The NC State men claimed their second consecutive ACC Championship team title, now having won eight of the last nine titles. This year's team title marks the 32nd in program history and comes after the Pack men led the scoring from start to finish through five days of competition at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
NC State's men scored 1615 points in the win, raising the record for the highest score after setting it last year with 1501.5 points. The finishing total was 607 points ahead of second place Virginia Tech's 1008 points.
The Wolfpack women secured a runner-up team finish for the fourth season in a row behind defending National Champions, the Virginia Cavaliers. The Wolfpack women's strong performance on days four and five overcame Louisville's effort to claim second place, posting a total score of 1272 points.
The Pack heads back to Raleigh with a total of 13 event titles from the conference meet - ten first-place finishes by the men and three by the women. In total, the Pack men earned 21 medals and the women picked up 14.
Gold (13)- M 200 medley relay: Stokowski, Hunter, Korstanje, Curtiss (1:22.25)
- M 800 freestyle relay: Bowers, Piszczorowicz, Miller, Tapp (6:10.65)
- M 200 freestyle relay: Curtiss, Henderson, Miller, Korstanje (1:15.10)
- M 500 freestyle: Plage (4:12.33)
- M 200 IM: Bustos (1:40.31 - meet record)
- W 200 butterfly: Arens (1:52.91)
- M 200 butterfly: Hayes (1:40.21)
- W 100 backstroke: Berkoff (49.45 - pool record)
- M 100 backstroke: Stokowski (44.47)
- M 400 medley relay: Stokowski, Hunter, Korstanje, Miller (3:01.10 - ACC record, meet record)
- M 1650 freestyle: Gallant (14:34.82)
- W 200 backstroke: Noble (1:50.24)
- M 400 freestyle relay: Piszczorowicz, Miller, Curtiss, Henderson (2:47.32)
Silver (9)- W 200 medley relay: Berkoff, MacCausland, Alons, Arens (1:33.02)
- W 400 IM: G. Sheble (4:04.98)
- M 100 butterfly: Hayes (44.66)
- M 200 freestyle: Piszczorowicz (1:32.47)
- M 200 butterfly: Bowers (1:41.14)
- W 100 breaststroke: MacCausland (58.22)
- W 400 medley relay: Berkoff, MacCausland, Alons, Arens (3:26.28)
- W 200 backstroke: Muzzy (1:50.96)
- M 200 backstroke: Stokowski (1:39.94)
Bronze (13)- W 800 freestyle relay: Webb, Helms, Watson, Crush (6:59.22)
- M 1-meter: Calderaro (374.35)
- W 200 freestyle relay: Berkoff, Alons, Crush, Arens (1:26.54)
- M 200 IM: Izzo (1:41.13)
- M 400 IM: Lloyd (3:42.16)
- M 100 butterfly: Korstanje (44.70)
- W 100 backstroke: Noble (51.59)
- M 100 backstroke: Izzo (45.46)
- M 100 breaststroke: Hunter (51.57 - program record)
- M 1650 freestyle: Dant (14:45.57)
- W 100 freestyle: Berkoff (47.02)
- W 200 breaststroke: Podmanikova (2:06.77)
- W 400 freestyle relay: Berkoff, Webb, Alons, Arens (3:10.04)
Other Finalists/Top 24 Finishes:- W 3-meter: Synnott (11th), Tate (17th), Zuburg (20th)
- M 1-meter: Bennett (5th), O'Brien (11th)
- W 500 freestyle: Hastings (6th), Hierath (9th), Foley (10th), Travis (14th)
- M 500 freestyle: Gallant (4th), Dant (6th), Lloyd (8th)
- W 200 IM: Arens (4th), Noble (6th), G. Sheble (7th)
- M 200 IM: Moore (6th), Bowers (8th), Ponsler (16th)
- W 50 freestyle: Berkoff (4th), Alons (8th), Webb (18th), MacCausland (21st)
- W 1-meter: Synnott (14th), Zuburg (17th), Tate (20th)
- W 400 IM: Hierath (10th), C. Sheble (21st)
- M 400 IM: Ponsler (6th), Gallant (12th), Plage (18th)
- W 100 butterfly: Arens (4th), Alons (5th), Watson (16th), Muzzy (21st)
- M 100 butterfly: Stokowski (4th), Henderson (8th), Bustos (9th)
- W 200 freestyle: Webb (4th - program record), Crush (8th), Helms (11th), Foley (23rd)
- M 200 freestyle: Miller (4th), Bowers (7th), Tapp (10th)
- M 3-meter: Calderaro (10th), O'Brien (20th), Bennett (24th)
- W 200 butterfly: G. Sheble (4th), C. Sheble (17th)
- M 200 butterfly: Miller (4th), Moore (13th)
- W 100 backstroke: Muzzy (6th), Alons (7th), Crush (12th)
- M 100 backstroke: Tapp (12th)
- W 100 breaststroke: Podmanikova (4th), Brouwer (8th)
- W Platform: Zuburg (19th), Zuburg (19th), Synnott (21st)\
- W 1650 freestyle: Hastings (4th), Travis (9th), Hierath (12th), Foley (14th)
- M 1650 freestyle: Lloyd (5th), Plage (7th)
- M 200 backstroke: Tapp (4th), Moore (8th), Ponsler (13th)
- W 100 freestyle: Webb (8th), Watson (15th), Crush (16th), Helms (22nd)
- M 100 freestyle: Miller (4th), Curtiss (6th), Henderson (42.44), Piszczorowicz (9th), Korstanje (11th), Izzo (12th)
- W 200 breaststroke: MacCausland (7th), Brouwer (10th)
- M 200 breaststroke: Bustos (9th), Hunter (11th)
- M platform: O'Brien (6th), Bennett (20th), Calderaro (23rd)
Night Five Highlights:Women's 1650-yard freestyle:Freshman
Emma Hastings, swimming from the afternoon heats of the mile, dropped 15 seconds from her previous best time to take fourth place overall (16:08.90). The time was under the NCAA 'B' time standard by 22 seconds, which should easily qualify her for the NCAA Championships in the event.
