Coleman Stewart Blasts Top-Ranked 100 Back During ACC Men’s Day Three Prelims

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The NC State Wolfpack men have won five of the six swimming finals contested so far at the men’s ACC championships and lead the overall team race. That run of success should extend into Friday night’s finals after three Wolfpack swimmers posted the top seeds in prelims for their respective events, with Coleman Stewart leading the way with the nation’s top time in the 100 back.

NC State’s Ryan Held already the ACC champion in the 50 free, posted a time of 45.28 for the top seed in the 100 fly heats. He holds the conference and meet record at 44.79 from last season. Stewart, in his first of two races on the morning, placed just two hundredths back in 45.30, and those times rank fourth and fifth in the nation, respectively, behind Joseph SchoolingJan Switkowski and Matthew Josa.

Louisville’s Nicolas Albiero took third in 45.89, and NC State’s James Bretscher also got under 46 with a time of 45.93.

Virginia’s Bryce Keblish took fifth in 46.02, followed by Louisville’s Zach Harting (46.08), Virginia’s Zach Fong (46.16) and NC State’s Giovanni Izzo (46.26).

Event 9  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
==================================================================
   Conference: % 44.79  3/1/2017  Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
     ACC Meet: & 44.79  3/1/2017  Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
     American: @ 43.58  3/24/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         NCAA: $ 43.58  3/24/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
   U. S. Open: * 43.58  3/24/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
  Pool Record: ^ 44.99  12/5/2014 Giles Smith, PSC-AZ
                 45.49  A
                 46.10  IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
                 48.29  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Held, Ryan       SR NC State            45.92      45.28 qA     
    r:+0.64  20.77        45.28 (24.51)
  2 Stewart, Colema  SO NC State            46.81      45.30 qA     
    r:+0.69  20.94        45.30 (24.36)
  3 Albiero, Nicola  FR Louisville          47.19      45.89 qIV17  
    r:+0.66  21.48        45.89 (24.41)
  4 Bretscher, Jame  JR NC State            47.65      45.93 qIV17  
    r:+0.63  21.45        45.93 (24.48)
  5 Keblish, Bryce   JR Virginia            47.13      46.02 qIV17  
    r:+0.67  21.15        46.02 (24.87)
  6 Harting, Zach    JR Louisville          47.28      46.08 qIV17  
    r:+0.67  21.51        46.08 (24.57)
  7 Fong, Zach       JR Virginia            46.98      46.16 qB     
    r:+0.62  21.59        46.16 (24.57)
  8 Izzo, Giovanni   FR NC State            47.82      46.26 qB     
    r:+0.65  21.41        46.26 (24.85)

Virginia will look to break up the NC State dominance in the 400 IM, where Brendan Casey took the top spot in prelims with his time of 3:43.22. But he will have to deal with NC State’s Anton Ipsen, already the 500 free winner, who qualified second in 3:44.26.

Another Cavalier, freshman Robby Giller, took third in 3:45.29, followed by UNC’s Henry Campbell (3:45.48) and Louisville’s Etay Gurevich (3:45.91). NC State’s Eric Knowles finished sixth in 3:46.29, ahead of two more Louisville Cardinals, Jarrett Jones (3:46.34) and Daniel Sos (3:47.91).

