North Carolina State University Athletics
Holloway Takes 100 Backstroke Title At ACC Championships
2/23/2001 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The NC State men completed their second day of competition in the ACC Swimming/Diving Championships Friday in Charlottesville, VA. Competition is scheduled to end tomorrow evening.
Leading the way Friday for the Wolfpack was senior All-American Braden Holloway, who won the 100 backstroke in a time of 48.45, a mark that qualifies him for the NCAA's B standard for its championships. In the preliminaries for the event, Holloway blistered the field with a 48.18 finishing mark.
Junior Tim Haley also accomplished the B standard in the 400 IM, finishing second with a time of 3:52.25. Richard Culberson was 12th (4:00.36), while Christian Rojas took 17th overall (4:00.42).
The Wolfpack had another second overall finish on the night, posting a 1:30.63 mark in the 200 medley relay by the team of Holloway, Suha Akman, Haley and Greg Solt.
In the 200 freestyle, Jorge Gutierrez was the top finisher for NC State, taking 12th (1:40.20), while Dan Kesler and Steve Craig finished 17th (1:41.46) and 23rd (1:43.76), respectively.
Akman was the top Wolfpack swimmer in the 100 breaststroke, posting a 16th overall finish in 57.16.
In the 800 freestyle relay, the group of Haley, Kesler, Gutierrez and Culberson finished in fifth-place, with a time of 6:45.66.
Virginia currently leads the competition with 551.5 points.
