North Carolina State University Athletics
Women’s Swimming & Diving Set to Take on #1 Stanford & #7 California
11/2/2017 10:49:00 AM | Swimming
Wolfpack enters road trip ranked No. 13 by CSCAA
Opponent: Stanford
Date: Fri., Nov. 3
Location: Stanford, Calif.
Site: Avery Aquatic Center
Time: 4:00 p.m. (ET)
Watch: Stanford Live Stream
Opponent: California
Date: Sat., Nov. 4
Location: Berkeley, Calif.
Site: Legends Aquatic Center
Time: 12:00 p.m. (ET)
Live Results: Meet Mobile
RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 13 NC State women's swimming & diving team faces its toughest tests of the season in the coming days as it travels west for dual meets against No. 1 Stanford and No. 7 California.
Thoughts from the Wolfpack
"It's an exciting trip for our women's team," articulated head coach Braden Holloway. "To travel to the west coast and go against the best team in the country and another team that's been the best team in the country many times. We have a lot of young women this year; we're a young team and there's no better learning experience than going against Stanford and Cal. Obivously, those programs have great coaching staffs that prepare those teams to win national championships and that's what we're striving to do. If we're going to be getting there, and that's one of our goals, then there's no better way to learn than to compete against them in their element, out of our comfort zone and dealing with adversity. Being on the west coast and also learning how to be outside; obivously the temperature is going to be a little bit different. I'm looking forward to our women just getting up and racing and not being afraid and just going at them and learning some more things about themselves."
Sophomore Ky-lee Perry is also excited for the opportunity to compete against such powerhouse programs.
"I'm very excited going into a two day meet against Cal and Stanford knowing that we only got to compete against them at the NCAA Championships in past years," said. "I think it's a big, but good, change for our team to step up and get on the blocks knowing that we are racing teams that are really fast and diving against girls that are top in the rankings. It gives us a chance to show these teams what we are made of in season and how we stand by each other's side, cheering as loud as we can to motivate the people in the pool and build up that atmosphere we have. I can't wait to see what these two days will bring and how much we will grow from this experience."
Diving coach Yahya Radman is also eager to see how NC State stacks up against the best nation has to offer.
"In order to compete with the best, you have to be put against the best often," he explained. "Stanford and Cal are as good as they get, on the diving side we can definitely hang with Cal and do some damage there. With Stanford, it's going to be a test of whether we're ready for the elite levels or not."
Last time out for NC State
No. 13 NC State defeated No. 18 Wisconsin 202-149 in a dual meet on Oct. 27-28. The Wolfpack were led by senior Hannah Moore who won four events (1000 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 500 freestyle, 400 IM) and a set pool record in the 100 freestyle.
Ky-lee Perry also delivered for the NC; she won the 50 & 100 freestyle while also anchoring the 400 medley relay team that finished first.
Starting Fast
Of the top 16 times in all NCAA Division I individual events, members of the NC State women's swimming & diving team are featured six different times. They include:
New Faces Making an Impact
Some of NC State's newest members have been its most impressive; against Wisconsin Julia Poole's 1:58.99 second finish in the 200 IM won her the event also earned an NCAA 'B' cut while she also won the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:17.85.
Also against the Badgers, Kathleen Moore finished second in the 400 IM to older sister Hannah; her time of 4:18.35 seconds was an NCAA 'B' standard qualifying time. Tamila Holub has also impressed as she finished second in the 1000 freestyle at Wisconsin thanks to her 9:55.06 second finish.
Scouting the Cardinal
Stanford were the 2016-17 NCAA Champions and enter the meet currently ranked No. 1 in the nation by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). They feature both Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel, household names in world swimming.
In their only dual meet of the season against Utah on Oct. 20 they defeated the Utes 143-95. Sophomore Haley Farnsworth swept the diving events, while nine different Stanford swimmers combined to win the nine individual swimming events.
Five Stanford swimmers – Katie Drabot Katie Ledecky, Janet Hu, Brooke Forde and Ella Eastin – led the Pac-12 over Team USA, 326.5-286.5, in the second annual College Swimming Challenge in Los Angeles on Oct. 21-22.
Scouting the Golden Bears
California are currently ranked No. 2 by the CSCAA and were runners-up at the NCAA Championships in 2016-17.
So far, this season they defeated Utah in a dual 186-114 on Oct. 9 and competed against Fresno State, San Diego State, Nevada and San Jose State at the Fresno State Invitational on Oct. 6-7. California finished first at the event.
Kathleen Baker and Abbey Weitzeil represented the Pac-12 in the USA College on Oct. 21-22 and played a significant role in the Pac-12's 326.5-286.5 victory; Baker won both the 100 backstroke and 200 IM, while Weitzeil claimed the 50 free and swam anchor on the victorious 200 mixed medley relay and 400 free relay.
Stay up to date with the latest on NC State swimming and diving:
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Date: Fri., Nov. 3
Location: Stanford, Calif.
