ACC Championships, Night Two: NC State Men Piling Up Wins, Arsenio Bustos Sets 200 IM Meet Record
After Tuesday’s opening session at the ACC Championships in Greensboro, N.C., featured diving and two relays for both women and men, the Wednesday finals session began with the 200 freestyle relay and then included the first three individual swimming finals of the meet. In the opening relay, the country’s dominant women’s program set its second American and NCAA record of the meet with Virginia’s team of Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Lexi Cuomo and Alex Walsh lowering their own mark, and on the men’s side, NC State continued piling up relay victories.
In the individual races, the Virginia women and NC State men continued their winning ways. Douglass finished in the second-fastest time in history in the 200 IM while her Cavaliers teammate Ella Nelson tied with Georgia Tech’s Deniz Ertan in the 500 free, and on the men’s side, the Wolfpack’s James Plage and Arsenio Bustos claimed wins. Later on, the younger Walsh sister clipped the American record in the 50 free, and Louisville’s Abdelrahman El-Araby was the winner on the men’s side.
The dominance of the Virginia women and NC State men have led both squads to solid leads in the team competition with three days remaining.
Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 13 1. University of Virginia 506 2. Louisville, University of 429.5 3. North Carolina State Universit 400 4. University of North Carolina 318 5. VA Tech 249 6. Duke University 239 7. University of Miami Florida 183 8. Florida State University 180 9. University of Pittsburgh 163.5 10. Notre Dame, University of 158 11. Georgia Institute of Technolog 142 12. Boston College 100
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. North Carolina State Universit 585 2. Louisville, University of 332.5 3. University of Virginia 317 4. VA Tech 308.5 5. Notre Dame, University of 286 6. Florida State University 263.5 7. University of North Carolina 216 8. University of Pittsburgh 209.5 9. Georgia Institute of Technolog 187 10. Duke University 133 11. University of Miami Florida 74 12. Boston College 64
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Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay
Following a pair of wins in the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay Tuesday evening, the NC State men earned another convincing victory in the 200 free relay. Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano posted the top leadoff split at 18.95, but the Wolfpack squad was right behind with David Curtiss going out in 18.99, and Noah Henderson quickly took over the lead. Luke Miller extended the margin before Nyls Korstanje finished in 18.55, the fastest split in the field. NC State came in at 1:15.10, moving ahead of Arizona State (1:15.30) for the country’s top time, at least for the moment.
Virginia finished second in 1:15.89 with the team of Matt Brownstead, Jack Aikins, Tim Connery and August Lamb. The Cavaliers set the American record in this event at last season’s ACC Championships (1:14.47), and Brownstead and Lamb both returned from that squad while UVA’s Matt King is absent this week in Greensboro. Lamb anchored in 18.59 to get ahead of Louisville by one hundredth, and the Cardinals team of Abdelrahman El-Araby, Michael Eastman, Dalton Lowe and Vlad Dubinin placed third in 1:15.90.
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: % 1:14.47 2/16/2022 Virginia, University of, UVA-VA
M Brownstead, M King, C Boyle, A Lamb
AMER: $ 1:14.47 2/16/2022 Virginia, University of, UVA-VA
M Brownstead, M King, C Boyle, A Lamb
