The North Carolina State Wolfpack won the team’s third consecutive conference title at the men’s ACC championships, completing the effort in dominant fashion during the final session. The win gave head coach Braden Holloway this title in half of his six seasons at the helm in Raleigh and a sweep of the women’s and men’s team titles this season.
It came no surprise when NC State junior Ryan Held was named Most Valuable Swimmer after he captured three individual victories, two in conference record-time, and led NC State to four relay titles.
Louisville finished second, while Notre Dame, in the first season with Mike Litzinger in charge of the men’s program, finished third.
Final scores:
- North Carolina State 1297.5
- Louisville 1134
- Notre Dame 923.5
- Virginia Tech 883.5
- Florida State 730
- Virginia 709.5
- North Carolina 700
- Duke 607
- Georgia Tech 576
- Pittsburgh 513
- Boston College 167
- Miami 108
1650 free
Louisville’s Marcelo Acosta swam neck-and-neck with NC State’s Anton Ipsen for most of the race, but the Louisville sophomore pulled away from the two-time defending conference champion over the final 100 yards to win his first conference title.
Acosta came in at 14:33.68, the third-ranked time in the country behind Michigan’s Felix Auboeck and Texas’ Clark Smith. Acosta also broke the ACC record of 14:35.12 set by Virginia’s Matt McLean in 2009.
Ipsen settled for second in 14:35.89, good for sixth in the country and all but assuring him a spot in the top heat at the NCAA championships next month. He was joined on the podium by teammate Adam Linker, who posted a time of 14:45.43.
After finishing second in both the 500 free and 400 IM, North Carolina’s Henry Campbell finished fourth in the mile in 14:54.16. Virginia Tech’s Michael Craddock edged out Notre Dame’s Richard Mannix for fifth, 15:07.16 to 15:07.47, and Duke placed two men in the top eight with Matt Johnson (15:07.72) and Roger Kriegl (15:08.78).
Event 16 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 14:35.12 2/28/2009 Matt McLean, Virginia
ACC Meet: & 14:35.12 2/28/2009 Matt McLean, Virginia
Pool: * 14:29.43 3/26/2008 Sebastien Rouault, Georgia
NCAA: # 14:24.08 3/24/2012 Martin Grodzki, Georgia
American: @ 14:23.52 12/6/2014 Connor Jaeger, Club Wolverine
U. S. Open: ! 14:23.52 12/6/2014 Connor Jaeger, Club Wolverine
14:44.43 A
15:00.11 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
15:30.39 B
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Acosta, Marcelo SO Louisville 14:47.79 14:33.68%A 32
r:+0.72 24.25 50.99 (26.74)
1:17.69 (26.70) 1:44.44 (26.75)
2:11.47 (27.03) 2:38.36 (26.89)
3:05.29 (26.93) 3:32.14 (26.85)
3:58.97 (26.83) 4:25.72 (26.75)
4:52.54 (26.82) 5:19.43 (26.89)
5:46.13 (26.70) 6:12.72 (26.59)
6:39.47 (26.75) 7:06.28 (26.81)
7:32.78 (26.50) 7:59.52 (26.74)
8:26.36 (26.84) 8:52.98 (26.62)
9:19.40 (26.42) 9:45.80 (26.40)
10:12.34 (26.54) 10:38.70 (26.36)
11:05.14 (26.44) 11:31.47 (26.33)
11:58.03 (26.56) 12:24.57 (26.54)
12:50.74 (26.17) 13:16.95 (26.21)
13:42.82 (25.87) 14:08.67 (25.85) 14:33.68 (25.01)
2 Ipsen, Anton Oe JR NCSU 14:39.63 14:35.89 A 28
r:+0.71 24.33 51.03 (26.70)
1:17.81 (26.78) 1:44.71 (26.90)
2:11.60 (26.89) 2:38.38 (26.78)
3:05.29 (26.91) 3:32.16 (26.87)
3:58.99 (26.83) 4:25.78 (26.79)
4:52.78 (27.00) 5:19.50 (26.72)
5:46.16 (26.66) 6:12.90 (26.74)
6:39.63 (26.73) 7:06.29 (26.66)
7:32.97 (26.68) 7:59.63 (26.66)
8:26.37 (26.74) 8:53.03 (26.66)
9:19.59 (26.56) 9:45.98 (26.39)
10:12.36 (26.38) 10:38.81 (26.45)
11:05.21 (26.40) 11:31.77 (26.56)