Event 10  Men 400 Yard IM
==================================================================
   Conference: % 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
         NCAA: $ 3:33.42  3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
   U. S. Open: * 3:33.42  3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
  Pool Record: ^ 3:41.08  2/26/2016 Robert Owen, VT-VA
                 3:39.95  A
                 3:44.92  IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
                 3:54.49  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Casey, Brendan   JR Virginia          3:46.86    3:43.22 qIV17  
    r:+0.68  23.45        50.22 (26.77)
        1:17.38 (27.16)     1:44.42 (27.04)
        2:17.35 (32.93)     2:51.18 (33.83)
        3:17.67 (26.49)     3:43.22 (25.55)
  2 Ipsen, Anton Oe  SR NC State          3:44.28    3:44.26 qIV17  
    r:+0.70  24.44        52.21 (27.77)
        1:20.86 (28.65)     1:48.42 (27.56)
        2:20.07 (31.65)     2:51.83 (31.76)
        3:18.56 (26.73)     3:44.26 (25.70)
  3 Giller, Robby    FR Virginia          3:48.33    3:45.29 qB     
    r:+0.70  24.51        52.08 (27.57)
        1:20.13 (28.05)     1:47.52 (27.39)
        2:20.04 (32.52)     2:52.51 (32.47)
        3:19.38 (26.87)     3:45.29 (25.91)
  4 Campbell, Henry  SR UNC               3:53.78    3:45.48 qB     
    r:+0.65  24.38        51.89 (27.51)
        1:20.73 (28.84)     1:49.14 (28.41)
        2:20.99 (31.85)     2:53.06 (32.07)
        3:19.78 (26.72)     3:45.48 (25.70)
  5 Gurevich, Etay   SO Louisville        3:45.56    3:45.91 qB     
    r:+0.71  23.35        50.84 (27.49)
        1:19.73 (28.89)     1:48.15 (28.42)
        2:19.22 (31.07)     2:51.18 (31.96)
        3:19.23 (28.05)     3:45.91 (26.68)
  6 Knowles, Eric    FR NC State          3:52.03    3:46.29 qB     
    r:+0.73  24.30        52.28 (27.98)
        1:21.62 (29.34)     1:49.82 (28.20)
        2:21.83 (32.01)     2:54.83 (33.00)
        3:21.16 (26.33)     3:46.29 (25.13)
  7 Jones, Jarrett   SO Louisville        3:49.96    3:46.34 qB     
    r:+0.77  24.01        51.53 (27.52)
        1:20.74 (29.21)     1:49.60 (28.86)
        2:21.30 (31.70)     2:53.60 (32.30)
        3:20.30 (26.70)     3:46.34 (26.04)
  8 Sos, Daniel      FR Louisville        3:48.31    3:47.91 qB     
    r:+0.69  23.69        51.19 (27.50)
        1:19.74 (28.55)     1:48.45 (28.71)
        2:21.72 (33.27)     2:54.25 (32.53)
        3:21.25 (27.00)     3:47.91 (26.66)

NC State again claimed the top two seeds in the 200 free, with Justin Ress topping the field in 1:33.41 and Andreas Vazaios finishing almost one second back in 1:34.25. It was slightly surprising to see both in this event, as Ress is a strong backstroker and Vazaios a strong butterflyer, but the Wolfpack already had strong swimmers entered in those events.

Virginia’s Luke Georgiadis took third in 1:34.45, and Florida State’s Felipe Ribeiro de Souza (1:34.65) and Louisville’s Andrej Barna (1:34.92) were fourth and fifth, respectively.

The remainder of the final will include Louisville’s Sam Steele (1:35.02) and Virginia Tech teammates Norbert Szabo (1:35.20) and Lane Stone (1:35.48).

Event 11  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
==================================================================
   Conference: % 1:31.37  3/23/2017 Soren Dahl, NC State
     ACC Meet: & 1:32.45  2/26/2010 Scot Robison, Virginia   -VA
     American: @ 1:30.46  3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
         NCAA: $ 1:30.46  3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
   U. S. Open: * 1:30.46  3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
  Pool Record: ^ 1:32.46  2/26/2016 Simonas Bilis, NCSU-NC
                 1:32.54  A
                 1:34.20  IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
                 1:37.99  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Ress, Justin     JR NC State          1:33.92    1:33.41 qIV17  
    r:+0.67  21.48        45.27 (23.79)
        1:09.37 (24.10)     1:33.41 (24.04)
  2 Vazaios, Andrea  JR NC State          1:36.32    1:34.25 qB     
    r:+0.73  22.30        46.20 (23.90)
        1:10.07 (23.87)     1:34.25 (24.18)
  3 Georgiadis, Luk  SR Virginia          1:39.65    1:34.45 qB     
    r:+0.65  22.16        45.97 (23.81)
        1:09.78 (23.81)     1:34.45 (24.67)
  4 Ribeiro de Souz  SO Florida St        1:36.39    1:34.65 qB     
    r:+0.68  22.36        46.19 (23.83)
        1:10.14 (23.95)     1:34.65 (24.51)
  5 Barna, Andrej    SO Louisville        1:35.72    1:34.92 qB     
    r:+0.63  21.59        45.82 (24.23)
        1:10.04 (24.22)     1:34.92 (24.88)
  6 Steele, Sam      SO Louisville        1:35.93    1:35.02 qB     
    r:+0.63  22.57        46.67 (24.10)
        1:10.92 (24.25)     1:35.02 (24.10)
  7 Szabo, Norbert   JR VT                1:36.16    1:35.20 qB     
    r:+0.66  21.95        45.96 (24.01)
        1:10.41 (24.45)     1:35.20 (24.79)
  8 Stone, Lane      FR VT                1:37.13    1:35.48 qB     
    r:+0.73  22.76        46.65 (23.89)
        1:10.85 (24.20)     1:35.48 (24.63)

North Carolina’s Michael McBryan posted the top-ranked time in the 100 breast prelims, coming in at 52.56. That’s four hundredths quicker than Virginia’s Keefer Barnum, who touched in 52.60.