Brooke Travis finished 9th (16:19.99),
Yara Hierath posted a time of 16:33.57) to take 12th, and senior
Kay Foley posted a time of 16:36.11 to take 14th place for the Wolfpack women.
Men's 1650-yard freestyle:Continuing the distance dominancy for the NC State men,
Will Gallant posted the top time of the night to take the ACC Championship title. His time of 14:34.82 is an NCAA 'A' cut and was seven seconds faster than the second place finisher.
Ross Dant joined him on the podium to claim the bronze medal (14:41.50).
Owen Lloyd finished in fifth place, going 14:50.21 and
James Plage finished seventh (15:03.57).
Women's 200-yard backstroke:Freshman
Kennedy Noble posted a time of 1:50.24 to claim the first ACC Championship title of her career, the time marking No. 4 all-time in program history. Joining her on the podium in second place was graduate student
Emma Muzzy (1:50.96).
Men's 200-yard backstroke:On the men's side,
Kacper Stokowski moved from the eighth seed in prelims to take second place overall (1:39.94) during the night's finals session.
Hunter Tapp finished fourth (1:40.44) and
Michael Moore rounded out the championship final in eighth place (1:42.68). Freshman
Kyle Ponsler swam a lifetime best in the event to finish 13th (1:43.55).
Women's 200-yard breaststroke:Swimming in the championship final,
Andrea Podmanikova finished third in the event, going 2:06.77 for the bronze.
Heather MacCausland finished seventh (2:12.22).
Men's 200-yard breaststroke:Sophomore
Arsenio Bustos lowered the program record he set in the event last year to win the consolation final with a time that would have finished fourth in the championship final (1:52.34).
Mason Hunter took 11th (1:54.59).
Women's 100-yard freestyle:Katharine Berkoff picked up a bronze medal in the event (47.02), with
Abbey Webb finishing eighth in the heat (48.17).
Sarah Watson finished 15th (48.85),
Annabel Crush finished (16th (49.26), and
Katherine Helms went 49.14 for 22nd.
Men's 100-yard freestyle:With six swimmers in the event, the NC State finished fourth (
Luke Miller, 41.87), sixth (
David Curtiss, 42.44), sixth (
Noah Henderson, 42.44), ninth (
Bartosz Piszczorowicz, 41.98), eleventh (
Nyls Korstanje, 42.68), and twelfth (
Giovanni Izzo, 42.69).
Men's platform:Qualifying in eighth place during prelims,
Patrick O'Brien finished the event in 6th place with 336.20 total points.
Bayne Bennett finished 20th (268.05) and
Renato Calderaro ended in 23rd (251.70).
Women's 400-yard freestyle relay:The Wolfpack women wrapped up their ACC Championships run with one final bronze medal, clocking in at 3:10.04 in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Katharine Berkoff (47.04) led off and
Abbey Webb (48.31),
Kylee Alons (47.28) and
Abby Arens (47.41) closed out the third-place finish.
Men's 400-yard freestyle relay:To close out the meet, the Pack men picked up one last ACC Championship relay title, claiming the gold in all five men's relays over the five days of competition.
Bartosz Piszczorowicz posted a 42.04 split to lead off the relay, with
Luke Miller (41.61),
David Curtiss (42.09), and
Noah Henderson (41.58) working together to put the team at the top of the podium (2:47.32).
Up next:The Wolfpack will await official selections for the 2023 NCAA Championships with the women's National Championship to be held March 15-18 in Knoxville, Tenn. and the men's NCAA Championship meet to run March 22-25 in Minneapolis, Minn. The NCAA Zone B Diving qualifier is set for March 5-8 in Knoxville, Tenn., where NC State's divers look to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
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