2022 ACC Championships: Youssef Ramadan Swims Top-Ranked 100 Fly; NC State Extends Men’s Team Lead
2022 ACC Championships: Youssef Ramadan Swims Top-Ranked 100 Fly; NC State Extends Men’s Team Lead
Through three days, North Carolina State has opened up a comfortable 209-point advantage in the men’s team race at the ACC Championships. Following a narrow loss to Louisville last season, NC State looks poised to reclaim the conference title previously won six straight years from 2015 through 2020, particularly after an impressive effort in the 200 freestyle when the Wolfpack finished 1-2 and had five swimmers competing in the A-final.
Meanwhile, Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan crushed a 44.08 in the men’s 100 fly to improve to fourth all-time in the event and set the fastest time in the nation so far this collegiate season. Louisville also had an impressive night with a win in the 200 medley relay and Daniel Sos claiming first in the 400 IM.
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Men’s Team Standings
1. North Carolina State Universit 843.5 2. Louisville, University of 634.5 3. VA Tech 561 4. Virginia, University of 487 5. Georgia Institute of Technolog 382.5 6. Florida State University 344 7. North Carolina, University of, 332 8. Notre Dame, University of 212 9. Pittsburgh, University of 202 10. Duke University 187 11. Boston College 115.5 12. University of Miami (Florida) 57
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
The Louisville Cardinals got off to a hot start by taking their first relay win of the competition. The team of Mitchell Whyte (20.94), Evgenii Somov (22.85), Dalton Lowe (19.50) and Abdelrahman Elaraby (18.55) captured the victory in 1:21.84, taking down the ACC record of 1:22.11 that Louisville set on the way to a victory in the event at last year’s NCAA Championships. The time was also fastest in the country this season.
Louisville had a strong lead entering the anchor leg, but Elaraby had to work hard to hold off charging NC State freshman David Curtiss. However, NC State was disqualified from the event because of a false start by Curtiss, so Louisville was the top team officially by almost a second.
Following the DQ, Virginia Tech’s Philip Manoff, Carles Coll Marti, Antoni Ivanov and Youssef Ramadan ended up in second place in 1:22.82, with Ramadan anchoring in 18.53. Florida State’s Mason Herbet, Izaak Bastian, Max McCuster and Peter Varjasi were third in 1:23.15.
Event 15 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay ================================================================================== MEET: # 1:22.37 2/27/2019 North Carolina State Universit, NC St C Stewart, D Graber, N Korstanje, J Ress CONF: % 1:22.11 3/26/2021 Louisville, Louisville-KY M. White, E, Somov, N. Albiero, H. Sameh AMER: $ 1:21.88 3/23/2018 California D Carr, C Hoppe, J Lynch, R Hoffer USOP: & 1:21.54 3/24/2017 Texas, Texas J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold NCAA: ! 1:21.54 3/24/2017 Texas J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold Pool: ^ 1:22.28 3/24/2016 Alabama, Alaba C Oslin, P Romanov, L Kaliszak, K Gkolomeev 1:24.22 A 1:24.83 B School Seed Finals Points ================================================================================== 1 Louisville 'A' 1:23.90 1:21.84$A 64 1) Whyte, Mitchell D SR 2) r:0.07 Somov, Evgenii 5Y 3) r:0.01 Lowe, Dalton SO 4) r:0.16 Elaraby, Abdelrhman JR r:+0.61 20.94 43.79 (22.85) 1:03.29 (19.50) 1:21.84 (18.55) 2 Virginia Tech 'A' 1:24.32 1:22.82 A 56 1) Manoff, Philip B SR 2) r:0.06 Coll Marti, Carles SO 3) r:0.11 Ivanov, Antani SR 4) r:0.15 Ramadan, Youssef SO r:+0.87 21.40 44.51 (23.11) 1:04.29 (19.78) 1:22.82 (18.53) 3 Florida St. 