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NC State GAC Invite
Pack Men Remain In First, Women Second Through Day Two Of GAC Invite
11/18/2016 8:57:00 PM | Swimming
NC State wins nine events on day two
GREENSBORO, N.C.- The No. 1 and 6 NC State swimming and diving teams continued to excel in the water on Friday at the GAC Invitational inside the Greensboro Aquatic Center, picking up another nine event wins on the second day of competition.Â
Through two days of racing the Wolfpack men continue to hold a lead in the team standings with 1,288 points, while the women remain in second place with 1,258. On the men's side No. 21 Notre Dame (1,045) and Duke (858) round out the top three of the team leaderboard while No. 20 UNC-Chapel Hill's women remain in first with 1,277.5 points.
The Wolfpack had another 34 performances that bettered the NCAA 'B' standard time and one relay race that tabbed the team's second NCAA 'A' cut of the year.Â
Quoting The Coaches
Swimming
"We had pretty strong morning and evening sessions today with a lot of bright spots," said head coach Braden Holloway. "We carried over our momentum from yesterday's relay events into today, and I'm really encouraged by where our A and B relays are. I think the 400 IM is an improving event for us and everyone that competed in it did a great job, and we had some newcomers that really stepped for us in that event.
"We had some big highlights throughout today, one being Kayla Brumbaum's morning swim in the 100 breaststroke. She'll always be known as the first female to break a minute in our program. Ryan Held's 100 fly was also a pretty big performance, and both 100 back events were really strong.Â
"Our team energy is good. It's a hard meet because it's mid-season and you're not full prepared to be at your best, but you have to do your best to find ways to learn and get better. Our team has done a great job of that so far this weekend through each session. We'll go into tomorrow and try to keep moving forward and finish on a high note."
Diving
"Today was a good day for the diving program," said head diving coach Yahya Radman. "One of my big missions to help develop this team into a powerhouse is to get more kids into a second list. James (Brady) and Harrison (Mitchell) really stepped it up, battled in the prelims and did what it took to get into the finals. A special shoutout goes to James for putting on a technical clinic tonight and showing our swimmers what we're capable of.
"Rachel (Burston) and Madeline (Kline) stepped up their game tremendously this morning and did it again in the evening. It's just a matter of cleaning up some things that we can use in January in Tennessee, but overall was a very good day for diving and I'm excited for where this program is heading."
Wolfpack Relays
NC State finished first in all four relays contested and posted as many top five national marks in the process.Â
The women's 200 medley relay team of Elise Haan, Kayla Brumbaum, Krista Duffield and Ky-Lee Perry managed to notch a NCAA 'A' cut after winning the event in 1:36.80, while the 800 freestyle relay of Alexia Zevnik, Rachel Muller, Christine Kerr and Hannah Moore finished with a time of 7:06.83 (B cut). Zevnik's 200 free leadoff split of 1:45.57 was enough for a NCAA 'B' cut.Â
On the men's side the 200 medley relay squad of Hennessey Stuart, Derek Hren, Soren Dahl and Ryan Held swam a time of 1:25.33 (B cut), while the 800 free relay of Held, Anton Ipsen, Mark McGlaughlin and Dahl touched the wall at 6:23.26 (B cut).
Top Individual Performances
Ipsen picked up a second-place finish in the 400 IM standings with a career-best time of 3:45.40 (B cut) while Jack McIntyre won the B final in 3:51.73 (B cut), shaving more than six seconds off of his seed time. In the women's 400 IM Jessica Horomanski placed third with a mark of 4:14.80 (B cut), while Moore finished fourth in 4:15.86 (B cut).
Held captured his second individual event win of the meet in the 100 butterfly as he stopped the clock at 46.06 (B cut). His performance stands as the second-fastest in program history.Â
Kerr was the top performer for NC State in the women's 200 free as she placed second with a career-best mark of 1:47.28 (B cut), which stands as the No. 6 time in program history. In the men's 200 free Dahl touched the wall at 1:35.13 (B cut) to win his second individual event this weekend.Â
Brumbaum cruised to a first-place finish in the women's 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:00.10, while her prelim time of 59.55 (B cut) stands as a school record and is the only mark that was under 1:00 in the event. Emmie Barnhill additionally won the B final after tabbing a career-best time of 1:02.53, which stands as the fifth-fastest time in program history.Â
In the men's 100 breast Hren and Zack Warner finished third and fifth with times of 53.13 (B cut) and 54.30 (B cut), in respective order. Warner's prelim performance of 53.97 marks the third-fastest time in NC State's record book.Â
In the women's 100 backstroke the Pack had five finish in the top eight of the event standings. Haan, Alexia Zevnik and Courtney Caldwell led the team by sweeping the podium with NCAA 'B' cut times of 52.08, 52.77 and 52.78, respectively. Haan's performance is additionally the No. 2 all-time mark at NC State.Â
Stuart tabbed a win in the men's 100 back after stopping the clock at 46.78 (B cut) while Coleman Stewart touched the wall at 47.12 (B cut) for the fourth-fastest time in program history.
Diving
The Pack shined on the springboards on day two, as four divers managed to advance to the finals. In the women's one-meter dive Madeline Kline finished seventh with a score of 254.50 while Rachel Burston finished 12th with a mark of 228.75.
In the men's three-meter dive James Brady captured a fourth-place finish with a career-best mark of 360.85, while Harrison Mitchell finished 11th overall with a score of 286.40.
NC State Event Winners
Women's 200 Medley Relay: Haan, Brumbaum, Duffield, Perry - 1:36.80!
Men's 200 Medley Relay: Stuart, Hren, Dahl, Held - 1:25.33#
Men's 100 Fly: Ryan Held - 46.06#
Men's 200 Free: Soren Dahl - 1:35.13#
Women's 100 Breast: Kayla Brumbaum - 1:00.10#
Women's 100 Back: Elise Haan - 52.08#
Men's 100 Back: Hennessey Stuart - 46.78#
Women's 800 Free Relay: Zevnik, Muller, Kerr, Moore - 7:06.93#
Men's 800 Free Relay: Held, Ipsen, McGlaughlin, Dahl - 6:23.26#
# denotes NCAA BÂ cut
! denotes NCAA A cut
Up Next
NC State will wrap up competition at the GAC Invitational inside the Greensboro Aquatic Center Saturday. Prelims will begin at 9:30 a.m. and finals will commence at 5:30 p.m. Live results will be available and admission is free for spectators.Â
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