Day 3 of the ACC Men’s Championships, unexpectedly, meant three teams in the lead at some point during the night session. First it was Virginia Tech, which took the early initiative with Youssef Ramadan’s win in the 100 butterfly. Then came NC State’s turn to defend its crown with its depth.
But a controversial disqualification in the 400 medley relay means that we flip the page to the final day of the meet with Louisville out front, including a boost from platform diving scores, completed last week and factored in after Friday’s competition.
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- Day 3 Results
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- Day 1 Finals: Louisville Gets Redemption in Medley Relay
- Day 2 Heats: Louisville Sprints 4 into 50 Free A Final
- Day 2 Finals: Matt Brownstead Speeds to 18.88 Win in 50 Free
- ACC Men’s Championships Day 3 Prelims: Youssef Ramadan, Evgenii Somov, Lukas Miller Set Meet Records
Team Standings
(Includes platform diving scores and all Friday events)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 15 1. Louisville, University of 825 2. VA Tech 800 3. North Carolina State Universit 760 4. Virginia, University of 629 5. North Carolina, University of, 567 6. Florida State University 536 7. Georgia Tech 507 8. Notre Dame, University of 425 9. Pittsburgh, University of 288 10. Duke University 272 11. University of Miami (Fl) 207 12. Boston College 148
100 butterfly
The Hokies started on an emphatic note thanks to Youssef Ramadan, who defended his top seed from morning prelims to win the 100 fly. After going 44.53 in the morning, he lowered his meet record to 44.32, in the process denying Nicolas Albiero of Louisville a repeat championships with a controlled swim from start to finish. Both he and Albiero clocked NCAA A cuts.
Virginia Tech just about maximized its points, with Antani Ivanov in third, leapfrogging Blaise Vera of Pitt from the morning, and Philip Manoff in fifth.
It expands Va Tech’s lead to 33 points over the Cardinals and 91 over NC State.
Event 9 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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Conf: % 44.46 3/23/2019 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
ACC Meet: & 44.79 3/1/2017 Ryan Held, NC State-NC
American: @ 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
U. S. Open: * 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
NCAA: $ 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
Pool: ^ 44.53 2/26/2021 Ramadan Youssef, VT-VA
45.05 A
45.90 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
47.43 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ramadan, Yousse FR VT 44.53 44.32%A 32
r:+0.61 20.11 44.32 (24.21)
2 Albiero, Nicola SR Louisville 45.00 44.67&A 28
r:+0.63 20.76 44.67 (23.91)
3 Ivanov, Antani JR VT 45.51 45.21 IV19 27
r:+0.62 21.18 45.21 (24.03)
4 Vera, Blaise SR PITT 45.44 45.29 IV19 26
r:+0.69 20.71 45.29 (24.58)
5 Manoff, Philip JR VT 45.60 45.50 IV19 25
r:+0.62 21.20 45.50 (24.30)
6 Poelke, Boyd FR UNC 46.15 46.02 B 24
r:+0.69 21.27 46.02 (24.75)
7 Ferraro, Christ SR GT 45.81 46.05 B 23
r:+0.65 21.49 46.05 (24.56)
8 Sobolewski, Luk SR NC State 46.17 47.04 B 22
r:+0.69 21.51 47.04 (25.53)
400 individual medley
Jack Hoagland made it two ACC titles in as many nights, swimming away from the field in 3:40.99 to take 400 IM gold. He won the 500 free on Thursday.
The big jump was Keith Myburgh of Virginia Tech, who gave the Hokies’ title shot a boost by vaulting from sixth after prelims to second in 3:43.45, .01 ahead of NC State’s Erge Gezmis. The top seed from prelims, Virginia’s Casey Storch, ended up fourth.
