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NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Championships
Pack Men Set to Begin Action at 2022 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
3/23/2022 9:02:00 AM | Swimming
ATLANTA – Seventeen Pack men swimmers and one Wolfpack diver are set to begin competition at the 2022 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships this week to conclude the 2021-2022 campaign. The meet is set to run Wednesday through Saturday at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Ga.Â
| 2022 NCAA MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
| Date | Wednesday, March 23 – Saturday, March 26, 2022 |
| Times (EST) |
Wednesday: 6 p.m. |
| Event Schedule |
Wednesday: 200 medley relay, 800 free relay |
| Streaming (ESPN3) |
Finals • Broadcast begins at 6 p.m. EST each night Prelims |
| Additional Info | Meet Homepage • Live Stats • Psych Sheet |
MEET NOTEBOOK:
19 Pack men qualified for this year's NCAA Championships event, and all five of NC State's relays also posted times during the season that earned spots at the national meet. The 19 men mark the most that NC State has ever qualified for the national meet. Diver Bayne Bennett is the Wolfpack's first diver to compete at the meet since the 2017-2018 season.
After finishing in eighth place at last year's Championships, the Pack look to improve upon their finish at this year's meet. The highest program finish in program history is fourth place, which the Wolfpack secured in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.Â
A full list of the Pack's NCAA invitees can be found below:
- Bayne Bennett - 1-meter, 3-meter
- Noah Bowers - 200 IM, 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly
- David Curtiss - 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
- Ross Dant - 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 1650 freestyle
- Will Gallant - 500 freestyle, 400 IM, 1650 freestyle
- Aiden Hayes - 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly
- Noah Henderson - 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle
- Sam Hoover - 200 IM, 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle
- Giovanni Izzo - 200 IM, 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle
- Eric Knowles - 500 freestyle, 400 IM, 1650 freestyle
- Nyls Korstanje - 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle
- Rafal Kusto - 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
- Luke Miller - 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle
- Michael Moore - 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 backstroke
- Bartosz Piszczorowicz - 50 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle
- James Plage - 500 freestyle, 400 IM, 1650 freestyle
- Kacper Stokowski - 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
- Hunter Tapp - 50 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke
NATIONAL SUCCESS UNDER HOLLOWAY:
Since Braden Holloway took over as head coach at the start of the 2011-12 season, the Wolfpack has enjoyed unparalleled success in the pool. During the 2010-11 campaign, NC State did not score at the NCAA Championships. Since then, NC State's men have finished a program-best No. 4 at the national meet in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The team won a program-best five events in a single season at the 2018 NCAA Championships.
TOP MARKS:
NC State enters the meet with 13Â individual swims seeded in the top 16 on the official psych sheet and four relays seeded in the top eight in the nation.
Junior Nyls Korstanje enters the meet with the No. 4 time in the nation in the 100-yard butterfly (44.50).
Poland native Kacper Stokowski holds the No. 3 seed in the 100-yard backstroke (44.39). Last year, his 44.37 performance took the national runner-up title.
NC State's deepest events with the highest seeds are the 50 and 500-yard freestyles, where both events have three NC State swimmers in the top 16. In the 50-yard event, David Curtiss holds the fourth seed, Korstanje sits 13th, and Noah Henderson is the 16th seed looking ahead at the event. In the 500-yard freestyle, junior Ross Dant enters the meet as the sixth seed, while teammates James Plage (10th) and Will Gallant (13th) join him in the top 16.
In the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle events, the Pack brings seven men to compete in both events.
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