North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Finishes Fifth Place At ACC Championships
2/26/2006 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
Feb. 26, 2006
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND -
The Wolfpack Men's Swimming and Diving team wrapped up competition at the ACC Championship meet on Saturday finishing in a respectable fifth place. The team finished behind the champions from Virginia, followed by Florida State, North Carolina, and Georgia Tech.
On the final day of competition the ACC Most Valuable Swimmer Cullen Jones certainly proved his worth for the Wolfpack. Jones snatched the win in the 100 Freestyle with a scorching NCAA Division I "A" Cut time of 43.35 seconds, his fastest time this season by nearly eight tenths of a second.
Jones also anchored the second place 400 Freestyle Relay team. The team was comprised of seniors Peter Ranstead, Scott Dettloff, Jones and junior Steve Cowling. Jones' split time of 42.86 powered the Pack relay team to a time of 2:57.47 and the silver medal.
The Wolfpack also got a solid performance out of senior Dan Velez. Velez posted an NCAA Division I "B" Cut time of 1:59.72 in the 200 Breaststroke finals which was good enough for a fourth place finish. His sophomore teammate Jack Roney swam a solid ninth place in the 200 Breaststroke touching in a time of 2:01.37.
Freshman Andrew Lester also put in a solid performance in the 1650 Freestyle event. Lester knocked out a solid eleventh place finish by going the distance in 15:39.78.
