NC State Sprints to 200 Free Conference Record

ACC Championships, Day 2 Finals: NC State Sprints to 200 Free Conference Record

Wednesday is the sprinters’ day at the ACC Championships, with the 50 freestyle and the 200 free relay. NC State is taking full advantage.

Quintin McCarty set the meet record in prelims in the 50, then split 18.19 to lead NC State to a conference record in the night finals to kick off the session.

The Wolfpack went 1:14.02, erasing the conference mark set in 2025 by California.

The action from the second night of the meet.

Women’s 200 freestyle relay

Virginia gave a heck of a run at one of the school’s hallowed relay records. Bryn Greenwaldt, Claire Curzan, Anna Moesch and Sara Curtis went 123.75 to win the relay by more than a second. That is a scant .12 seconds off the Meet, Conference, and NCAA record set by a bunch of girls named Walsh in 2024. Curtis was a staggering 20.46 off the end. It also is a McAuley Center pool record.

Second was Standford in 1:25.14. Louisville was third, two tenths behind, and NC State was fourth. Cal and Duke added NCAA cuts

Event 11  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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         MEET: @ 1:23.63  2/21/2024 Virginia, University of, UVA-A
                          J Nocentini, G Walsh, A Walsh, M Parker
         CONF: # 1:23.63  2/21/2024 Virginia, University of, UVA-A
                          J Nocentini, G Walsh, A Walsh, M Parker
         AMER: $ 1:23.87  2/15/2023 University of Virginia, UVA-V
                          K Douglass, G Walsh, A Cuomo, A Walsh
         USOP: % 1:23.63  2/21/2024 Virginia, University of, UVA-A
                          J Nocentini, G Walsh, A Walsh, M Parker
         NCAA: ^ 1:23.63  2/21/2024 Virginia, University of, UVA-A
                          J Nocentini, G Walsh, A Walsh, M Parker
         Pool: & 1:26.80  3/17/2016 California, Calif
                          F Osman, K Vredeveld, V Hull, A Bilquist
                 1:28.26  NC NCAA
                 1:28.78  PROV Provisional Relay
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 UVA  'A'                      1:24.83    1:23.75&NC      64  
     1) Greenwaldt, Bryn SR           2) r:0.13 Curzan, Claire        
     3) r:0.13 Moesch, Anna SO        4) r:0.16 Curtis, Sara FR       
    r:+0.65  21.72        42.35 (20.63)
        1:03.29 (20.94)     1:23.75 (20.46)
  2 Stanford  'A'                 1:25.30    1:25.14&NC      56  
     1) Olasewere, Annam FR           2) r:0.18 Huske, Torri SR       
     3) r:0.92 Johnson, Gigi SR       4) r:0.25 Thomas, Lucy JR       
    r:+0.63  21.50        42.13 (20.63)
        1:03.56 (21.43)     1:25.14 (21.58)
  3 Louisville  'A'               1:25.36    1:25.34&NC      54  
     1) Larsen, Caroline SO           2) r:0.12 Dennis, Julia SR      
     3) r:0.70 Mishler, Julie FR      4) r:0.05 Welch, Ella SR        
    r:+0.69  21.75        42.54 (20.79)
        1:03.87 (21.33)     1:25.34 (21.47)
  4 NC State  'A'                 1:26.75    1:26.33&NC      52  
     1) Moses, Casaundra SR           2) r:0.28 Christianson, Lily SO 
     3) r:0.25 Driscoll, Tyler JR     4) r:0.04 Nel, Olivia SR        
    r:+0.63  21.99        43.37 (21.38)
        1:05.21 (21.84)     1:26.33 (21.12)
  5 California  'A'               1:28.17    1:26.69&NC      50  
     1) Moluh, Mary-Ambre SO          2) r:0.33 West, Mia SO          
     3) r:0.51 Griscavage, Sydney SR  4) r:0.36 O'Dell, Teagan FR     
    r:+0.73  21.67        43.14 (21.47)
        1:04.93 (21.79)     1:26.69 (21.76)
  6 Duke  'A'                     1:29.16    1:28.14 NC      48  
     1) Wall, Tatum SR                2) r:0.10 White, Heather FR     
     3) r:0.30 Pfaff, Ali JR          4) r:0.13 Logan, Clare SO       
    r:+0.66  21.66        43.80 (22.14)
        1:05.86 (22.06)     1:28.14 (22.28)
  7 GT  'A'                       1:29.17    1:28.38 PROV    46  
     1) Stanisavljevic, Nina SO       2) r:0.30 Hadjiloizou, Anna SR  
     3) r:0.15 Wright, Phoebe SR      4) r:0.26 Ferrari, Jillian JR   
    r:+0.63  22.21        44.20 (21.99)
        1:06.36 (22.16)     1:28.38 (22.02)
  8 Pitt  'A'                     1:29.04    1:28.40 PROV    44  
     1) Kudlac, Avery JR              2) r:0.93 Jansen, Claire SR     
     3) r:0.34 Hafele, Avery SO       4) r:0.26 Clarke, Mary SO       
    r:+0.65  22.40        43.82 (21.42)
        1:06.20 (22.38)     1:28.40 (22.20)

Men’s 200 freestyle relay

A night after a DQ in the 200 medley relay denied the Wolfpack a possible win, NC State made amends, with very safe starts, to boot. The Wolfpack went 1:14.02 with the team of Jerry Fox, Quintin McCarty, Drew Salls and Kaii Winkler.