11:58.08 (26.31) 12:24.57 (26.49)
12:50.92 (26.35) 13:17.21 (26.29)
13:43.34 (26.13) 14:09.61 (26.27) 14:35.89 (26.28)
3 Linker, Adam SR NCSU 15:04.78 14:45.43 IV16 27
r:+0.71 24.46 51.43 (26.97)
1:18.46 (27.03) 1:45.63 (27.17)
2:13.04 (27.41) 2:40.33 (27.29)
3:07.65 (27.32) 3:34.87 (27.22)
4:02.08 (27.21) 4:29.57 (27.49)
4:56.52 (26.95) 5:23.41 (26.89)
5:50.28 (26.87) 6:17.17 (26.89)
6:44.04 (26.87) 7:11.03 (26.99)
7:38.11 (27.08) 8:04.97 (26.86)
8:32.02 (27.05) 8:59.23 (27.21)
9:25.98 (26.75) 9:52.69 (26.71)
10:19.52 (26.83) 10:46.48 (26.96)
11:13.10 (26.62) 11:39.81 (26.71)
12:06.54 (26.73) 12:33.34 (26.80)
13:00.11 (26.77) 13:26.79 (26.68)
13:53.48 (26.69) 14:20.07 (26.59) 14:45.43 (25.36)
200 back
NC State’s Hennessey Stuart established a big lead early in the race and was more than a half-second ahead of Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich at the halfway point, but Tarasevich closed that gap and then went by Stuart off the final wall to complete the sweep of the backstroke events.
Tarasevich finished in 1:39.05, a new ACC meet record but just off Stuart’s conference record of 1:38.56 from last season. Stuart came in at 1:39.47. The duo improved to No. 2 and No. 3 in the country this season, with only Ryan Murphy faster.
NC State didn’t get first place points, but the Wolfpack finished second and third with Stuart and Justin Ress, who finished in 1:40.42, almost a half-second ahead of Virginia Tech’s Robert Owen (1:40.88).
Notre Dame’s Robert Whitacre finished fifth in 1:41.07, and North Carolina’s Jorden Merrilees took sixth in 1:41.58. Also making the A-final were Louisville’s Aaron Greene (1:42.80) and Virginia’s Joe Clark (1:45.04).
Event 17 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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Conference: % 1:38.56 3/26/2016 Hennesey Stuart, NC State
ACC Meet: & 1:39.28 2/27/2016 Grigory Tarasevich, LOU-KY
Pool: * 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
NCAA: # 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
American: @ 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
U. S. Open: ! 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
1:39.87 A
1:41.92 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
1:46.39 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Tarasevich, Gri SR Louisville 1:40.28 1:39.05&A 32
r:+0.56 23.60 48.61 (25.01)
1:13.81 (25.20) 1:39.05 (25.24)
2 Stuart, Henness JR NCSU 1:39.59 1:39.47 A 28
r:+0.58 22.97 48.09 (25.12)
1:13.60 (25.51) 1:39.47 (25.87)
3 Ress, Justin SO NCSU 1:40.26 1:40.42 IV16 27
r:+0.75 23.72 49.05 (25.33)
1:14.96 (25.91) 1:40.42 (25.46)
4 Owen, Robert SR VT 1:40.29 1:40.88 IV16 26
r:+0.66 23.63 48.87 (25.24)
1:14.69 (25.82) 1:40.88 (26.19)
5 Whitacre, Rober JR Notre Dame 1:40.60 1:41.07 IV16 25
r:+0.59 23.88 49.30 (25.42)
1:14.99 (25.69) 1:41.07 (26.08)
6 Merrilees, Jord SR UNC 1:41.35 1:41.58 IV16 24
r:+0.63 23.92 49.78 (25.86)
1:15.74 (25.96) 1:41.58 (25.84)
7 Greene, Aaron SR Louisville 1:42.03 1:42.80 B 23
r:+0.67 24.04 49.97 (25.93)
1:16.42 (26.45) 1:42.80 (26.38)
8 Clark, Joseph FR UVA 1:41.86 1:45.04 B 22
r:+0.61 23.70 49.19 (25.49)
1:15.93 (26.74) 1:45.04 (29.11)
100 free
NC State’s Ryan Held won his third race of the meet, and just like his victories in the 50 free and 100 fly, it came in dominant fashion. Held posted a time of 41.61, clipping his own ACC meet record from last year and improving to third in the country this season behind his Olympic relay teammates Caeleb Dressel and Blake Pieroni.
