Wolfpack Adds Six Medals to Tally on Day Three of ACC Championships

Wolfpack Adds Six Medals to Tally on Day Three of ACC Championships

2/17/2022 11:15:00 PM | Swimming

ATLANTA, GA. – The NC State men's and women's swimming and diving teams put up a strong effort during Thursday's Finals session, bringing home six medals and having sixteen A Final performances.

Headed into day four of five, the Wolfpack women sit in second place with 690 points behind No. 1 Virginia's 790.5 total points. The Pack men hold an easy lead over Louisville with their 843.5 points to the Cardinals' 634.5

200 MEDLEY RELAY:

The NC State women continued their silver medal relay streak with their 1:33.25 performance in the 200-yard medley relay. Katharine Berkoff took things out faster than she's ever gone before (23.10), and Sophie Hansson (26.13), Abby Arens (23.00), and Kylee Alons (21.02) all put up some quick times to lead to the 2nd fastest time in program history.

On the men's side, the Pack relay team of Kacper Stokowski, Rafal Kusto, Nyls Korstanje, and David Curtiss suffered an unfortunate disqualification but if the time were legal, it would stand as the fastest time in program history (1:21.88).

400 IM:

The Wolfpack women were led by freshman Grace Sheble's third place performance in the 400-yard IM (4:05.61), which is now No. 3 all-time at NC State behind teammates Kate Moore and Emma Muzzy. Kate Moore dropped three seconds from her morning swim touching in fourth place with a time of 4:06.66 seconds. Both of these times are fast enough to be invited to NCAA Championships, when compared to last year's invitations.

Caroline Sheble (4:13.05) raced all the way to the wall in the B Final, finishing 11th and out-touching the 12th place finisher by .79 of a second. The time adds her to NC State's top 10 all-time in the event. Brooke Travis rounded out the heat for the Pack with her 14th place finish (4:15.69).

On the men's side, Michael Moore fought to the finish, earning a bronze medal with his time of 3:43.47. Eric Knowles was right behind him to finish 4th (3:43.48). Will Gallant (3:47.97) and James Plage (3:48.52) threw down some fast times to earn points for the Pack from the B Final.

100 BUTTERFLY:

Senior Kylee Alons put her hands on the wall second, earning a silver medal with her time of 50.82, just off of her own program record. Standout sophomore Abby Arens contributed 25 points to the Wolfpack women's tally by finishing in fifth place (51.62), moving to No. 2 all-time in program history.

Nyls Korstanje (44.82), Noah Henderson (45.57), and freshman Aiden Hayes (45.79) all represented the Pack in the A Final of the 100-yard butterfly, finishing fourth, fifth, and seventh, respectively.

200 FREESTYLE:

Freshman Annabel Crush qualified for the first A Final of her career in the 200-yard freestyle and contributed a time of 1:44.99, cracking the 1:45.00 barrier for the first time. Abbey Webb was just five one-hundredths of a second behind, finishing seventh (1:45.04).

The Pack men capped off the evening by proving their dominance in the 200-yard freestyle. The A Final saw five members of the Pack, led by Luke Miller's first individual ACC Championship title (1:32.46). Hunter Tapp joined Miller on the podium with his second place finish (1:32.72) and Noah Bowers (4th, 1:32.97), Sam Hoover (5th, 1:33.13), and Bartosz Piszczorowicz (1:33.51) picked up 74 more points for the Pack men's total.

DIVING:

The Wolfpack women's diving trio of freshman Ashton Zuburg, sophomore Clara Tate, and junior Helene Synnott competed in the women's 3-meter during the afternoon prelims session. Zuburg put up 276.25 points, Synnott contributed 274.35, and Tate added 239.15 points. All three ladies will be back in competition on Saturday for the women's platform event.

UP NEXT:

The Wolfpack men and women return to competition in the morning, with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. and finals starting at 6 p.m. The ACC Network Extra is set to cover both sessions.

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