (27.16) 3:33.53 (27.37)
4:00.70 (27.17) 4:28.07 (27.37)
4:55.33 (27.26) 5:22.78 (27.45)
5:50.27 (27.49) 6:17.72 (27.45)
6:45.25 (27.53) 7:13.03 (27.78)
7:40.93 (27.90) 8:08.96 (28.03)
8:36.64 (27.68) 9:04.52 (27.88)
9:32.53 (28.01) 10:00.91 (28.38)
10:29.06 (28.15) 10:57.37 (28.31)
11:25.82 (28.45) 11:54.18 (28.36)
12:22.77 (28.59) 12:51.43 (28.66)
13:19.89 (28.46) 13:48.18 (28.29)
14:16.53 (28.35) 14:44.79 (28.26) 15:12.07 (27.28)
Men’s 200 Backstroke
Virginia freshman Jack Aikins led the 200 back final through 150 yards, and he was up by almost eight tenths with 50 yards to go. However, Aikins faded badly at the end as Virginia Tech’s Sam Tornqvist surged home with a 25.29 final split. Tornqvist hit the wall in 1:39.20, upending Cal’s Daniel Carr (1:39.23) as the top-ranked swimmer in the country.
Aikins ended up second in 1:39.53, moving to fourth in the national rankings, while NC State’s Hunter Tapp (1:39.60) and Louisville’s Nick Albiero (1:39.70) finished just behind Aikins.
Event 35 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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MEET: # 1:37.71 2/29/2020 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
CONF: % 1:37.71 2/29/2020 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
AMER: $ 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
USOP: & 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
NCAA: ! 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
Pool: ^ 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
1:39.13 A
1:41.81 IV21 Invited NCAA 2021
1:45.04 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Tornqvist, Samu 5Y Virginia Tech 1:40.03 1:39.20 IV21 32
r:+0.68 23.32 48.38 (25.06)
1:13.91 (25.53) 1:39.20 (25.29)
2 Aikins, Jack H FR UVA 1:40.44 1:39.53 IV21 28
r:+0.67 23.29 47.86 (24.57)
1:13.14 (25.28) 1:39.53 (26.39)
3 Tapp, Hunter A JR NC State 1:40.14 1:39.60 IV21 27
r:+0.71 23.43 48.72 (25.29)
1:14.17 (25.45) 1:39.60 (25.43)
4 Albiero, Nicola 5Y Louisville 1:39.63 1:39.70 IV21 26
r:+0.58 23.13 48.35 (25.22)
1:13.97 (25.62) 1:39.70 (25.73)
5 Stokowski, Kacp JR NC State 1:41.17 1:40.20 IV21 25
r:+0.57 22.97 48.76 (25.79)
1:15.05 (26.29) 1:40.20 (25.15)
6 Saka, Berke FR Georgia Tech 1:41.36 1:40.49 IV21 24
r:+0.65 23.21 48.59 (25.38)
1:14.55 (25.96) 1:40.49 (25.94)
7 Grender, Justin SR UVA 1:41.43 1:40.98 IV21 23
r:+0.71 23.79 49.36 (25.57)
1:15.10 (25.74) 1:40.98 (25.88)
8 Pavlidi, Arijus FR Florida State 1:41.23 1:41.30 IV21 22
r:+0.71 23.63 49.00 (25.37)
1:14.88 (25.88) 1:41.30 (26.42)
Men’s 100 Freestyle
Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan won his second title of the week in the men’s 100 free. Following his scintillating 44.08 in the 100 fly and a third-place finish in the 50 free, Ramadan swam a time of 41.76, good enough to touch out Virginia’s Matt King (41.89). Ramadan moved to fifth in the national rankings in the 100 free, and it was the second straight event win for the Hokies after Sam Tornqvist’s win in the 200 back.
Behind runnerup King, Virginia swimmers also occupied the third and fourth spots with Connor Boyle (42.09) and Matt Brownstead (42.14). Boyle, swimming in lane eight, was actually first at the halfway point before Ramadan and King surpassed him on the home stretch.
