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Wolfpack Men Remain Undefeated With Win Over Tar Heels
1/31/2015 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
Results
RALEIGH, N.C.- With its 180-118 victory over No. 20 UNC-Chapel Hill, the eighth-ranked NC State men's swimming and diving team finished its regular season undefeated. The men's statement win improves its season record to 15-0.
The 12th-ranked Wolfpack women narrowly fell to the No. 5 Tar Heels, 146.5-134.5.
Of the 12 Casey Aquatic Center records broken in the matchup, NC State claimed 11 of them.
Holloway’s Statement
“Im proud of our men and women for their efforts today. It was a great battle, and even though our women came up short it was a great competition all around. We knew our women had a chance win today, but despite the loss we still had some big performances today and we look forward to continuing to progress and move into ACCs and NCAAs.
“For our men it was a good team victory and great team effort. They came into today ready to go and were hungry to take on the Tar Heels. UNC’s a good team and our men were able to get ahead of them early and capitalize on our lead.
“I also want to thank our alumni, parents and fans that came out today. It was the most fun and most packed meet I have ever seen in here before. The support for our Wolfpack family was amazing so hats off to all those Wolfpack fans for coming out to support swimming and diving.”- Braden Holloway, head coach
Wolfpack Relays
The women's team of Alexia Zevnik, Kayla Brumbaum, Ashlyn Koletic and Riki Bonnema won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:40.49. After trailing for the first six lengths of the pool Bonnema, the freestyle anchor, managed to out touch the second-place team of UNC-Chapel Hill by .04 seconds.
The squad of Andreas Scheillerup, Derek Hren, Soren Dahl and David Williams won the men's 200 medley relay by nearly two seconds over the UNC-Chapel Hill second-place team with a time of 1:26.91 and claimed a Casey Aquatic Center record.
The Pack closed out its final dual meet of the season with two event wins as well as Casey Aquatic Center records in the men's and women's 400 free relay. The women's team of Natalie Labonge, Krista Duffield, Koletic and Bonnema swam a time of 3:19.37. The men's squad of Ryan Held, Simonas Bilis, Scheillerup and Williams touched the wall almost five seconds faster than its second-place UNC-CH opponent with a time of 2:53.73.
Freestyle Watch
On the women's side, Rachel Muller finished second in the 500 and 1000 freestyle, recording a season best in the 1000 with a time of 9:58.09 while swimming a time of 4:51.23 in the 500.
Anton Ipsen continued his trek to the fastest time in the country in the men's 1000 free. He won the event with a time of 8:55.70 for a Casey Aquatic Center record and a school record. His time puts him just .08 seconds behind Tennessee's Evan Pinion, who owns the fastest time in the country.
Ipsen also took first in the 500 free to sweep the men's distance freestyle events. He swam a time of 4:19.97 to earn his second pool record of the meet.
In the men's 200 free Dahl and Bilis took first and second place with times of 1:36.35 and 1:37.56, respectively.
Lauren Poli and Labonge earned second and third place in the women's 50 free, swimming times of 22.98 and 23.37, respectively. Bills, Ryan Held and Williams finished in a one, two, three fashion in the men's event, all touching the wall within .32 seconds of each other.
Bilis, Held and Scheillerup finished in similar fashion to the men's 50 free event, as they claimed the top three spots in the 100 free with times of 43.69, 43.70 and 44.29, in respective order. Labonge took the top honor in the women's event with a time of 50.46, while Bonnema finished second with UNC's Allyn Hardesty with a time of 50.61.
Back It Up
Koletic and Zevnik finished second and third in the women's 100 backstroke with times of 54.87 and 54.90, respectively, while on the men's side Scheillerup earned the top honor as well as a Casey Aquatic Center pool record with a time 47.31 in the 100 back.
In the men's 200 back Hennessey Stuart and Michael Camper claimed the top two spots with times of 1:43.91 and 1:45.20, in respective order.
Breaststroke
Brumbaum swept the women's breaststroke events, as she recorded a time of 1:01.88 in the 100 and a time of 2:15.87 in the 200. Her time in the 100 was enough for a Casey Aquatic pool record.
After staying within less than one second of five other swimmers in the event, McCurdy managed to pull ahead the final lap of the men's 200 breaststroke to take the win to record a time of 2:01.33 and out touch teammate Hren by .05 seconds.
Hren also earned the top spot and a Casey Aquatic record in the 100 breast, swimming a time of 54.50.
Fly Into the Sky
Lydia Jones and Yuri Nakano finished second and third in the women's 200 butterfly. Jones finished just less than one second behind UNC-CH's Emma Nunn with a time of 2:00.00 while Nakano swam a 2:00.22.
In the men's 200 fly, McCurdy claimed the top spot with a time of 1:44.68 as well as another pool record for the Pack.
In the 100 fly, Koletic and Dahl finished second in their respective events. Koletic recorded a time of 54.22 while Dahl touched the wall with a 47.51.
Individual Medley
Addisyn Bursch took first in the women's 200 IM, swimming a time of 2:01.44 and notching another Casey Aquatic record for the Wolfpack.
Springboard Action
Rachel Mumma took first in the women's one-meter dive to earn a Casey Aquatic record while breaking her own school record with a score of 332.32. She also finished second in the women's three-meter competition with a score of 301.80.
Postseason Focus
In addition to its final performance of the regular season, NC State recorded 6 more NCAA `B' standard times.
Soren Dahl, 200 free, 1:36.65
Ashlyn Koletic, 100 back, 54.87
Andreas Scheillerup, 100 free, 44.29
Michael Camper, 200 back, 1:45.20
Addisynn Bursch, 200 IM, 2:01.44
Stephen Coetzer, 200 IM, 1:48.10
Up Next
NC State will prepare for the ACC Championships, hosted by Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. The women will compete on Feb. 18-21 while the men will compete Feb. 25-28 inside the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.
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