Friday, October 25
Raleigh, N.C.
3 PM Diving, 4 PM Swimming
NC State
vs
South Carolina
Wolfpack Opens 2019-20 Campaign with Sweep Over South Carolina
10/25/2019 8:30:00 PM | Swimming
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's and women's swimming and diving teams kicked off the 2019-20 season by cruising to a sweep over the visiting South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday evening.
Swimming at home at the Casey Aquatic Center, the seventh-ranked Wolfpack women outscored South Carolina 197-100 in their first dual meet of the season. The No. 3 Pack men took a 194-104 season-opening victory.
Between the two squads, NC State posted the best times/highest scores in 26 of the 32 events contested. The Wolfpack swept the podium a total of 11 times on Friday night, as both teams will start the season with 1-0 records in head-to-head matchups.
MEET HIGHLIGHTS:
Two members of the Pack took home victories in all three events of the triples that they swam.
Sophomore Kylee Alons won the 100-yard backstroke (53.02), 100-yard freestyle (49.31) and 100-yard butterfly (54.14). She posted NCAA B cuts in the former two events on her way to leading the Wolfpack women in scoring at the meet.
Coleman Stewart also picked up three wins in the season debut. The senior captain, who entered the season as the nation's top returner in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly, placed first in both of those events in 46.59 and 47.79, respectively. He added a win in the 100-yard freestyle (44.32) to round out his day.
Sophie Hansson was another member of the NC State roster to win multiple individual events as she swept the breaststroke titles. Her times in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.65) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:11.78) were both under NCAA provisional standards for the events.
NC State's distance crew stayed true to its usual form in Friday night's meet. The Wolfpack swept the 500-yard freestyle podium on both the men's and women's sides, and the Pack men also went 1-2-3 in the 1,000-yard freestyle.
Kate Moore (4:10.50) and Makayla Sargent (4:13.51) got their seasons off to fast starts in the 400-yard individual medley, with Moore taking home the victory in the event. Both of their marks were NCAA B cuts to kick off their 2019-20 campaigns, and Moore's mark currently ranks second in the nation this season.
Nyls Korstanje also managed to drop a solid time in the 50-yard freestyle. His 19.84 ranks third in the nation in the early stages of the year.
Madeline Kline kicked off the meet against South Carolina with a win on one-meter. She posted a 256.95 to take home first place in the event. James Brady also impressed with a pair of second-place finishes, with his one-meter score (330.98) qualifying him for NCAA Zones.
The teams' newcomers also impressed in their first meet as members of the Wolfpack. Ross Dant won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:03.08, and Hunter Tapp took home the 200-yard freestyle victory (1:37.69) in his first collegiate race. In total, NC State saw its freshmen finish in the top three 12 times over the course of the meet.
UP NEXT:
NC State will head to Lexington, Ky., from Nov. 7-8 for a quad meet against Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas.
WOMEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 197 – SOUTH CAROLINA, 100
TOP FINISHERS:
MEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 194 – SOUTH CAROLINA, 104
TOP FINISHERS:
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Swimming at home at the Casey Aquatic Center, the seventh-ranked Wolfpack women outscored South Carolina 197-100 in their first dual meet of the season. The No. 3 Pack men took a 194-104 season-opening victory.
Between the two squads, NC State posted the best times/highest scores in 26 of the 32 events contested. The Wolfpack swept the podium a total of 11 times on Friday night, as both teams will start the season with 1-0 records in head-to-head matchups.
MEET HIGHLIGHTS:
Two members of the Pack took home victories in all three events of the triples that they swam.
Sophomore Kylee Alons won the 100-yard backstroke (53.02), 100-yard freestyle (49.31) and 100-yard butterfly (54.14). She posted NCAA B cuts in the former two events on her way to leading the Wolfpack women in scoring at the meet.
Coleman Stewart also picked up three wins in the season debut. The senior captain, who entered the season as the nation's top returner in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly, placed first in both of those events in 46.59 and 47.79, respectively. He added a win in the 100-yard freestyle (44.32) to round out his day.
