The third day of action at the men’s ACC championships in Atlanta featured a new conference record as Duke’s Peter Kropp edged out Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala for the top seed in the men’s 100 breast.
Meanwhile, the NC State Wolfpack, currently sporting a 471-402.5 lead over Louisville, placed 11 swimmers into championship finals, but the Cardinals will not go away after putting nine up.
One day after qualifying first for the final of the 500 free and then finishing a close second in the final, UNC’s Henry Campbell posted the top time into the final of the 400 IM with a 3:42.25, moving him into the top ten in the NCAA this season. One of the breakout stories of the meet so far, Campbell finished almost a second ahead of the defending champion in the event, Virginia Tech’s Robert Owen, who qualified second in 3:43.22.
Louisville freshman Etay Gurevich was third in 3:43.93, and just behind him was UNC’s Michael Meyer (3:43.93). NC State’s Anton Ipsen, who edged out Campbell to win the 500 free, qualified fifth in 3:44.97.
Keegan Foulke, another Louisville freshman, picked up the sixth seed for the final with his time of 3:46.54, and he was followed by NC State’s Adam Linker (3:46.55) and Virginia Tech’s Zach Switzer (3:47.03).
Event 9 Men 400 Yard IM
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Conference: % 3:38.00 3/27/2009 Gal Nevo, Georgia Tech
ACC Meet: & 3:39.33 2/27/2009 Gal Nevo, Georgia Tech
Pool: * 3:35.82 3/24/2016 Josh Prenot, California-PC
NCAA: # 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
American: @ 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
U. S. Open: ! 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
3:40.75 A
3:45.61 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
3:54.49 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Campbell, Henry JR UNC 3:48.22 3:42.25 qIV16
r:+0.64 23.47 50.55 (27.08)
1:19.39 (28.84) 1:47.90 (28.51)
2:18.91 (31.01) 2:50.54 (31.63)
3:17.05 (26.51) 3:42.25 (25.20)
2 Owen, Robert SR VT 3:48.30 3:43.22 qIV16
r:+0.73 23.41 50.21 (26.80)
1:18.20 (27.99) 1:45.35 (27.15)
2:17.37 (32.02) 2:50.14 (32.77)
3:17.43 (27.29) 3:43.22 (25.79)
3 Gurevich, Etay FR Louisville 3:43.96 3:43.93 qIV16
r:+0.68 23.49 50.32 (26.83)
1:19.52 (29.20) 1:48.94 (29.42)
2:19.19 (30.25) 2:50.96 (31.77)
3:17.77 (26.81) 3:43.93 (26.16)
4 Meyer, Michael SR UNC 3:45.95 3:44.24 qIV16
r:+0.70 24.19 51.79 (27.60)
1:21.10 (29.31) 1:49.44 (28.34)
2:20.97 (31.53) 2:52.24 (31.27)
3:18.98 (26.74) 3:44.24 (25.26)
5 Ipsen, Anton Oe JR NCSU 3:45.40 3:44.97 qIV16
r:+0.72 24.62 52.31 (27.69)
1:21.65 (29.34) 1:49.57 (27.92)
2:20.67 (31.10) 2:52.46 (31.79)
3:19.38 (26.92) 3:44.97 (25.59)
6 Foulke, Keegan FR Louisville 3:49.50 3:46.54 qB
r:+0.67 24.28 52.39 (28.11)
1:21.80 (29.41) 1:50.92 (29.12)
2:21.65 (30.73) 2:53.23 (31.58)
3:20.01 (26.78) 3:46.54 (26.53)
7 Linker, Adam SR NCSU 3:52.23 3:46.55 qB
r:+0.70 25.09 53.39 (28.30)
1:23.14 (29.75) 1:51.99 (28.85)
2:23.82 (31.83) 2:55.56 (31.74)
3:21.52 (25.96) 3:46.55 (25.03)
8 Switzer, Zachar SR VT 3:56.36 3:47.03 qB
r:+0.67 24.27 51.67 (27.40)
1:20.73 (29.06) 1:50.03 (29.30)
2:21.53 (31.50) 2:52.81 (31.28)
3:20.15 (27.34) 3:47.03 (26.88)
One night after setting a new conference record to win the 50 free, NC State’s Ryan Held topped prelims of the 100 fly with his time of 45.81. But after demolishing the field in the 50 by seven tenths of a second, he figures to have some much tougher competition in the butterfly race.
Louisville’s Josh Quallen qualified second in 45.81, and just behind him was NC State’s Andreas Vazaios, who posted a time of 45.99 after posting a new conference record in the 200 IM a night earlier.
