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Swimming & Diving ACCtion: Weekend of January 25-27
Jan. 27, 2008
NC State Topples Maryland in College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Both NC State men and women's swimming and diving teams picked up valuable ACC victories over Maryland on Saturday, Jan. 26 in College Park, Md. The decision moves the men's record to 5-2 (2-2 ACC), while the women improve to 4-4 (1-3 ACC). The men's team grabbed first-place in 10 of 16 events, while the women finished ahead of the class in eight. The State men won three of the first four events with Mason McGee (9:33.93) taking the 1000-free, while Andrew Lester (1:40.96) collected the 200-free and Stephen Mellor (49.99) bested the 100-back. Dan Forsythe then finished second in the 100-breast with a 57.14, while Mike Seiferth (1:52.25) and Derek Ernst (1:53.83) placed second and third in the 200-butter. In the 50-free Dan Glauber (21.39) took third, while Travis Martinez (21.45) wound up fourth. Erica Smith, Sarah Merritt, Patrice Dason and Ashley Ritcher got the Pack women off on the right foot with a 1:46.39 victory in the 200-medley relay. Anna Linkenauger (10:27.58), Kathryn Creech (10:33.73) and Taryn Shelley (10:36.22) then finished second, third and fourth respectively in the 1000-free, while Smith took third in the 100-back on a 58.62.
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Clemson Tiger Swimming and Diving teams were in hot competition with the nationally ranked Florida State Seminoles in McHugh Natatorium, with the men (10-2, 5-2 ACC) downing #25 Florida State (9-4, 2-2 ACC), 174-126. The Tiger women (6-7, 2-5 ACC) dropped a heartbreaker to the #20 Seminoles (15-2, 5-0 ACC), 150.5-149.5, and were denied their 200th program victory. The afternoon started quickly for both Tiger teams, with the women jumping out with a win in the 200 medley relay, and the men's group of Jay Crout, Andy Bergren, Adam Farnham, and Mark Vahle setting the pool record at 1:30.77. In the 1000 free, Cassy LaRussa, Summer O'Donnell, and Sarah Smith combined to take the top three spots. From there, Michelle Parkhurst took over, recording wins in the 200 free (1:50.76), 100 back (56.81), and NCAA-B 1:59.93 in the 200 back, and a win as part of the 400 free relay group. Teammate Rachel Regone took home three wins in the 50 free, 100 free, and 400 free relay. Cassy LaRussa won the 1000 free and was runner-up in the 500 free. Freshman Meggie Mizelle won the 200 fly as well.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State swimming and diving made a long day of traveling pay off by sweeping South Carolina Friday evening January 25, in Columbia, S.C. The No. 25 ranked men won 169-131 while the No. 20 ranked women took home a 171.5-128.5 victory. "I'm really thrilled with the outcome, I wasn't sure what to expect from our team going on the road," FSU head coach Neil Harper said. "South Carolina is a good team and we really swam well as a team. This was a total team effort." The meet started great for the men and the women with the Seminoles taking the top two spots in the 200 medley relay on both sides. On the men's side it was the team of senior Ian Powell, sophomores Scott Thacker and Corey Swanson and junior Scott Baker winning in a time of 1:32.00. On the women's side it was freshmen C.J. Hendry, Lowri Tynan and seniors Lauren Sparg and Abbie King touching in 1:45.77.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - The University of Miami swimming and diving team defeated Florida International, 167-63, and Florida Gulf Coast, 169-70, in a tri-meet Saturday morning at the Norman Whitten Student Union Pool. Ryann Labreche, Britta Boesing and Annika Saarnak all came away with a pair of individual wins as UM came up victorious in all but two events on the afternoon. Labreche won both long distance freestyle events, taking the 1000-yard free in 10:22.88 and the 500-yard free in 5:02.24. Fellow freshman Saarnak also came away with freestyle wins in the 100-yard free (51.26) and the 200-yard free (1:53.56) while Boesing beat out FGCU's Rachael Rein to win the 200-yard IM in 2:06.96 before picking up another win in the 100-yard backstroke in 58.09. "I was very impressed with the way we swam overall today," head coach Christie Shefchunas said. "Hopefully it is a great indicator of things to come heading into the ACC Championships." The Hurricanes, who moved to 8-2 on the season with two wins Saturday, also won