Held won the race by more than a second as Notre Dame’s Tabahn Afrik and Virginia’s John Whiteside tied for second in 42.86. Held’s NC State teammates finished fourth, fifth and eighth: Soren Dahl (42.89), Joe Bonk (42.96) and Scott Johnson (43.51).
Also swimming in the championship final were Notre Dame’s Daniel Speers (43.09) and Mattias Lindenbauer (43.46).
Notably, three swimmers broke 43 in the B-final: Notre Dame’s Justin Plaschka (42.78), Louisville’s Trevor Carroll (42.87) and NC State’s Andreas Schiellerp (42.91).
Event 18 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 41.18 2/27/2016 Simonas Bilis, NCSU-NC
ACC Meet: & 41.69 2/27/2016 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
Pool: * 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
NCAA: # 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
American: @ 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
U. S. Open: ! 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
42.25 A
43.05 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
44.29 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Held, Ryan JR NCSU 42.33 41.61&A 32
r:+0.65 19.74 41.61 (21.87)
2 Afrik, Tabahn SO Notre Dame 42.96 42.86 IV16 27.5
r:+0.59 20.39 42.86 (22.47)
2 Whiteside, John FR UVA 43.11 42.86 IV16 27.5
r:+0.71 20.66 42.86 (22.20)
4 Dahl, Soren SR NCSU 42.89 42.89 IV16 26
r:+0.73 20.57 42.89 (22.32)
5 Bonk, Joseph SR NCSU 42.92 42.96 IV16 25
r:+0.64 20.44 42.96 (22.52)
6 Speers, Daniel SO Notre Dame 43.09 43.09 B 24
r:+0.69 20.53 43.09 (22.56)
7 Lindenbauer, Ma SR Louisville 42.95 43.46 B 23
r:+0.62 20.63 43.46 (22.83)
8 Johnson, Scott SR NCSU 43.10 43.51 B 22
r:+0.71 20.89 43.51 (22.62)
200 breast
Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala completed the breaststroke sweep and took down the conference record as he won the 200 breast title for a second-straight year. He finished in 1:52.39, good for third in the country this year and well ahead of Thomas Dahlia’s ACC record of 1:52.68 and Fiala’s own meet record of 1:52.87 from last year.
Louisville’s Carlos Claverie swam a strong race and was less than a tenth behind at the 150, but he ended up fading to third in 1:53.19. Georgia Tech’s Moises Loschi snuck in for second with a 29.59 final split, and Loschi finished in 1:53.08.
Notre Dame’s Trent Jackson finished just off the pace in fourth, posting a time of 1:53.52, and North Carolina’s Michael McBryan grabbed fifth in 1:54.68. Duke’s Peter Kropp faded to fifth in 1:55.19, and he was followed by UNC’s Craig Emslie (1:55.67) and Virginia Tech’s Zachary Switzer (1:56.33).