'A' 1:23.57 1:23.15 A 54 1) Herbet, Mason J SO 2) r:0.23 Bastian, Izaak SR 3) r:0.10 McCusker, Max SR 4) r:0.15 Varjasi, Peter JR r:+0.62 20.92 44.47 (23.55) 1:04.21 (19.74) 1:23.15 (18.94) 4 Georgia Tech 'A' 1:28.41 1:23.80 A 52 1) Barone, Kyle B SR 2) r:0.08 Pumputis, Caio 5Y 3) r:0.26 Ferraro, Christian 5Y 4) r:0.13 Daniel, Austin 5Y r:+0.57 21.17 44.40 (23.23) 1:04.62 (20.22) 1:23.80 (19.18) 5 Notre Dame 'A' 1:25.02 1:23.81 A 50 1) Smesko, Kaden W SO 2) r:0.24 Bottelberghe, Jshua SR 3) r:0.23 Wilburn, Cason JR 4) r:0.04 Guiliano, Chrispher FR r:+0.59 21.60 44.84 (23.24) 1:05.36 (20.52) 1:23.81 (18.45) 6 UVA 'A' 1:25.72 1:24.59 B 48 1) Brownstead, Matthew K SO 2) r:0.97 Nichols, Noah SO 3) r:0.18 Fong, Joshua JR 4) r:0.20 King, Matthew SO r:+0.56 22.20 45.62 (23.42) 1:06.05 (20.43) 1:24.59 (18.54) 7 UNC 'A' 1:25.58 1:24.75 B 46 1) Burhans, Tucker F SR 2) r:0.28 Abaliksta, Valdas 5Y 3) r:0.21 Poelke, Boyd SO 4) r:0.26 Sungalia, Tomas SR r:+0.64 21.50 45.36 (23.86) 1:05.55 (20.19) 1:24.75 (19.20) 8 Pittsburgh 'A' 1:26.37 1:24.94 44 1) Radziszewski, Krzysztof FR 2) r:0.26 Van Der Laan, Coper SR 3) r:0.18 Ahadzhanian, Serhii SR 4) r:0.16 Crisci, Flynn JR r:+0.76 21.38 44.88 (23.50) 1:05.66 (20.78) 1:24.94 (19.28)
Men’s 400 IM
NC State’s Michael Moore led the 400 IM final by more than a second at the halfway point, but Louisville’s Daniel Sos took over the lead with stellar 31-second breaststroke splits, and he pulled away to win by more than a second. Sos won in 3:41.77, improving to sixth in the national rankings for this season. Louisville is now two-for-two in victories on the night after the Cardinals’ earlier medley relay win, but NC State still leads by more than 120 points in the standings.
Second place went to Virginia Tech’s Filippo Dal Maso in 3:42.67 as he surged ahead of Moore on the freestyle leg. Moore ended up hanging on for third in 3:43.47, one hundredth ahead of teammate Eric Knowles.
Event 17 Men 400 Yard IM ========================================================================= MEET: # 3:38.43 3/1/2017 Robert Owen, VT-VA CONF: % 3:38.00 3/27/2009 Gal Nevo, Georgia Tech AMER: $ 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia USOP: & 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia NCAA: ! 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia Pool: ^ 3:35.82 3/24/2016 Josh Prenot, California-PC 3:39.16 A 3:45.67 IV21 Invited NCAA 2021 3:51.46 B Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Sos, Daniel SR Louisville 3:45.69 3:41.77 IV21 32 r:+0.70 23.64 50.93 (27.29) 1:19.08 (28.15) 1:46.61 (27.53) 2:17.97 (31.36) 2:49.77 (31.80) 3:15.95 (26.18) 3:41.77 (25.82) 2 Dal Maso, Filip SR Virginia Tech 3:44.17 3:42.67 IV21 28 r:+0.72 24.09 52.25 (28.16) 1:21.58 (29.33) 1:49.57 (27.99) 2:21.10 (31.53) 2:52.12 (31.02) 3:17.98 (25.86) 3:42.67 (24.69) 3 Moore, Michael SO NC State 3:42.89 3:43.47 IV21 27 r:+0.65 23.37 49.84 (26.47) 1:18.12 (28.28) 1:45.45 (27.33) 2:17.71 (32.26) 2:50.39 (32.68) 3:17.02 (26.63) 3:43.47 (26.45) 4 Knowles, Eric W 5Y NC State 3:44.49 3:43.48 IV21 26 r:+0.76 23.56 50.76 (27.20) 1:20.13 (29.37) 1:48.80 (28.67) 2:20.63 (31.83) 2:53.24 (32.61) 3:18.73 (25.49) 3:43.48 (24.75) 5 Storch, Casey J SR UVA 3:44.78 3:44.37 IV21 25 r:+0.65 23.73 50.63 (26.90) 1:20.86 (30.23) 1:49.98 (29.12) 2:20.13 (30.15) 2:51.09 (30.96) 3:18.10 (27.01) 3:44.37 (26.27) 6 Myburgh, Keith SR Virginia Tech 3:47.42 3:45.57 IV21 24 r:+0.62 24.30 52.64 (28.34) 1:21.84 (29.20) 1:49.92 (28.08) 2:21.48 (31.56) 2:53.00 (31.52) 3:19.21 (26.21) 3:45.57 (26.36) 7 Christianson, B SO Notre Dame 3:48.09 3:47.10 B 23 r:+0.66 24.00 51.89 (27.89) 1:21.47 (29.58) 1:50.36 (28.89) 2:21.69 (31.33) 2:53.18 (31.49) 3:20.20 (27.02) 3:47.10 (26.90) 8 Conway, Sean Y JR UVA 3:47.24 3:49.02 B 22 r:+0.70 24.01 51.57 (27.56) 1:20.73 (29.16) 1:49.60 (28.87) 2:21.83 (32.23) 2:55.10 (33.27) 3:22.53 (27.43) 3:49.02 (26.49)
Men’s 100 Butterfly
Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan captured the ACC title in the 100 fly for the second straight year, and this time, he recorded the nation’s top time in the event. He clocked a time of 44.08, eclipsing the 44.41 that Luca Urlando swam earlier in the evening at the SEC Championships, and Ramadan also broke his own ACC record of 44.32 set last season.
