Wolfpack Opens 2020 With Sweep Over UNC

Friday, January 17

Chapel Hill, N.C.

4:30 PM Diving, 6 PM Swimming

NC State

North Carolina

1/17/2020 9:14:00 PM | Swimming

Results (PDF)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The NC State men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept their first meet of the weekend at UNC on Friday evening. The sweep marked the men's squad's sixth consecutive win over the Tar Heels, and the women's fifth.

The sixth-ranked men captured a 187.5-112.5 victory, while the sixth-ranked women outscored the Tar Heels 182-118. Coleman Stewart and Eric Knowles led the way in scoring for the men, and Katharine Berkoff and Kate Moore posted the most points for the women.

The Wolfpack women swept the podium in three events on the night: 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke and 200 individual medley.

Six individuals brought in multiple individual titles for NC State: Moore, Alons, Berkoff, Julia Poole, Knowles and Stewart.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS: Alons (1:45.91), Poole (1:49.00) and Katie Mack (1:49.85) completed the Wolfpack's 200-yard freestyle sweep. Joining in the event sweep, Berkoff (52.38), Emma Muzzy (53.60) and Danika Huizinga (54.03) finished atop the women's 100-yard backstroke.

Poole (2:01.05), Jessica Horomanski (2:02.40) and Heather MacCausland (2:02.42) finished the sweep in the women's 200-yard individual medley.

The NC State women recorded two B cuts in the 200-yard breaststroke courtesy of Poole (2:13.82) and MacCausland (2:13.97).

Berkoff and Stewart swept the backstroke events on Friday. Berkoff posted a 52.38 in the 100-yard backstroke and a 1:54.28 in the 200-yardbackstroke, while Stewart clocked in at 46.17 and 1:45.31.

Moore finished in 4:49.56 in the women's 500-yard freestyle and in 9:46.16 in the women's 1,000-yard freestyle to take home the titles both freestyle events she competed in.

Competing in the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.80) and 500-yard freestyle (4:23.76), Eric Knowles took home both event titles.

In diving, NC State earned three podium finishes. Madeline Kline took second place on the one-meter board (260.78) and third-place on the three-meter board (285.45). James Brady brought in second-place honors on the three-meter, posting a 369.08.

"Today was a solid outing for the divers, but we still left a lot of points on the board," said head diving coach Yahya Radman. "I'm looking forward to seeing how we can bounce back from this tomorrow morning. A lot of the things that we've been working on have started to bring themselves together just in time for the postseason. Tomorrow is another opportunity to showcase what we've been working on and how far we can take it."

UP NEXT:
The No. 6/6 NC State men's and women's swimming and diving teams close out their home slate on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center against No. 25/20 Duke. Admission is free.

WOMEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 182 – NORTH CAROLINA, 118
TOP FINISHERS:

One-meter: Madeline Kline (2nd place – 260.78)
200 medley relay: Berkoff, Shumate, Rowe, Perry (1st place – 1:38.29)
1,000 freestyle: Kate Moore (1st place – 9:46.16)
200 freestyle: Kylee Alons (1st place – 1:45.91)
100 backstroke: Katharine Berkoff (1st place – 52.38)
100 breaststroke: Heather MacCausland (2nd place – 1:01.71)
200 butterfly: Makayla Sargent (3^rd place – 1:58.86)
50 freestyle: Ky-Lee Perry (1^st place – 22.61)
100 freestyle: Kylee Alons (1st place – 48.78)
Three-meter: Madeline Kline (3rd place – 285.45)
200 backstroke: Katharine Berkoff (1st place – 1:54.28)
200 breaststroke: Julia Poole (1st place – 2:13.82)
500 freestyle: Kate Moore (1st place – 4:49.56)
100 butterfly: Sirena Rowe (2^nd place – 55.35)
200 IM: Julia Poole (1st place – 2:01.05)
400 freestyle relay: Berkoff, Perry, Rowe, Baka (2^nd – 3:18.89)

MEN'S SCORE: NC STATE, 187.5 – NORTH CAROLINA, 112.5
TOP FINISHERS:

Three-meter: James Brady (2nd place – 369.08)
200 medley relay: Stewart, Kusto, Sobolewski, McGlaughlin (1st place – 1:26.85)
1,000 freestyle: Ross Dant (1st place – 8:58.73)
200 freestyle: Eric Knowles (1st place – 1:37.80)
100 backstroke: Coleman Stewart (1st place – 46.17)
100 breaststroke: Rafal Kusto (3rd place – 55.52)
200 butterfly: Zach Brown (1st place – 1:47.23)
50 freestyle: Noah Henderson (1st place – 20.56)
100 freestyle: Hunter Tapp (1st place – 44.59)
One-meter: Bayne Bennett (3^rd place – 296.18)
200 backstroke: Coleman Stewart (1st place – 1:45.31)
200 breaststroke: Rafal Kusto (2nd place – 2:00.61)
500 freestyle: Eric Knowles (1st place – 4:23.76)
100 butterfly: Luke Sobolewski (1st place – 48.18)
200 IM: Rafal Kusto (1st place – 1:52.67)
400 freestyle relay: Tapp, Stewart, Henderson, McGlaughlin (1^st place - 2:57.42)