Notre Dame’s Justin Plaschka, the runner-up in the 50 free, qualified fourth in 46.05, and also making the final were Louisville’s Zach Harting (46.42), Virginia’s Bryce Keblish (46.58), Louisville’s David Boland (46.62) and NC State’s Coleman Stewart (46.80).
Event 10 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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Conference: % 45.00 3/28/2014 Pavel Sankovich, Florida St.
ACC Meet: & 45.12 2/28/2014 Pavel Sankovich, Florida St.
Pool: * 43.84 12/5/2016 Tom Shields, Cal
NCAA: # 44.01 3/25/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas-ST
American: @ 44.18 3/27/2009 Austin Staab, Stanford
U. S. Open: ! 44.01 3/25/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas-ST
45.73 A
46.44 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
48.49 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Held, Ryan JR NCSU 46.06 45.61 qA
r:+0.61 20.63 45.61 (24.98)
2 Quallen, Joshua SR Louisville 47.07 45.81 qIV16
r:+0.66 21.39 45.81 (24.42)
3 Vazaios, Andrea JR NCSU 46.90 45.99 qIV16
r:+0.71 21.53 45.99 (24.46)
4 Plaschka, Justi JR Notre Dame 46.82 46.05 qIV16
r:+0.60 21.40 46.05 (24.65)
5 Harting, Zach SO Louisville 47.72 46.42 qIV16
r:+0.62 21.53 46.42 (24.89)
6 Keblish, Bryce SO UVA 46.65 46.58 qB
r:+0.67 21.64 46.58 (24.94)
7 Boland, David SR Louisville 46.97 46.62 qB
r:+0.64 21.79 46.62 (24.83)
8 Stewart, Colema FR NCSU 48.33 46.80 qB
r:+0.63 21.81 46.80 (24.99)
The NC State Wolfpack picked up the top seed in a second straight event and claimed the second seed in the 200 free for good measure. Soeren Dahl led the way with his time of 1:32.94, ranked No. 7 in the country. Teammate Justin Ress finished second in 1:33.48, and the duo will look to improve on respective third and fourth-place finishes from the 200 IM.
Louisville’s Trevor Carroll, who finished fourth in the 50 free, picked up lane three for the final with his time of 1:33.84, and fourth went to Georgia Tech’s Rodrigo Castro in 1:34.18. North Carolina’s Jorden Merrilees qualified fifth in 1:34.40.
Picking up the last qualifying spots for the A-final were Louisville’s Mattias Lindenbauer (1:34.59), Virginia Tech’s Norbert Szabo (1:34.86) and Notre Dame’s Reed Fujan (1:34.95).
Event 11 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 1:32.02 3/23/2016 Simonas Bilis, NC State
ACC Meet: & 1:32.45 2/26/2010 Scot Robison, Virginia -VA
Pool: * 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas-ST
NCAA: # 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas-ST
American: @ 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas-ST
U. S. Open: ! 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas-ST
1:33.34 A
1:34.67 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
1:37.99 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Dahl, Soeren SR NCSU 1:34.52 1:32.94 qA
r:+0.74 21.90 45.61 (23.71)
1:09.18 (23.57) 1:32.94 (23.76)
2 Ress, Justin SO NCSU 1:36.36 1:33.48 qIV16
r:+0.65 21.38 45.20 (23.82)
1:09.15 (23.95) 1:33.48 (24.33)
3 Carroll, Trevor SR Louisville 1:34.91 1:33.84 qIV16
r:+0.66 22.04 46.08 (24.04)
1:09.74 (23.66) 1:33.84 (24.10)
4 Correia, Rodrig SO GT 1:35.58 1:34.18 qIV16
r:+0.61 21.81 45.78 (23.97)
1:09.63 (23.85) 1:34.18 (24.55)
5 Merrilees, Jord SR UNC 1:34.31 1:34.40 qIV16
r:+0.70 22.41 46.43 (24.02)
1:10.32 (23.89) 1:34.40 (24.08)
6 Lindenbauer, Ma SR Louisville 1:35.11 1:34.59 qIV16
r:+0.65 22.27 46.15 (23.88)
1:10.25 (24.10) 1:34.59 (24.34)
7 Szabo, Norbert SO VT 1:36.67 1:34.86 qB
r:+0.68 22.11 46.56 (24.45)
1:10.77 (24.21) 1:34.86 (24.09)
8 Fujan, Reed SR Notre Dame 1:36.28 1:34.95 qB
r:+0.60 21.94 46.21 (24.27)
1:10.52 (24.31) 1:34.95 (24.43)
Duke’s Peter Kropp and Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala will go head-to-head in the 100 breast final after both went under the existing ACC record in prelims. Kropp finished in 51.46, and Fiala touched in 51.50. That erased the previous conference mark of 51.83 set by Thomas Dahlia in 2015 and the ACC meet record of 51.86 Fiala set on his way to a conference title last season.
