ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Men Record Another American Record in 200 Free Relay
For the second time in two men’s 200-yard relays in two nights, NC State has recorded the quickest time ever using only U.S. swimmers. The Wolfpack team of Quintin McCarty, Drew Salls, Noah Henderson and Luke Miller teamed up to take down the American mark in the 200 free relay Wednesday evening at the ACC Championships, overcoming early challenges by Notre Dame, Virginia and Virginia Tech to claim a comfortable relay win.
On the opening leg, Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano, fresh off a sizzling time of 18.57 in the 50 free prelims, led off in 18.63 to take a slim lead on Virginia’s Matt Brownstead (18.74), Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan (18.90) and McCarty (18.93). By the halfway point, the teams were all within a quarter-second off each other, but Salls had the quickest split at 18.54.
But no one could match the Wolfpack’s depth, and Henderson began to pull away with his 18.45 on the third leg, leaving it up to Miller to finish the job, which he did in 18.53. That was sufficient for a final time of 1:14.44, which broke the American record set by Virginia’s Brownstead, Matt King, Connor Boyle and August Lamb at the conference meet two years ago.
NC State’s men also tied the ACC record, a mark set by Henderson, Nyls Korstanje, Miller and David Curtiss in a third-place finish at last year’s NCAA Championships.
Virginia ended up second here with Brownstead, Boyle, Simon Lins and Lamb combining for a mark of 1:15.20, with Lamb finishing in 18.52 to move the Cavaliers from fourth to second. The Hokies’ team of Ramadan, Brendan Whitfield, Carles Coll Marti and Mario Molla Yanes claimed third in 1:15.47, just ahead of the Fighting Irish (1:15.59) and Florida State (1:15.81).
Event 8 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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MEET: # 1:14.47 2/16/2022 Virginia, University of, UVA-VA
M Brownstead, M King, C Boyle, A Lamb
CONF: % 1:14.44 3/24/2023 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU
N. Henderson, N. Korstanje, L. Miller, D. Curtiss
AMER: $ 1:14.47 2/16/2022 Virginia, University of, UVA-VA
M Brownstead, M King, C Boyle, A Lamb
USOP: & 1:13.35 3/23/2023 Florida, Florida
J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M Mcduff
NCAA: ! 1:13.35 3/23/2023 Florida, Florida
J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M Mcduff
Pool: * 1:14.36 3/24/2021 California, CAL-P
B Seeliger, R Hoffer, D Carr, N Biondi
1:16.80 A
1:17.58 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 NC State 'A' 1:16.00 1:14.44%A 64
1) McCarty, Quintin 2) r:0.15 Salls, Larry
3) r:0.17 Henderson, Noah 4) r:0.11 Miller, Lukas
r:+0.66 18.93 37.46 (18.53)
55.91 (18.45) 1:14.44 (18.53)
2 UVA 'A' 1:16.37 1:15.20 A 56
1) Brownstead, Matthew 2) r:0.12 Boyle, Connor
3) r:0.00 Lins, Simon 4) r:0.04 Lamb, Augustus