Event 10 Men 400 Yard IM
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Conf: % 3:38.00 3/27/2009 Gal Nevo, Georgia Tech
ACC Meet: & 3:38.43 3/1/2017 Robert Owen, VT-VA
American: @ 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
U. S. Open: * 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
NCAA: $ 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Pool: ^ 3:39.52 2/23/2018 Ted Schubert, UVA-VA
3:39.16 A
3:43.42 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
3:51.46 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Hoagland, Jack SO ND 3:44.85 3:40.99 IV19 32
r:+0.73 23.73 50.97 (27.24)
1:18.69 (27.72) 1:45.92 (27.23)
2:16.97 (31.05) 2:49.03 (32.06)
3:15.29 (26.26) 3:40.99 (25.70)
2 Myburgh, Keith JR VT 3:45.19 3:43.45 B 28
r:+0.58 24.35 52.33 (27.98)
1:21.09 (28.76) 1:49.75 (28.66)
2:20.10 (30.35) 2:51.33 (31.23)
3:18.06 (26.73) 3:43.45 (25.39)
3 Gezmis, Erge SR NC State 3:44.85 3:43.47 B 27
r:+0.70 24.07 51.57 (27.50)
1:20.25 (28.68) 1:49.02 (28.77)
2:20.82 (31.80) 2:52.89 (32.07)
3:18.94 (26.05) 3:43.47 (24.53)
4 Storch, Casey JR UVA 3:44.24 3:44.31 B 26
r:+0.66 23.43 50.79 (27.36)
1:19.92 (29.13) 1:48.64 (28.72)
2:19.80 (31.16) 2:51.57 (31.77)
3:18.21 (26.64) 3:44.31 (26.10)
5 Moore, Michael FR NC State 3:46.84 3:44.44 B 25
r:+0.59 23.76 51.13 (27.37)
1:19.66 (28.53) 1:46.95 (27.29)
2:19.09 (32.14) 2:52.05 (32.96)
3:18.71 (26.66) 3:44.44 (25.73)
6 Knowles, Eric SR NC State 3:44.84 3:44.85 B 24
r:+0.69 23.77 51.20 (27.43)
1:20.01 (28.81) 1:48.56 (28.55)
2:20.85 (32.29) 2:53.74 (32.89)
3:19.65 (25.91) 3:44.85 (25.20)
7 Dal Maso, Filip JR VT 3:46.35 3:45.45 B 23
r:+0.71 24.28 52.52 (28.24)
1:21.81 (29.29) 1:50.18 (28.37)
2:22.11 (31.93) 2:54.05 (31.94)
3:20.65 (26.60) 3:45.45 (24.80)
8 Conway, Sean SO UVA 3:45.06 3:45.70 B 22
r:+0.68 23.79 51.10 (27.31)
1:19.50 (28.40) 1:47.68 (28.18)
2:19.95 (32.27) 2:52.52 (32.57)
3:19.67 (27.15) 3:45.70 (26.03)
200 freestyle
Tip seeds for prelims are batting sub-.500 in the night setting. Luke Miller’s ACC Men’s Championships/Greensboro Aquatic Center pool record from the morning withstood the evening onslaught, but the NC State freshman had to settled for third in 1:32.93.
The win went to Baturalp Unlu of Georgia Tech, who got to the wall first in 1:32.40. Swimming like someone who wants to win a team title, Philip Manoff of Virginia Tech was second din 1:32.63. NC State went 3-4-8, with Hunter Tapp fourth, jumping into first place in the team standings.