USOP: & 1:14.08 3/28/2009 Auburn, Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
NCAA: ! 1:14.08 3/28/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
GAC 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' 1:16.30 1:15.10 A 64
1) Curtiss, David A SO 2) r:0.12 Henderson, Noah SR
3) r:0.11 Miller, Luke JR 4) r:0.26 Korstanje, Nyls SR
r:+0.63 18.99 37.78 (18.79)
56.55 (18.77) 1:15.10 (18.55)
2 UVA 'A' 1:15.67 1:15.89 A 56
1) Brownstead, Matt K JR 2) r:0.28 Aikins, Jack SO
3) r:0.19 Connery, Tim SO 4) r:0.25 Lamb, August SR
r:+0.62 19.21 38.39 (19.18)
57.30 (18.91) 1:15.89 (18.59)
3 Louisville 'A' 1:17.28 1:15.90 A 54
1) Elaraby, Abdelrahman S JR 2) r:0.15 Eastman, Michael
3) r:0.10 Lowe, Dalton SR 4) r:0.06 Dubinin, Vlad JR
r:+0.64 19.07 37.95 (18.88)
56.88 (18.93) 1:15.90 (19.02)
4 VT 'A' 1:16.75 1:16.15 A 52
1) Ramadan, Youssef T JR 2) r:0.09 Coll Marti, Carles JR
3) r:0.04 Dominguez CalonLuis SO 4) r:0.21 Molla Yanes, Mario SO
r:+0.59 19.00 37.90 (18.90)
56.95 (19.05) 1:16.15 (19.20)
5 FSU 'A' 1:17.84 1:16.82 B 50
1) Herbet, Mason J JR 2) r:0.24 Pavlidi, Arijus SO
3) r:0.23 Keblys, Jokubas SO 4) r:0.19 Varjasi, Peter SR
r:+0.65 19.61 38.98 (19.37)
57.94 (18.96) 1:16.82 (18.88)
6 Notre Dame 'A' 1:17.97 1:17.35 B 48
1) Guiliano, Chris R SO 2) r:0.10 Lukashev, Stephan JR
3) r:0.15 Wilburn, Cason SR 4) r:0.21 Paulson, Colton 5Y
r:+0.62 18.95 38.67 (19.72)
58.05 (19.38) 1:17.35 (19.30)
7 PITT 'A' 1:19.91 1:17.89 46
1) Toledo Sanchez, Dominic SR 2) r:0.07 Crisci, Flynn SR
3) r:0.44 Goncharov, Stepan FR 4) r:0.42 Radziszewski, Kztof SO
r:+0.64 19.67 38.86 (19.19)
58.35 (19.49) 1:17.89 (19.54)
8 UNC 'A' 1:18.01 1:18.40 44
1) Davis, Walker A SO 2) r:0.31 Dramm, Louis FR
3) r:0.13 Sungaila, Tomas SR 4) r:0.12 Roberton, Tyler FR
r:+0.59 19.79 39.12 (19.33)
58.69 (19.57) 1:18.40 (19.71)
Women’s 500 Freestyle
At four consecutive splits in the 500 free final, Georgia Tech freshman Deniz Ertan held the lead in her first final at a collegiate championship meet, but Virginia’s Ella Nelson snuck up and retook the lead with 50 yards to go. Nelson, better known for her skills in breaststroke and individual medley races, held tough on the last two lengths, but Ertan bounced back with a 26.90 freestyle split.
The two swimmers came to the wall at the exact same time, and they ended up finishing in a dead-heat, both touching at 4:38.04. Ertan and Nelson are now tied for second in the country behind Texas’ Erica Sullivan.
With the first individual swimming event concluded, the Cavaliers moved into the team lead with Nelson tying for first place and then Maddie Donohoe claiming third in 4:39.59. Another Cavalier, freshman Claire Tuggle, placed fourth in 4:40.41, just ahead of Virginia Tech’s Emma Atkinson (4:40.62).
Event 9 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: # 4:30.74 2/18/2016 Leah Smith, Virginia
CONF: % 4:28.90 3/16/2017 Leah Smith, Virginia
AMER: $ 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
USOP: & 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
NCAA: ! 4:24.06 3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
GAC Pool: ^ 4:29.54 12/4/2014 Katie Ledecky, NCAP-PV
4:35.76 A
4:43.08 IV22 Invited NCAA 2022
4:47.20 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ertan, Deniz FR GT 4:40.03 4:38.04 IV22 30
r:+0.75 25.75 53.57 (27.82)
1:21.77 (28.20) 1:49.92 (28.15)
2:18.08 (28.16) 2:46.27 (28.19)
3:14.58 (28.31) 3:42.79 (28.21)
4:11.14 (28.35) 4:38.04 (26.90)
1 Nelson, Ella E SR UVA 4:40.55 4:38.04 IV22 30
r:+0.72 25.65 53.55 (27.90)
1:21.64 (28.09) 1:49.91 (28.27)
2:18.28 (28.37) 2:46.69 (28.41)
3:15.00 (28.31) 3:43.05 (28.05)
4:10.82 (27.77) 4:38.04 (27.22)
3 Donohoe, Maddie SR UVA 4:41.80 4:39.53 IV22 27
r:+0.69 26.03 54.23 (28.20)