r:+0.61 18.74 37.41 (18.67)
56.68 (19.27) 1:15.20 (18.52)
3 VA Tech 'A' 1:16.07 1:15.47 A 54
1) Ramadan, Youssef 2) r:0.09 Whitfield, Brendan
3) r:0.13 Coll Marti, Carles 4) r:0.12 Molla Yanes, Mario
r:+0.60 18.90 37.54 (18.64)
56.37 (18.83) 1:15.47 (19.10)
4 Notre Dame 'A' 1:16.84 1:15.59 A 52
1) Guiliano, Christopher 2) r:0.30 Elaraby, Abdelrahman
3) r:0.19 Filion, Tanner 4) r:0.19 Janton, Tommy
r:+0.63 18.63 37.30 (18.67)
56.19 (18.89) 1:15.59 (19.40)
5 FSU 'A' 1:16.54 1:15.81 A 50
1) Varjasi, Peter 2) r:0.17 Herbet, Mason
3) r:0.17 Wilson, Maximillian 4) r:0.21 Keblys, Jokubas
r:+0.67 19.49 38.29 (18.80)
57.26 (18.97) 1:15.81 (18.55)
6 UNC 'A' 1:19.33 1:16.76 A 48
1) Davis, Walker 2) r:0.14 Hussey, Patrick
3) r:0.04 Dramm, Louis 4) r:0.11 Poelke, Boyd
r:+0.54 19.74 38.84 (19.10)
57.72 (18.88) 1:16.76 (19.04)
7 Louisville 'A' 1:18.38 1:16.96 B 46
1) Lowe, Dalton 2) r:0.30 Crush, Charlie
3) Dubinin, Vlad 4) r:0.10 Brooks, Guy
r:+0.70 19.41
57.87 ( ) 1:16.96 (19.09)
8 GT 'A' 1:18.16 1:17.79 44
1) Odorici, Leandro 2) r:0.19 Gapinski, David
3) r:0.17 Yeboah, Robin 4) r:0.29 Balduccini, Ricky
r:+0.64 19.60 38.85 (19.25)
58.35 (19.50) 1:17.79 (19.44)
Following that record-setting relay, individual swimming action continued with the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle. NC State’s relay prowess combined with depth and Arsenio Bustos’ win in the 200 IM gave the Wolfpack a massive lead of 196 points, but the surprise so far is Notre Dame sitting in second place ahead of Louisville.
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. North Carolina State Universit 531.5 2. Notre Dame, University of 335.5 3. Louisville, University of 302 4. VA Tech 298.5 5. Florida State University 292 6. Virginia, University of 249.5 7. Georgia Institute of Technolog 235 8. North Carolina, University of 223 9. Pittsburgh, University of 193 10. Duke University 130 11. University of Miami (Florida) 54
Men’s 500 Freestyle
For the first 450 yards of the men’s 500 freestyle final, an NC State victory seemed assured. In fact, Wolfpack swimmers were holding down the first, second and third positions for most of the race, with Ross Dant leading teammates Kyle Ponsler and James Plage. But crazy things can happen down the stretch of a distance race, and Louisville’s Ilia Sibirtsev, who was in fifth place for much of the race and then fourth place coming toward the end, put on one lat monster surge.
With two lengths remaining, Dant was fading but still two tenths ahead of Plage, with Ponsler and Sibirtsev just behind. But Sibirtsev, the top qualifier out of prelims, had a 24.63 closing split left to unleaseh, and theat helped him pull ahead and earn the win in 4:14.41, three tenths clear of the field.
NC State occupied the next four spots, but it was Plage who also closed well to take second in 4:14.72, while Kenneth Lloyd came up for third in 4:14.87, ahead of Dant (4:15.05) and Ponsler (4:15.11), with Georgia Tech’s Batur Unlu not far away (4:15.42).
