Wolfpack Sweeps Volunteers in Weekend Dual

Knoxville, Tenn. — The NC State Wolfpack wrapped up the first meet of the 2022-23 regular season with a pair of wins over the Tennessee Volunteers. The Wolfpack women defeated the Lady Vols 207.5-140.5, with the Pack men outscoring the Volunteers 198-155.

The session was highlighted by two podium sweeps on the women's side, as well as the diving duo of Helene Synnott and Ashton Zuburg finishing first and second on the 1-meter board.

SATURDAY EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:

200 medley relay

The Wolfpack women squad of Katharine Berkoff, Andrea Podmanikova, Kylee Alons, and Abby Arens kicked off the morning with a 1:38.11 performance to grab the top spot in the first event of the day.
On the men's side, NC State's A relay (Kacper Stokowski, Giovanni Izzo, Nyls Korstanje, and David Curtiss) went 1:25.44 for the top time in the field before the announcement of a disqualification. The DQ moved the B relay team of Aiden Hayes, Mason Hunter, Luke Miller, and Quintin McCarty (1:26.04) up to first place, with the C relay finishing fourth with a time of 1:30.94 (Zachary Cram, Collin McKenzie, Arsenio Bustos, and Ryan Weaver).

200 freestyle

The women's 200-yard freestyle was highlighted by junior Abbey Webb's top time of the morning (1:47.05). Freshman Katherine Helms (1:49.36) finished third, Annabel Crush (1:50.27) finished fourth, and Tamryn van Selm (1:50.72) rounded out the field in sixth.
The Pack men went 1-3-5-6 in the 200-yard freestyle with rookie Michael Cotter leading the way (1:36.47). Noah Bowers (third - 1:37.47), Bartosz Piszczorowicz (fifth - 1:38.30), and Sam Hoover (sixth - 1:38.62) completed the heat for the Wolfpack.

400 IM

Sophomore Grace Sheble secured the top spot for the Wolfpack women in the 400-yard individual medley (4:19.05). Yara Hierath was right behind her for second place (4:21.82) and Caroline Sheble (4:25.54) and freshman Grace Monahan (4:28.46) finished in fourth and fifth places, respectively.
For the men, freshman Kyle Ponsler went 3:53.13 for second in the field, just two seconds off of the NCAA B standard time of 3:51. 31. Conall Monahan (3:54.04) and Lance Norris (3:58.59) were following closely, finishing in third and fourth.

1-meter diving (women)

Helene Synnott secured the first win of her career with her 284.03 performance on the 1-meter board. Sophomore Ashton Zuburg's 279.90 points put her in second place to secure the 1-2 finish for the Wolfpack women. Ren Watt finished ninth (214.05).

100 butterfly

The Wolfpack women swept the 100-yard butterfly led by Kylee Alons' first place finishing time of 52.53 seconds. Abby Arens was behind her for second (53.71) and Sarah Watson secured third (54.47). Freshman Lauren Malinowski went 55.76 for seventh.
Nyls Korstanje went 46.39 to take the 100-yard butterfly. Luke Miller went 46.62 for second, Aiden Hayes placed fourth (47.83) and Noah Bowers went 48.22 for fifth.

100 backstroke

The current American Record holder in the event, Katharine Berkoff brought home the win (52.45), followed by freshman Kennedy Noble (53.29) for second. Meghan Donald went 54.33 (fourth) and Emma Muzzy finished fifth (54.59).
On the men's side, reigning national champion Kacper Stokowski put his hand on the wall for first (46.13) with freshman Quintin McCarty securing second (47.23). JT Ewing (fourth - 48.52) and Zachary Cram (fifth - 49.14) rounded out the field.

500 freestyle

The Wolfpack women distance crew went claimed the top three spots in the 500-yard freestyle. Brooke Travis went 4:51.50 to claim first with Annabel Crush earning second (4:54.26). Freshman Tamryn van Selm took third (4:54.42) with Emma Hastings finishing sixth (4:56.66).
Will Gallant led the men with his second place finishing time (4:25.48). Ross Dant was just .02 behind (4:25.50) for second and James Plage (fourth - 4:26.79) and Michael Cotter (sixth - 4:30.65) also competed in the event.

3-meter diving (men)

Bayne Bennett (341.18), Spencer Bloom (327.53), and Renato Calderaro (321.98) went 5-6-7 on the 3-meter board.

100 breaststroke

NC State women proved their breaststroke depth in the event with Andrea Podmanikova posting the fastest time (1:00.45) followed by Heather MacCausland (1:01.07)., Aubree Brouwer (1:02.13), and Kaylee Hamblin (1:02.67).
Giovanni Izzo (fourth - 55.07), Mason Hunter (sixth - 55.50), Arsenio Bustos (seventh - 56.20), and Collin McKenzie (eighth - 56.24) contributed to the event.

400 freestyle relay

All four NC State relays on the women's side competed as exhibition, with the A relay posting the fastest time of the event (3:20.37 - Webb, Arens, Alons, Berkoff).
The Pack men's A relay (Curtiss, Miller, Hoover, and Stokowski) went 2:53.76 for second. The team's B, C, and D relays placed third, fourth, and seventh.

FRIDAY EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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The NC State Wolfpack returns home on Friday to face the Kentucky Wildcats at 5 p.m. in Raleigh. Admission is free, so let's pack the house, Wolfpack Nation!

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Abby Arens

Bayne Bennett

Katharine Berkoff

Spencer Bloom

Noah Bowers

Aubree Brouwer

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Renato Calderaro

Michael Cotter

Zachary Cram

Annabel Crush

David Curtiss

Ross Dant

Meghan Donald

JT Ewing

Will Gallant

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Aiden Hayes

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Yara Hierath

Sam Hoover

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Kennedy Noble

Lance Norris

Bartosz Piszczorowicz

James Plage

Andrea Podmanikova

Kyle Ponsler

Caroline Sheble

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