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Ohio State Invitational
Wolfpack Men in First, Women Second After Day One of Ohio State Invite
11/17/2017 10:08:00 PM | Swimming
Results
COLUMBUS, Ohio. – The No. 5 men and No. 12 women of the NC State swimming and diving team got off to an impressive start on Thursday at the Ohio State Invitational inside the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, as it currently sits in first on the men's side with 342 points and second on the women's side with 200.5 points.
Trailing the Wolfpack on the men's side is No. 14 Ohio State with 232.5 points and No.17 Notre Dame with 220.5 points; on the women's side No.19 Ohio State is first with 206 points while No. 15 Kentucky have 186 points to sit third.
NC State won seven of the 12 events contested on the first day of competition highlighted by winning three of the four relays.
Quoting the Coaches
Swimming
"Obviously we're here in a great team environment with a bunch of good teams here, we're in a great team battle on both sides," said head coach Braden Holloway. "Some of our goals at this meet are to compete, to learn and to continue our season progression. We want to learn and be better each day and then hopefully pick up some NCAA qualifying times that we feel pretty good about, pick up some provisional qualifying times in relays so we can put more people in position to make the NCAA Championships in March and I felt like we did that today.
It was a pretty slow morning for us and I was a little disappointed in how we came out and I challenged them with energy and setting the tone right out of the gates tonight and we did that. Our relays today were pretty good; our guys have a lot of depth across the board with multiple relays as we wanted to see how good our range could be. With the women, a lot of our relays were quicker than last year with a younger team. I felt pretty confident and felt good about that. We had some really great swims and dives today; James Brady on one-meter was great getting third and had the best meet of the season so far and we also got some people qualified to go to NCAAs. Anton almost had an 'A' cut in the 500 free and between Andreas, Ryan Held, Ky-lee Perry, Elise Haan and probably the big one today was Julia Poole, a freshman, in the 200 IM getting a time that's gone to NCAAs each year so it was a great swim for her and one that got our team pumped up and excited.
Obviously at a meet in November you're going to have a mixed bag; you kind of back off intensity for a few days. Some bodies are going to feel great, some bodies are going to still feel tired, some bodies are going to be changing every day so the big thing is getting up, racing and competing no matter what, never giving up and learning from your experience and making adjustments. Tomorrow morning creates a new challenge for us to come back and be better in the morning than we were today because we did not have a good morning. We'll see what our team brings going into day two."
Diving
"I think today we had an outstanding day on the diving boards," said diving coach Yahya Radman. "On the women's side, Rachel did a really nice job of putting herself in a position to move up; she's still recovering from injury but I think when she's fully healed we are going to have a fierce competitor on our hands ready for ACC's, Zones and hopefully NCAA's. On the men's side it was a real highlight that three of our men were in the top 15 in the contest. Real nice job by James Brady; he's really coming into his own, dominating on one-meter and outdoing a lot of his former teammates from club who dive at other institutions and I think it shows how far he has come in terms of his role on our team but as well as a guy who can really get It done in an event he is not known for."
Wolfpack Relays
NC State swept the 200 freestyle relay and earned a pair of NCAA 'A' cuts; the team of Ky-lee Perry, Krista Duffield, Olivia Calegan and Elise Haan won in 1:28.52 seconds, while 1:15.83 seconds was the winning time for Ryan Held, Justin Ress, Jacob Molacek and Giovanni Izzo. This was also a meet record.
The team of Coleman Stewart, Jacob Molacek, Ryan Held and Justin Ress finished first in the 400 medley relay and earned an NCAA 'B' cut, finishing in 3:07.04 seconds. On the women's side, Elise Haan, Julia Poole, Krista Duffield and Ky-lee Perry finished second in 3:33.39 seconds, also an NCAA 'B' cut.
Top Individual Performances
Anton Ipsen and Andreas Vazaios continued to shine for NC State with Ipsen winning the 500 freestyle in 4:13.19 seconds and Vazaios winning the 200 IM in 1:43.73 seconds. Both times were NCAA 'B' cuts and Ipsen set new meet and pool records.
The Wolfpack swept the 50 freestyle as Ky-lee Perry continued her dominance of the event, winning in the NCAA 'B' standard qualifying time of 22.01 seconds. Justin Ryan Held prevailed on the men's side in 19.06 and was trailed by Justin Ress as he finished in 19.60; both times were NCAA 'B' cuts.
Julia Poole continued to be a rising star for NC State as she finished second in the 200 IM, her time of 1:56.39 seconds was an NCAA 'B' cut.
Diving
James Brady finished third on the one-meter board thanks to his points total of 335.70, and NCAA Zone mark. Harrison Mitchell also advanced to the one-meter final and finished 11th with 278.40 points, as did Holt Gray who finished 13th with 277.05 points. On the women's side, Rachel Burston advanced to the final finishing 14th with 248.75 points.
NC State Event Winners
Women's 200 freestyle relay: Ky-lee Perry, Krista Duffield, Olivia Calegan, Elise Haan- 1:28.52!
Men's 200 freestyle relay: Ryan Held, Justin Ress, Jacob Molacek, Giovanni Izzo- 1:15.83!
Men's 400 medley relay: Coleman Stewart, Jacob Molacek, Ryan Held, Justin Ress- 3:07.04#
Men's 500 freestyle: Anton Ipsen- 4:13.19#
Men's 200 IM: Andreas Vazaios- 1:43.73#
Women's 50 freestyle: Ky-lee Perry- 22.01#
Men's 50 freestyle: Ryan Held- 19.06#
Up Next
The Wolfpack resumes competition on day two of the Ohio State Invitational at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion with prelims beginning at 10:00 A.M. and finals at 6:00 P.M.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio. – The No. 5 men and No. 12 women of the NC State swimming and diving team got off to an impressive start on Thursday at the Ohio State Invitational inside the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, as it currently sits in first on the men's side with 342 points and second on the women's side with 200.5 points.
