ACC Championships, Night 3 Finals: Lucy Bell Starts Record Setting Night in 400 IM
Records fell with regularity on Thursday night at the ACC Championships, starting with Stanford’s Lucy Bell in the 400 IM.
Bell went 3:59.11, downing the three-year-old mark set by Ella Nelson of Virginia. It would be the first of two pool records and two meet records to go by the wayside for the session.
Anna Moesch set the pool record by becoming just the fourth woman to break 1:40 in the 200 freestyle in college, and Henry McFadden of Stanford downed Luke Miller’s meet mark in the 200 free from 2022.
Moesch helped Virginia stretch its lead to more than 100 points in the team category as the Cavaliers chase a seventh consecutive team title. On the men’s side, Cal and Stanford are neck-and-deck, with both Louisville and NC State dented by early disqualifications.
All the action from the McAuley Center at Georgia Tech
ACC Championships Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 23 1. Virginia, University of 786 2. Stanford University 662 3. California, University of, Ber 621 4. Louisville, University of 507 5. North Carolina State Universit 404.5 6. Pittsburgh, University of 354.5 7. North Carolina, University of, 261.5 8. University of Miami (Florida) 248 9. Florida State University 223 10. Notre Dame, University of 220 11. Duke University 215.5 12. VA Tech 208 13. Georgia Institute of Technolog 204 14. Southern Methodist University 155 15. Boston College 48
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 24 1. California, University of, Ber 622 2. Stanford University 596 3. Louisville, University of 521 4. North Carolina State Universit 505 5. VA Tech 369.5 6. Florida State University 350.5 7. Notre Dame, University of 320 8. North Carolina, University of, 299.5 9. Virginia, University of 281.5 10. Southern Methodist University 275 11. Pittsburgh, University of 244 12. Georgia Institute of Technolog 236 13. University of Miami (Florida) 162 14. Boston College 86 15. Duke University 68
The action from the second night of the meet.
Women’s 400 individual medley
Lucy Bell’s swim was a harbinger of what would come after. The Stanford senior won the race in 3:59.11, clipping .22 seconds off the ACC Championships mark set at 3:59.33 by Ella Nelson in 2023.
Bell needed all that to get past Katie Grimes, the Virginia sophomore who went 3:59.80 to finish second. Bell was up six tenths at the 300-yard mark before Grimes trimmed about half of that deficit on the seventh 50. Bell had the strength coming home, though.
Virginia still built its lead, though. Aimee Canny was third in 4:02.35. Sophia Umstead rose from seventh in prelims to fourth, and Leah Hayes was fifth. Caroline Bricker, the top seed entering the meet, was just seventh for Stanford. That moves the Cavaliers’ lead to 73 points over the Cardinal.
Event 19 Women 400 Yard IM
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MEET: @ 3:59.33 2/16/2023 Ella E Nelson, UVA-VA
CONF: # 3:55.97 3/22/2024 Alex Walsh, UVA-VA
AMER: $ 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
USOP: % 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
NCAA: ^ 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
Pool: & 3:57.25 3/18/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia-VA
