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NC State Sweeps Virginia Tech on Senior Day
1/30/2021 1:44:00 PM | Swimming
RALEIGH – For the second year in a row, the NC State swimming and diving teams ended the regular season with a sweep over the Hokies as both squads defeated Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon.
The No. 6 Wolfpack women defeated the 14th-ranked Hokies 168-126, and the No. 6 Pack men wrapped up the outing with a 164-136 victory over No. 15 Virginia Tech. With the win, the men's squad finished the year with a perfect record in invitational and dual meet action.
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Multiple Wolfpack seniors picked up top finishes in their final home meet of the 2020-21 campaign.
Jacob Johnson finished a body length over the rest of the field in the 200-yard backstroke to take home the top finish. He touched at 1:43.88, just over a second off of the best time of his career.
Julia Poole added a victory in the 200-yard freestyle with a winning time of 1:49.21, and fellow seniors Victoria Fonville (22.95) and Sirena Rowe (23.04) went 1-2 in the 50-yard freestyle for the Wolfpack women.
Junior Kylee Alons continued her unbeaten streak with the fastest times in all three of her individual events. She kicked off her outing with the 100-yard backstroke victory (53.61) and also took first in the 100-yard freestyle (49.74). Alons also posted the fastest time of the day (2:00.15) in her first 200-yard individual medley race of the season, a race that she exhibitioned.
Ross Dant led the way for 1-2-3 sweeps for the Pack men in both distance free events, with his winning times of 9:05.74 in the 1,000-yard freestyle and 4:23.23 in the 500-yard freestyle.
Freshman Megan Pulley also impressed, with her winning 200-yard butterfly time of 1:59.46 checking in for a top finish and her fastest mark of the season. She also cracked the NC State all-time top-10 list, checking in at ninth in program history. Pulley also went on to win the 100-yard butterfly in 54.75.
NC State's divers kicked off weekend action on Friday night against the Hokies. In the final home meet of her career, senior Rachel Burston placed second on one-meter with a season-best score of 251.33. Helene Synnott made her season debut and joined her in the top three with a 239.40. Synnott also picked up a second-place finish on three-meter with an NCAA Zones cut of 290.33.
Bayne Bennett led the way for the Pack men on the boards, with his second-place one-meter score of 303.53 also checking in for a Zones cut. Patrick O'Brien also added a top-three finish on three-meter with a score of 301.50.
RELAY HIGHLIGHTS:
The Wolfpack women opened the meet by claiming the top two times in the 200-yard medley relay. Kylee Alons (24.56), Olivia Calegan (28.35), Sirena Rowe (23.72) and Heather Maccausland (22.47) went 1:39.10 for the win, followed closely by Katharine Berkoff (24.64), Andrea Podmanikova (28.63), Abby Arens (24.32) and Victoria Fonville (22.24) in 1:39.83.
On the men's side of the medley relay, the Pack posting a winning time with Kacper Stokowski (22.06), Rafal Kusto (24.16), Luke Sobolewski (20.90) and Giovanni Izzo (19.76) going 1:26.88 for the victory.
NC State rounded out the meet with a pair of victories in the 200-yard freestyle relays. The women put together a winning time of 1:30.62 with Katharine Berkoff (23.28), Sirena Rowe (22.12), Victoria Fonville (22.27) and Sophie Hansson (22.95), and the men won in 1:19.57 with Kacper Stokowski (20.55), Hunter Tapp (19.65), Noah Henderson (19.60), and Giovanni Izzo (19.77).
UP NEXT:
The Pack will begin preparation for the 2021 ACC Swimming and Diving Championship meets, which will once again be contested at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. The women's championship will take place Feb. 17-20, with the men competing the following week from Feb. 24-27.
WOMEN'S TOP MARKS:
- 200 medley relay: Alons, Calegan, Rowe, Maccausland (1st - 1:39.10)
- 1000 freestyle: Yara Hierath (3rd - 10:00.00)
- Three-meter dive: Helene Synnott (2nd - 290.33)
- 200 freestyle: Julia Poole (1st - 1:49.21)
- 100 backstroke: Kylee Alons (1st - 53.61)
- 100 breaststroke: Sophie Hansson (1st - 1:01.30)
- 200 butterfly: Megan Pulley (1st - 1:59.46)
- 50 freestyle: Victoria Fonville (1st - 22.95)
- One-meter dive: Rachel Buston (2nd - 251.33)
- 100 freestyle: Kylee Alons (1st - 49.74)
- 200 backstroke: Emma Muzzy (1st - 1:54.49)
- 200 breaststroke: Abby Arens (1st - 2:12.96)
- 500 freestyle: Yara Hierath (3rd - 4:58.18)
- 100 butterfly: Megan Pulley (1st - 54.75)
- 200 IM: Kylee Alons (EXH - 2:00.15)
- 200 freestyle relay: Berkoff, Rowe, Fonville, Hansson (1st - 1:30.62)
MEN'S TOP MARKS:
- 200 medley relay: Stokowski, Kusto, Sobolewski, Izzo (1st - 1:26.88)
- 1000 freestyle: Ross Dant (1st - 9:05.74)
- One-meter dive: Bayne Bennett (2nd - 303.53)
- 200 freestyle: Luke Miller (2nd - 1:36.03)
- 100 backstroke: Kacper Stokowski (1st - 47.50)
- 100 breaststroke: Rafal Kusto (1st - 54.56)
- 200 butterfly: Zach Brown (2nd - 1:45.07)
- 50 freestyle: Noah Henderson (1st - 20.11)
- Three-meter dive: Patrick O'Brien (3rd - 301.50)
- 100 freestyle: Luke Miller (2nd - 44.22)
- 200 backstroke: Jacob Johnson (1st - 1:43.88)
- 200 breaststroke: Rafal Kusto (2nd - 1:59.96)
- 500 freestyle: Ross Dant (1st - 4:23.23)
- 100 butterfly: Noah Henderson (2nd - 47.30)
- 200 IM: Eric Knowles (2nd - 1:47.97)
- 200 freestyle relay: Stokowski, Tapp, Henderson, Izzo (1st - 1:19.57)
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