ACC Men’s Championships: Louisville Gets Redemption in Medley Relay
A year ago, Louisville entered the ACC Men’s Championships as the top seed in the 200 medley relay, then promptly opened the meet with a DQ.
Wednesday, they rectified that disappointment, with a close call. Despite being the second seed, a second slower than Georgia Tech, the Cardinals surged to a win in 1:22.71. It buzzed within four tenths of the meet record set in 2019 by NC State and led seven (!) NCAA A cuts in the race.
200 medley relay
Louisville got the win, the team of Mitchell Whyte, Evgenii Somov, Dalton Lowe and Abdelrahman Sameh leading wire-to-wire. They navigated a close call with Lowe, the freshman’s reaction time at -0.01. Sameh brought home an 19.76 leg on the end.
Second was top-seeded Georgia Tech, which crept within a quarter second thanks to Christian Ferraro’s 20.07 leg on fly. Third was Virginia, freshman Matthew Brownstead bringing them home in 18.45 to charge from sixth to third.
Also worth recognition was Pittsburgh’s Blaise Vera, who split 19.68 on his butterfly leg, helping the Panthers nab an A cut in seventh.
Event 1 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay ================================================================================== Conf: % 1:22.37 2/27/2019 North Carolina State Universit, NC State-NC C Stewart, D Graber, N Korstanje, J Ress ACC Meet: & 1:22.37 2/27/2019 North Carolina State Universit, NC State-NC C Stewart, D Graber, N Korstanje, J Ress American: @ 1:21.88 3/23/2018 California, Calif D Carr, C Hoppe, J Lynch, R Hoffer U. S. Open: * 1:21.54 3/24/2017 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: ^ 1:22.37 2/27/2019 North Carolina State Universit, NC St C Stewart, D Graber, N Korstanje, J Ress 1:24.30 A 1:24.97 B School Seed Finals Points ================================================================================== 1 Louisville 1:24.86 1:22.71 A 64 1) Whyte, Mitchell JR 2) r:0.19 Somov, Evgenii SR 3) r:-0.01 Lowe, Dalton FR 4) r:0.24 Sameh, Abdelrahman SO r:+0.57 20.79 43.70 (22.91) 1:03.95 (20.25) 1:22.71 (18.76) 2 Georgia Tech 1:23.89 1:23.41 A 56 1) Barone, Kyle JR 2) r:0.22 Pumputis, Caio SR 3) r:0.21 Ferraro, Christian SR 4) r:0.19 Daniel, Austin SR r:+0.63 21.00 44.20 (23.20) 1:04.27 (20.07) 1:23.41 (19.14) 3 Virginia 1:24.90 1:23.86 A 54 1) Cole, William FR 2) r:-0.01 Barnum, Joseph SR 3) r:0.09 Edwards, Maxwell SO 4) r:0.07 Brownstead, Matthew FR r:+0.68 21.82 45.07 (23.25) 1:05.41 (20.34) 1:23.86 (18.45) 4 Florida St 1:25.60 1:23.91 A 51 1) Herbet, Mason FR 2) r:0.14 Bastian, Izaak JR 3) r:0.18 McCusker, Max JR 4) r:0.14 Varjasi, Peter SO r:+0.62 21.11 44.79 (23.68) 1:04.90 (20.11) 1:23.91 (19.01) 4 Virginia Tech 1:25.33 1:23.91 A 51 1) Manoff, Philip JR 2) r:0.13 Coll Marti, Carles FR 3) r:0.19 Ivanov, Antani JR 4) r:0.17 Hallock, Thomas SR r:+0.61 21.16 44.87 (23.71) 1:05.00 (20.13) 1:23.91 (18.91) 6 NC State 1:25.51 1:24.14 A 48 1) Stokowski, Kacper SO 2) r:0.18 Kusto, Rafal JR 3) r:0.29 Sobolewski, Luke SR 4) r:0.18 Izzo, Giovanni JR r:+0.61 21.18 44.67 (23.49) 1:05.05 (20.38) 1:24.14 (19.09) 7 Pittsburgh 1:26.84 1:24.20 A 46 1) Hopta, Stephen JR 2) r:0.29 Van Der Laan, Coper JR 3) r:0.30 Vera, Blaise SR 4) r:0.21 Cannon, Ellis SR r:+0.60 22.02 45.30 (23.28) 1:04.98 (19.68) 1:24.20 (19.22) 8 UNC 1:24.46 1:24.80 B 44 1) Burhans, Tucker JR 2) r:0.35 Abaliksta, Valdas SR 3) r:0.14 Poelke, Boyd FR 4) r:0.24 Messenger, William SR r:+0.65 21.74 45.13 (23.39) 1:05.54 (20.41) 1:24.80 (19.26) 9 Duke 1:26.89 1:25.41 40 1) Chang, Takkin FR 2) r:0.10 Reznick, Cole JR 3) r:0.24 Gingrich, Charlie SO 4) r:0.07 Whelan, Matthew JR r:+0.53 21.97 45.76 (23.79) 1:06.02 (20.26) 1:25.41 (19.39) 10 Boston College 1:30.35 1:28.98 34 1) Roche, Samuel JR 2) r:0.17 Mathis, Ryan FR 3) r:0.23 Floyd, Kyle FR 4) r:0.11 Santana, Alexander SR r:+0.58 21.78 47.09 (25.31) 1:09.06 (21.97) 1:28.98 (19.92) -- Notre Dame 1:26.23 DQ Early take-off swimmer #4 1) Santana, Brendan SR 2) r:0.35 Bottelberghe, Jshua JR 3) r:0.20 Wilburn, Cason SO 4) r:-0.12 Stensby, Chrispher SO r:+0.53 21.18 44.95 (23.77) 1:05.72 (20.77) DQ (19.52)
800 freestyle relay
NC State rode a strong back half of the race to claim the 800 free relay, defending its top seed in 6:12.68. The squad of Lukas Miller, Eric Knowles, Erge Gezmis and Hunter Tapp earned an A cut in the race. Knowles actually provided the fastest split at 1:32.27.
The fastest leg of the race came from Philip Manoff of Virginia Tech, who staked the Hokies to a lead with a 1:32.33 out front. The foursome of him, Antani Ivanov, Carles Coll Marti and Samuel Tornqvist were second in 6:14.04. Louisville, which dominated the second heat of three thanks to Nicolas Albiero’s lead-off of 1:32.31, grabbed the other A cut in 6:16.61.
Event 3 Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay ================================================================================== Conf: % 6:05.31 3/23/2018 North Carolina State Universit, NC State-NC Vazaios. Held, Molacek, C. Stewart ACC Meet: & 6:09.82 2/27/2017 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-NC A Vazaios, R Held, J Ress, S Dahl American: @ 6:05.08 3/27/2019 Texas, Texas D. Kibler, A. Katz, J. Newkirk, T. Hass U. S. Open: * 6:05.08 3/21/2019 Texas, Texas D. Kibler, A. Katz, J. Newkirk, T. Hass NCAA: $ 6:05.08 