North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Men Take Seventh At ACC Swimming/Diving Championships
3/2/2002 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
March 2, 2002
College Park, Md.--The NC State men's swimming/diving squad finished seventh at the ACC Swimming/Diving Championships Saturday at College Park, Md. on the campus of the University of Maryland. The men compiled 259 points in the competition, while Virginia won the event for the fourth consecutive season.
Senior Tim Haley finished his career strong with a fourth-overall performance in the 200 butterfly in a time of 1:48.09. Ed Hill (14th, 1:50.55) and Charlie Hughes (24th, 1:54.86) also competed for NC State.
Jared Bench recorded the other fourth-place finish for the Wolfpack in the 3-meter diving competition with a score of 499.00, ahead of Wolfpack teammate Steven House in 14th (313.50).
Rob Yeager also made the finals in the 200 breaststroke for the Wolfpack, taking seventh overall in 2:02.15. Senior Suha Akman also took part, finishing 14th in a mark of 2:02.97,
Freshman Jack Deal led things off for NC State, taking eighth overall with a time of 15:30.56. Dan Kesler (11th, 15:41.94) and Peter Pessagno (17th, 15:54.40) also took part in the event.
Kevin Barkley led the way for NC State in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.85, placing 17th overall. Cristian Rojas also finished 17th (1:52.00) for the Wolfpack.
Ben Humphrey took 18th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 46.52, while Jorge Gutierrez took 24th in a time of 47.86 and Justin Smith finished 26th in 48.85.
In the final event of the competition, the team of Chris Swank, Rojas, Haley and Andy Seitz finished seventh in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:03.76.