1:22.58 (28.35) 1:50.86 (28.28)
2:19.45 (28.59) 2:47.63 (28.18)
3:16.01 (28.38) 3:44.33 (28.32)
4:12.17 (27.84) 4:39.53 (27.36)
4 Tuggle, Claire FR UVA 4:43.45 4:40.41 IV22 26
r:+0.69 25.77 54.10 (28.33)
1:22.71 (28.61) 1:51.40 (28.69)
2:19.89 (28.49) 2:48.14 (28.25)
3:16.59 (28.45) 3:45.03 (28.44)
4:12.77 (27.74) 4:40.41 (27.64)
5 Atkinson, Emma JR VT 4:42.53 4:40.62 IV22 25
r:+0.72 26.27 54.52 (28.25)
1:22.97 (28.45) 1:51.67 (28.70)
2:20.18 (28.51) 2:48.91 (28.73)
3:17.31 (28.40) 3:45.65 (28.34)
4:13.35 (27.70) 4:40.62 (27.27)
6 Hastings, Emma FR NC State 4:43.04 4:41.26 IV22 24
r:+0.70 26.19 54.08 (27.89)
1:22.46 (28.38) 1:50.80 (28.34)
2:19.24 (28.44) 2:47.83 (28.59)
3:16.35 (28.52) 3:44.97 (28.62)
4:13.38 (28.41) 4:41.26 (27.88)
7 Williams, Liber JR Louisville 4:43.35 4:41.63 IV22 23
r:+0.69 26.08 54.02 (27.94)
1:22.41 (28.39) 1:51.01 (28.60)
2:19.85 (28.84) 2:48.51 (28.66)
3:17.18 (28.67) 3:45.73 (28.55)
4:14.20 (28.47) 4:41.63 (27.43)
8 Travis, Chase C JR VT 4:43.76 4:42.67 IV22 22
r:+0.79 26.56 54.72 (28.16)
1:23.26 (28.54) 1:51.87 (28.61)
2:20.57 (28.70) 2:49.24 (28.67)
3:18.05 (28.81) 3:46.64 (28.59)
4:14.97 (28.33) 4:42.67 (27.70)
Men’s 500 Freestyle
Three swimmers went head-to-head-to-head for nearly the entire 20 lengths of this final, and NC State’s James Plage used a furious finish to get the better of Georgia Tech’s Batur Unlu by two hundredths at the finish. Plage, a consolation finalist in this event at last year’s NCAA Championships, took the lead for the first time at the 450-yard mark, flipping one hundredth ahead of Unlu, and he held firm over the final two lengths to earn the win in 4:12.33, just ahead of Unlu’s 4:12.35.
Finishing third was Florida State’s Yordan Yanchev placed third in 4:12.97. Yanchev held the lead for most of the race, but he could not keep pace with Plage and Unlu at the finish. The trio moved to fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the national rankings. Finishing just behind was NC State’s Will Gallant, who collected fourth-place points with his time of 4:13.85.
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
GAC Pool: ^ 4:07.97 3/24/2021 Jake Magahey, UGA-GA
4:11.40 A
4:14.96 IV22 Invited NCAA 2022
4:22.35 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Plage, James L JR NC State 4:14.45 4:12.33 IV22 32
r:+0.73 24.15 49.34 (25.19)
1:14.83 (25.49) 1:40.38 (25.55)
2:05.95 (25.57) 2:31.31 (25.36)
2:56.76 (25.45) 3:22.28 (25.52)
3:47.53 (25.25) 4:12.33 (24.80)
2 Unlu, Baturalp JR GT 4:15.97 4:12.35 IV22 28
r:+0.64 23.10 48.59 (25.49)
1:14.21 (25.62) 1:39.93 (25.72)
2:05.69 (25.76) 2:31.18 (25.49)
2:56.64 (25.46) 3:22.16 (25.52)
3:47.54 (25.38) 4:12.35 (24.81)
3 Yanchev, Yordan JR FSU 4:16.79 4:12.97 IV22 27
r:+0.67 23.16 48.56 (25.40)
1:14.04 (25.48) 1:39.73 (25.69)
2:05.36 (25.63) 2:31.02 (25.66)
2:56.68 (25.66) 3:22.09 (25.41)
3:47.63 (25.54) 4:12.97 (25.34)
4 Gallant, Will W JR NC State 4:15.41 4:13.85 IV22 26
r:+0.65 24.04 49.76 (25.72)
1:15.54 (25.78) 1:40.99 (25.45)
2:06.55 (25.56) 2:32.12 (25.57)
2:57.57 (25.45) 3:22.93 (25.36)
3:48.47 (25.54) 4:13.85 (25.38)
5 Hoagland, Jack SR Notre Dame 4:14.67 4:16.31 B 25
r:+0.74 23.25 48.42 (25.17)
1:13.97 (25.55) 1:39.89 (25.92)
2:06.20 (26.31) 2:32.53 (26.33)
2:58.44 (25.91) 3:24.73 (26.29)
3:50.85 (26.12) 4:16.31 (25.46)
6 Dant, Ross M SR NC State 4:17.01 4:16.57 B 24
r:+0.61 23.49 48.88 (25.39)
1:14.62 (25.74) 1:40.19 (25.57)
2:06.13 (25.94) 2:32.13 (26.00)
2:58.19 (26.06) 3:24.36 (26.17)
3:50.82 (26.46) 4:16.57 (25.75)
7 Sibirtsev, Ilia SR Louisville 4:17.12 4:19.24 B 23
r:+0.64 23.76 49.15 (25.39)
1:14.75 (25.60) 1:40.66 (25.91)
2:06.64 (25.98) 2:32.80 (26.16)
2:59.22 (26.42) 3:25.92 (26.70)