That unseats the meet mark of 1:14.29 that NC State set last year. Cal’s team at NCAAs went 1:14.12. (It’s also under the American record that NC State owns, but German international Winkler obviates that.) And it downs the 1:14.11 pool mark set in 2022 by Florida.

Cal was second in 1:14.81, with an 18.38 from Evan Petty in there. Louisville was third in 1:14.91, followed by Virginia Tech in 1:15.00. Stanford, Florida State, Virginia and Notre Dame also had A cuts.

Event 12  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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         MEET: @ 1:14.29  2/19/2025 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-AC
                          Q McCarty, J Fox, L Salls, L Miller
         CONF: # 1:14.12  3/27/2025 California, NCSU
                          J. Alexy, B. Seeliger, M. Jensen, D. Lasco
         AMER: $ 1:14.29  2/19/2025 North Carolina State Universit, NCSU-AC
                          Q McCarty, J Fox, L Salls, L Miller
         USOP: % 1:12.80  2/19/2025 Tennessee, Tennessee
                          J. Crooks, G. Caribe, L. Taylor, N. Blackman
         NCAA: ^ 1:12.80  2/19/2023 Tennessee, Tennessee
                          J. Crooks, G. Caribe, L. Taylor, N. Blackman
         Pool: & 1:14.11  3/24/2022 Florida, Flori
                          A. Chaney, J. Friese, W. Davis, K. Smith
                 1:16.23  NC NCAA
                 1:16.23  IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
                 1:16.91  PROV Provisional Relay
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 NC State  'A'                 1:15.47    1:14.02&NC      64  
     1) Fox, Jerry JR                 2) r:0.20 McCarty, Quintin JR   
     3) r:0.25 Salls, Drew SR         4) r:0.33 Winkler, Kaii SO      
    r:+0.65  18.87        37.06 (18.19)
          55.39 (18.33)     1:14.02 (18.63)
  2 California  'A'               1:15.74    1:14.81 NC      56  
     1) Wrede, Martin FR              2) r:0.23 Battaglini, Lucca SO  
     3) r:0.31 Petty, Evan 5Y         4) r:0.04 Puggaard, Casper FR   
    r:+0.64  19.01        37.73 (18.72)
          56.11 (18.38)     1:14.81 (18.70)
  3 Louisville  'A'               1:15.74    1:14.91 NC      54  
     1) Sheremet, Nikita FR           2) r:0.14 Crush, Charlie SR     
     3) r:0.06 Musso, Aiden SO        4) r:0.19 Graham, Rian SO       
    r:+0.66  18.91        37.61 (18.70)
          56.13 (18.52)     1:14.91 (18.78)
  4 VA Tech  'A'                  1:16.87    1:15.00 NC      52  
     1) Whitfield, Brendan JR         2) r:0.14 Aranda Pereira,tian FR
     3) r:0.16 George Mathew, nish SR 4) r:0.18 Nunez, Javier FR      
    r:+0.68  18.69        37.51 (18.82)
          56.23 (18.72)     1:15.00 (18.77)
  5 Stanford  'A'                 1:16.31    1:15.45 NC      50  
     1) Harrington, Ethan JR          2) r:0.12 Gu, Rafael SR         
     3) r:0.03 Dupont Cabrera,dres SR 4) r:0.14 Tan, Jonathan JR      
    r:+0.60  19.41        38.00 (18.59)
          56.83 (18.83)     1:15.45 (18.62)
  6 FSU  'A'                      1:16.20    1:15.65 NC      48  
     1) Arkhangelskiy, Michel SO      2) r:0.18 Bork, Sam SR          
     3) r:0.02 Wilson, Max SR         4) r:0.20 Robinson, Logan SO    
    r:+0.60  19.27        38.14 (18.87)
          57.00 (18.86)     1:15.65 (18.65)
  7 UVA  'A'                      1:16.16    1:15.79 NC      46  
     1) Williamson, Maximus FR        2) r:0.12 Aikins, Jack SR       
     3) r:0.24 Powers, Noah FR        4) r:0.30 Howat, Josh FR        
    r:+0.61  18.92        37.70 (18.78)
          56.59 (18.89)     1:15.79 (19.20)
  8 ND  'A'                       1:18.42    1:15.97 NC      44  
     1) Eckler, Shane FR              2) r:0.12 Reyes-Gentry, Mrcus JR
     3) r:0.11 Kelly, Jeremy SO       4) r:0.15 Janton, Tommy JR      
    r:+0.57  19.06        37.89 (18.83)
          56.99 (19.10)     1:15.97 (18.98)

Women’s 500 freestyle

Men’s 500 freestyle

Women’s 200 individual medley

Men’s 200 individual medley

Women’s 50 freestyle

Men’s 50 freestyle