the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:46.92 in addition to a mark of 3:33.63 in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Tech men's and women's swimming and diving teams cruised past Emory and Vanderbilt to conclude the regular season today. The men defeated Emory 182-91 while the women scored a 193-88 win over Vanderbilt and a 167-78 win against Emory. Senior diver Stephanie England broke the school record in the one-meter diving event by scoring 306.75 points. Tech began the meet by sweeping both the men's and women's 200-yard medley relay. The women's team of Ryann Kopacka, Lisa Pucci, Christine Chuang and Agatha Kwasnik won in a time of 1:48.21 while the men's squad of Matt Tang, Mickey Malul, Noah Copeland and Mauricio Sousa touched the wall in 1:32.24. The women's 1000-yard free saw Tech teammates Elizabeth Stowe (10:10.18) and Katie Bond (10:22.20) finish first and second, respectively. Tech got another 1-2 finish in the 200-yard freestyle as Jing Li won the event in 1:54.95 followed by teammate Taylor Flynn who touched the wall in 1:55.73. On the men's side, the Yellow Jackets completed a sweep of all three places with Travis Wagner (1:42.37), Matt Tang (1:44.40) and Onur Uras (1:45.36) comprising the top three spots.
BLACKSBURG, Va. - In their final home dual meet of their careers, 10 seniors went out in style as they helped Tech sweep former BIG EAST foe Pittsburgh and break a total of nine school and pool records on Saturday afternoon at the War Memorial Pool. With the 185.5-111.5 victory over Pittsburgh, the No. 23-nationally ranked women move up to 11-2 (3-1 ACC), while the men (9-3, 2-2 ACC) earn their second-ever win over the Panthers with a score of 177-117. Finishing first in 23 of 32 events, the H2Okies placed 1-2 in 18 events and 1-2-3 in 12 races during their dominating performance. "I think it's so exciting to see our seniors perform," head coach Ned Skinner said. "Here they are in the twilight of their careers and to see them still swimming with a smile on their face and still love Virginia Tech swimming and diving and wanting to be a part of it means the world to all of us coaches and to the program.
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The Duke swimming and diving teams were in action at East Carolina on Saturday afternoon, as the Blue Devil women defeated ECU, 167-131, and the Duke men dropped a 178-117 decision to the Pirates. Sophomore Shannon Beall won three events and freshman Ashley Twichell took two individual victories to lead the women's squad in pool events, while sophomore Julie Brummond took first place in both diving events for the second straight meet. Beall notched first place finishes in the 100 and 200 fly, touching in 56.20 seconds and 2:03.20, respectively, while also taking top honors in the 200 IM race with a time of 2:06.93. Twichell touched first in the 200 (1:49.81) and 500 free (4:59.86) events and also picked up a second place finish in the 1000 free (10:13.35) on the day, as she combined with sophomore Jackie Fasano for a one-two punch in the 1000 free. Fasano touched in 10:12.64 for the victory. Freshman Katie Magee was also part of a one-two finish with Twichell, as Magee touched in 5:01.95 to take second place in the 500 free.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Virginia's swimming and diving teams ended their home season Sunday with a sweep over Pittsburgh. The women extended their dual meet record to 8-2 with a score of 157-136, while the men (7-3) won 159-132. Head coach Mark Bernardino shifted the events somewhat, allowing the athletes to swim some different events. "We were able to learn a little bit about the versatility of our athletes today," Bernardino said. "Sometimes in practice or in training, they do some other events and we see a glimmer of opportunity for them in that event. Mentally, to not race the same race week in and week out keeps them fresh. The level of emotion we put into this week versus last week was significantly different. I just wanted them to use their physical skills." Virginia opened the meet with wins in both of the 200-yard medley relays. Mei Christensen, Ellie Freeman, Kristen Wallace, and Nancy Baar led the women, clocking in at 1:44.46. The team of Stephanie Glover, Katherine McDonnell, Liz Shaw, and Amber Bialas was right behind them, touching at 1:44.46 for a 1-2 Cavalier finish.
Men: BC 229.5, Maine 102.5;
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