Event 10 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: # 4:10.00 2/26/2009 Matt McLean, Virginia
CONF: % 4:09.13 1/26/2018 Anton Ipsen, NCSU-NC
AMER: $ 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida
USOP: & 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida
NCAA: ! 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida
Pool: * 4:07.97 3/24/2021 Jake Magahey, UGA-GA
4:10.74 A
4:14.36 IV23 Invited NCAA 2023
4:21.99 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Sibirtsev, Ilia Louisville 4:15.30 4:14.41 B 32
r:+0.66 23.60 48.98 (25.38)
1:14.84 (25.86) 1:40.67 (25.83)
2:06.54 (25.87) 2:32.25 (25.71)
2:58.04 (25.79) 3:24.04 (26.00)
3:49.78 (25.74) 4:14.41 (24.63)
2 Plage, James NC State 4:16.65 4:14.72 B 28
r:+0.71 23.70 49.08 (25.38)
1:14.69 (25.61) 1:40.42 (25.73)
2:06.06 (25.64) 2:32.02 (25.96)
2:58.03 (26.01) 3:23.83 (25.80)
3:49.73 (25.90) 4:14.72 (24.99)
3 Lloyd, Kenneth NC State 4:15.53 4:14.87 B 27
r:+0.77 23.44 48.99 (25.55)
1:15.06 (26.07) 1:41.22 (26.16)
2:07.35 (26.13) 2:33.15 (25.80)
2:58.76 (25.61) 3:24.26 (25.50)
3:49.93 (25.67) 4:14.87 (24.94)
4 Dant, Ross NC State 4:18.36 4:15.05 B 26
r:+0.61 23.18 48.34 (25.16)
1:13.95 (25.61) 1:39.69 (25.74)
2:05.55 (25.86) 2:31.50 (25.95)
2:57.39 (25.89) 3:23.44 (26.05)
3:49.49 (26.05) 4:15.05 (25.56)
5 Ponsler, Kyle NC State 4:16.69 4:15.11 B 25
r:+0.67 22.90 48.10 (25.20)
1:13.49 (25.39) 1:39.20 (25.71)
2:05.09 (25.89) 2:31.29 (26.20)
2:57.25 (25.96) 3:23.50 (26.25)
3:49.75 (26.25) 4:15.11 (25.36)
6 Unlu, Baturalp GT 4:17.93 4:15.42 B 24
r:+0.70 22.79 48.57 (25.78)
1:14.63 (26.06) 1:40.77 (26.14)
2:06.88 (26.11) 2:32.99 (26.11)
2:58.87 (25.88) 3:24.97 (26.10)
3:50.62 (25.65) 4:15.42 (24.80)
7 Dominguez Calon VA Tech 4:17.02 4:16.09 B 23
r:+0.68 22.64 47.80 (25.16)
1:13.47 (25.67) 1:39.35 (25.88)
2:05.59 (26.24) 2:32.02 (26.43)
2:58.31 (26.29) 3:24.82 (26.51)
3:50.97 (26.15) 4:16.09 (25.12)
8 Sartori, Murilo Louisville 4:17.11 4:18.66 B 22
r:+0.71 23.39 48.92 (25.53)
1:15.00 (26.08) 1:41.16 (26.16)
2:07.29 (26.13) 2:33.60 (26.31)
2:59.86 (26.26) 3:26.25 (26.39)
3:52.82 (26.57) 4:18.66 (25.84)
Men’s 200 IM
NC State junior Arsenio Bustos captured his second consecutive ACC crown in the 200 IM in wire-to-wire fashion, opening up a lead of more than a half-second after butterfly and then extending it on backstroke before holding Virginia Tech’s Carles Coll Marti at bay on the breaststroke. The field closed in down the stretch, but Bustos hung on to finish in 1:40.75, less than a half-second off his meet record of 1:40.31 set last season.
That time ranks Bustos fourth in the nation, trailing only the Arizona State duo of Leon Marchand and Hubert Kos plus Cal’s Destin Lasco, the American-record holder in the event. Bustos took sixth in the final at last year’s NCAA Championships.
Thanks to his brilliant breaststroke split, no surprise for a swimmer who placed ninth in the 200-meter breast at last week’s World Championships, Coll Marti took second in 1:41.51, just holding off a late surge from Virginia’s Tim Connery (1:41.86). Also finishing hard was NC State’s Daniel Diehl, with the midseason enrollee clocking 1:41.97 for fourth in his first individual conference final.