4:09.53 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
4:13.20 NC NCAA
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Bell, Lucy SR Stanford 4:05.50 3:59.11@IV25 32
r:+0.69 25.94 55.34 (29.40)
1:27.43 (32.09) 1:59.07 (31.64)
2:31.58 (32.51) 3:04.39 (32.81)
3:32.51 (28.12) 3:59.11 (26.60)
2 Grimes, Katie SO UVA 4:03.18 3:59.80 IV25 28
r:+0.69 25.60 54.23 (28.63)
1:24.35 (30.12) 1:53.86 (29.51)
2:29.22 (35.36) 3:05.00 (35.78)
3:32.84 (27.84) 3:59.80 (26.96)
3 Canny, Aimee SR UVA 4:05.64 4:02.35 IV25 27
r:+0.73 25.53 54.69 (29.16)
1:26.85 (32.16) 1:58.04 (31.19)
2:32.46 (34.42) 3:06.98 (34.52)
3:34.94 (27.96) 4:02.35 (27.41)
4 Umstead, Sophia FR UVA 4:07.47 4:04.34 IV25 26
r:+0.69 26.45 56.36 (29.91)
1:27.74 (31.38) 1:59.63 (31.89)
2:32.55 (32.92) 3:06.50 (33.95)
3:35.68 (29.18) 4:04.34 (28.66)
5 Hayes, Leah SO UVA 4:06.55 4:04.37 IV25 25
r:+0.82 26.27 55.82 (29.55)
1:26.76 (30.94) 1:57.77 (31.01)
2:32.31 (34.54) 3:07.38 (35.07)
3:36.37 (28.99) 4:04.37 (28.00)
6 O'Dell, Teagan FR California 4:07.19 4:04.39 IV25 24
r:+0.74 25.58 55.41 (29.83)
1:26.50 (31.09) 1:57.76 (31.26)
2:32.50 (34.74) 3:08.53 (36.03)
3:36.97 (28.44) 4:04.39 (27.42)
7 Bricker, Caroli JR Stanford 4:05.81 4:04.69 IV25 23
r:+0.65 25.99 54.98 (28.99)
1:26.95 (31.97) 1:58.43 (31.48)
2:32.57 (34.14) 3:07.42 (34.85)
3:36.07 (28.65) 4:04.69 (28.62)
8 West, Mia SO California 4:07.99 4:05.10 IV25 22
r:+0.70 25.14 53.99 (28.85)
1:25.42 (31.43) 1:56.52 (31.10)
2:31.87 (35.35) 3:08.11 (36.24)
3:36.97 (28.86) 4:05.10 (28.13)
Men’s 400 individual medley
After a massive PB in the morning, Josh Zuchowski went lower still at night, going 3:38.58. His best time had been a 3:42.22 entering the meet, but the Stanford senior summarily dashed that.
Ryan Erisman gave him a push, going 3:38.94 for second place for Cal. Louisville’s Tommy Bried was just seventh in the morning but leapt to third in 3:40.15, .06 ahead of teammate Gregg Enoch. That slightly cushioned the blow of a Jackson Millard DQ.
The fifth-fastest time at night came from Frederick Klein of California at 3:41.30, but it was in the B final.
Event 20 Men 400 Yard IM
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MEET: @ 3:38.43 3/1/2017 Robert Owen, VT-VA
CONF: # 3:36.22 3/28/2025 Lucas Henveaux, California-AC
AMER: $ 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
USOP: % 3:28.82 3/24/2023 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
NCAA: ^ 3:28.82 3/24/2023 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
Pool: & 3:32.88 3/24/2022 Hugo Gonzalez, Calfornia-PC
3:41.61 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
3:46.19 NC NCAA
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Zuchowski, Josh SR Stanford 3:39.17 3:38.58 IV25 32
r:+0.67 23.41 50.59 (27.18)
1:18.75 (28.16) 1:46.58 (27.83)
2:18.23 (31.65) 2:49.15 (30.92)
3:14.76 (25.61) 3:38.58 (23.82)
2 Erisman, Ryan FR California 3:39.87 3:38.94 IV25 28
r:+0.67 23.65 50.38 (26.73)
1:19.33 (28.95) 1:47.08 (27.75)
2:18.41 (31.33) 2:50.18 (31.77)
3:15.03 (24.85) 3:38.94 (23.91)
3 Bried, Tommy SR Louisville 3:42.26 3:40.15 IV25 27
r:+0.66 23.84 50.11 (26.27)
1:18.64 (28.53) 1:46.58 (27.94)
2:16.81 (30.23) 2:47.63 (30.82)
3:14.35 (26.72) 3:40.15 (25.80)
