NC State Wins Three Conference Titles on Night Two of ACC Championships
2/15/2023 9:08:00 PM | Swimming
Greensboro, N.C. — NC State Swimming and Diving picked up a significant amount of points on the second night of the 2023 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships. The Pack men brought home a bronze medal and ACC Championship titles in three events, while the Wolfpack women claimed a bronze medal in the 200-yard freestyle relay.Â
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Women's 200-yard freestyle relay:
The Wolfpack women squad of Katharine Berkoff, Kylee Alons, Annabel Crush, and Abby Arens swam to third place in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Combining effots for a time of 1:26.54 to secure the bronze medal, Berkoff led off going 21.66, Alons swam the second leg (21.31), Crush went third (22.13), and Abby Arens anchored going 21.44.
Men's 200-yard freestyle relay:
Marking the first of three wins for the Pack during the finals session, David Curtiss, Noah Henderson, Luke Miller, and Nyls Korstanje posted a time of 1:15.10 to bring home the gold. With all four men swimming sub-19 second times, Curtiss went 18.99 leading off, Henderson split 18.79, Miller posted a time of 18.77 seconds, and Korstanje brought the squad home with a quick 18.55 anchor split.Â
Women's 500-yard freestyle:
Freshman Emma Hastings earned the No. 6 spot on the NC State record book after dropping five seconds from her previous best time. Her time of 4:41.26 seconds secured sixth place in the field. Yara Hierath (4:43.28) grabbed the top spot of the B final to take 9th place with a lifetime best time and Kay Foley, also earning a best time, finished 10th (4:44.08). Brooke Travis took 14th to round out the field for the Wolfpack women (4:47.16).
Men's 500-yard freestyle:
Finishing with a silver medal in the event at last year's meet, junior James Plage brought home the 2023 ACC title in the event with a time of 4:12.33. Will Gallant was just off of his best time, going 4:13.85 for fourth. Ross Dant finished sixth (4:16.57) and after dropping eight seconds for a best time during prelims, Owen Lloyd finished in eighth place (4:19.75).
Women's 200-yard individual medley:
Dropping .23 of a second from her best time, junior Abby Arens claimed fourth in the 200-yard individual medley (1:54.93). Also setting a personal best time, freshman Kennedy Noble finished sixth (1:55.92), with Grace Sheble right behind her for seventh (1:57.43).
Men's 200-yard individual medley:
Sophomore Arsenio Bustos secured the first conference win of his career, finishing the event in meet record fashion. His time of 1:40.31 seconds marks the second-fastest time in program history by almost two full seconds. Also joining him on the podium, graduate student Giovanni Izzo earned the first NCAA 'A' cut of his career, finishing with a bronze medal for the third-fastest time in program history (1:41.31).
Michael Moore finished the event in sixth place (1:43.71) with Noah Bowers taking eighth (1:44.52). Freshman Kyle Ponsler dropped a second from his previous best time to take 16th (1:45.40).
Women's 50-yard freestyle:
Senior Katharine Berkoff (21.73) and graduate student Kylee Alons (22.09) finished in the fourth and eighth places, respectively. Abbey Webb posted a best time from the C final for 18th (22.50) and Heather MacCausland went 22.63 for 21st.
Men's 50-yard freestyle:
All three men swimming in the championship final, David Curtiss finished fourth (18.99), Nyls Korstanje was right behind him for fifth (19.12), and Noah Henderson went 19.30 for eighth. Aiden Hayes claimed the top spot of the B final (19.09) and Bartosz Piszczorowicz (19.74) finished in 15th.
Women's 1-meter diving:
All posting points for the Pack, Helene Synnott finished in 14th (253.05), Ashton Zuburg scored 247.05 for 17th and Clara Tate finished 20th (238.25).Â
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UP NEXT:
The Pack returns to the pool on Thursday for the third day of competition at the ACC Championships. Prelims are set for a 9:30 a.m. start, with finals beginning at 5:30 p.m. The ACC Network Extra will be live all day.
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