Pack Secure Three Top Eight Finishes on Night Two of NCAA Championships
3/24/2022 9:08:00 PM | Swimming
ATLANTA — The Wolfpack men came away from the second day of this season's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships with multiple All-American and Honorable Mention honors.
On the Pack's first full day of competition, Junior Ross Dant and sophomore James Plage earned individual finals appearance in the 500-yard freestyle, while Nyls Korstanje, Noah Henderson, and David Curtiss returned in the 50-yard freestyle.
200 FREE RELAY:
The Wolfpack relay crew of Noah Henderson, Nyls Korstanje, Kacper Stokowski, and Aiden Hayes went 1:14.69 to take fourth in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Henderson led off with a 19.09 split, while Nyls Korstanje spilt 18.04 for the fastest split in the field. Kacper Stokowski took the third leg (18.66) and freshman Aiden Hayes anchored the squad with a 18.90 split.
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500 FREESTYLE:
Ross Dant clocked in at 4:14.30 for eight place in the 500. The swim makes him a 3x All-American in the event.
In the first NCAA final of his career, James Plage finished 14th in the event with a time of 4:13.82.
Additional prelim results: Will Gallant (19th - 4:12.88), Eric Knowles (33rd - 4:17.77)
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50 FREESTYLE:
Nyls Korstanje came into the Championship final as the eight seed (18.94) and picked up more points for the Pack by moving up to fifth place in the night's final. His time of 18.66 now stands as the second fastest time in program history and is a personal best by .37. Noah Henderson and David Curtiss rounded out the Pack's individual events on the night with their performances in the Consolation Final. Henderson broke the 19 second barrier for the first time of his career (18.80), taking 10th and moving him from No. 9 to No. 5 all-time in program history. Curtiss finished 15th in the first individual NCAA final of his career (19.22).
Additional prelim results: Aiden Hayes (25th - 19.29), Bartosz Piszczorowicz (19.49)
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200 IM:
Sophomore Michael Moore finished the morning in 24th with a new personal best time (1:43.13), moving him up to fourth all-time in program history. Giovanni Izzo put his hand on the wall to take 34th (1:43.93).
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1-METER:
On the 1-meter, Bayne Bennett scored 314.95 points to take 25th place.
UP NEXT:
The Pack men return to action Friday for day three's lineup of events (400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 3-meter, and the 400 medley relay). Prelims will kick off at 10 a.m., with finals set to begin at 6 p.m. All races will be live on ESPN3.
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