Sophie Hansson was another member of the NC State roster to win multiple individual events as she swept the breaststroke titles. Her times in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.65) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:11.78) were both under NCAA provisional standards for the events.
NC State's distance crew stayed true to its usual form in Friday night's meet. The Wolfpack swept the 500-yard freestyle podium on both the men's and women's sides, and the Pack men also went 1-2-3 in the 1,000-yard freestyle.
Kate Moore (4:10.50) and Makayla Sargent (4:13.51) got their seasons off to fast starts in the 400-yard individual medley, with Moore taking home the victory in the event. Both of their marks were NCAA B cuts to kick off their 2019-20 campaigns, and Moore's mark currently ranks second in the nation this season.
Nyls Korstanje also managed to drop a solid time in the 50-yard freestyle. His 19.84 ranks third in the nation in the early stages of the year.
Madeline Kline kicked off the meet against South Carolina with a win on one-meter. She posted a 256.95 to take home first place in the event. James Brady also impressed with a pair of second-place finishes, with his one-meter score (330.98) qualifying him for NCAA Zones.
The teams' newcomers also impressed in their first meet as members of the Wolfpack. Ross Dant won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:03.08, and Hunter Tapp took home the 200-yard freestyle victory (1:37.69) in his first collegiate race. In total, NC State saw its freshmen finish in the top three 12 times over the course of the meet.
UP NEXT:
NC State will head to Lexington, Ky., from Nov. 7-8 for a quad meet against Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas.
WOMEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 197 – SOUTH CAROLINA, 100
TOP FINISHERS:
- One-meter: Madeline Kline (1st place – 256.95)
- 200 medley relay: Berkoff, Hansson, Rowe, Alons (1st place – 1:37.76)
- 1,000 freestyle: Mackenzie Glover (1st place – 10:07.68)
- 200 freestyle: Julia Poole (1st place – 1:48.34)
- 100 backstroke: Kylee Alons (1st place – 53.02)
- 100 breaststroke: Sophie Hansson (1st place – 1:00.65)
- 200 butterfly: Makayla Sargent (1st place – 1:58.78
- 50 freestyle: Vasiliki Baka (2nd place – 23.72)
- 100 freestyle: Kylee Alons (1st place – 49.31)
- Three-meter: Madeline Kline (3rd place – 247.80)
- 200 backstroke: Emma Muzzy (1st place – 1:55.33)
- 200 breaststroke: Sophie Hansson (1st place – 2:11.78)
- 500 freestyle: Maddie Morello (1st place – 4:57.58)
- 100 butterfly: Kylee Alons (1st place – 54.14)
- 400 IM: Kate Moore (1st place – 4:10.50)
- 400 freestyle relay: Hansson, Calegan, Poole, Baka (EXH – 3:22.75)
MEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 194 – SOUTH CAROLINA, 104
TOP FINISHERS:
- Three-meter: James Brady (2nd place – 310.50)
- 200 medley relay: Hensley, Kusto, Sobolewski, Rice (1st place – 1:28.58)
- 1,000 freestyle: Ross Dant (1st place – 9:03.08)
- 200 freestyle: Hunter Tapp (1st place – 1:37.69)
- 100 backstroke: Coleman Stewart (1st place – 46.59)
- 100 breaststroke: Rafal Kusto (2nd place – 55.93)
- 200 butterfly: Zach Brown (1st place – 1:47.85)
- 50 freestyle: Nyls Korstanje (1st place – 19.84)
- 100 freestyle: Coleman Stewart (1st place – 44.32)
- One-meter: James Brady (2nd place – 330.98)
- 200 backstroke: Jacob Johnson (1st place – 1:46.69)
- 200 breaststroke: Rafal Kusto (2nd place – 2:01.67)
- 500 freestyle: Curtis Wiltsey (1st place – 4:29.48)
- 100 butterfly: Coleman Stewart (1st place – 47.79)
- 400 IM: Eric Knowles (1st place – 3:55.25)
- 400 freestyle relay: Korstanje, Stewart, Hensley, McGlaughlin (EXH – 2:58.22)
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