2019 ACC Men’s Swimming Championships Day 3 Finals: NC State Pulling Ahead

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During the first full finals session of the ACC Men’s Swimming Championships, NC State looked to remain the dominant team, with Wolfpack swimmers recording the top qualifying time in all three events contested. NC State is bidding for its fifth straight conference title this week in Greensboro, N.C.

After the second day of competition, NC State leads with 496.5 points, while Louisville is in second with 404.

 Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 8                       
 
  1. North Carolina State Universit  496.5   
  2. Louisville, University of         404
  3. VA Tech                         378.5   
  4. Florida State University          378
  5. Virginia, University of           363   
  6. Duke University                   300
  7. Notre Dame, University of         256   
  8. Georgia Institute of Technolog    224
  9. Pittsburgh, University of         206  
 10. North Carolina, University of,    167
 11. University of Miami (Florida)     101 
 12. Boston College                     96

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Full Results

500 Free

NC State’s Eric Knowles dropped a second from his prelims time to win the 500 free in 4:12.13.

It was an NCAA automatic qualifying time and held off Virginia senior Brendan Casey (4:12.63).

Virginia Tech sophomore Lane Stone finished third (4:13.10), followed by Louisville senior Marcelo Acosta (4:14.94), NC State junior John McIntyre (4:15.62), Notre Dame’s Zachary Yeadon (4:16.25), NC State sophomore Gil Kiesler (4:18.18) and Virginia senior Samuel Magnan (4:20.54).

Event 4  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
   Conference: % 4:09.13  1/26/2018 Anton Ipsen, NCSU-NC
     ACC Meet: & 4:10.00  2/26/2009 Matt McLean, Virginia
     American: @ 4:07.25  11/30/2017Zane Grothe, Unattached
   U. S. Open: * 4:07.25  11/30/2017Zane Grothe, Unattached
         NCAA: $ 4:08.42  3/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
         Pool: ^ 4:11.21  2/22/2018 Anton Oerskov Ipsen, NCSU-NC
                 4:12.22  A
                 4:16.08  IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
                 4:23.34  B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Knowles, Eric    SO NC State          4:13.79    4:12.13 A       32  
    r:+1.50  22.93        47.94 (25.01)
        1:13.42 (25.48)     1:39.04 (25.62)
        2:04.53 (25.49)     2:30.37 (25.84)
        2:55.69 (25.32)     3:21.14 (25.45)
        3:46.58 (25.44)     4:12.13 (25.55)
  2 Casey, Brendan   SR UVA               4:14.30    4:12.63 IV18    28  
    r:+0.65  23.31        48.53 (25.22)
        1:14.08 (25.55)     1:39.63 (25.55)
        2:05.11 (25.48)     2:30.68 (25.57)
        2:56.34 (25.66)     3:21.84 (25.50)
        3:47.26 (25.42)     4:12.63 (25.37)
  3 Stone, Lane      SO VT                4:16.26    4:13.10 IV18    27  
    r:+0.72  23.20        48.19 (24.99)
        1:13.67 (25.48)     1:39.24 (25.57)
        2:04.75 (25.51)     2:30.64 (25.89)
        2:56.56 (25.92)     3:22.51 (25.95)
        3:47.97 (25.46)     4:13.10 (25.13)
  4 Acosta, Marcelo  SR Louisville        4:14.96    4:14.94 IV18    26  
    r:+0.74  23.39        48.49 (25.10)
        1:14.11 (25.62)     1:39.99 (25.88)
        2:05.93 (25.94)     2:31.69 (25.76)
        2:57.68 (25.99)     3:23.67 (25.99)
        3:49.44 (25.77)     4:14.94 (25.50)
  5 McIntyre, John   JR NC State          4:17.73    4:15.62 IV18    25  
    r:+0.71  23.34        48.82 (25.48)
        1:14.74 (25.92)     1:40.75 (26.01)
        2:07.11 (26.36)     2:33.09 (25.98)
        2:59.05 (25.96)     3:24.78 (25.73)
        3:50.51 (25.73)     4:15.62 (25.11)
  6 Yeadon, Zachary  SO ND                4:16.75    4:16.25 B       24  
    r:+0.78  23.21        48.15 (24.94)
        1:13.62 (25.47)     1:39.33 (25.71)
        2:05.15 (25.82)     2:31.11 (25.96)
        2:57.16 (26.05)     3:23.40 (26.24)
        3:49.88 (26.48)     4:16.25 (26.37)
  7 Kiesler, Gil     SO NC State          4:16.92    4:18.18 B       23  
    r:+0.69  23.40        48.66 (25.26)
        1:14.60 (25.94)     1:40.73 (26.13)
        2:06.86 (26.13)     2:33.00 (26.14)
        2:59.35 (26.35)     3:25.79 (26.44)
        3:52.27 (26.48)     4:18.18 (25.91)
  8 Magnan, Samuel   SR UVA               4:17.83    4:20.54 B       22  
    r:+0.74  23.55        49.26 (25.71)
        1:15.20 (25.94)     1:41.31 (26.11)
        2:07.60 (26.29)     2:34.00 (26.40)
        3:00.48 (26.48)     3:27.36 (26.88)
        3:54.14 (26.78)     4:20.54 (26.40)

