North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Swimming/Diving Sweeps East Carolina
11/10/2000 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
GREENVILLE, N.C. -- The NC State men's and women's swimming/diving squads swept East Carolina Friday evening with a by a margin of 49 points for the women and 46 for the men.
The final score of the men's meet was 142-96 in favor of the Wolfpack while the NCSU women won, 147-98.
The NC State women got off to a fast start in the meet when Annamaria Gazda, Natalie Jones, Dawn DeLuca and Andrea Hastings took first in the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:54.07. The women continued to roll when Mandy Horn (1:53.97) edged teammate Katie Sheridan (1:54.99) for the win in the 200 freestyle. Senior Mary Mittendorf (2:07.55) placed first for the Wolfpack in the 200 IM while Shana Bullock (2:07.84) also took the win for NC State in the 200 meter butterfly. Hastings (53.01) picked up another Wolfpack win when she narrowly won the 100 freestyle over fellow NC State swimmer Horn, who finished second in a time of 53.42. Gazda also tallied a victory in the 200 backstroke (2:04.49), while Sheridan (5:06.10) and Kathleen Tonini (5:07.52) finished 1-2 in the 500 freestyle. Jones was also victorious for the Wolfpack on Friday, when she took first in the 200 breaststroke (2:20.68), while the team of Mittendorf, Hastings, Gazda and Horn capped the NC State scoring with a win in the 400 freestyle relay (3:34.70).
Wolfpack diver Erin Bailey once again owned the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions with scores of 269.325 and 303.000, respectively.
The NC State men were led by All-Americans Braden Holloway and Greg Solt, who won two events each. Holloway took first overall in the 200 IM (1:55.08) and the 200 backstroke (1:52.52), while Solt tallied victories in the 50 freestyle (20.83) and the 100 freestyle (47.04). The Wolfpack men's 400 medley relay team, consisting of Holloway, Suha Akman, Tim Haley and Solt also took first with a time of 3:26.24. Senior captain Richard Culberson picked up a win in the 1000 freestyle (9:32.41), while Haley took the win in the 200 butterfly in 1:53.47. Akman came through again for NC State by virtue of his win in the 200 breaststroke with a finishing mark of 2:06.73
Wolfpack diver Pat Roberts swept both diving events with a 292.2 score in the 1-meter competition and a 280.575 mark in the 3-meter.
The Wolfpack women will be at home on Saturday for a meet against Navy at 10:00 a.m. at the Willis Casey Aquatics Center.