Trailing the Wolfpack on the men's side is No. 14 Ohio State with 232.5 points and No.17 Notre Dame with 220.5 points; on the women's side No.19 Ohio State is first with 206 points while No. 15 Kentucky have 186 points to sit third.
NC State won seven of the 12 events contested on the first day of competition highlighted by winning three of the four relays.
Quoting the Coaches
Swimming
"Obviously we're here in a great team environment with a bunch of good teams here, we're in a great team battle on both sides," said head coach Braden Holloway. "Some of our goals at this meet are to compete, to learn and to continue our season progression. We want to learn and be better each day and then hopefully pick up some NCAA qualifying times that we feel pretty good about, pick up some provisional qualifying times in relays so we can put more people in position to make the NCAA Championships in March and I felt like we did that today.
It was a pretty slow morning for us and I was a little disappointed in how we came out and I challenged them with energy and setting the tone right out of the gates tonight and we did that. Our relays today were pretty good; our guys have a lot of depth across the board with multiple relays as we wanted to see how good our range could be. With the women, a lot of our relays were quicker than last year with a younger team. I felt pretty confident and felt good about that. We had some really great swims and dives today; James Brady on one-meter was great getting third and had the best meet of the season so far and we also got some people qualified to go to NCAAs. Anton almost had an 'A' cut in the 500 free and between Andreas, Ryan Held, Ky-lee Perry, Elise Haan and probably the big one today was Julia Poole, a freshman, in the 200 IM getting a time that's gone to NCAAs each year so it was a great swim for her and one that got our team pumped up and excited.
Obviously at a meet in November you're going to have a mixed bag; you kind of back off intensity for a few days. Some bodies are going to feel great, some bodies are going to still feel tired, some bodies are going to be changing every day so the big thing is getting up, racing and competing no matter what, never giving up and learning from your experience and making adjustments. Tomorrow morning creates a new challenge for us to come back and be better in the morning than we were today because we did not have a good morning. We'll see what our team brings going into day two."
Diving
"I think today we had an outstanding day on the diving boards," said diving coach Yahya Radman. "On the women's side, Rachel did a really nice job of putting herself in a position to move up; she's still recovering from injury but I think when she's fully healed we are going to have a fierce competitor on our hands ready for ACC's, Zones and hopefully NCAA's. On the men's side it was a real highlight that three of our men were in the top 15 in the contest. Real nice job by James Brady; he's really coming into his own, dominating on one-meter and outdoing a lot of his former teammates from club who dive at other institutions and I think it shows how far he has come in terms of his role on our team but as well as a guy who can really get It done in an event he is not known for."
Wolfpack Relays
NC State swept the 200 freestyle relay and earned a pair of NCAA 'A' cuts; the team of Ky-lee Perry, Krista Duffield, Olivia Calegan and Elise Haan won in 1:28.52 seconds, while 1:15.83 seconds was the winning time for Ryan Held, Justin Ress, Jacob Molacek and Giovanni Izzo. This was also a meet record.
The team of Coleman Stewart, Jacob Molacek, Ryan Held and Justin Ress finished first in the 400 medley relay and earned an NCAA 'B' cut, finishing in 3:07.04 seconds. On the women's side, Elise Haan, Julia Poole, Krista Duffield and Ky-lee Perry finished second in 3:33.39 seconds, also an NCAA 'B' cut.
Top Individual Performances
Anton Ipsen and Andreas Vazaios continued to shine for NC State with Ipsen winning the 500 freestyle in 4:13.19 seconds and Vazaios winning the 200 IM in 1:43.73 seconds. Both times were NCAA 'B' cuts and Ipsen set new meet and pool records.
The Wolfpack swept the 50 freestyle as Ky-lee Perry continued her dominance of the event, winning in the NCAA 'B' standard qualifying time of 22.01 seconds. Justin Ryan Held prevailed on the men's side in 19.06 and was trailed by Justin Ress as he finished in 19.60; both times were NCAA 'B' cuts.
Julia Poole continued to be a rising star for NC State as she finished second in the 200 IM, her time of 1:56.39 seconds was an NCAA 'B' cut.
Diving
James Brady finished third on the one-meter board thanks to his points total of 335.70, and NCAA Zone mark. Harrison Mitchell also advanced to the one-meter final and finished 11th with 278.40 points, as did Holt Gray who finished 13th with 277.05 points. On the women's side, Rachel Burston advanced to the final finishing 14th with 248.75 points.
NC State Event Winners
Women's 200 freestyle relay: Ky-lee Perry, Krista Duffield, Olivia Calegan, Elise Haan- 1:28.52!
Men's 200 freestyle relay: Ryan Held, Justin Ress, Jacob Molacek, Giovanni Izzo- 1:15.83!
Men's 400 medley relay: Coleman Stewart, Jacob Molacek, Ryan Held, Justin Ress- 3:07.04#
Men's 500 freestyle: Anton Ipsen- 4:13.19#
Men's 200 IM: Andreas Vazaios- 1:43.73#
Women's 50 freestyle: Ky-lee Perry- 22.01#
Men's 50 freestyle: Ryan Held- 19.06#
- # denotes NCAA 'B'/Zone cut
- ! denotes NCAA 'A' cut
Up Next
The Wolfpack resumes competition on day two of the Ohio State Invitational at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion with prelims beginning at 10:00 A.M. and finals at 6:00 P.M.
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