200 IM

Georgia Tech sophomore Caio Pumputis surged to victory in the 200 IM. He finished in 1:41.28, an NCAA automatic cut.

He dropped more than two seconds off of his prelim time to hold off NC State senior Andreas Vazaios, who finished just two hundredths behind him in 1:41.30.

Virginia Tech’s Norbert Szabo finished third (1:43.17), followed by Louisville sophomore Daniel Sos (1:43.63).

Another Virginia Tech swimmer, sophomore Samuel Tornqvist took fifth (1:44.97), followed by a trio of Virginia Cavaliers — junior Frede Schubert (1:44.51), senior Zachary Fong (1:44.57) and senior Bryce Keblish (1:44.98).

Event 5  Men 200 Yard IM
=========================================================================
   Conference: % 1:39.97  3/24/2018 Andreas Vazaios, NCSU-NC
     ACC Meet: & 1:41.25  2/28/2017 Andreas Vazaios, NCSU-NC
     American: @ 1:38.13  2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
   U. S. Open: * 1:38.13  2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         NCAA: $ 1:38.13  2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Pool: ^ 1:41.61  3/14/2018 Marius Kusch, QU-NC
                 1:41.34  A
                 1:44.03  IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
                 1:46.77  B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Pumputis, Caio   SO GT                1:43.34    1:41.28 A       32  
    r:+0.68  22.38        47.74 (25.36)
        1:16.90 (29.16)     1:41.28 (24.38)
  2 Vazaios, Andrea  SR NC State          1:42.39    1:41.30 A       28  
    r:+0.69  22.97        47.25 (24.28)
        1:16.22 (28.97)     1:41.30 (25.08)
  3 Szabo, Norbert   SR VT                1:43.85    1:43.17 IV18    27  
    r:+0.62  21.85        47.52 (25.67)
        1:17.50 (29.98)     1:43.17 (25.67)
  4 Sos, Daniel      SO Louisville        1:43.74    1:43.63 IV18    26  
    r:+0.68  22.39        48.08 (25.69)
        1:18.34 (30.26)     1:43.63 (25.29)
  5 Tornqvist, Samu  SO VT                1:43.75    1:44.07 B       25  
    r:+0.69  22.58        48.65 (26.07)
        1:18.87 (30.22)     1:44.07 (25.20)
  6 Schubert, Frede  JR UVA               1:43.49    1:44.51 B       24  
    r:+0.65  22.87        48.72 (25.85)
        1:19.51 (30.79)     1:44.51 (25.00)
  7 Fong, Zachary    SR UVA               1:44.34    1:44.57 B       23  
    r:+0.67  22.63        48.69 (26.06)
        1:18.97 (30.28)     1:44.57 (25.60)
  8 Keblish, Bryce   SR UVA               1:43.98    1:44.98 B       22  
    r:+0.62  21.50        47.89 (26.39)
        1:19.54 (31.65)     1:44.98 (25.44)

50 Free

Eight hundredths of a second separated the top three finishers in the 50 free, while the Wolfpack scored four in the final.

Florida State senior William Pisani head on for the narrow victory, finishing in 19.21.

