ACC Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Virginia Women, Stanford Men Sweep Top Seeds
Friday’s morning session of the ACC Championships settled into a tidy theme.
On the women’s side, the University of Virginia secured the top finals seeds in all three individual events. On the men’s, it was Stanford leading the way in each event.
With two Walsh sisters and three Olympians for the Cavaliers and the Cardinal veteran contingent, it should at least set the stage for some intrigue in the men’s team race, where the Cardinal are looking to bridge a 78-point gap to leading Cal.
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Friday’s night session will include the finals of men’s platform diving as well as the men’s and women’s 400 medley relays.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 22 1. Virginia, University of 744.5 2. Stanford University 684 3. Louisville, University of 575 4. California, University of, Ber 431.5 5. North Carolina, University of, 394 6. North Carolina State Universit 353 7. University of Miami (Florida) 268 8. Pittsburgh, University of 267 9. Florida State University 232 10. Duke University 189 11. VA Tech 158.5 12. Notre Dame, University of 157 13. Southern Methodist University 110.5 14. Boston College 78 15. Georgia Institute of Technolog 66
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 21 1. California, University of, Ber 633.5 2. Stanford University 565 3. North Carolina, University of, 517 4. North Carolina State Universit 501 5. Louisville, University of 449.5 6. VA Tech 331 7. Virginia, University of 306 8. Florida State University 305.5 9. Pittsburgh, University of 255.5 10. Southern Methodist University 239 11. Georgia Institute of Technolog 233 12. Duke University 105 13. Boston College 62 14. University of Miami (Florida) 52 15. Notre Dame, University of 19
Women’s 200 butterfly
Alex Walsh set the pace in prelims at 1:53.39. The fifth-year’s time was a second off her season-best and well off the NCAA record of 1:49.16 she holds. It was only slightly quicker than teammate Tess Howley, who went 1:53.70.
The top seed entering the meet was Stanford’s Lillie Nordmann. She went 1:54.23 for third. UVA and Stanford have three each in the A final, with Caroline Bricker fourth for Stanford and Katie Grimes sixth for Virginia. Virginia adds two in the B final.
Event 23 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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MEET: @ 1:49.16 2/23/2024 Alexandra Walsh, UVA-AC
CONF: # 1:49.16 2/23/2024 Alexandra Walsh, UVA-AC
AMER: $ 1:48.33 10/20/2023Reagan Smith, Ariizona St.
USOP: % 1:48.83 10/20/2023Reagan Smith, Stanford
NCAA: ^ 1:49.16 2/23/2024 Alexandra Walsh, UVA-AC
Pool: & 1:49.16 2/23/2024 Alexandra Walsh, UVA-AC
1:52.47 A
1:55.88 IV24 Invited NCAA 2024
1:58.93 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Walsh, Alexandr 5Y UVA 1:52.11 1:53.39 qIV24
r:+0.80 25.56 54.17 (28.61)
1:23.81 (29.64) 1:53.39 (29.58)
2 Howley, Tess SO UVA 1:52.93 1:53.70 qIV24
r:+0.69 25.83 54.64 (28.81)
1:23.55 (28.91) 1:53.70 (30.15)
3 Nordmann, Lilli SR Stanford 1:51.85 1:54.23 qIV24
r:+0.70 25.78 54.78 (29.00)
1:24.32 (29.54) 1:54.23 (29.91)
4 Bricker, Caroli SO Stanford 1:52.21 1:54.32 qIV24
r:+0.66 26.10 54.99 (28.89)
1:24.31 (29.32) 1:54.32 (30.01)
5 Ressencourt, Li SR California 1:53.12 1:54.47 qIV24
r:+0.71 26.10 55.17 (29.07)
1:24.57 (29.40) 1:54.47 (29.90)
6 Grimes, Kathryn FR UVA 1:53.23 1:55.81 qIV24
r:+0.67 26.05 55.16 (29.11)
1:25.22 (30.06) 1:55.81 (30.59)
7 Thompson, Emily FR Stanford 1:55.92 1:56.07 qB
r:+0.67 25.94 55.46 (29.52)
1:25.14 (29.68) 1:56.07 (30.93)
8 Bloom, Taylor SO UNC 1:56.35 1:56.19 qB
r:+0.78 25.98 55.11 (29.13)
1:25.01 (29.90) 1:56.19 (31.18)
Men’s 200 butterfly
Top seed Andrei Minakov defended that status for Stanford, going 1:40.73. With a seed time of 1:40.01, he’ll have an eye on breaking that 1:40 mark in finals. His best is 1:38.61.
Florida State’s Logan Robinson is the second seed in 1:41.31, .31 up on Landon Gentry of Virginia Tech. Stanford has two in the A final, but so does Cal, with Gabriel Jett fourth and Dare Rose fifth. In the oddity of the event, UNC monopolized spots seven through 11 inclusive.