4 Enoch, Gregg SO Louisville 3:41.34 3:40.21 IV25 26
r:+0.65 22.96 49.54 (26.58)
1:18.25 (28.71) 1:46.45 (28.20)
2:17.74 (31.29) 2:49.43 (31.69)
3:15.29 (25.86) 3:40.21 (24.92)
5 Dramm, Louis SR UNC 3:42.53 3:41.42 IV25 25
r:+0.72 23.40 50.41 (27.01)
1:20.02 (29.61) 1:48.27 (28.25)
2:18.99 (30.72) 2:50.15 (31.16)
3:16.35 (26.20) 3:41.42 (25.07)
6 Ekk, Ethan FR Stanford 3:41.52 3:42.79 NC 24
r:+0.71 23.73 50.25 (26.52)
1:18.93 (28.68) 1:46.27 (27.34)
2:19.19 (32.92) 2:52.91 (33.72)
3:18.35 (25.44) 3:42.79 (24.44)
7 Najera, Humbert JR California 3:41.90 3:44.27 NC 23
r:+0.66 23.32 49.90 (26.58)
1:17.91 (28.01) 1:45.70 (27.79)
2:17.00 (31.30) 2:49.75 (32.75)
3:17.06 (27.31) 3:44.27 (27.21)
-- Millard, Jackso SR Louisville 3:39.86 DQ
One hand touch - breast
r:+0.65 22.91 49.76 (26.85)
1:18.68 (28.92) 1:46.39 (27.71)
2:17.00 (30.61) 2:48.53 (31.53)
3:14.90 (26.37) DQ (26.39)
Women’s 100 butterfly
In the showdown of Olympians, Torri Huske got the better of Claire Curzan. The Stanford senior went 48.26 to win, .19 up on Curzan. Both were under the pool record set at NCAAs in 2022 by Alex Walsh. Huske’s time was .01 off the meet mark that Gretchen Walsh set in 2024.
Huske won it on the first 50, going out in 22.20. Curzan’s 22.56 was great but not enough to track down Huske.
Stanford got big points with Gigi Johnson third in 49.95 on the front half of her quick double. Leah Shackley of NC State roared from seventh in prelims to fourth in 50.52, ahead of Virginia’s Sara Curtis in a still prosperous event for Virginia. Annie Jia finished sixth for Cal.
Event 21 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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MEET: @ 48.25 2/22/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
CONF: # 46.97 3/21/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
AMER: $ 46.97 3/21/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
USOP: % 46.97 3/21/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
NCAA: ^ 46.97 3/21/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
Pool: & 49.09 3/18/2022 Alex Walsh, Virginia-VA
51.87 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
52.52 NC NCAA
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Huske, Torri SR Stanford 50.12 48.26&IV25 32
r:+0.60 10.17 22.20 (12.03)
34.92 (12.72) 48.26 (13.34)
2 Curzan, Claire UVA 49.19 48.47&IV25 28
r:+0.68 10.17 22.56 (12.39)
35.28 (12.72) 48.47 (13.19)
3 Johnson, Gigi SR Stanford 50.65 49.95 IV25 27
r:+0.65 10.50 23.24 (12.74)
36.38 (13.14) 49.95 (13.57)
4 Shackley, Leah SO NC State 51.25 50.52 IV25 26
r:+0.65 10.89 24.27 (13.38)
36.73 (12.46) 50.52 (13.79)
5 Curtis, Sara FR UVA 50.85 50.70 IV25 25
r:+0.68 10.39 23.62 (13.23)
36.64 (13.02) 50.70 (14.06)
6 Jia, Annie FR California 51.11 50.83 IV25 24
r:+0.67 11.05 24.05 (13.00)
37.03 (12.98) 50.83 (13.80)
7 Pelaez, Erika SO NC State 51.36 50.91 IV25 23
r:+0.65 10.82 23.77 (12.95)
37.19 (13.42) 50.91 (13.72)
8 Wall, Tatum SR Duke 51.18 51.05 IV25 22
r:+0.67 10.57 23.58 (13.01)
37.08 (13.50) 51.05 (13.97)
Men’s 100 butterfly
Aiden Hayes added another win for NC State, who had four of them Wednesday night, by going 44.07 in the 100 fly. He came home with just enough to hold off the last-25 charge of Thomas Heilman, who took second in 44.16.
