Wednesday, March 27
Austin, Texas
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NCAA Men's Championships
Pack Men Take Home 800 Free Relay Silver to Open NCAA Championships
3/27/2019 8:35:00 PM | Swimming
AUSTIN, Texas – NC State's men kicked off their 2019 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships campaign in solid fashion as the 800-yard freestyle relay squad placed second Wednesday night at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
Andreas Vazaios, Coleman Stewart, Jacob Molacek and Justin Ress put together a solid team effort across all four legs on their way to touching the wall in 6:06.63. The time was almost 10 seconds under NC State's seed time and best time of the season, and it marked the fifth season in a row that the Wolfpack has finished inside the top two in the event.
Vazaios led off with a 1:32.22 to put the men in second just behind Harvard after one leg. Stewart then clocked the Pack's fastest leg of the race, a 1:30.61 to give NC State a narrow lead at the halfway point. Swimming the third leg of the relay for the second season in a row, Molacek went 1:31.91 to establish a solid lead, and Ress anchored with a 1:31.89 to close out.
The squad's time was the fastest in the second heat, and that mark held up to rank second overall after the final heat of the evening.
UP NEXT:
The Pack resumes action at the NCAA Championships on Thursday, with prelims scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. EST and finals slated for 7 p.m. EST. The prelims will be streamed on TexasSports.com/Watch, and the evening session will be aired live on ESPN3.
#GoPack | @packswimdive
Andreas Vazaios, Coleman Stewart, Jacob Molacek and Justin Ress put together a solid team effort across all four legs on their way to touching the wall in 6:06.63. The time was almost 10 seconds under NC State's seed time and best time of the season, and it marked the fifth season in a row that the Wolfpack has finished inside the top two in the event.
Vazaios led off with a 1:32.22 to put the men in second just behind Harvard after one leg. Stewart then clocked the Pack's fastest leg of the race, a 1:30.61 to give NC State a narrow lead at the halfway point. Swimming the third leg of the relay for the second season in a row, Molacek went 1:31.91 to establish a solid lead, and Ress anchored with a 1:31.89 to close out.
The squad's time was the fastest in the second heat, and that mark held up to rank second overall after the final heat of the evening.
UP NEXT:
The Pack resumes action at the NCAA Championships on Thursday, with prelims scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. EST and finals slated for 7 p.m. EST. The prelims will be streamed on TexasSports.com/Watch, and the evening session will be aired live on ESPN3.
#GoPack | @packswimdive
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