Louisville junior Andrej Barna was second in 19.27.

NC State senior Justin Ress took third in 19.29, followed by freshman teammate Nyls Kornstanje (19.37).

Pitt sophomore Blaise Vera took fifth (19.38), followed by NC State sophomore Giovanni Izzy (19.45) and senior Cobe Garcia (19.47), who tied for seventh with Virginia Tech senior Ian Ho (19.47).

Event 6  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
   Conference: % 18.56  3/23/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
     ACC Meet: & 18.68  2/28/2017 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
     American: @ 17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
   U. S. Open: * 17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
         NCAA: $ 17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
         Pool: ^ 18.75  2/22/2018 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
                 19.00  A
                 19.36  IV18 Invited to 2018 NCAA
                 19.96  B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Pisani, William  SR FSU                 19.17      19.21 IV18    32  
     r:+0.65  9.21        19.21 (10.00)
  2 Barna, Andrej    JR Louisville          19.33      19.27 IV18    28  
     r:+0.61  9.25        19.27 (10.02)
  3 Ress, Justin     SR NC State            19.14      19.29 IV18    27  
     r:+0.62  9.31         19.29 (9.98)
  4 Korstanje, Nyls  FR NC State            19.31      19.37 B       26  
     r:+0.64  9.32        19.37 (10.05)
  5 Vera, Blaise     SO PITT                19.34      19.38 B       25  
     r:+0.62  9.29        19.38 (10.09)
  6 Izzo, Giovanni   SO NC State            19.53      19.45 B       24  
     r:+0.61  9.31        19.45 (10.14)
  7 Garcia, Cobe     SR NC State            19.56      19.47 B       22.5
     r:+0.63  9.20        19.47 (10.27)
  7 Ho, Ian          SR VT                  19.50      19.47 B       22.5
     r:+0.59  9.41        19.47 (10.06)

1-Meter Diving

Miami senior Briada Herrera won 1-meter diving with a score of 433.20.

Florida State sophomore Joshua Davidson was second at 367.00, followed by Virginia Tech senior Benjamin Schiesl (357.40) and Florida State junior Cameron Thatcher (347.20).

North Carolina’s Sean Burston took fifth with 346.90, followed by Duke’s Nathan Hernandez (337.05) and Evan Moretti (308.90) and Notre Dame’s Austin Flaute (273.75).

Event 7  Men 1 mtr Diving
=========================================================================
   Conference: % 499.95  2/25/2010 Nick McCrory, Duke
     ACC Meet: & 499.95  2/25/2010 Nick McCrory, Duke
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                             === Finals ===                              
 
  1 Herrera, Briada  SR Miami (FL)         385.45     433.20         32  
  2 Davidson, Joshu  SO FSU                351.60     367.00         28  
  3 Schiesl, Benjam  SR VT                 300.70     357.40         27  
  4 Thatcher, Camer  JR FSU                331.90     347.20         26  
  5 Burston, Sean    SR UNC                328.70     346.90         25  
  6 Hernandez, Nath  JR Duke               289.05     337.05         24  
  7 Moretti, Evan    SR Duke               324.30     308.90         23  
  8 Flaute, Austin   FR ND                 287.85     273.75         22

200 Free Relay

Florida State sprinted very near an ACC meet record to win the 200 free relay, closing Thursday’s session.

Williams Pisani, Jakub Ksiazek, Emir Muratovic and Kanoa Kaleoaloha finished in 1:15.81 for the Seminoles.

NC State’s Nyls Korstanje, Justin Ress, Jacob Molacek and Coleman Stewart took second in 1:16.00.

Louisville also reached an NCAA automatic qualifying time (1:17.15).