Julian Koch of Pitt was third in 44.56. Six swimmers got under 45 seconds, among them Arsenio Bustos of NC State in 44.82.
Event 22 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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MEET: @ 43.90 3/26/2022 Youssef T Ramadan, VT-VA
CONF: # 43.15 3/24/2023 Youssef T Ramadan, VT-VA
AMER: $ 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
USOP: % 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
NCAA: ^ 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: & 43.71 3/25/2022 Andrei Minakov, Stanford-PC
44.51 NC NCAA
45.12 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Hayes, Aiden 5Y NC State 44.40 44.07 NC 32
r:+0.63 9.10 20.33 (11.23)
31.93 (11.60) 44.07 (12.14)
2 Heilman, Thomas FR UVA 44.78 44.16 NC 28
r:+0.65 9.43 20.69 (11.26)
32.38 (11.69) 44.16 (11.78)
3 Koch, Julian SO Pitt 44.75 44.56 IV25 27
r:+0.63 9.04 20.34 (11.30)
32.22 (11.88) 44.56 (12.34)
4 Arkhangelskiy, SO FSU 45.19 44.79 IV25 26
r:+0.62 9.37 20.85 (11.48)
32.49 (11.64) 44.79 (12.30)
5 Bustos, Arsenio 5Y NC State 45.19 44.82 IV25 25
r:+0.61 9.36 20.75 (11.39)
32.38 (11.63) 44.82 (12.44)
6 Graham, Rian SO Louisville 45.30 44.99 IV25 24
r:+0.59 9.31 20.81 (11.50)
32.43 (11.62) 44.99 (12.56)
7 Musso, Aiden SO Louisville 45.14 45.20 23
r:+0.66 9.25 20.83 (11.58)
32.68 (11.85) 45.20 (12.52)
8 Gu, Rafael SR Stanford 45.28 45.32 22
r:+0.65 9.47 20.87 (11.40)
32.89 (12.02) 45.32 (12.43)
Women’s 200 freestyle
Virginia’s Anna Moesch joined hallowed company as just the fourth college woman to swim under 1:40 in the 200-yard free, going 1:39.72. That’s the pool record, trouncing the 1:41.12 of Stanford’s Taylor Ruck at NCAAs in 2022. She is just outside of the meet record of Gretchen Walsh (1:39.34) in 2025.
Virginia went 1-2-4-6. Madi Mintenko finished second in 1:41.52. Bailey Hartman was fourth, Cavan Gormsen sixth.
In between was Claire Weinstein, who jumped from fifth in prelims to third in 1:42.40. Carmen Weiler Sastre of Virginia Tech was fifth in 1:43.14. Stanford finished seventh and eighth, with Anna Olasewere and Gigi Johnson on the end of her double.
