North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Men And Women Complete Competition At Terrapin Invitational
12/5/2001 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
Nov. 19, 2001
College Park, MD--The NC State men's and women's swimming/diving squads completed competition at the Terrpain Invitational Sunday evening. The Wolfpack women took second in the competition at the meet with 928 points, while the men took third with 955 points.
Jared Bench led the way for the Wolfpack men with victories in the 1 and 3-meter titles. Bench's score in the 1-meter was 299.75 after a score of 258.45 in the preliminaries. Later in the meet, Bench captured the 3-meter competition with a total of 546.50 after a 544.90 showing in the prelims.
Freshman Jack Deal continued his fine rookie season with a victory in the 500 freestyle in a time of 4:31.03, bettering his prelim mark of 4:37.11
Cristian Rojas, a sophomore, took first-place in the men's 200 IM with a time of 1:53.21. Rojas edged Bredan Cartin of James Madison (1:54.99) for second.
Erin Bailey won the women's title in the 1-meter diving event with a score of 251.30. Bailey led all divers with a 255.00 score in preliminary competition.
Rob Yeager, also a freshman, qualified for the US Opens in two weeks by virtue of his triumph in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:05.37.