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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Conference: % 1:52.68 3/28/2015 Thomas Dahlia, Louisville
ACC Meet: & 1:52.87 2/27/2016 Brandon Fiala, VT-VA
Pool: * 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas-ST
NCAA: # 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas-ST
American: @ 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas-ST
U. S. Open: ! 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas-ST
1:52.99 A
1:55.31 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
1:59.79 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Fiala, Brandon SR VT 1:53.36 1:52.39%A 32
r:+0.64 24.77 53.30 (28.53)
1:22.55 (29.25) 1:52.39 (29.84)
2 Loschi, Moises JR GT 1:53.47 1:53.08 IV16 28
r:+0.61 25.71 54.27 (28.56)
1:23.49 (29.22) 1:53.08 (29.59)
3 Claverie, Carlo JR Louisville 1:54.33 1:53.19 IV16 27
r:+0.70 25.27 53.38 (28.11)
1:22.61 (29.23) 1:53.19 (30.58)
4 Jackson, Trent SR Notre Dame 1:53.68 1:53.52 IV16 26
r:+0.69 25.55 54.32 (28.77)
1:23.61 (29.29) 1:53.52 (29.91)
5 McBryan, Michae JR UNC 1:54.86 1:54.68 IV16 25
r:+0.67 25.96 54.89 (28.93)
1:24.23 (29.34) 1:54.68 (30.45)
6 Kropp, Peter SR Duke 1:54.54 1:55.19 IV16 24
r:+0.64 25.17 53.60 (28.43)
1:23.45 (29.85) 1:55.19 (31.74)
7 Emslie, Craig JR UNC 1:55.43 1:55.67 B 23
r:+0.70 25.44 54.52 (29.08)
1:24.66 (30.14) 1:55.67 (31.01)
8 Switzer, Zachar SR VT 1:55.40 1:56.33 B 22
r:+0.67 25.79 55.54 (29.75)
1:25.56 (30.02) 1:56.33 (30.77)
200 fly
NC State’s Andreas Vazaios trailed Louisville’s Zach Harting at the 150 but pulled ahead on the final two lengths to win the ACC title in the 200 fly and tie the ACC meet record of 1:41.42 set by former Wolfpack star Christian McCurdy last season.
Harting, who walked out in Batman gear as he did at Olympic Trials, finished second in 1:41.95, and Georgia Tech’s Ben Southern got on the podium with his third-place time of 1:43.01.
Virginia’s Ted Schubert finished fourth in 1:43.45, while Louisville’s Josh Quallen edged out GT’s Tim Slanschek for second, 1:44.13 to 1:44.22. Also competing in the final were Notre Dame’s Kevin Bradley (1:44.70) and Virginia’s Zach Fong (1:44.99).
