Pack Claims Two Conference Titles, One Silver, Two Bronze Medals on Night One of ACC Championships
2/14/2023 7:50:00 PM | Swimming
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The NC State Wolfpack began the 2023 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships Tuesday with top three finishes in five events. The Pack men claimed Champion status in both relays and picked up another medal on the men's 1-meter with Renato Calderaro's third place finish. The Wolfpack women brought home medals in both relays, finishing second in the 200-yard medley relay and third in the 800-yard freestyle relay.
Women's 200-yard medley relay:
To open the swimming portion of the meet, Katharine Berkoff (23.22), Heather MacCausland (26.40), Kylee Alons (21.99), and Abby Arens (21.41) teamed up for the Wolfpack's first podium finish of the week. Finishing with a time of 1:33.02, the team swam the second-fastest time in NC State history.
Men's 200-yard medley relay:
The quartet of Kacper Stokowski, Mason Hunter, Nyls Korstanje, and David Curtiss combined efforts to secure the team's first ACC Championship title of 2023. Stokowski led off going 20.70 on the backstroke leg, Hunter split a 23.07 breaststroke leg, Korstanje went 18.72 swimming butterfly, and David Curtiss brought the team home going 18.76.
Women's 3-meter:
All diving in prelims, Helene Synnott, Clara Tate, and Ashton Zuburg competed on the 3-meter springboard. Synnott scored 285.05 points, finishing in 11th place, with Tate finishing 17th (268.25) and Zuburg in 20th (261.90).
Women's 800-yard freestyle relay:
Leading off for the squad, Abbey Webb set the pace by setting a school record in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.12). In her first conference championship meet, freshman Katherine Helms swam the second leg going 1:45.62. Sarah Watson swam third (1:45.41) and Annabel Crush (1:44.07) brought the team home for the third place finish (6:59.22).
Men's 800-yard freestyle relay:
Coming back to win by less than a second, the quartet of Noah Bowers, Bartosz Piszczorowicz, Luke Miller, and Hunter Tapp second the second ACC Championship title of the night going 6:10.65. Bowers led off going 1:34.46 followed by Piszczorowicz (1:31.98). Miller went 1:31.65 on the third leg with Tapp (1:32.56) securing the win.
Men's 1-meter:
Coming into finals as the seventh seed, freshman Renato Calderaro moved up four spots to claim a bronze medal on the 1-meter springboard. His 348.20 points mark a new personal best. Bayne Bennett finished in fifth place with 357.10 points and Patrick O'Brien narrowly missed qualifying for the final finishing in 11th place (306.00).
Up next:
NC State will continue action at the ACC Championships on Wednesday, with prelims scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and finals at 5:30 p.m. The entire day of action can be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.
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