Saturday, January 26
Raleigh, N.C.
10 AM Diving, 11 AM Swimming
NC State
vs
Virginia
Photo by: Allie Fogleman
Record-Breaking Performances Lead Pack to Sweep Over Cavaliers
1/26/2019 3:20:00 PM | Swimming
Wolfpack swimmers set nine pool records, one school record on way to defeating Virginia
January 26, 2019
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's and women's swimming and diving teams made a statement in their final home meet of the 2018-19 season as they swept Virginia Saturday afternoon at the Casey Aquatic Center.
In a pair of top-15 matchups, the Wolfpack came out on top on both sides. The No. 6 Wolfpack women defeated fifth-ranked Virginia, who won the 2018 ACC team title, by a 167-127 score, and the No. 5 NC State men took a 185-100 win over the Cavaliers. With the sweep, both of NC State's squads remained unbeaten in dual action this season, and the Pack has swept the Cavaliers in each of the teams' last two meetings in Raleigh.
The Pack came out in its usual fast form and set new pool records in nine events. Reigning ACC Women's Swimmer of the Week Kylee Alons continued off of last weekend's strong performances by also setting a new program record in the 200-yard butterfly.
QUOTING THE COACHES:
Head coach Braden Holloway
"I thought we performed well today. This is only our second home meet, and our team likes to perform in our own house. Today, knowing that this was only our second home meet, they still have the buzz of wanting to perform here. They have a lot of fight. Our team likes to compete. It doesn't matter who it is. Virginia brought the best out in us. We've been going back and forth with some good competition with them, and our team wanted to get up and go today. We can only control what we do, but it's nice momentum to take us into next weekend's meet with Texas and Arizona. For us, this gives us momentum going into that meet to test ourselves yet again."
Head diving coach Yahya Radman
"Today was a really good day. I respect Virginia very much. I love what Drew (Livingston) has done with that program, and his team really brought a good, competitive edge. A huge shout out to Holt (Gray), who did an awesome job when we needed him. James (Brady) had a very nice outing on the one-meter, and Stewart (Spanbauer) qualified for Zones on both boards, which brings our men's total to all three of them going to Zones. On the women's side, Hailey Fisher also had a really nice meet, which puts our total at three men and three women for Zones. We'll just keep on working."
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Freshman Kylee Alons once again led the Wolfpack women in scoring, boosted by a sweep of the butterfly events on Saturday. Alons took ownership of the top 200-yard butterfly time in program history, winning in 1:57.03 to start her outing. She also picked up a top finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.93.
Eric Knowles dominated the distance races, taking first place in both the 1000-yard and the 500-yard freestyle events. Knowles swam the Pack's fastest 1000-yard freestyle team of the season to pick up the dominating win in 9:02.15, and he went on to place first in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:23.48.
Ky-lee Perry swept the sprint freestyle events for the third dual this season. After resetting her own pool record in the 50-yard freestyle last weekend, Perry yet again bested her own time in the event with a 22.10. She also clocked a pool record of 48.34 in the 100-yard freestyle.
Senior Andreas Vazaios once again picked up multiple individual wins. He led the Pack men to the podium sweep of the 200-yard butterfly, placing first in 1:44.36 as all three of NC State's men finished under the NCAA B cut. Vazaios also won the 200-yard backstroke with a mark of 1:45.66, once again leading the Wolfpack to the podium sweep.
The Pack saw its women set a new pool record in the 100-yard backstroke for the second meet in a row as Elise Haan took the win in 52.86. Freshman Emma Muzzy, whose 100-yard backstroke pool record from last weekend was edged by Haan on Saturday, rewrote her name into the record books, this time in the 200-yard backstroke. She won that event with a pool record of 1:54.38.
Sophie Hansson also added a pool record to the meet in the 100-yard breaststroke (59.77) as she won that event and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:10.53) on Saturday.
NC State's men also swept the podium in the 100-yard backstroke, the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. Coleman Stewart, who entered the meet with the ACC's fastest 100-yard backstroke time, won the event in 46.29. Senior Cobe Garcia earned his first individual event win of the season with a 20.03 50-yard freestyle time, and Justin Ress picked up a win in the 100-yard freestyle in 43.72.
DIVING:
NC State's men swept the one-meter podium at the start of the meet, all tallying NCAA Zone scores. James Brady led the way, taking first with a score of 335.80, and Holt Gray (2nd, 330.60) and Stewart Spanbauer (3rd, 319.15) rounded out the top three.
Gray and Spanbauer also earned podium finishes on the three-meter. Gray picked up a win in that event for the second meet in a row with a score of 372.10, and Spanbauer took second place with a 322.40 mark.
