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Nyls Korstanje
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Nijmegen, Netherlands
- High School:
- Sint Joris College Eindhoven
- Weight:
- null
Bio
1x NCAA Champion
- 2023: 200 medley relay
22x All-American
- 2023: 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay
- 2022: 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay
- 2020: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 400 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
- 2019: 200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay, 100 freestyle, 50 freestyle
11x ACC Champion
- 2023: 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, 400 medley relay
- 2022: 400 medley relay
- 2020: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay
- 2019: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay
2019 ACC Men's Freshman of the Year
Academic All-ACC Team (2019, 2022, 2023)
CSCAA Scholar All-American (2020)
2022-23 (SENIOR):
2021-22 (JUNIOR):
2020-21 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE):
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE):
2018-19 (FRESHMAN):
PREP/PERSONAL:
- 2023: 200 medley relay
22x All-American
- 2023: 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay
- 2022: 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay
- 2020: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 400 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
- 2019: 200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay, 100 freestyle, 50 freestyle
11x ACC Champion
- 2023: 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, 400 medley relay
- 2022: 400 medley relay
- 2020: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay
- 2019: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay
2019 ACC Men's Freshman of the Year
Academic All-ACC Team (2019, 2022, 2023)
CSCAA Scholar All-American (2020)
2022-23 (SENIOR):
- Named All-American in two individual events and three Wolfpack relays at the 2023 NCAA Championships
- Member of the 200-yard medley relay that won the NCAA title (the first title since 2018) and broke the meet, ACC, U.S. open, pool and program record with a time of 1:20.67; swam the butterfly leg with an impressive split of 19.15, the fastest split in the field
- Qualified for two for national finals placing seventh in the 100-yard fly (44.86) and ninth in the 50-yard freestyle (18.74)
- Competed on two relays, splitting a 18.30 on the 200-yard freestyle record helping lead the relay to a bronze place finish and a new ACC record and swam on the 400-yard freestyle relay finishing fourth overall (2:47.09)
- Claimed a individual ACC bronze medal in the 100-yard butterfly (44.70)
- Brought home three ACC gold medals in the 400-yard medley relay, 200-freestyle relay and 200-yard medley relay
- Won the 100-yard butterfly at all of the dual meets this season
- Competed at FINA World Championship meet where he placed 14th in the 100-meter butterfly (50.59), 17th in the 50-meter butterfly (22.35) and 3rd in both the 200-meter freestyle relay and the mixed 200-meter freestyle relay
- Honored as the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for Swimming & Diving
- Earned the ACC postgraduate scholarship
2021-22 (JUNIOR):
- Broke program record in the 100 butterfly (44.17) with fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships
- Also placed fifth in the 50 freestyle at NCAAs, with his personal-best mark of 18.66 moving to second in team history
- Part of pair of program record-setting medley relays at NCAAs as he competed in the 200 (3rd - 1:21.69) and 400 (5th - 3:01.53) races
- Also earned All-America honors as part of NC State’s fourth-place 200 freestyle relay (1:14.69) and sixth place 400 freestyle relay (2:47.29)
- Gold medalist in the 400 medley relay at the ACC Championships (3:01.88); also claimed a silver medal as part of the Pack’s 200 freestyle relay squad (1:16.76)
- Finalist in all three of his individual events at ACCs as he competed in the 50 freestyle (5th - 19.06), the 100 butterfly (4th - 44.82) and the 100 freestyle (7th - 42.24)
- Clocked a pool record in the 100 butterfly (44.76) with his exhibition swim in the Pack’s final home meet of the year against UNCW
- Helped set a facility record in Virginia’s pool in the 200 medley relay (1:24.14)
- Named ACC Men’s Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 19; honors followed his perfect week of individual races against UNC and Tennessee; won the 50 freestyle (19.66), 100 butterfly (46.41) and 100 freestyle (44.04) during those meets and also contributed a 20.10 butterfly leg to the Pack’s winning 200 medley relay (1:24.92) against the Vols
- Represented the Netherlands at the 19th FINA World Championships in June 2022; won bronze medal with the Dutch mixed medley relay squad, swimming a 50.99 butterfly leg to lead his team to the 3:41.54 result
- Also swam on the short course World Championships team in December 2021; helped set a Dutch record (3:27.26) in the 4x100-meter medley relay; also reached the final in the 50-meter butterfly
2020-21 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE):
- Redshirt season, did not compete
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE):
- Earned the first ACC individual title of his career in the 50 freestyle with a 19.07 clip
- Followed up with a 100 freestyle gold medal on the final day of conference action. Clocked a 42.13 from lane one to take home the win
- Also found the top of the podium with a pair of Wolfpack relay squads. Posted an 18.62 anchor split in the 200 medley relay victory and a 41.34 second leg in the team's 400 freestyle relay win
- A finalist in all three of his individual events at the 2020 ACC Championships, as he also placed third in the 100 butterfly (45.47) with a mark that ranks fourth in program history
- Garnered All-America status in six events in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Selected after being part of three A cut relay teams and earning NCAA Championships qualification in three individual events
- Ended sophomore campaign with top-15 national marks in 50 freestyle (6th - 19.07), 100 freestyle (9th - 42.13) and 100 butterfly (15th - 45.47)
- Participated in 18th FINA World Championships in July 2019 as a member of Team Netherlands
2018-19 (FRESHMAN):
- Secured a pair of top-16 individual finishes at the NCAA Championships as he became an honorable mention All-American in both the 50 and 100 freestyle events
- Played key role in three top-four relay teams at the NCAA Championships and garnered All-America citation in those events
- Became the first freshman in program history to swim a sub-20 second 50 freestyle time in his first semester of competition and became the first Wolfpack rookie to go under 42 seconds in the 100 free as he clocked a career-best 41.91 at NCAAs
- Highest-scoring freshman across all teams at the ACC Championships as he took home gold as part of three NC State relays and finished in the top eight in both the 100 freestyle and the 50 freestyle
- Named the program's fourth consecutive ACC Men's Freshman of the Year
PREP/PERSONAL:
- 2017 European Championships gold medalist
- 2018 European Championships silver medalist
- 2016 World Championships silver medalist in 4x50 mixed freestyle relay
- 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival gold in 50 freestyle and silver medal in 100 freestyle
- Owns the world record in the 4x50 mixed freestyle relay