Event 12 Men 200 Yard IM
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MEET: # 1:40.31 2/15/2023 Arsenio Bustos, NC State
CONF: % 1:39.35 3/24/2019 Andreas Vazaios, NCSU-NC
AMER: $ 1:38.10 3/23/2023 Destin Lasco, California
USOP: & 1:36.34 3/24/2023 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
NCAA: ! 1:36.34 3/24/2022 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
Pool: * 1:39.26 11/16/2023Hubert Kos, ASU
1:41.03 A
1:43.14 IV23 Invited NCAA 2023
1:46.16 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Bustos, Arsenio NC State 1:42.46 1:40.75 A 32
r:+0.64 21.28 46.14 (24.86)
1:15.72 (29.58) 1:40.75 (25.03)
2 Coll Marti, Car VA Tech 1:42.80 1:41.51 IV23 28
r:+0.64 21.88 46.99 (25.11)
1:16.01 (29.02) 1:41.51 (25.50)
3 Connery, Timoth UVA 1:42.00 1:41.86 IV23 27
r:+0.69 21.80 47.37 (25.57)
1:17.12 (29.75) 1:41.86 (24.74)
4 Diehl, Daniel NC State 1:42.77 1:41.97 IV23 26
r:+0.69 22.28 48.07 (25.79)
1:17.51 (29.44) 1:41.97 (24.46)
5 Herbet, Mason FSU 1:43.52 1:43.05 IV23 25
r:+0.66 22.05 47.27 (25.22)
1:17.71 (30.44) 1:43.05 (25.34)
6 Hoover, Samuel NC State 1:43.14 1:43.60 B 24
r:+0.64 22.03 48.67 (26.64)
1:19.03 (30.36) 1:43.60 (24.57)
7 Sergile, Sebast UVA 1:43.81 1:43.96 B 23
r:+0.66 22.28 48.09 (25.81)
1:18.41 (30.32) 1:43.96 (25.55)
8 Edge, James Notre Dame 1:43.63 1:44.80 B 22
r:+0.64 22.38 48.68 (26.30)
1:18.91 (30.23) 1:44.80 (25.89)
Men’s 50 Freestyle
Chris Guiliano has come a long way in his career since his last ACC title one year ago. At the 2023 conference meet, Guiliano won the 200 free while placing third in both the 50 and 100 free. Since then, Guiliano has broken out internationally, placing second in the 100-meter free at U.S. Nationals and qualifying to represent his country at the World Championships, where he won two relay medals.
Now a junior, Guiliano has become the leading man in the sprints in the ACC, and he showed that with a 50 free win to conclude the racing for Wednesday. Guiliano, who swam a time of 18.57 in prelims to break the meet record owned by U.S. Olympian Ryan Held, finished in 18.70 to hold off Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan by 14-hundredths. Guiliano’s prelims time is one that only Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks has beaten so far this season (pending finals at the SEC Championships later in the night).
Ramadan was second in 18.84, just ahead of Virginia’s Matt Brownstead (18.86), Guiliano’s Notre Dame teammate Abdelrahman Elaraby (18.89) and NC State’s Quintin McCarty (18.89).
Event 14 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: # 18.57 2/21/2024 Christopher Guiliano, Notre Dame-AC
CONF: % 18.56 3/23/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
AMER: $ 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
USOP: & 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
NCAA: ! 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: * 18.33 3/25/2021 Ryan Hoffer, CAL-PC
18.82 A
19.21 IV23 Invited NCAA 2023
19.79 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Guiliano, Chris Notre Dame 18.57 18.70 A 32
r:+0.61 8.94 18.70 (9.76)
2 Ramadan, Yousse VA Tech 18.79 18.84 IV23 28
r:+0.59 9.09 18.84 (9.75)
3 Brownstead, Mat UVA 19.05 18.86 IV23 27
r:+0.60 8.98 18.86 (9.88)
4 Elaraby, Abdelr Notre Dame 18.82 18.89 IV23 25.5
r:+0.67 9.22 18.89 (9.67)
4 McCarty, Quinti NC State 18.95 18.89 IV23 25.5
r:+0.64 9.00 18.89 (9.89)
6 Salls, Larry NC State 19.04 18.99 IV23 24
r:+0.65 9.23 18.99 (9.76)
7 Whitfield, Bren VA Tech 19.10 19.21 IV23 23
r:+0.66 9.42 19.21 (9.79)
8 Hayes, Aiden NC State 19.20 19.30 B 22
r:+0.64 9.00 19.30 (10.30)
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