Event 8  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
   Conference: % 1:14.50  3/24/2018 North Carolina State Universit, NC State-NC
                          Held, Ress. Molacek, C. Stewart
     ACC Meet: & 1:15.34  2/22/2018 North Carolina State Universit, NC State-NC
                          R Held, J Ress, J Molacek, C Stewart
     American: @ 1:14.50  3/22/2018 NC State, NC St
                          R Held, J Ress, J Molacek, C Stewart
   U. S. Open: * 1:14.08  3/28/2009 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
         Pool: ^ 1:15.34  2/22/2018 North Carolina State
                          R Held, J Ress, J Molacek, C Stewart
                 1:17.41  A
                 1:18.11  B
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 FSU                           1:17.29    1:15.81 A       64  
     1) Pisani, William SR            2) r:0.28 Ksiazek, Jakub FR     
     3) r:0.07 Muratovic, Emir SR     4) r:0.24 Kaleoaloha, Kanoa SR  
    r:+0.67  19.24        38.36 (19.12)
          57.24 (18.88)     1:15.81 (18.57)
  2 NC State                      1:16.41    1:16.00 A       56  
     1) Korstanje, Nyls FR            2) r:0.23 Ress, Justin SR       
     3) r:0.34 Molacek, Jacob SR      4) r:0.14 Stewart, Coleman JR   
    r:+0.64  19.36        38.00 (18.64)
          57.15 (19.15)     1:16.00 (18.85)
  3 Louisville                    1:18.06    1:17.15 A       54  
     1) Deliyiannis, Mihalis SO       2) r:0.15 Barna, Andrej JR      
     3) r:0.09 Piszczorowicz, tosz FR 4) r:0.10 Kovacs, Mate SR       
    r:+0.65  19.58        38.39 (18.81)
          57.67 (19.28)     1:17.15 (19.48)
  4 PITT                          1:18.91    1:17.82 B       52  
     1) Vera, Blaise SO               2) r:0.25 Cannon, Ellis SO      
     3) r:0.20 Remenyi, Armin SO      4) r:0.30 Young, Jason SO       
    r:+0.65  19.24        38.56 (19.32)
          58.22 (19.66)     1:17.82 (19.60)
  5 VT                            1:18.41    1:18.13         50  
     1) Ho, Ian SR                    2) r:0.25 Hallock, Thomas SO    
     3) r:0.90 Lamparella, Jacob SR   4) r:0.09 Claesson, Henry FR    
    r:+0.60  19.57        38.91 (19.34)
          58.38 (19.47)     1:18.13 (19.75)
  6 ND                            1:20.62    1:18.26         48  
     1) Afrik, Tabahn SR              2) r:0.19 Schultz, Aaron JR     
     3) r:0.15 Smith, Zachary FR      4) r:0.32 Grauslys, Matthew SR  
    r:+0.59  19.94        39.30 (19.36)
          58.79 (19.49)     1:18.26 (19.47)
  7 Duke                          1:19.37    1:18.36         46  
     1) Legard, Yusuke SR             2) r:0.20 Williams, Miles JR    
     3) r:0.28 Hartley, Nathaniel SO  4) r:0.02 St. George, Maxlian SR
    r:+0.62  19.78        38.86 (19.08)
          58.83 (19.97)     1:18.36 (19.53)
  8 UVA                           1:19.11    1:18.62         44  
     1) Baker, Ryan JR                2) r:0.25 Keblish, Bryce SR     
     3) r:0.24 Wozencraft, George SO  4) r:0.17 Schilling, Samuel SO  
    r:+0.64  19.65        39.20 (19.55)
          58.89 (19.69)     1:18.62 (19.73)
  9 UNC                           1:20.44    1:18.69         40  
     1) Coan, Eli FR                  2) r:0.40 Hill, Tyler SO        
     3) r:0.17 Brocato, Gregory JR    4) r:0.15 Abaliksta, Valdas SO  
    r:+0.63  19.80        39.58 (19.78)
          59.38 (19.80)     1:18.69 (19.31)
 10 GT                            1:18.74    1:18.83         34  
     1) Miles, Corben SO              2) r:0.26 Lim, Darren FR        
     3) r:0.27 Daniel, Austin SO      4) r:0.12 Ferraro, Christian SO 
    r:+0.60  19.79        39.73 (19.94)
          59.30 (19.57)     1:18.83 (19.53)
 11 BC                            1:22.77    1:21.27         32  
     1) Roche, Samuel FR              2) r:0.12 Derdeyn, Colin SR     
     3) r:0.19 Chandra, Kevin SO      4) r:-0.01 Hinton, Michael JR   
    r:+0.64  20.75        40.75 (20.00)
        1:01.27 (20.52)     1:21.27 (20.00)
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