North Carolina State University Athletics
Mellor Offers Solid Showing at NCAA Championships
3/29/2008 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. Stephen Mellor put up another strong effort on the final day of the NCAA Championships on Saturday, March 29. The redshirt junior native of Chesire, England competed in the 200-back prelims, swimming a 1:44.11 and finishing 24th overall. The time marks the second-best in school history for the event.
“It was an awesome experience,” said Mellor. “The meet is known as one of the fastest in the world, and it lived up to that expectation.”
The NC State school record in the 200-back is 1:43.98, which Mellor set while qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
“Stephen had a good swim overall and it was a great experience for him,” said head Wolfpack swimming and diving coach Brooks Teal. “He came away from the competition feeling as best as he could. Finishing in the top-24 in the country is a very good accomplishment.”
Mellor was actually in third-place in the fastest heat of the event at one point, but his technique slipped a bit down the final stretch of the swim.
“The really exciting thing is that within minutes of the end of his swim Stephen was already looking forward to next year and thinking of ways to get better in anticipation of making it back to the NCAA Championships,” said Teal.
On Thursday Mellor swam a 1:47.77 in the 200-IM prelims, good for 36th-place.
“Personally, I was satisfied with both of my swims,” said Mellor. “I was aggressive with the way that I competed and I have no regrets with the way I approached things.”
“It was an awesome experience,” said Mellor. “The meet is known as one of the fastest in the world, and it lived up to that expectation.”
The NC State school record in the 200-back is 1:43.98, which Mellor set while qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
“Stephen had a good swim overall and it was a great experience for him,” said head Wolfpack swimming and diving coach Brooks Teal. “He came away from the competition feeling as best as he could. Finishing in the top-24 in the country is a very good accomplishment.”
Mellor was actually in third-place in the fastest heat of the event at one point, but his technique slipped a bit down the final stretch of the swim.
“The really exciting thing is that within minutes of the end of his swim Stephen was already looking forward to next year and thinking of ways to get better in anticipation of making it back to the NCAA Championships,” said Teal.
On Thursday Mellor swam a 1:47.77 in the 200-IM prelims, good for 36th-place.
“Personally, I was satisfied with both of my swims,” said Mellor. “I was aggressive with the way that I competed and I have no regrets with the way I approached things.”
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