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Carolina College Invitational
Wolfpack Concludes Competition at Carolina College Invitational
2/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.- The NC State swimming and diving team concluded competition Sunday at the Carolina College Invitational, hosted by UNC-Chapel Hill.
Several swimmers represented the program over the two-day event, held inside the Koury Natatorium, which consisted of three preliminary and finals sessions with no team scoring.
Meet Recap
Wolfpack Men
Noah Franz, one of the five men that represented the team at the invitational, took fifth in the men's 500 freestyle with a time of 4:34.59.
The other four men represented the Pack in the men's 200 individual medley event, as Derek Hren and Ryan Wilkinson finished third and fourth with times of 1:50.33 and 1:51.83, respectively. Jacob Siar and Geoffrey Carter finished seventh and eighth with times of 1:53.99 and 1:54.22, in respective order.
The team of Siar, Carter, Franz and Wilkinson swam a time of 3:24.30 in the men's 400 medley relay.
Wolfpack Women
Kristin Connors won the women's 500 and 1650 free preliminary events with times of 4:48.85 and 16:38.39, respectively. She also won the 200 free in the finals heat with a time of 1:49.21.
Kendall Pena earned second place in the women's 400 IM with a time of 4:24.20 and finished third in the 500 free and 200 fly with times of 4:59.07 and 2:04.97, in respective order.
Caroline Estep took second in the finals of the 100 and 200 back with times of 55.88 and 2:01.17, while Mariah Hamil took third in the 100 butterfly preliminary event with a time of 55.90.
Nicole Giamber and Peyton Schrum finished second and fourth in the finals of the finals heat of the women's 100 breaststroke with times of 1:04.24 and 1:05.12, in respective order.
Giamber also finished third in the finals of the 200 breast with a time of 2:19.54.
Up Next
The team will return to action with it travels to Atlanta, Ga., for the ACC Championships. The women's swimming and men's diving championship will be on Feb. 18-21 while the men's swimming competition will be on Feb. 25-28.