The times also rank fourth and tied for fifth in the country this year, respectively.
Both Kropp and Fiala are seniors, and a third senior, Notre Dame’s Trent Jackson, picked up the third qualifying spot in 52.44. Louisville’s Carlos Claverie qualified fourth in 52.47 and will be lurking from lane six.
The Blue Devils put up a second swimmer in the A-final as Dylan Payne touched in 52.69, just ahead of UNC’s Craig Emslie (52.73), NC State’s Derek Hren (52.77) and Georgia Tech’s Moises Loschi (52.96).
Event 12 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Conference: % 51.83 3/27/2015 Thomas Dahlia, Louisville
ACC Meet: & 51.86 2/26/2016 Brandon Fiala, VT-VA
Pool: * 51.29 3/25/2016 Fabian Schwingenschlogl, Missouri-MV
NCAA: # 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
American: @ 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
U. S. Open: ! 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
51.93 A
52.92 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
55.39 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kropp, Peter SR Duke 52.60 51.46%qA
r:+0.62 23.70 51.46 (27.76)
2 Fiala, Brandon SR VT 53.15 51.50%qA
r:+0.61 24.29 51.50 (27.21)
3 Jackson, Trent SR Notre Dame 54.41 52.44 qIV16
r:+0.69 24.67 52.44 (27.77)
4 Claverie, Carlo JR Louisville 52.37 52.47 qIV16
r:+0.72 24.62 52.47 (27.85)
5 Payne, Dylan SR Duke 53.09 52.69 qIV16
r:+0.66 24.48 52.69 (28.21)
6 Emslie, Craig JR UNC 53.40 52.73 qIV16
r:+0.70 24.57 52.73 (28.16)
7 Hren, Derek SR NCSU 53.13 52.77 qIV16
r:+0.65 24.58 52.77 (28.19)
8 Loschi, Moises JR GT 53.19 52.96 qB
r:+0.60 25.12 52.96 (27.84)
Louisville’s Gregory Tarasevich blasted a 45.52 to claim lane four for the 100 back final. Tarasevich owns the conference record with a 45.24 and the ACC meet record with a 45.28, both set last season, and he will have a chance at challenging those marks in the final.
Virginia’s Joe Clark and NC State’s Andreas Schiellerup both broke the 46-second mark as Clark qualified second in 45.86 and Schiellerup touched third in 45.98. The next two qualifiers were also members of the NC State Wolfpack: Coleman Stewart (46.18) and Hennessey Stuart (46.21).
Notre Dame’s Robert Whitacre qualified sixth in 46.53, followed by Pitt’s Henrique Machado (46.58) and Florida State’s Connor Kalisz (46.76).
Event 13 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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Conference: % 45.24 3/24/2016 Grigory Tarasevich, LOU-KY
ACC Meet: & 45.28 2/26/2016 Grigory Tarasevich, LOU-KY
Pool: * 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
NCAA: # 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
American: @ 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
U. S. Open: ! 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
45.37 A
46.51 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
48.49 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Tarasevich, Gri SR Louisville 45.78 45.52 qIV16
r:+0.54 22.15 45.52 (23.37)
2 Clark, Joseph FR UVA 46.31 45.86 qIV16
r:+0.59 22.03 45.86 (23.83)
3 Schiellerup, An SR NCSU 47.74 45.98 qIV16
r:+0.61 22.23 45.98 (23.75)
4 Stewart, Colema FR NCSU 46.90 46.18 qIV16
r:+0.60 22.00 46.18 (24.18)
5 Stuart, Henness JR NCSU 46.56 46.21 qIV16
r:+0.52 22.40 46.21 (23.81)
6 Whitacre, Rober JR Notre Dame 47.69 46.53 qB
r:+0.67 22.50 46.53 (24.03)
7 Machado, Henriq SR PITT 47.71 46.58 qB
r:+0.65 22.18 46.58 (24.40)
8 Kalisz, Connor JR FSU 47.18 46.76 qB
r:+0.70 22.39 46.76 (24.37)