Event 24 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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MEET: @ 1:37.92 2/18/2022 Nicolas J Albiero, Louisville-KY
CONF: # 1:37.92 2/18/2022 Nicolas J Albiero, Louisville-KY
AMER: $ 1:37.17 1/26/2025 Luca Urlando, Georgia
USOP: % 1:37.17 1/26/2025 Luca Urlando, Georgia
NCAA: ^ 1:37.17 1/26/2025 Luca Urlando, Georgia
Pool: & 1:38.64 3/27/2021 Nicolas Albiero, LOU-KY
1:40.05 A
1:42.10 IV24 Invited NCAA 2024
1:45.34 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Minakov, Andrei SR Stanford 1:40.01 1:40.73 qIV24
r:+0.74 22.62 48.89 (26.27)
1:13.65 (24.76) 1:40.73 (27.08)
2 Robinson, Logan FR FSU 1:41.04 1:41.13 qIV24
r:+0.62 22.46 47.93 (25.47)
1:14.04 (26.11) 1:41.13 (27.09)
3 Gentry, Landon JR VA Tech 1:45.14 1:41.45 qIV24
r:+0.68 22.93 48.45 (25.52)
1:14.68 (26.23) 1:41.45 (26.77)
4 Jett, Gabriel SR California 1:40.06 1:41.56 qIV24
r:+0.72 23.48 48.89 (25.41)
1:14.76 (25.87) 1:41.56 (26.80)
5 Rose, Oludare 5Y California 1:42.18 1:41.57 qIV24
r:+0.70 22.43 47.61 (25.18)
1:13.92 (26.31) 1:41.57 (27.65)
6 Holmes, Gibson SO Stanford 1:43.35 1:41.79 qIV24
r:+0.75 23.21 49.10 (25.89)
1:15.15 (26.05) 1:41.79 (26.64)
7 Lunak, Sebastia SO UNC 1:41.14 1:41.84 qIV24
r:+0.68 22.98 48.67 (25.69)
1:14.92 (26.25) 1:41.84 (26.92)
8 Whelehan, Colin SO UNC 1:43.06 1:42.29 qB
r:+0.70 22.82 48.60 (25.78)
1:14.93 (26.33) 1:42.29 (27.36)
Women’s 100 backstroke
Gretchen Walsh, the everything record holder, set the pace in 49.51, two tenths off her best time of the season. Her 48.10 is the standard in this event. She was more than a second clear of NC State’s Leah Shackley, who went 50.47.
NC State is poised to score big points, with Shackley second, Erika Pelaez fourth and Kennedy Noble fifth. Cal has two A finalists, led by Mary-Ambre Moluh in third.
Event 25 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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MEET: @ 48.10 2/23/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
CONF: # 48.10 2/23/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
AMER: $ 48.10 2/23/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
USOP: % 48.10 2/23/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
NCAA: ^ 48.10 2/23/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
Pool: & 48.10 2/23/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
50.66 A
52.28 IV24 Invited NCAA 2024
53.53 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Walsh, Gretchen SR UVA 49.31 49.51 qA
r:+0.60 24.14 49.51 (25.37)
2 Shackley, Leah FR NCSU 50.22 50.47 qA
r:+0.61 24.63 50.47 (25.84)
3 Moluh, Mary-Amb FR California 49.68 50.60 qA
r:+0.62 24.44 50.60 (26.16)
4 Pelaez, Erika FR NCSU 50.55 50.79 qIV24
r:+0.65 24.68 50.79 (26.11)
5 Noble, Helen JR NCSU 50.75 51.05 qIV24
r:+0.61 24.76 51.05 (26.29)
6 Weiler Sastre, JR VA Tech 50.82 51.09 qIV24
r:+0.63 24.70 51.09 (26.39)
7 Pfaff, Alison SO Duke 51.36 51.11 qIV24
r:+0.74 24.78 51.11 (26.33)
8 Stadden, Isabel 5Y California 50.26 51.32 qIV24
r:+0.77 24.84 51.32 (26.48)
Men’s 100 backstroke
Stanford senior Aaron Sequeira was the pace-setter in what promises to be a chaotic final. He went 45.06, his fastest time this season by a half second. Just .53 seconds separate the top eight times.
NC State went 2-3 with Quintin McCarty (45.08) and Hudson Williams (45.21). Mason Herbet and Michel Arkhangelskiy give Florida State two A finalists, though not their quickest swimmer entering the meet, Max Wilson, who was 10th.
In an all-around bizarre event, 14 swimmers entered with 45-point seed times. Five made the A final, five are in the B final, and four are in the C final. The B final includes Destin Lasco in 11th and Jack Aikins in 13th. The C final features the top overall seed entering the meet, Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan, whose 46.28 landed him 19th. Also in there is Bjorn Seeliger.