3:53.05 (27.13) 4:19.24 (26.19)
8 Lloyd, Owen O JR NC State 4:17.57 4:19.75 B 22
r:+0.77 24.10 49.95 (25.85)
1:15.96 (26.01) 1:42.20 (26.24)
2:08.48 (26.28) 2:34.76 (26.28)
3:00.99 (26.23) 3:27.53 (26.54)
3:54.13 (26.60) 4:19.75 (25.62)
Men’s 200 IM
NC State sophomore Arsenio Bustos pulled away from defending ACC champion Carles Coll Marti and more decorated Wolfpack teammate Giovanni Izzo to earn his first conference title in the 200 IM, breaking Coll Marti’s 2022 meet record in the process. Bustos was in third place with 50 yards to go, but he finished in 24.58 to pull away from his rivals and score the win in 1:40.31, quicker than Coll Marti’s 1:40.45 from last season. The time also ranks second in the country so far this season behind the insane 1:38.89 that Arizona State’s Leon Marchand posted last month.
Coll Marti finished second in 1:41.02, with Izzo touching just behind in 1:41.13. Those times rank third and fourth, respectively, in the nation.
Men’s 50 Freestyle
The last swimming race of the night was the first not to feature an NC State winner. Instead, it was Louisville’s Abdelrahman El-Araby touching out Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan by three hundredths, 18.79 to 18.82. Those swimmers now rank third and fourth, respectively, in the country, trailing the marks posted by Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks and Florida’s Josh Liendo earlier in the day at the SEC Championships.
Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano finished third in 18.93, while the top NC State finishers ended up just off the podium: David Curtiss (18.99) and Nyls Korstanje (19.12).
Event 14 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: # 18.68 2/28/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
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
GAC Pool: ^ 18.33 3/25/2021 Ryan Hoffer, CAL-PC
18.88 A
19.28 IV22 Invited NCAA 2022
19.82 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Elaraby, Abdelr JR Louisville 19.22 18.79 A 32
r:+0.64 8.97 18.79 (9.82)
2 Ramadan, Yousse JR VT 18.86 18.82 A 28
r:+0.58 9.09 18.82 (9.73)
3 Guiliano, Chris SO Notre Dame 19.07 18.93 IV22 27
r:+0.65 9.09 18.93 (9.84)
4 Curtiss, David SO NC State 19.15 18.99 IV22 26
r:+0.61 9.20 18.99 (9.79)
5 Korstanje, Nyls SR NC State 19.16 19.12 IV22 25
r:+0.62 9.12 19.12 (10.00)
6 Brownstead, Mat JR UVA 19.14 19.14 IV22 24
r:+0.61 9.20 19.14 (9.94)
7 Lamb, August B SR UVA 19.29 19.21 IV22 23
r:+0.61 9.44 19.21 (9.77)
8 Henderson, Noah SR NC State 19.38 19.30 B 22
r:+0.64 9.15 19.30 (10.15)
Women’s 1-Meter Diving
In a repeat of the top-two finish from Tuesday’s 3-meter diving event, North Carolina’s Aranza Vazquez picked up the win while Miami’s Mia Vallee placed second. Vazquez scored 379.25 points to crush the previous meet record (361.85) set by Duke’s Abby Johnston in 2011, just over a year before he first of her two Olympic appearances. Vallee scored 330.05 in her second-place effort, and Virginia’s Jenn Bell finished third with 301.40 points.
Event 15 Women 1 mtr Diving
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MEET: # 361.85 2/17/2011 Abby Johnston, Duke
CONF: % 379.98 3/3/2007 Jenna Dreyer, Miami
GAC Pool: ^ 357.20 3/18/2021 Sarah Bacon, MINN-MN
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Vazquez, Aranza JR UNC 338.10 379.25# 32
2 Vallee, Mia SR Miami 302.25 330.05 28
3 Bell, Jenn A SR UVA 281.25 301.40 27
4 Vear, Samantha JR FSU 277.60 296.95 26
5 Grund, Emily JR UNC 291.80 289.50 25
6 Gizzi, Lindsay Louisville 279.55 286.15 24
7 Mroz, Izzi M SR VT 274.50 284.45 23
8 Courtney, Grace FR Notre Dame 277.15 274.15 22
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