Event 20 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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Conference: % 1:41.06 3/26/2016 Christian McCurdy, NCSU-NC
ACC Meet: & 1:41.42 2/27/2016 Christian McCurdy, NCSU-NC
Pool: * 1:37.97 3/26/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas-ST
NCAA: # 1:37.97 3/26/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas-ST
American: @ 1:38.06 3/26/2016 Jack Conger, Texas-ST
U. S. Open: ! 1:37.97 3/26/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas-ST
1:41.86 A
1:43.65 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
1:47.99 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Vazaios, Andrea JR NCSU 1:41.93 1:41.42&A 32
r:+0.71 23.27 49.35 (26.08)
1:15.30 (25.95) 1:41.42 (26.12)
2 Harting, Zach SO Louisville 1:43.15 1:41.95 IV16 28
r:+0.65 23.27 49.34 (26.07)
1:15.14 (25.80) 1:41.95 (26.81)
3 Southern, Benja SR GT 1:43.35 1:43.01 IV16 27
r:+0.64 23.59 49.61 (26.02)
1:16.08 (26.47) 1:43.01 (26.93)
4 Schubert, Frede FR UVA 1:44.35 1:43.45 IV16 26
r:+0.70 23.74 49.94 (26.20)
1:16.54 (26.60) 1:43.45 (26.91)
5 Quallen, Joshua SR Louisville 1:43.96 1:44.13 B 25
r:+0.67 24.07 49.58 (25.51)
1:17.24 (27.66) 1:44.13 (26.89)
6 Slanschek, Tim FR GT 1:44.00 1:44.22 B 24
r:+0.76 23.27 49.70 (26.43)
1:17.46 (27.76) 1:44.22 (26.76)
7 Bradley, Kevin SR Notre Dame 1:43.81 1:44.70 B 23
r:+0.70 23.39 49.80 (26.41)
1:16.72 (26.92) 1:44.70 (27.98)
8 Fong, Zachary SO UVA 1:43.90 1:44.99 B 22
r:+0.68 23.36 49.54 (26.18)
1:16.71 (27.17) 1:44.99 (28.28)
400 free relay
The NC State Wolfpack wrapped up the win at the men’s ACC championships with a dominant performance in the 400 free relay. Ryan Held, the most dominant swimmer of the meet, split 40.71, but his team was already out to a huge lead when he dove into the water.
Justin Ress (42.12), Held, Andreas Schiellerup (42.42) and Soren Dahl (42.89) finished in 2:48.14 to break the ACC meet record time of 2:48.52 set by the Wolfpack last year. The time also ranks No. 2 in the country this year behind Florida’s 2:47.09.
Louisville’s team of Mattias Lindenbauer, Trevor Carroll, Grigory Tarasevich and Zach Harting finished second in 2:50.55, and third went to Notre Dame’s Justin Plaschka, Tabahn Afrik, Reed Fujan and Daniel Speers in 2:51.56.
Rounding out the top eight were Virginia (2:52.40), North Carolina (2:53.78), Florida State (2:54.00), Duke (2:54.47) and Georgia Tech (2:55.54).
Event 21 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Conference: % 2:46.81 3/26/2016 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-NC
R. Held, S. Bilis, A. Schiellerup, S. Dahl
ACC Meet: & 2:48.52 2/25/2016 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-NC
R. Held, S. Bilis, J. Bonk, S. Dahl
Pool: * 2:46.81 3/26/2016 NC State, NC St
R Held, S Bilis, A Schiellerup, S Dahl
NCAA: # 2:46.03 2/21/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
American: @ 2:47.02 3/28/2009 Texas
J Feigen, R Berens, P jameson, D Walters