Event 37 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: # 41.41 2/24/2018 Ryan Held, NC State-NC
CONF: % 41.05 2/24/2018 Ryan Held, NC State-NC
AMER: $ 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
USOP: & 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
NCAA: ! 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: ^ 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
41.71 A
42.88 IV21 Invited NCAA 2021
43.80 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ramadan, Yousse SO Virginia Tech 41.83 41.76 IV21 32
r:+0.59 19.87 41.76 (21.89)
2 King, Matthew C SO UVA 42.01 41.89 IV21 28
r:+0.62 19.83 41.89 (22.06)
3 Boyle, Connor I FR UVA 42.59 42.09 IV21 27
r:+0.61 19.69 42.09 (22.40)
4 Brownstead, Mat SO UVA 42.45 42.14 IV21 26
r:+0.63 20.14 42.14 (22.00)
5 Sartori, Murilo FR Louisville 42.56 42.18 IV21 25
r:+0.63 20.31 42.18 (21.87)
6 Piszczorowicz, JR NC State 42.59 42.21 IV21 24
r:+0.67 20.35 42.21 (21.86)
7 Korstanje, Nyls JR NC State 41.99 42.24 IV21 23
r:+0.64 19.91 42.24 (22.33)
8 Miller, Lukas D SO NC State 42.55 42.25 IV21 22
r:+0.62 20.25 42.25 (22.00)
Men’s 200 Breaststroke
Virginia Tech continued its magnificent final night of men’s racing as Carles Coll Marti grabbed the victory in the 200 breast. Coll Marti trailed Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis after 50 yards before opening up a slight lead over the middle portion of the race. On the final 50, Coll Marti held off a late surge from Louisville’s Denis Petrashov and touched the wall in 1:51.69, two tenths ahead of Petrashov’s 1:51.89. Those swimmers became the sixth and seventh-fastest performers in the nation this season. Third place went to Pumputis in 1:52.19.
Event 39 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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MEET: # 1:51.26 2/27/2021 Evgenii Somov, Louisville-KY
CONF: % 1:50.79 3/25/2019 Caio Pumputis, GT-GA
AMER: $ 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
USOP: & 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
NCAA: ! 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
Pool: ^ 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas-ST
1:52.28 A
1:54.28 IV21 Invited NCAA 2021
1:58.43 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Coll Marti, Car SO Virginia Tech 1:53.05 1:51.69 A 32
r:+0.64 25.09 53.41 (28.32)
1:22.24 (28.83) 1:51.69 (29.45)
2 Petrashov, Deni JR Louisville 1:53.38 1:51.89 A 28
r:+0.72 25.43 54.28 (28.85)
1:22.99 (28.71) 1:51.89 (28.90)
3 Pumputis, Caio 5Y Georgia Tech 1:52.96 1:52.19 A 27
r:+0.64 25.06 53.48 (28.42)
1:22.25 (28.77) 1:52.19 (29.94)
4 Bottelberghe, J SR Notre Dame 1:53.69 1:52.61 IV21 26
r:+0.69 25.67 54.41 (28.74)
1:23.32 (28.91) 1:52.61 (29.29)
5 Pouch, Ananias JR Virginia Tech 1:53.39 1:53.01 IV21 25
r:+0.67 25.47 53.83 (28.36)
1:22.92 (29.09) 1:53.01 (30.09)
6 Myburgh, Keith SR Virginia Tech 1:54.29 1:53.52 IV21 24
r:+0.59 25.70 54.34 (28.64)
1:23.60 (29.26) 1:53.52 (29.92)
7 Kusto, Rafal SR NC State 1:54.40 1:53.71 IV21 23
r:+0.61 25.29 54.07 (28.78)
1:23.59 (29.52) 1:53.71 (30.12)
8 Iida, Max S FR UVA 1:54.60 1:53.87 IV21 22
r:+0.61 25.31 53.89 (28.58)
1:23.45 (29.56) 1:53.87 (30.42)
Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay
NC State had already clinched the men’s title at the ACC Championships prior to the final relay, but the Wolfpack finished with a flourish in the 400 free relay. Luke Miller led off in 41.72, faster than the winning time in the 100 free earlier in the night, and he was followed by Bartosz Piszczorowicz (41.45), Noah Henderson (41.64) and Hunter Tapp (41.37). Tapp unleashed an impressive performance on the anchor leg, and he needed every bit of that to hold off Virginia.
NC State touched in 2:46.18, a quarter-second ahead of Virginia’s team of Matt Brownstead, Jack Aikins, Connor Boyle and Matt King. King anchored in 40.78 to nearly catch NC State.
Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan, Carles Coll Marti, Antani Ivanov and Luis Dominguez Calonge placed third in 2:48.03.
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