Event 11 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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Conf: % 1:31.32 3/21/2018 Andreas Vazaios, NC State-NC
ACC Meet: & 1:32.28 2/24/2021 Lukas Miller, NC State-NC
American: @ 1:29.15 3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard
U. S. Open: * 1:29.15 3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard
NCAA: $ 1:29.15 3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard
Pool: ^ 1:32.28 2/26/2021 Lukas Miller, NC State-NC
1:32.05 A
1:34.21 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
1:36.32 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Unlu, Baturalp FR GT 1:32.87 1:32.40 IV19 32
r:+0.63 21.76 45.14 (23.38)
1:08.84 (23.70) 1:32.40 (23.56)
2 Manoff, Philip JR VT 1:33.78 1:32.63 IV19 28
r:+0.63 21.16 44.57 (23.41)
1:08.44 (23.87) 1:32.63 (24.19)
3 Miller, Lukas FR NC State 1:32.28 1:32.93 IV19 27
r:+0.62 21.41 44.84 (23.43)
1:08.65 (23.81) 1:32.93 (24.28)
4 Tapp, Hunter SO NC State 1:33.81 1:33.93 IV19 26
r:+0.78 21.47 44.95 (23.48)
1:09.30 (24.35) 1:33.93 (24.63)
5 Paulson, Colton JR Louisville 1:34.86 1:33.94 IV19 25
r:+0.68 21.96 45.75 (23.79)
1:09.69 (23.94) 1:33.94 (24.25)
6 Wright, Jack SO UVA 1:34.36 1:34.18 IV19 24
r:+0.70 21.40 45.02 (23.62)
1:09.48 (24.46) 1:34.18 (24.70)
7 Varjasi, Peter SO Florida St 1:34.90 1:34.32 B 23
r:+0.68 21.20 44.58 (23.38)
1:09.06 (24.48) 1:34.32 (25.26)
8 Bowers, Noah SO NC State 1:34.99 1:34.49 B 22
r:+0.70 22.02 46.27 (24.25)
1:10.66 (24.39) 1:34.49 (23.83)
100 breaststroke
ACC Men’s Championships/pool record in the morning. ACC record outright in the evening.
That’s how Evgenii Somov does it on the way to a third straight 100 breaststroke title. Somov controlled the field the entire way on the way to a time of 51.03 seconds. That undercuts Brandon Fiala’s conference record of 51.30 from 2017. Somov took down the meet record in the morning with his 51.36, striking Peter Kropp from the books.
Second was not the Virginia swimmer you might have expected: While Joseph Barnum dropped from the second seed to fifth, Noah Nichols rose from the fifth seed to third in 51.36. Cooper van der Laan of Pitt was third in 51.52. The top three all attained NCAA A cuts.
Event 12 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Conf: % 51.30 3/24/2017 Brandon Fiala, VT-VA
ACC Meet: & 51.36 2/26/2021 Evgenii Somov, Louisville-KY
American: @ 49.69 3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana-IN
U. S. Open: * 49.69 3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana-IN
NCAA: $ 49.69 3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana-IN
Pool: ^ 51.36 2/26/2021 Evgenii Somov, Louisville-KY
51.67 A
52.52 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
54.27 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Somov, Evgenii SR Louisville 51.36 51.03%A 32
r:+0.68 23.58 51.03 (27.45)
2 Nichols, Noah FR UVA 52.09 51.36&A 28
r:+0.66 23.96 51.36 (27.40)
3 Van Der Laan, C JR PITT 51.94 51.52 A 27
r:+0.66 24.05 51.52 (27.47)
4 Abaliksta, Vald SR UNC 52.02 51.74 IV19 26
r:+0.75 24.37 51.74 (27.37)
5 Barnum, Joseph SR UVA 51.93 51.76 IV19 25
r:+0.58 24.09 51.76 (27.67)
6 Pumputis, Caio SR GT 52.18 52.10 IV19 24
r:+0.64 24.46 52.10 (27.64)
7 Bottelberghe, J JR ND 52.31 52.39 IV19 23
r:+0.72 24.39 52.39 (28.00)
8 Pouch, Ananias SO VT 52.47 52.50 IV19 22
r:+0.70 24.75 52.50 (27.75)
100 backstroke
Kacper Stokowski got his hand to the wall first in a scintillating race where the top three finishers were separated by .29 seconds.
Georgia Tech’s Kyle Barone took the race out, he and Mitchell Whyte of Louisville clear ahead of the pack at the 50-yard mark, but Barone would fade to fourth in 45.93. Stokowski and top seed Nicolas Albiero closed hard, but it was NC State’s Stokowski who got in first in 44.82 to Albiero’s 44.85. Both are NCAA A cuts.
Louisville, which also had Nikolaos Sofianidis finish sixth, vaults Virginia Tech into second place with NC State out front.