Event 23 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: @ 1:39.34 2/18/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
CONF: # 1:39.34 2/18/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
AMER: $ 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
USOP: % 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
NCAA: ^ 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
Pool: & 1:41.12 3/18/2022 Taylor Ruck, Stanford-PC
1:44.74 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
1:45.53 NC NCAA
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Moesch, Anna SO UVA 1:41.67 1:39.72&IV25 32
r:+0.72 23.54 49.15 (25.61)
1:14.58 (25.43) 1:39.72 (25.14)
2 Mintenko, Madi FR UVA 1:43.26 1:41.52 IV25 28
r:+0.73 23.80 49.40 (25.60)
1:15.35 (25.95) 1:41.52 (26.17)
3 Weinstein, Clai FR California 1:43.98 1:42.40 IV25 27
r:+0.75 24.17 50.18 (26.01)
1:16.52 (26.34) 1:42.40 (25.88)
4 Hartman, Bailey SO UVA 1:44.18 1:42.64 IV25 26
r:+0.72 23.95 50.11 (26.16)
1:16.64 (26.53) 1:42.64 (26.00)
5 Weiler Sastre, SR VA Tech 1:43.05 1:43.14 IV25 25
r:+0.72 24.10 49.86 (25.76)
1:16.39 (26.53) 1:43.14 (26.75)
6 Gormsen, Cavan JR UVA 1:43.48 1:43.20 IV25 24
r:+0.72 24.15 50.23 (26.08)
1:16.81 (26.58) 1:43.20 (26.39)
7 Olasewere, Anna FR Stanford 1:44.20 1:43.23 IV25 23
r:+0.67 24.10 50.90 (26.80)
1:17.42 (26.52) 1:43.23 (25.81)
8 Johnson, Gigi SR Stanford 1:44.02 1:43.25 IV25 22
r:+0.67 24.65 51.32 (26.67)
1:17.51 (26.19) 1:43.25 (25.74)
Men’s 200 freestyle
Henry McFadden took down the meet record in the men’s 100 free, and it required a charge to the wall.
The Stanford junior was well out front at 150, but he had just the fourth-fastest final 50. It was enough to get in at 1:31.05, trimming the 1:13.16 that Luke Miller of NC State set in 2022.
Second was Logan Robinson of Florida State, who closed in 22.92 to get second in 1:31.18. Kaii Winkler of NC State was third in 1:31.27. Three others got under 1:32, led by Cal’s Keaton Jones.
Event 24 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: @ 1:31.16 3/26/2022 Luke Miller, NC State
CONF: # 1:30.02 3/26/2025 Jack Alexy, California-AC
AMER: $ 1:28.33 3/28/2025 Luke Hobson, Texas
USOP: % 1:28.33 3/28/2025 Luke Hobson, Texas
NCAA: ^ 1:28.33 3/27/2024 Luke Hobson, Texas
Pool: & 1:30.28 3/25/2022 Drew Kibler, Texas-ST
1:32.27 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
1:33.93 NC NCAA
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 McFadden, Henry JR Stanford 1:32.32 1:31.05@IV25 32
r:+0.68 21.08 44.03 (22.95)
1:07.47 (23.44) 1:31.05 (23.58)
2 Robinson, Logan SO FSU 1:32.21 1:31.18 IV25 28
r:+0.63 21.16 44.57 (23.41)
1:08.26 (23.69) 1:31.18 (22.92)
3 Winkler, Kaii SO NC State 1:32.61 1:31.27 IV25 27
r:+0.66 20.79 44.06 (23.27)
1:07.88 (23.82) 1:31.27 (23.39)
4 Jones, Keaton JR California 1:32.51 1:31.60 IV25 26
r:+0.73 21.54 44.73 (23.19)
1:08.11 (23.38) 1:31.60 (23.49)
5 Whitfield, Bren JR VA Tech 1:32.76 1:31.84 IV25 25
r:+0.71 20.79 43.99 (23.20)
1:07.92 (23.93) 1:31.84 (23.92)
6 Brooks, Guy SR Louisville 1:32.50 1:31.92 IV25 24
r:+0.66 21.19 44.37 (23.18)
1:08.19 (23.82) 1:31.92 (23.73)
7 Brennan, Franci FR SMU 1:32.35 1:32.45 NC 23
r:+0.66 21.81 45.26 (23.45)
1:08.85 (23.59) 1:32.45 (23.60)
8 Diehl, Daniel JR NC State 1:32.80 1:33.61 NC 22
r:+0.69 21.29 44.80 (23.51)
1:09.15 (24.35) 1:33.61 (24.46)
