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Pack Men Win Third Straight Conference Title, Women Finish Third at ACCs
2/24/2024 10:19:00 PM | Swimming
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The NC State men's swimming and diving team is coming home with its third consecutive and 33rd overall ACC team title after another dominant performance at the Greensboro Aquatic Center the last five days.
The Wolfpack men put up 1499.5 points as a team in the championship victory, winning by 461 points over second place Notre Dame (1038.5). The squad has now won the team title in nine of the last 10 seasons.
The Wolfpack women finished in third place, picking up 1106 points. NC State finished behind only defending national champion Virginia and Louisville.
The Pack returns to Raleigh with a total of 10 event titles from across five days of competition – eight first-place finishes by the men and two by the women. NC State earned a total of 23 men's medals and 14 women's medals at the conference meet.
GOLD:
- M 1,650 Freestyle – Ross Dant (14:39.34)
- W 100 Backstroke – Katharine Berkoff (48.70)
- M 100 Backstroke – Kacper Stokowski (44.36)
- M 200 Butterfly – Noah Bowers (1:39.65)
- W Platform – Bayleigh Cranford (313.80)
- M 400 IM – Kyle Ponsler (3:41.18)
- M 200 IM – Arsenio Bustos (1:40.75)
- M 400 Medley Relay – Stokowski, Hoover, Miller, McCarty (3:02.20)
- M 200 Medley Relay – Hayes, Hoover, Miller, McCarty (1:21.86)
- M 200 Freestyle Relay – McCarty, Salls, Henderson, Miller (1:14.44)
SILVER:
- M 100 Freestyle – Luke Miller (41.50)
- M 200 Backstroke – Daniel Diehl (1:39.30)
- W 200 Backstroke – Kennedy Noble (1:50.95)
- W 100 Backstroke – Kennedy Noble (50.92)
- W 100 Breaststroke – Abby Arens (58.74)
- M 200 Butterfly – Aiden Hayes (1:41.86)
- M 100 Butterfly – Aiden Hayes (44.41)
- W 400 IM – Grace Sheble (4:09.51)
- M 500 Freestyle – James Plage (4:14.72)
- W 400 Medley Relay – Berkoff, Arens, Noble, Sheehan (3:28.23)
- M 800 Freestyle Relay – Diehl, Bowers, Fox, Bustos (6:10.22)
- W 200 Medley Relay – Noble, Arens, Sheehan, Berkoff (1:34.22)
- M 400 Yard Free Relay - Miller, Williams, Hoover, McCarty (2:46.22)
BRONZE:
- M 200 Breaststroke – Arsenio Bustos (1:51.53)
- W 100 Freestyle – Katharine Berkoff (46.81)
- M 200 Backstroke – Kacper Stokowski (1:40.67)
- M 1,650 Freestyle – James Plage (14:47.41)
- W 1,650 Freestyle – Emma Hastings (16:09.26)
- M 100 Backstroke – Hudson Williams (45.28)
- M 200 Freestyle – Daniel Diehl (1:32.72)
- W 100 Butterfly – Abby Arens (50.72)
- M 100 Butterfly – Luke Miller (44.62)
- M 400 IM – Owen Lloyd (3:43.18)
- M 500 Freestyle – Owen Lloyd (4:14.87)
- W 50 Freestyle – Katharine Berkoff (21.23)
- W 200 Freestyle Relay – Berkoff, Arens, Donald, Sheehan (1:26.24)
- W 800 Freestyle Relay – Crush, Noble, Helms, Cotter (7:04.16)
- W 400 Yard Free Relay - Berkoff, Arens, Noble, Crush (3:12.40)
NIGHT FIVE HIGHLIGHTS:
The distance freestyle events opened the session as all of NC State's competitors on both the men's and women's sides were seeded in the fastest heat of the 1,650. The Pack men entered the finals session with a stacked slate, also having four A finalists in both the 200-yard backstroke and the 100-yard freestyle.
NC State made up half of the finals session swim in the men's mile. Ross Dant claimed the team's third straight title in the event in 14:39.34, with James Plage (14:47.41) joining him on the podium in third and Kyle Ponsler (15:11.47) finishing seventh. On the women's side, Emma Hastings led the way by finishing third in 16:09.26, and Brooke Travis (7th – 16:22.20) and Yara Hierath (8th – 16:26.72) joined her in the top eight.
Kennedy Noble picked up her second silver medal in as many backstroke events with a 1:50.95 time in the 200. NC State then went 2-3-4 in the event on the men's side with performances from Daniel Diehl (1:39.30), Kacper Stokowski (1:40.67) and Hunter Tapp (1:40.97) and an eighth-place finish by JT Ewing (1:42.82).
Katharine Berkoff, who swam in the finals of all three of her individual events this week, picked up a bronze medal in the 100-yard freestyle (46.81). Luke Miller also medaled in the event with his time of 41.50, with Quintin McCarty (6th – 41.88), Sam Hoover (7th – 42.19) and Jerry Fox (8th – 42.20) joining him in the A final.
Arsenio Bustos notched the Pack's last individual medal of the meet and his second of the year with a 1:51.53 for third place in the 200-yard breaststroke.
UP NEXT:
NC State's divers will head to Zones in Athens, Ga., from March 10-13 to look to earn qualification for the NCAA Championships. The Wolfpack's swimmers will await official selections for the 2024 NCAA Championships meets, which will be held March 20-23 in Athens for the women and March 27-30 in Indianapolis for the men.
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