Event 13 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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Conf: % 43.98 3/24/2019 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
ACC Meet: & 44.04 2/28/2020 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
American: @ 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
U. S. Open: * 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
NCAA: $ 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
Pool: ^ 44.04 2/28/2020 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
44.95 A
46.06 IV19 Invited to 2019 NCAA
47.77 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Stokowski, Kacp SO NC State 45.33 44.82 A 32
r:+0.62 21.99 44.82 (22.83)
2 Albiero, Nicola SR Louisville 45.26 44.85 A 28
r:+0.66 21.66 44.85 (23.19)
3 Whyte, Mitchell JR Louisville 45.54 45.13 IV19 27
r:+0.58 21.50 45.13 (23.63)
4 Barone, Kyle JR GT 45.43 45.93 IV19 26
r:+0.65 21.34 45.93 (24.59)
5 Herbet, Mason FR Florida St 45.93 46.10 B 25
r:+0.64 21.80 46.10 (24.30)
6 Sofianidis, Nik SR Louisville 46.22 46.72 B 24
r:+0.61 22.47 46.72 (24.25)
7 Grender, Justin JR UVA 46.35 46.76 B 23
r:+0.65 22.42 46.76 (24.34)
8 Webb, Forest SO VT 46.54 46.95 B 22
r:+0.69 22.76 46.95 (24.19)
400 medley relay
Twenty minutes to finalize the relay results is always bad news for someone, in this case NC State, which was disqualified for a 15-yard violation on backstroke. That denied the Wolfpack a podium spot, having finished second. Kacper Stokowski was out in 44.51, faster than the time used to win the 100 back, but he was judged not to have broken the surface of the water with his head before the 15-yard mark. NC State coaches were shown on the ACC Network broadcast with pictures of the infraction trying to dispute it, but to no avail.
It didn’t affect the winners Louisville, with Mitchell Whyte, Evgenii Somov, Nicolas Albiero and Abdelrahman Sameh taking charge to win in 3:02.91. They surged ahead on Albeiro’s leg and held off the pack.
Second was Georgia Tech, while NC State’s DQ means Virginia Tech, entering as the fifth seed, ends up on the podium in third. All three are NCAA A cuts.
Pitt was also disqualified for a 15-yard backstroke infraction, wiping out a 41.62 free split by Blaise Vera that would’ve been the fastest in the race.
The lack of points drops NC State to third. Louisville ends the day in first at 783 with Va Tech second in 767.
Event 14 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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Conf: % 3:01.76 3/23/2018 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-NC
C. Stewart, Molacek, Held, Ress
ACC Meet: & 3:02.80 2/28/2020 Louisville, University of, Louisville-KY
M Whyte, E Somov, N Albiero, A Barna
American: @ 3:01.51 3/24/2017 California
R Murphy, C Hoppe, M Josa, M Jensen
U. S. Open: * 2:59.22 3/23/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
NCAA: $ 2:59.22 3/23/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, J Conger
Pool: ^ 3:02.80 2/28/2020 Louisville, University of, Louisville-KY
M Whyte, E Somov, N Albiero, A Barna
3:05.95 A
