North Carolina State University Athletics
Men's Swimming & Diving Tops Terps
10/19/2002 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
Oct. 19, 2002
College Park, Md. - The Wolfpack men's swimming and diving team moved to 2-0 in the ACC after downing the Terrapins in College Park on Saturday. NC State prevailed as a 138.5-102.5 victor in the men's dual meet, while the women fell 159-82. Jack Deal had victories in the 500- and 1000-yard freestyle, while Rob Yeager finished first in the 200-yard IM and 200-yard breast to lead the Wolfpack. On the women's side, Molly Culberson swept the diving events and Catherine Parks swam for a win in the 200-yard butterfly.
The men's team had strong performances all around, and dominated the freestyle events. Justin Smith won the 200-yard free, while Deal picked up wins in two other races. Smith trailed at the half-way point, but was able to push from behind on the last lap to finish in a time of 1:43.05. Jorge Gutierrez finished third for the Pack, while Ben Humphrey and Robert Terrell took fifth and sixth. Deal's win in the 1000-yard race was over seven seconds faster than his teammate's second place finish. Chris Nixon finished second to Deal in both of the races.
Yeager's 2:03.44 was the winning time in the 200 breaststroke. Brian Pursley took second and Rick Scott finished fourth for the Wolfpack. Yeager led a one-two-three-four sweep in the 200 IM. Steven Cowling, Cristian Rojas and Nixon followed respectively. Cowling and Yeager teamed with Scott Detloff and John Hudson for a win in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:26.63. Cowling led off with a strong backstroke time to give the team the early lead. TJ Ferguson had a good night on the boards, winning the 3-meter diving event with a score of 277.35, and finishing second on the 1-meter. Steve House finished fourth in both events.
Culberson, who has already qualified for zone championships, took first in both diving events against the Terps with high scores of 269.54 (1-meter) and 297.67 (3-meter). Erin Bailey finished second in both events. Ashley Lamberton finished third on the 3-meter board for the sweep.
Parks turned in the winning time of 2:05.55 in the 200 fly for the women's squad. Laura Cutler, Karen Burbella and Christy Britt took third, fifth and seventh respectively. Kendall Smith turned in a third place time of 53.18 in the 100-yard freestyle. Other strong performers for the Wolfpack were Jessica Koenig (3rd-200 back, 3rd-200 IM), Priscilla Humberstone (3rd-200 back), Katie Sheridan (4th 500-free, 5th-200 free) and Caroline Curran (3rd-1000 free).
NC State will begin preparation for a visit from the East Carolina Pirates when it returns from Maryland. The Wolfpack will travel to Greenville for a 4:00 p.m. meet withe the Pirates.