Louisville teammates Carlos Claverie and Evgenii Somov tied for third at 52.69, and Duke’s Judd Howard also got under 53, putting up a time of 52.95.

McBryan’s Tar Heel teammate Valdas Abaliksta took sixth in 53.12, while Georgia Tech’s Moises Loschi and Notre Dame’s Steven Shek tied for seventh at 53.30.

Event 12  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
==================================================================
   Conference: % 51.30  3/24/2017 Brandon Fiala, Virginia Tech
     ACC Meet: & 51.46  3/1/2017  Peter Kropp, Duke-NC
     American: @ 50.03  2/17/2018 Caleb Dressel, Florida
         NCAA: $ 50.03  2/17/2018 Caleb Dressel, Florida
   U. S. Open: * 50.03  2/17/2018 Caleb Dressel, Arizona
  Pool Record: ^ 51.86  2/26/2016 Brandon Fiala, VT-VA
                 51.74  A
                 52.62  IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
                 55.39  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 McBryan, Michae  SR UNC                 55.06      52.56 qIV17  
    r:+0.68  24.73        52.56 (27.83)
  2 Barnum, Keefer   FR Virginia            54.32      52.60 qIV17  
    r:+0.67  24.61        52.60 (27.99)
  3 Claverie, Carlo  SR Louisville          52.83      52.69 qB     
    r:+0.73  24.81        52.69 (27.88)
  3 Somov, Evgenii   FR Louisville          54.25      52.69 qB     
    r:+0.80  24.80        52.69 (27.89)
  5 Howard, Judd     JR Duke                53.95      52.95 qB     
    r:+0.71  25.02        52.95 (27.93)
  6 Abaliksta, Vald  FR UNC                 53.29      53.12 qB     
    r:+0.79  24.99        53.12 (28.13)
  7 Loschi, Moises   SR GT                  53.10      53.30 qB     
    r:+5.03  25.05        53.30 (28.25)
  7 Shek, Steven     JR ND                  54.26      53.30 qB     
    r:+0.61  24.72        53.30 (28.58)

Finally, Stewart rounded out the morning with an impressive time of 44.80 in the 100 back for NC State. That smashed Grigory Tarasevich’s previous ACC record of 45.13 and moved Stewart past Grand Canyon’s Mark Nikolaev as the top-ranked swimmer in the country this season.

Stewart was not the only swimmer to double up in the 100 fly and 100 back finals. Albiero took second in the 100 back for Louisville at 45.89, while Stewart’s teammate Bretscher also advanced to the top eight in his second event of the morning, recording a time of 46.49 for eight place in the backstroke.

Two more Wolfpack swimmers qualified for the evening swim, third-place finisher Hennessy Stuart (46.07) and sixth-place man Noah Hensley (46.41). Virginia’s Joe Clark took fourth in 46.22, while UNC’s Alvin Jiang (46.33) and Notre Dame’s Rob Whitacre (46.46) took fifth and seventh, respectively.

Event 13  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
==================================================================
   Conference: % 44.80  2/23/2018 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
     ACC Meet: & 44.80  2/23/2018 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
     American: @ 43.49  3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
         NCAA: $ 43.49  3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
   U. S. Open: * 43.49  3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
  Pool Record: ^ 44.80  2/23/2018 Coleman Stewart, NC State-NC
                 45.25  A
                 46.28  IV17 Invited to 2017 NCAA
                 48.49  B
    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Stewart, Colema  SO NC State            46.28      44.80%qA     
    r:+0.60  21.56        44.80 (23.24)
  2 Albiero, Nicola  FR Louisville          47.36      45.89 qIV17  
    r:+0.53  22.37        45.89 (23.52)
  3 Stuart, Henness  SR NC State            46.44      46.07 qIV17  
    r:+0.49  22.37        46.07 (23.70)
  4 Clark, Joe       SO Virginia            46.00      46.22 qIV17  
    r:+0.60  22.17        46.22 (24.05)
  5 Jiang, Alvin     FR UNC                 46.83      46.33 qB     
    r:+0.61  22.37        46.33 (23.96)
  6 Hensley, Noah    JR NC State            48.57      46.41 qB     
    r:+0.55  22.10        46.41 (24.31)
  7 Whitacre, Rober  SR ND                  46.94      46.46 qB     
    r:+0.56  22.55        46.46 (23.91)
  8 Bretscher, Jame  JR NC State            47.54      46.49 qB     
    r:+0.54  22.95        46.49 (23.54)

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