3:07.74 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Louisville 3:08.22 3:02.91 A 64
1) Whyte, Mitchell JR 2) r:0.13 Somov, Evgenii SR
3) r:0.24 Albiero, Nicolas SR 4) r:0.18 Sameh, Abdelrahman SO
r:+0.60 21.75 45.50 (45.50)
1:08.67 (23.17) 1:36.08 (50.58)
1:56.71 (20.63) 2:20.89 (44.81)
2:40.26 (19.37) 3:02.91 (42.02)
2 GT 3:05.89 3:04.37 A 56
1) Barone, Kyle JR 2) r:0.38 Pumputis, Caio SR
3) r:0.18 Ferraro, Christian SR 4) r:0.08 Unlu, Baturalp FR
r:+0.64 21.61 45.83 (45.83)
1:09.95 (24.12) 1:37.49 (51.66)
1:58.13 (20.64) 2:22.35 (44.86)
2:42.30 (19.95) 3:04.37 (42.02)
3 VT 3:08.48 3:05.53 A 54
1) Webb, Forest SO 2) r:0.48 Pouch, Ananias SO
3) r:0.26 Ivanov, Antani JR 4) r:-0.03 Ramadan, Youssef FR
r:+0.67 22.42 46.48 (46.48)
1:10.74 (24.26) 1:38.65 (52.17)
1:59.38 (20.73) 2:23.43 (44.78)
2:42.96 (19.53) 3:05.53 (42.10)
4 UVA 3:07.90 3:06.88 B 52
1) Cole, William FR 2) r:0.43 Nichols, Noah FR
3) r:0.11 Edwards, Maxwell SO 4) r:0.14 Brownstead, Matthew FR
r:+0.65 22.33 46.58 (46.58)
1:10.77 (24.19) 1:38.45 (51.87)
1:59.82 (21.37) 2:25.01 (46.56)
2:44.68 (19.67) 3:06.88 (41.87)
5 UNC 3:09.07 3:07.39 B 50
1) Thames, Christopher SR 2) r:0.57 Abaliksta, Valdas SR
3) r:0.25 Poelke, Boyd FR 4) r:0.10 Messenger, William SR
r:+0.60 22.48 46.76 (46.76)
1:11.07 (24.31) 1:38.64 (51.88)
1:59.92 (21.28) 2:24.47 (45.83)
2:44.48 (20.01) 3:07.39 (42.92)
6 Florida St 3:11.60 3:08.21 48
1) Herbet, Mason FR 2) r:0.42 Bastian, Izaak JR
3) r:0.18 McCusker, Max JR 4) r:0.22 Varjasi, Peter SO
r:+0.70 22.43 46.77 (46.77)
1:11.05 (24.28) 1:38.85 (52.08)
1:59.91 (21.06) 2:25.35 (46.50)
2:45.64 (20.29) 3:08.21 (42.86)
7 ND 3:12.10 3:10.82 46
1) Fitzpatrick, John SO 2) r:0.42 Bottelberghe, Jshua JR
3) r:0.24 Korndorffer, Chrles SO 4) r:0.22 Wilburn, Cason SO
r:+0.69 22.60 47.23 (47.23)
1:12.00 (24.77) 1:40.33 (53.10)
2:02.25 (21.92) 2:27.75 (47.42)
2:47.77 (20.02) 3:10.82 (43.07)
8 BC 3:20.56 3:13.71 44
1) Roche, Samuel JR 2) r:0.33 Shepanzyk, Peter SR
3) r:0.33 Szekely, Matthew SO 4) r:0.25 Santana, Alexander SR
r:+0.58 22.74 47.15 (47.15)
1:12.27 (25.12) 1:41.97 (54.82)
2:03.49 (21.52) 2:29.57 (47.60)
2:50.22 (20.65) 3:13.71 (44.14)
9 Duke 3:12.62 3:13.75 40
1) Hallaron, David JR 2) r:0.52 Zucker, Colson JR
3) r:0.12 Gingrich, Charlie SO 4) r:0.02 Reznick, Cole JR
r:+0.59 23.30 48.63 (48.63)
1:13.91 (25.28) 1:43.20 (54.57)
2:04.53 (21.33) 2:29.83 (46.63)
2:50.46 (20.63) 3:13.75 (43.92)
-- NC State 3:08.37 DQ
Stroke Infraction swimmer #1: Head did not break the surface by 15 meters - back
1) Stokowski, Kacper SO 2) r:0.09 Kusto, Rafal JR
3) r:0.25 Henderson, Noah SO 4) r:0.22 Tapp, Hunter SO
r:+0.68 21.65 44.51 (44.51)
1:08.12 (23.61) 1:35.85 (51.34)
1:56.91 (21.06) 2:22.28 (46.43)
2:41.98 (19.70) DQ (41.84)
-- PITT 3:11.92 DQ
Stroke Infraction swimmer #1: Head did not break the surface by 15 meters - back
1) Goraj, Marcin FR 2) r:0.14 Van Der Laan, Coper JR
3) r:0.30 Ahadzhanian, Serhii JR 4) r:0.38 Vera, Blaise SR
r:+0.70 22.69 48.40 (48.40)
1:12.07 (23.67) 1:39.60 (51.20)
2:01.33 (21.73) 2:26.29 (46.69)
2:45.51 (19.22) DQ (41.62)
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