Madeline Kline secured a podium finish for the Wolfpack women on the one-meter board. Kline, who was named ACC Women's Diver of the Week after last weekend's win over UNC-Chapel Hill, tallied a 285.95 mark on the way to placing second.
RELAY HIGHLIGHTS:
The Pack started the meet on fire as both the men's and the women's 200-yard medley relay squads set new pool records in the first swimming events of the meet. Elise Haan, Sophie Hansson, Sirena Rowe and Ky-lee Perry opened the meet with a win in 1:36.83, and Coleman Stewart, Daniel Graber, Nyls Korstanje and Justin Ress followed up with a first-place finish in 1:25.66.
NC State's 400-yard freestyle relay teams, swimming exhibition at the conclusion of the meet, also clocked the fastest times ever swam in the event at the Casey Aquatic Center.
UP NEXT:
NC State will get a preview of the site for the 2019 NCAA Championships as it heads to Austin, Texas for a tri-meet against Texas and Arizona. The meet is set to run Feb. 1-2 at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
MEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 185 – VIRGINIA, 100
TOP FINISHERS:
WOMEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 167 – VIRGINIA, 127
TOP FINISHERS:
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's and women's swimming and diving teams made a statement in their final home meet of the 2018-19 season as they swept Virginia Saturday afternoon at the Casey Aquatic Center.
In a pair of top-15 matchups, the Wolfpack came out on top on both sides. The No. 6 Wolfpack women defeated fifth-ranked Virginia, who won the 2018 ACC team title, by a 167-127 score, and the No. 5 NC State men took a 185-100 win over the Cavaliers. With the sweep, both of NC State's squads remained unbeaten in dual action this season, and the Pack has swept the Cavaliers in each of the teams' last two meetings in Raleigh.
The Pack came out in its usual fast form and set new pool records in nine events. Reigning ACC Women's Swimmer of the Week Kylee Alons continued off of last weekend's strong performances by also setting a new program record in the 200-yard butterfly.
QUOTING THE COACHES:
Head coach Braden Holloway
"I thought we performed well today. This is only our second home meet, and our team likes to perform in our own house. Today, knowing that this was only our second home meet, they still have the buzz of wanting to perform here. They have a lot of fight. Our team likes to compete. It doesn't matter who it is. Virginia brought the best out in us. We've been going back and forth with some good competition with them, and our team wanted to get up and go today. We can only control what we do, but it's nice momentum to take us into next weekend's meet with Texas and Arizona. For us, this gives us momentum going into that meet to test ourselves yet again."
Head diving coach Yahya Radman
"Today was a really good day. I respect Virginia very much. I love what Drew (Livingston) has done with that program, and his team really brought a good, competitive edge. A huge shout out to Holt (Gray), who did an awesome job when we needed him. James (Brady) had a very nice outing on the one-meter, and Stewart (Spanbauer) qualified for Zones on both boards, which brings our men's total to all three of them going to Zones. On the women's side, Hailey Fisher also had a really nice meet, which puts our total at three men and three women for Zones. We'll just keep on working."
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Freshman Kylee Alons once again led the Wolfpack women in scoring, boosted by a sweep of the butterfly events on Saturday. Alons took ownership of the top 200-yard butterfly time in program history, winning in 1:57.03 to start her outing. She also picked up a top finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.93.
Eric Knowles dominated the distance races, taking first place in both the 1000-yard and the 500-yard freestyle events. Knowles swam the Pack's fastest 1000-yard freestyle team of the season to pick up the dominating win in 9:02.15, and he went on to place first in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:23.48.
Ky-lee Perry swept the sprint freestyle events for the third dual this season. After resetting her own pool record in the 50-yard freestyle last weekend, Perry yet again bested her own time in the event with a 22.10. She also clocked a pool record of 48.34 in the 100-yard freestyle.
Senior Andreas Vazaios once again picked up multiple individual wins. He led the Pack men to the podium sweep of the 200-yard butterfly, placing first in 1:44.36 as all three of NC State's men finished under the NCAA B cut. Vazaios also won the 200-yard backstroke with a mark of 1:45.66, once again leading the Wolfpack to the podium sweep.
The Pack saw its women set a new pool record in the 100-yard backstroke for the second meet in a row as Elise Haan took the win in 52.86. Freshman Emma Muzzy, whose 100-yard backstroke pool record from last weekend was edged by Haan on Saturday, rewrote her name into the record books, this time in the 200-yard backstroke. She won that event with a pool record of 1:54.38.
Sophie Hansson also added a pool record to the meet in the 100-yard breaststroke (59.77) as she won that event and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:10.53) on Saturday.