Event 26 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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MEET: @ 44.04 2/28/2020 Coleman Stewart/Kaspar Stokows, NC State-NC
CONF: # 43.83 3/24/2023 Kaspar Stokowski, NC State-NC
AMER: $ 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
USOP: % 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
NCAA: ^ 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
Pool: & 44.04 2/28/2020 Coleman Stewart, NCSU-NC
44.48 A
45.56 IV24 Invited NCAA 2024
47.16 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Sequeira, Aaron SR Stanford 45.57 45.06 qIV24
r:+0.72 21.84 45.06 (23.22)
2 McCarty, Quinti SO NCSU 45.84 45.08 qIV24
r:+0.56 21.44 45.08 (23.64)
3 Williams, Hudso SO NCSU 45.98 45.21 qIV24
r:+0.70 22.07 45.21 (23.14)
4 Herbet, Mason 5Y FSU 46.18 45.26 qIV24
r:+0.92 21.74 45.26 (23.52)
5 Arkhangelskiy, FSU 46.69 45.32 qIV24
r:+0.76 21.76 45.32 (23.56)
6 King, David FR UVA 45.51 45.44 qIV24
r:+0.70 22.06 45.44 (23.38)
7 Tomac, Mewen 5Y California 45.72 45.57 qB
r:+0.74 22.06 45.57 (23.51)
8 Molla Yanes, Ma SR VA Tech 46.51 45.59 qB
r:+0.87 21.90 45.59 (23.69)
Women’s 100 breaststroke
American Olympian Emma Weber led the way with a time of 58.72 for Virginia. She was three tenths up on Kaelyn Gridley of Duke, who has been 58.14 in season and went 59.02 in the morning. Skyler Smith of UNC and Florida State’s Maddy Huggins tied for third in 59.33. Stanford’s Lucy Bell was among the scratches.
Event 27 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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MEET: @ 56.72 2/18/2022 Sophie E Hansson, NCSU-NC
CONF: # 56.09 3/22/2024 Jasmine Nocentini, UVA-AC
AMER: $ 55.73 3/22/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
USOP: % 55.73 3/22/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
NCAA: ^ 55.73 3/22/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
Pool: & 57.01 2/23/2024 Jasmine Nocentini, UVA-AC
58.01 A
59.75 IV24 Invited NCAA 2024
1:01.22 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Weber, Emma JR UVA 58.18 58.72 qIV24
r:+0.72 27.76 58.72 (30.96)
2 Gridley, Kaelyn JR Duke 58.14 59.02 qIV24
r:+0.72 27.82 59.02 (31.20)
3 Smith, Skyler SR UNC 58.26 59.33 qIV24
r:+0.68 27.33 59.33 (32.00)
3 Huggins, Madeli SR FSU 59.04 59.33 qIV24
r:+0.76 27.55 59.33 (31.78)
5 McDonald, Marga 5Y California 59.59 59.53 qIV24
r:+0.74 28.04 59.53 (31.49)
6 Skirboll, Zoe JR UVA 59.20 59.66 qIV24
r:+0.73 28.24 59.66 (31.42)
7 Cheatwood, Mia JR Louisville 58.77 59.73 qIV24
r:+0.65 27.87 59.73 (31.86)
8 Moll, Simone FR Miami 59.51 59.88 qB
r:+0.74 28.36 59.88 (31.52)
Men’s 100 breaststroke
Ron Polonsky led the way in 51.29 for Stanford, which also pushed Zhier Fan into the A final. California has only Yamato Okadome, in fourth, to counter.
Louisville’s Denis Petrashov was second in 51.55. He and the other 50-points – Okadome and Carles Coll Marti of Virginia Tech (fifth in 51.86) made it through unscathed. Third was NC State’s Sam Hoover.
Event 28 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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MEET: @ 50.82 2/17/2023 Noah P Nichols, UVA-VA
CONF: # 50.78 3/24/2023 Denis Petrashov, Louisville-KY
AMER: $ 49.53 3/29/2024 Liam Bell, California
USOP: % 49.53 3/29/2024 Liam Bell, California
NCAA: ^ 49.53 3/29/2024 Liam Bell, California
Pool: & 50.18 3/26/2021 Max McHugh, MINN-MN
51.02 A
51.89 IV24 Invited NCAA 2024
53.43 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Polonsky, Ron SR Stanford 51.21 51.29 qIV24
r:+0.68 24.13 51.29 (27.16)
2 Petrashov, Deni 5Y Louisville 50.65 51.55 qIV24
r:+0.69 24.08 51.55 (27.47)
3 Hoover, Samuel SR NCSU 52.40 51.72 qIV24
r:+0.63 24.05 51.72 (27.67)
4 Okadome, Yamato FR California 50.87 51.85 qIV24
r:+0.65 24.76 51.85 (27.09)
5 Coll Marti, Car 5Y VA Tech 50.78 51.86 qIV24
r:+0.60 24.20 51.86 (27.66)
6 Fan, Zhier JR Stanford 51.93 51.89 qIV24
r:+0.60 24.03 51.89 (27.86)
7 Baravelli, Tomm JR FSU 51.80 51.92 qB
r:+0.66 24.08 51.92 (27.84)
8 Delmar, Benjami SO UNC 51.44 51.93 qB
r:+0.70 24.47 51.93 (27.46)
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