3/21/2019 Texas, Texas D. Kibler, A. Katz, J. Newkirk, T. Hass Pool: ^ 6:11.84 2/27/2019 Louisville, University of, Louis N Albiero, Z Harting, B Piszczorowicz, C Paulson 6:17.18 A 6:21.85 B School Seed Finals Points ================================================================================== 1 NC State 6:14.44 6:12.68 A 64 1) Miller, Lukas FR 2) r:0.08 Knowles, Eric SR 3) r:0.37 Gezmis, Erge SR 4) r:0.29 Tapp, Hunter SO r:+0.59 21.83 45.58 (45.58) 1:09.04 (1:09.04) 1:32.55 (1:32.55) 1:53.33 (20.78) 2:16.61 (44.06) 2:40.52 (1:07.97) 3:04.82 (1:32.27) 3:26.07 (21.25) 3:49.56 (44.74) 4:13.89 (1:09.07) 4:38.52 (1:33.70) 4:59.79 (21.27) 5:23.36 (44.84) 5:47.82 (1:09.30) 6:12.68 (1:34.16) 2 Virginia Tech 6:23.48 6:14.04 A 56 1) Manoff, Philip JR 2) r:0.22 Ivanov, Antani JR 3) r:0.26 Coll Marti, Carles FR 4) r:0.38 Tornqvist, Samuel SR r:+0.62 21.21 44.44 (44.44) 1:08.05 (1:08.05) 1:32.23 (1:32.23) 1:53.57 (21.34) 2:16.71 (44.48) 2:40.42 (1:08.19) 3:04.84 (1:32.61) 3:26.37 (21.53) 3:50.10 (45.26) 4:14.25 (1:09.41) 4:39.13 (1:34.29) 5:00.98 (21.85) 5:24.79 (45.66) 5:49.00 (1:09.87) 6:14.04 (1:34.91) 3 Louisville 6:25.43 6:16.61 A 54 1) Albiero, Nicolas SR 2) r:0.31 Paulson, Colton JR 3) r:0.22 Eastman, Michael JR 4) r:0.21 Curley, Hayden JR r:+0.62 21.27 44.83 (44.83) 1:08.40 (1:08.40) 1:32.31 (1:32.31) 1:53.49 (21.18) 2:17.19 (44.88) 2:41.35 (1:09.04) 3:06.07 (1:33.76) 3:27.15 (21.08) 3:50.76 (44.69) 4:15.51 (1:09.44) 4:40.89 (1:34.82) 5:02.62 (21.73) 5:26.62 (45.73) 5:51.27 (1:10.38) 6:16.61 (1:35.72) 4 Virginia 6:24.44 6:17.89 B 52 1) Wright, Jack SO 2) r:0.16 Schilling, Samuel SR 3) r:0.23 Conway, Sean SO 4) r:0.21 Grender, Justin JR r:+0.69 22.01 46.10 (46.10) 1:10.32 (1:10.32) 1:34.29 (1:34.29) 1:55.23 (20.94) 2:18.92 (44.63) 2:43.21 (1:08.92) 3:07.95 (1:33.66) 3:29.74 (21.79) 3:53.75 (45.80) 4:18.35 (1:10.40) 4:43.05 (1:35.10) 5:04.49 (21.44) 5:28.33 (45.28) 5:53.08 (1:10.03) 6:17.89 (1:34.84) 5 Georgia Tech 6:20.59 6:18.85 B 50 1) Unlu, Baturalp FR 2) r:0.23 Ferraro, Christian SR 3) r:0.35 Wakeland, Clark JR 4) r:0.41 Pumputis, Caio SR r:+0.68 21.65 45.24 (45.24) 1:09.42 (1:09.42) 1:33.16 (1:33.16) 1:54.49 (21.33) 2:18.61 (45.45) 2:43.12 (1:09.96) 3:07.80 (1:34.64) 3:29.63 (21.83) 3:53.82 (46.02) 4:18.92 (1:11.12) 4:44.06 (1:36.26) 5:05.63 (21.57) 5:29.65 (45.59) 5:54.22 (1:10.16) 6:18.85 (1:34.79) 6 Notre Dame 6:25.85 6:19.07 B 48 1) McKeen, Sadler SR 2) r:0.10 Hoagland, Jack SO 3) r:-0.03 Hutchinson, Liam SO 4) r:0.29 Wilburn, Cason SO r:+0.65 22.01 45.70 (45.70) 1:09.93 (1:09.93) 1:34.46 (1:34.46) 1:55.83 (21.37) 2:19.75 (45.29) 2:44.08 (1:09.62) 3:08.17 (1:33.71) 3:30.14 (21.97) 3:54.42 (46.25) 4:19.25 (1:11.08) 4:44.02 (1:35.85) 5:05.14 (21.12) 5:29.26 (45.24) 5:53.99 (1:09.97) 6:19.07 (1:35.05) 7 UNC 6:25.05 6:20.96 B 46 1) Sungalia, Tomas JR 2) r:0.30 Koenigsperger, niel SR 3) r:0.26 Dimitriou, Dimirios SR 4) r:0.06 Villalon Centenntos SO r:+0.74 22.22 45.75 (45.75) 1:09.93 (1:09.93) 1:34.52 (1:34.52) 1:55.93 (21.41) 2:19.91 (45.39) 2:44.52 (1:10.00) 3:09.52 (1:35.00) 3:31.67 (22.15) 3:55.84 (46.32) 4:20.00 (1:10.48) 4:44.50 (1:34.98) 5:05.59 (21.09) 5:29.62 (45.12) 5:54.32 (1:09.82) 6:20.96 (1:36.46) 8 Florida St 6:24.59 6:21.26 B 44 1) Yanchev, Yordan FR 2) r:0.23 Ksiazek, Jakub JR 3) r:0.26 Corredor, Santiago JR 4) r:0.04 Ghaffari, Mohamed SO r:+0.68 22.00 45.56 (45.56) 1:09.95 (1:09.95) 1:35.35 (1:35.35) 1:56.55 (21.20) 2:20.89 (45.54) 2:45.87 (1:10.52) 3:11.09 (1:35.74) 3:32.93 (21.84) 3:57.11 (46.02) 4:21.63 (1:10.54) 4:46.24 (1:35.15) 5:07.86 (21.62) 5:32.15 (45.91) 5:57.09 (1:10.85) 6:21.26 (1:35.02) 9 Duke 6:31.39 6:26.95 40 1) Hallaron, David JR 2) r:0.06 Reznick, Cole JR 3) r:0.32 Whelan, Matthew JR 4) r:0.12 Talati, Nicholas SO r:+0.67 21.98 46.24 (46.24) 1:11.03 (1:11.03) 1:35.76 (1:35.76) 1:57.44 (21.68) 2:21.37 (45.61) 2:46.32 (1:10.56) 3:12.12 (1:36.36) 3:34.75 (22.63) 3:59.63 (47.51) 4:24.55 (1:12.43) 4:49.39 (1:37.27) 5:11.29 (21.90) 5:36.34 (46.95) 6:01.67 (1:12.28) 6:26.95 (1:37.56) 10 Pittsburgh 6:36.49 6:27.82 34 1) Goraj, Marcin FR 2) r:0.37 Remenyi, Armin SR 3) r:0.30 Toledo Sanchez,inic SO 4) r:0.20 Ahadzhanian, Serhii JR r:+0.63 22.18 46.96 (46.96) 1:11.64 (1:11.64) 1:36.59 (1:36.59) 1:58.53 (21.94) 2:22.94 (46.35) 2:47.93 (1:11.34) 3:13.55 (1:36.96) 3:35.57 (22.02) 3:59.87 (46.32) 4:25.02 (1:11.47) 4:50.39 (1:36.84) 5:12.20 (21.81) 5:37.13 (46.74) 6:02.48 (1:12.09) 6:27.82 (1:37.43) 11 Boston College 6:44.97 6:42.48 32 1) Szekely, Matthew SO 2) r:0.42 Szmania, Zachary SO 3) r:0.44 Roethke, Tyler FR 4) r:0.44 Suchy, William SR r:+0.64 22.23 47.06 (47.06) 1:12.43 (1:12.43) 1:38.61 (1:38.61) 2:01.71 (23.10) 2:26.57 (47.96) 2:52.58 (1:13.97) 3:19.05 (1:40.44) 3:42.17 (23.12) 4:07.75 (48.70) 4:34.07 (1:15.02) 5:00.73 (1:41.68) 5:24.50 (23.77) 5:50.28 (49.55) 6:16.38 (1:15.65) 6:42.48 (1:41.75)
ACC Men’s Championships Team Scores
Team scores include the 3-meter diving event last week
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 3 1. North Carolina, University of, 186 2. VA Tech 164 3. Louisville, University of 162 4. Georgia Institute of Technolog 130 5. North Carolina State Universit 128 6. Florida State University 123 7. Virginia, University of 106 8. Duke University 93 9. Pittsburgh, University of 86 10. University of Miami (Fl) 75 11. Boston College 66 12. Notre Dame, University of 51