NC State's men also swept the podium in the 100-yard backstroke, the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. Coleman Stewart, who entered the meet with the ACC's fastest 100-yard backstroke time, won the event in 46.29. Senior Cobe Garcia earned his first individual event win of the season with a 20.03 50-yard freestyle time, and Justin Ress picked up a win in the 100-yard freestyle in 43.72.
DIVING:
NC State's men swept the one-meter podium at the start of the meet, all tallying NCAA Zone scores. James Brady led the way, taking first with a score of 335.80, and Holt Gray (2nd, 330.60) and Stewart Spanbauer (3rd, 319.15) rounded out the top three.
Gray and Spanbauer also earned podium finishes on the three-meter. Gray picked up a win in that event for the second meet in a row with a score of 372.10, and Spanbauer took second place with a 322.40 mark.
Madeline Kline secured a podium finish for the Wolfpack women on the one-meter board. Kline, who was named ACC Women's Diver of the Week after last weekend's win over UNC-Chapel Hill, tallied a 285.95 mark on the way to placing second.
RELAY HIGHLIGHTS:
The Pack started the meet on fire as both the men's and the women's 200-yard medley relay squads set new pool records in the first swimming events of the meet. Elise Haan, Sophie Hansson, Sirena Rowe and Ky-lee Perry opened the meet with a win in 1:36.83, and Coleman Stewart, Daniel Graber, Nyls Korstanje and Justin Ress followed up with a first-place finish in 1:25.66.
NC State's 400-yard freestyle relay teams, swimming exhibition at the conclusion of the meet, also clocked the fastest times ever swam in the event at the Casey Aquatic Center.
UP NEXT:
NC State will get a preview of the site for the 2019 NCAA Championships as it heads to Austin, Texas for a tri-meet against Texas and Arizona. The meet is set to run Feb. 1-2 at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
MEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 185 – VIRGINIA, 100
TOP FINISHERS:
- One-meter: James Brady (1st place – 335.80)
- 200 medley relay: Coleman Stewart, Daniel Graber, Nyls Korstanje, Justin Ress (1st place – 1:25.66)
- 1000 freestyle: Eric Knowles (1st place – 9:02.15)
- 200 freestyle: Jacob Molacek (1st place – 1:36.92)
- 100 backstroke: Coleman Stewart (1st place – 46.29)
- 100 breaststroke: Daniel Graber (2nd place – 54.60)
- 200 butterfly: Andreas Vazaios (1st place – 1:44.36)
- 50 freestyle: Cobe Garcia (1st place – 20.03)
- 100 freestyle: Justin Ress (1st place – 43.72)
- Three-meter: Holt Gray (1st place – 372.10)
- 200 backstroke: Andreas Vazaios (1st place -1:45.56)
- 200 breaststroke: Rafal Kusto (2nd place – 1:58.40)
- 500 freestyle: Eric Knowles (1st place – 4:23.48)
- 100 butterfly: Giovanni Izzo (EXH – 47.19)
- 200 individual medley: Jacob Molacek (EXH – 1:47.40)
- 400 freestyle relay: Coleman Stewart, Nyls Korstanje, Giovanni Izzo, Justin Ress (EXH – 2:53.29)
WOMEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 167 – VIRGINIA, 127
TOP FINISHERS:
- Three-meter: Hailey Fisher (3rd place – 263.40)
- 200 medley relay: Elise Haan, Sophie Hansson, Sirena Rowe, Ky-lee Perry (1st place – 1:36.83)
- 1000 freestyle: Anna Jahns (2nd place – 9:51.87)
- 200 freestyle: Julia Poole (2nd place – 1:47.50)
- 100 backstroke: Elise Haan (1st place – 52.86)
- 100 breaststroke: Sophie Hansson (1st place – 59.77)
- 200 butterfly: Kylee Alons (1st place – 1:57.03)
- 50 freestyle: Ky-lee Perry (1st place – 22.10)
- 100 freestyle: Ky-lee Perry (1st place – 48.34)
- One-meter: Madeline Kline (2nd place – 285.95)
- 200 backstroke: Emma Muzzy (1st place – 1:54.38)
- 200 breaststroke: Sophie Hansson (1st place – 2:10.53)
- 500 freestyle: Kate Moore (2nd place – 4:49.51)
- 100 butterfly: Kylee Alons (1st place – 52.93)
- 200 individual medley: Kate Moore (1st place – 1:59.58)
- 400 freestyle relay: Ky-lee Perry, Kylee Alons, Sirena Rowe, Lexie Lupton (EXH – 3:16.34)
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