By Chandler Brandes, ACC Beat Writer
The 2016 Men’s ACC Swimming Championships began Wednesday night in Greensboro. The meet got off to a fast start, as NC State made a statement by winning both relays.
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200 Medley Relay
The NC State relay team of Hennessey Stuart (21.22), Derek Hren (23.54), Simonas Bilis (20.27), and Ryan Held (18.16) won the first event of the meet in a time of 1:23.19. This is the Wolfpack’s third-straight ACC title in the event, and their time broke the meet, conference, and pool record of 1:23.78 set by NC State in 2014.
Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich (21.28), Carlos Claverie (23.55), Josh Quallen (20.51), and Trevor Carroll (18.67) took second in 1:24.01. North Carolina’s Nicolas Graesser (21.24), Kurt Wohlrab (23.78), Sam Lewis (20.26), and Logan Heck (19.42) finished third in 1:24.70.
800 Free Relay
NC State’s team of Held (1:33.60), Bilis (1:32.63), Justin Ress (1:34.33), and Soren Dahl (1:32.20) dominated the final relay of the night, winning by over two seconds due to a strong anchor leg by Dahl. Their time of 6:12.76 broke their own meet record and was just off their own conference record. This was their third-straight ACC title in the event.
Louisville’s Carroll (1:33.63), Matthias Lindenbauer (1:33.86), Tarasevich (1:32.39), and Jonathan Zoucha (1:35.08) finished second in 6:14.96. Virginia’s Austin Quinn (1:35.14), Nicholas Magana (1:36.64), Bryce Keblish (1:36.33), and Peter Georgiadis (1:34.48) took third in 6:22.59.
Current Team Standings (with diving):
1. Virginia Tech-341
2. Georgia Tech-235
3. Virginia-214
4. North Carolina-200
5. Florida State-184
6. Duke-178
7. Pitt-175
8. Louisville-149
9. NC State-128
10. Miami-92
11. Boston College-76
Thursday prelims will begin at 10 a.m. EST.
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