U. S. Open: ! 2:46.03 2/21/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
2:52.45 A
2:53.68 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 NCSU 2:52.28 2:48.14&A 64
1) Ress, Justin SO 2) r:0.42 Held, Ryan JR
3) r:0.29 Schiellerup, Anreas SR 4) r:0.38 Dahl, Soren SR
r:+0.65 19.96 42.12 (42.12)
1:01.34 (19.22) 1:22.83 (40.71)
1:42.84 (20.01) 2:05.25 (42.42)
2:25.43 (20.18) 2:48.14 (42.89)
2 Louisville 2:52.14 2:50.55 A 56
1) Lindenbauer, Matthias SR 2) r:0.22 Carroll, Trevor SR
3) r:0.19 Tarasevich, Grigory SR 4) r:0.24 Harting, Zach SO
r:+0.63 20.75 43.18 (43.18)
1:03.12 (19.94) 1:25.47 (42.29)
1:45.61 (20.14) 2:08.17 (42.70)
2:28.12 (19.95) 2:50.55 (42.38)
3 Notre Dame 2:54.24 2:51.56 A 54
1) Plaschka, Justin JR 2) r:0.14 Afrik, Tabahn SO
3) r:0.29 Fujan, Reed SR 4) r:0.27 Speers, Daniel SO
r:+0.61 20.78 43.54 (43.54)
1:03.87 (20.33) 1:26.06 (42.52)
1:46.26 (20.20) 2:09.02 (42.96)
2:28.74 (19.72) 2:51.56 (42.54)
4 UVA 2:53.48 2:52.40 A 52
1) Whiteside, John FR 2) r:0.15 Georgiadis, Peter JR
3) r:0.10 Baker, Ryan FR 4) r:0.06 Lockman, Matthew SR
r:+0.70 20.56 42.76 (42.76)
1:02.98 (20.22) 1:26.18 (43.42)
1:46.38 (20.20) 2:09.59 (43.41)
2:26.95 (17.36) 2:52.40 (42.81)
5 UNC 2:56.52 2:53.78 50
1) Emslie, Craig JR 2) r:0.18 Popp, Lucas SR
3) r:0.13 Merrilees, Jorden SR 4) r:0.14 Campbell, Henry JR
r:+0.68 20.93 43.88 (43.88)
1:04.15 (20.27) 1:27.15 (43.27)
1:47.44 (20.29) 2:10.27 (43.12)
2:30.94 (20.67) 2:53.78 (43.51)
6 FSU 2:53.46 2:54.00 48
1) McCormick, Jason SR 2) r:0.57 Kaleoaloha, Kanoa SO
3) r:0.38 Plechy, Joseph JR 4) r:0.35 Pisani, William SO
r:+0.70 20.83 43.99 (43.99)
1:04.28 (20.29) 1:27.32 (43.33)
1:47.76 (20.44) 2:10.39 (43.07)
2:30.93 (20.54) 2:54.00 (43.61)
7 Duke 2:57.34 2:54.47 46
1) Legard, Yusuke SO 2) r:0.16 Tate, Sean SO
3) r:0.02 Williams, Miles FR 4) r:0.14 Payne, Dylan SR
r:+0.63 20.87 43.61 (43.61)
1:04.45 (20.84) 1:27.61 (44.00)
1:48.01 (20.40) 2:10.79 (43.18)
2:31.05 (20.26) 2:54.47 (43.68)
8 GT 2:56.02 2:55.54 44
1) Correia, Rodrigo SO 2) r:0.14 Kranenburg, Stefan JR
3) r:0.04 Southern, Benjamin SR 4) r:0.07 Harasz, Noah JR
r:+0.60 21.06 43.23 (43.23)
1:03.81 (20.58) 1:27.59 (44.36)
1:48.67 (21.08) 2:12.07 (44.48)
2:32.37 (20.30) 2:55.54 (43.47)
9 PITT 3:02.59 2:55.93 40
1) Lovasik, Brian SO 2) r:0.17 Machado, Henrique SR
3) r:0.21 Vorster, Eben FR 4) r:0.19 Larson, Gabriel SR
r:+0.72 21.18 43.98 (43.98)
1:04.81 (20.83) 1:28.18 (44.20)
1:48.71 (20.53) 2:11.67 (43.49)
2:32.44 (20.77) 2:55.93 (44.26)
10 VT 2:56.94 2:56.26 34
1) Ho, Ian SO 2) r:0.23 Fiala, Brandon SR
3) r:0.06 Pierce, Harrison JR 4) r:0.33 Stacklin, Adam SR
r:+0.60 20.61 44.68 (44.68)
1:05.36 (20.68) 1:28.28 (43.60)
1:48.72 (20.44) 2:11.96 (43.68)
2:32.90 (20.94) 2:56.26 (44.30)
11 BC 3:04.28 3:04.41 32
1) Richardson, Anthony SR 2) r:0.09 Cortens, Taylor SO
3) r:0.20 Hinton, Michael FR 4) r:0.10 Chamness, Conor SR
r:+0.73 21.71 46.40 (46.40)
1:08.09 (21.69) 1:32.08 (45.68)
1:54.07 (21.99) 2:18.51 (46.43)
2:39.92 (21.41) 3:04.41 (45.90)
