ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Men Record Another American Record in 200 Free Relay
For the second time in two men’s 200-yard relays in two nights, NC State has recorded the quickest time ever using only U.S. swimmers. The Wolfpack team of Quintin McCarty, Drew Salls, Noah Henderson and Luke Miller teamed up to take down the American mark in the 200 free relay Wednesday evening at the ACC Championships, overcoming early challenges by Notre Dame, Virginia and Virginia Tech to claim a comfortable relay win.
On the opening leg, Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano, fresh off a sizzling time of 18.57 in the 50 free prelims, led off in 18.63 to take a slim lead on Virginia’s Matt Brownstead (18.74), Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan (18.90) and McCarty (18.93). By the halfway point, the teams were all within a quarter-second off each other, but Salls had the quickest split at 18.54.
But no one could match the Wolfpack’s depth, and Henderson began to pull away with his 18.45 on the third leg, leaving it up to Miller to finish the job, which he did in 18.53. That was sufficient for a final time of 1:14.44, which broke the American record set by Virginia’s Brownstead, Matt King, Connor Boyle and August Lamb at the conference meet two years ago.
NC State’s men also tied the ACC record, a mark set by Henderson, Nyls Korstanje, Miller and David Curtiss in a third-place finish at last year’s NCAA Championships.
Virginia ended up second here with Brownstead, Boyle, Simon Lins and Lamb combining for a mark of 1:15.20, with Lamb finishing in 18.52 to move the Cavaliers from fourth to second. The Hokies’ team of Ramadan, Brendan Whitfield, Carles Coll Marti and Mario Molla Yanes claimed third in 1:15.47, just ahead of the Fighting Irish (1:15.59) and Florida State (1:15.81).
Event 8 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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MEET: # 1:14.47 2/16/2022 Virginia, University of, UVA-VA
M Brownstead, M King, C Boyle, A Lamb
CONF: % 1:14.44 3/24/2023 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU
N. Henderson, N. Korstanje, L. Miller, D. Curtiss
AMER: $ 1:14.47 2/16/2022 Virginia, University of, UVA-VA
M Brownstead, M King, C Boyle, A Lamb
USOP: & 1:13.35 3/23/2023 Florida, Florida
J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M Mcduff
NCAA: ! 1:13.35 3/23/2023 Florida, Florida
J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M Mcduff
Pool: * 1:14.36 3/24/2021 California, CAL-P
B Seeliger, R Hoffer, D Carr, N Biondi
1:16.80 A
1:17.58 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 NC State 'A' 1:16.00 1:14.44%A 64
1) McCarty, Quintin 2) r:0.15 Salls, Larry
3) r:0.17 Henderson, Noah 4) r:0.11 Miller, Lukas
r:+0.66 18.93 37.46 (18.53)
55.91 (18.45) 1:14.44 (18.53)
2 UVA 'A' 1:16.37 1:15.20 A 56
1) Brownstead, Matthew 2) r:0.12 Boyle, Connor
3) r:0.00 Lins, Simon 4) r:0.04 Lamb, Augustus
r:+0.61 18.74 37.41 (18.67)
56.68 (19.27) 1:15.20 (18.52)
3 VA Tech 'A' 1:16.07 1:15.47 A 54
1) Ramadan, Youssef 2) r:0.09 Whitfield, Brendan
3) r:0.13 Coll Marti, Carles 4) r:0.12 Molla Yanes, Mario
r:+0.60 18.90 37.54 (18.64)
56.37 (18.83) 1:15.47 (19.10)
4 Notre Dame 'A' 1:16.84 1:15.59 A 52
1) Guiliano, Christopher 2) r:0.30 Elaraby, Abdelrahman
3) r:0.19 Filion, Tanner 4) r:0.19 Janton, Tommy
r:+0.63 18.63 37.30 (18.67)
56.19 (18.89) 1:15.59 (19.40)
5 FSU 'A' 1:16.54 1:15.81 A 50
1) Varjasi, Peter 2) r:0.17 Herbet, Mason
3) r:0.17 Wilson, Maximillian 4) r:0.21 Keblys, Jokubas
r:+0.67 19.49 38.29 (18.80)
57.26 (18.97) 1:15.81 (18.55)
6 UNC 'A' 1:19.33 1:16.76 A 48
1) Davis, Walker 2) r:0.14 Hussey, Patrick
3) r:0.04 Dramm, Louis 4) r:0.11 Poelke, Boyd
r:+0.54 19.74 38.84 (19.10)
57.72 (18.88) 1:16.76 (19.04)
7 Louisville 'A' 1:18.38 1:16.96 B 46
1) Lowe, Dalton 2) r:0.30 Crush, Charlie
3) Dubinin, Vlad 4) r:0.10 Brooks, Guy
r:+0.70 19.41
57.87 ( ) 1:16.96 (19.09)
8 GT 'A' 1:18.16 1:17.79 44
1) Odorici, Leandro 2) r:0.19 Gapinski, David
3) r:0.17 Yeboah, Robin 4) r:0.29 Balduccini, Ricky
r:+0.64 19.60 38.85 (19.25)
58.35 (19.50) 1:17.79 (19.44)
Following that record-setting relay, individual swimming action continued with the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle.
