North Carolina State University Athletics
Stokowski Claims 100 Back Silver at NCAA Championships Meet
3/26/2021 8:50:00 PM | Swimming
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Swimming in his first-ever championship final, Wolfpack sophomore Kacper Stokowski finished as the national runner-up in the 100-yard backstroke on Friday evening.
With one day remaining at the NCAA Championships, the Pack heads into Saturday in eighth place with 120 points.
100 BACKSTROKE:
Stokowski entered Friday having garnered All-America honors with a pair of Wolfpack relays, but the 100-yard backstroke marked his first individual action at the 2021 NCAA Championships. The sophomore swam the fastest time of his collegiate career in the prelims (44.70) and bettered that mark in the championship final (44.37) to take home a silver medal.
That time is good for second in program history, and it marked the Pack's third-straight top-two finish in the event at the NCAA Championships. Alumnus Coleman Stewart claimed gold and then silver in 2018 and 2019, respectively, before Stokowski followed up with his silver in 2021.
200 MEDLEY RELAY:
In the lone relay action of the night, the Pack won heat two of the 200-yard medley relay in 1:23.57 on its way to placing 10th overall. Kacper Stokowski (20.61), Rafal Kusto (23.90), Luke Sobolewski (20.29) and Giovanni Izzo (18.77) combined for the season-best time in the event. The group was honored as honorable mention All-Americans.
200 FREE:
Swimming in the first NCAA individual final of his career, freshman Luke Miller placed 15th overall out of the consolation heat. His prelims time of 1:32.87 was split seconds off his career best, and he went 1:33.31 in the evening session to garner honorable mention All-America honors.
Additional prelim results: Hunter Tapp (28th - 1:34.52), Noah Bowers (35th - 1:35.32)
400 IM:
Prelim results: Michael Moore (18th - 3:44.25), Eric Knowles (23rd - 3:45.31), Erge Gezmis (33rd - 3:51.49)
100 BUTTERFLY:
Prelim results: Noah Henderson (18th - 45.83), Luke Sobolewski (28th - 46.56), Zach Brown (33rd - 46.79)
100 BREASTSTROKE:
Prelim results: Rafal Kusto (36th - 53.38)
UP NEXT:
The Pack men will wrap up their season with a final day of NCAA Championships competition on Saturday. Prelims will start at 10 a.m., the early heats of the 1,650-yard freestyle will be raced beginning at 4:10 p.m. and the finals are set to start at 6 p.m. All of those sessions will be broadcast live on WatchESPN.
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