Site: Avery Aquatic Center
Time: 4:00 p.m. (ET)
Watch: Stanford Live Stream
Opponent: California
Date: Sat., Nov. 4
Location: Berkeley, Calif.
Site: Legends Aquatic Center
Time: 12:00 p.m. (ET)
Live Results: Meet Mobile
RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 13 NC State women's swimming & diving team faces its toughest tests of the season in the coming days as it travels west for dual meets against No. 1 Stanford and No. 7 California.
Thoughts from the Wolfpack
"It's an exciting trip for our women's team," articulated head coach Braden Holloway. "To travel to the west coast and go against the best team in the country and another team that's been the best team in the country many times. We have a lot of young women this year; we're a young team and there's no better learning experience than going against Stanford and Cal. Obivously, those programs have great coaching staffs that prepare those teams to win national championships and that's what we're striving to do. If we're going to be getting there, and that's one of our goals, then there's no better way to learn than to compete against them in their element, out of our comfort zone and dealing with adversity. Being on the west coast and also learning how to be outside; obivously the temperature is going to be a little bit different. I'm looking forward to our women just getting up and racing and not being afraid and just going at them and learning some more things about themselves."
Sophomore Ky-lee Perry is also excited for the opportunity to compete against such powerhouse programs.
"I'm very excited going into a two day meet against Cal and Stanford knowing that we only got to compete against them at the NCAA Championships in past years," said. "I think it's a big, but good, change for our team to step up and get on the blocks knowing that we are racing teams that are really fast and diving against girls that are top in the rankings. It gives us a chance to show these teams what we are made of in season and how we stand by each other's side, cheering as loud as we can to motivate the people in the pool and build up that atmosphere we have. I can't wait to see what these two days will bring and how much we will grow from this experience."
Diving coach Yahya Radman is also eager to see how NC State stacks up against the best nation has to offer.
"In order to compete with the best, you have to be put against the best often," he explained. "Stanford and Cal are as good as they get, on the diving side we can definitely hang with Cal and do some damage there. With Stanford, it's going to be a test of whether we're ready for the elite levels or not."
Last time out for NC State
No. 13 NC State defeated No. 18 Wisconsin 202-149 in a dual meet on Oct. 27-28. The Wolfpack were led by senior Hannah Moore who won four events (1000 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 500 freestyle, 400 IM) and a set pool record in the 100 freestyle.
Ky-lee Perry also delivered for the NC; she won the 50 & 100 freestyle while also anchoring the 400 medley relay team that finished first.
Starting Fast
Of the top 16 times in all NCAA Division I individual events, members of the NC State women's swimming & diving team are featured six different times. They include:
- Ky-lee Perry: 50 freestyle – 22.47 (No. 8)
- Ky-lee Perry: 100 freestyle – 49.38 (No. 13)
- Hannah Moore: 1000 freestyle – 9:37.67 (No. 3)
- Tamila Holub: 1000 freestyle – 9:54.53 (No. 5)
- Elise Haan: 100 backstroke – 53.47 (No. 14)
- Julia Poole – 200 IM – 1.58.00 (No. 10)
New Faces Making an Impact
Some of NC State's newest members have been its most impressive; against Wisconsin Julia Poole's 1:58.99 second finish in the 200 IM won her the event also earned an NCAA 'B' cut while she also won the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:17.85.
Also against the Badgers, Kathleen Moore finished second in the 400 IM to older sister Hannah; her time of 4:18.35 seconds was an NCAA 'B' standard qualifying time. Tamila Holub has also impressed as she finished second in the 1000 freestyle at Wisconsin thanks to her 9:55.06 second finish.
Scouting the Cardinal
Stanford were the 2016-17 NCAA Champions and enter the meet currently ranked No. 1 in the nation by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). They feature both Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel, household names in world swimming.
In their only dual meet of the season against Utah on Oct. 20 they defeated the Utes 143-95. Sophomore Haley Farnsworth swept the diving events, while nine different Stanford swimmers combined to win the nine individual swimming events.
Five Stanford swimmers – Katie Drabot Katie Ledecky, Janet Hu, Brooke Forde and Ella Eastin – led the Pac-12 over Team USA, 326.5-286.5, in the second annual College Swimming Challenge in Los Angeles on Oct. 21-22.
Scouting the Golden Bears
California are currently ranked No. 2 by the CSCAA and were runners-up at the NCAA Championships in 2016-17.
So far, this season they defeated Utah in a dual 186-114 on Oct. 9 and competed against Fresno State, San Diego State, Nevada and San Jose State at the Fresno State Invitational on Oct. 6-7. California finished first at the event.
Kathleen Baker and Abbey Weitzeil represented the Pac-12 in the USA College on Oct. 21-22 and played a significant role in the Pac-12's 326.5-286.5 victory; Baker won both the 100 backstroke and 200 IM, while Weitzeil claimed the 50 free and swam anchor on the victorious 200 mixed medley relay and 400 free relay.
Stay up to date with the latest on NC State swimming and diving:
Twitter: @packswimdive
Facebook: NC State Swimming and Diving
Instagram: @packswimdive
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