Additionally, Ramadan moved to fourth all-time in the event. Only Caeleb Dressel, Joseph Schooling and Tom Shields have ever been quicker. Ramadan is now the fastest active swimmer in the college ranks, and his time even beat the 44.25 that Ryan Hoffer swam for the victory in the event at last year’s NCAA Championships.
Meanwhile, Virginia Tech completed the 1-2 finish as Antoni Ivanov in 44.73, just ahead of Louisville’s Nick Albiero in 44.79. Nyls Korstanje finished a close fourth in 44.82. All of those times would have been quick enough to qualify for the A-final at the NCAA Championships last season.
Event 19 Men 100 Yard Butterfly ========================================================================= MEET: # 44.32 2/26/2021 Youssef Ramadan, VT-VA CONF: % 44.32 2/26/2021 Youssef Ramadan, VT-VA AMER: $ 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida USOP: & 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida NCAA: ! 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida Pool: ^ 44.01 3/24/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas-ST 44.96 A 46.29 IV21 Invited NCAA 2021 47.43 B Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Ramadan, Yousse SO Virginia Tech 45.39 44.08#A 32 r:+0.60 20.44 44.08 (23.64) 2 Ivanov, Antani SR Virginia Tech 45.03 44.73 A 28 r:+0.64 20.99 44.73 (23.74) 3 Albiero, Nicola 5Y Louisville 45.08 44.79 A 27 r:+0.61 20.77 44.79 (24.02) 4 Korstanje, Nyls JR NC State 45.06 44.82 A 26 r:+0.63 20.46 44.82 (24.36) 5 Henderson, Noah JR NC State 45.68 45.57 IV21 25 r:+0.63 20.91 45.57 (24.66) 6 Elaraby, Abdelr JR Louisville 45.60 45.64 IV21 24 r:+0.63 20.80 45.64 (24.84) 7 Hayes, Aiden G FR NC State 45.79 45.79 IV21 23 r:+0.62 20.90 45.79 (24.89) 8 Ferraro, Christ 5Y Georgia Tech 45.84 45.93 IV21 22 r:+0.64 21.54 45.93 (24.39)
Men’s 200 Freestyle
NC State flexed its muscles in the 200 free as five Wolfpack A-finalists extended the team’s lead in the overall competition. Junior Hunter Tapp, who swam for the United States at the Short Course World Championships in December, had the lead with 50 yards to go, but sophomore Luke Miller split 23.69 on the final two lengths to come from behind and take the win. Miller touched in 1:32.46, while Tapp placed second in 1:32.72 to cement the 1-2 finish. Miller’s time was good for No. 7 in the national rankings.
Louisville’s Murilo Sartori placed third in 1:32.75, just three hundredths behind Tapp, while NC State also saw Noah Bowers finish fourth, Sam Hoover fifth and Bartosz Piszczorowicz seventh.
Event 21 Men 200 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= MEET: # 1:32.23 2/24/2021 Phillip Manoff, VT- VA CONF: % 1:31.32 3/21/2018 Andreas Vazaios, NC State-NC AMER: $ 1:29.15 3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard USOP: & 1:29.15 3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard NCAA: ! 1:29.15 3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard Pool: ^ 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas-ST 1:32.05 A 1:34.04 IV21 Invited NCAA 2021 1:36.32 B Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Miller, Lukas D SO NC State 1:33.73 1:32.46 IV21 32 r:+0.64 21.65 45.21 (23.56) 1:08.77 (23.56) 1:32.46 (23.69) 2 Tapp, Hunter A JR NC State 1:33.99 1:32.72 IV21 28 r:+0.77 21.53 44.54 (23.01) 1:08.21 (23.67) 1:32.72 (24.51) 3 Sartori, Murilo FR Louisville 1:33.39 1:32.75 IV21 27 r:+0.66 21.84 45.55 (23.71) 1:09.27 (23.72) 1:32.75 (23.48) 4 Bowers, Noah L JR NC State 1:33.96 1:32.97 IV21 26 r:+0.66 21.63 45.32 (23.69) 1:09.17 (23.85) 1:32.97 (23.80) 5 Hoover, Samuel FR NC State 1:33.77 1:33.13 IV21 25 r:+0.64 21.63 45.36 (23.73) 1:09.48 (24.12) 1:33.13 (23.65) 6 Unlu, Baturalp SO Georgia Tech 1:33.49 1:33.25 IV21 24 r:+0.60 21.89 45.45 (23.56) 1:09.43 (23.98) 1:33.25 (23.82) 7 Piszczorowicz, JR NC State 1:33.23 1:33.51 IV21 23 r:+0.66 21.28 45.02 (23.74) 1:09.41 (24.39) 1:33.51 (24.10) 8 Paulson, Colton SR Louisville 1:34.02 1:34.30 B 22 r:+0.67 21.60 45.57 (23.97) 1:09.87 (24.30) 1:34.30 (24.43)