ACC Championships, Day 5: Yamato Okadome, Josh Zuchowski Set Up Men’s Title Showdown
ACC Championships Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 31 1. Virginia, University of 1028.5 2. California, University of, Ber 860.5 3. Stanford University 798 4. Louisville, University of 653 5. North Carolina State Universit 591.5 6. Pittsburgh, University of 450 7. North Carolina, University of, 387.5 8. Duke University 328.5 9. Notre Dame, University of 310 10. Florida State University 304 11. University of Miami (Florida) 296 12. VA Tech 274.5 13. Georgia Institute of Technolog 238 14. Southern Methodist University 203 15. Boston College 74
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 32 1. California, University of, Ber 827 2. Stanford University 799 3. North Carolina State Universit 665 4. Louisville, University of 663 5. VA Tech 541.5 6. Florida State University 499.5 7. North Carolina, University of, 446.5 8. Virginia, University of 433.5 9. Notre Dame, University of 397 10. Southern Methodist University 326 11. Pittsburgh, University of 324 12. Georgia Institute of Technolog 293 13. University of Miami (Florida) 162 14. Duke University 109 15. Boston College 86
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Women’s 200 backstroke
NC State has three in the A final in its burgeoning backstroke stable, with Erika Pelaez taking the lead in 1:49.59. Leah Shackley was fourth, with Kennedy Noble seventh.
Claire Curzan, the top seed entering the meet, is lurking in second place after a 1:50.16 swim in prelims. She became the second fastest performer in history in the 100 back on Friday night and is the only swimmer with a sub-1:48 time in the field this season. Pelaez is second at 1:49.18.
Pitt’s Claire Jansen in the third seed as the Panthers continues a sizzling meet. Tess Howley is fifth for Virginia, which also got Charlotte Wilson in eighth into the A final.
Event 35 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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MEET: @ 1:47.38 2/22/2025 Claire Curzan, UVA-AC
CONF: # 1:46.82 3/22/2025 Claire Curzan, UVA-AC
AMER: $ 1:46.82 3/22/2025 Claire Curzan, UVA-AC
USOP: % 1:46.82 3/22/2025 Regan Smith, Riptide
NCAA: ^ 1:46.82 3/22/2025 Claire Curzan, UVA-AC
Pool: & 1:47.76 3/19/2022 Regan Smith, Stanford-PC
1:53.31 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
1:54.80 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Pelaez, Erika SO NC State 1:49.18 1:49.59 qIV25
r:+0.54 26.15 54.27 (28.12)
1:21.91 (27.64) 1:49.59 (27.68)
2 Curzan, Claire UVA 1:47.89 1:50.16 qIV25
r:+0.57 25.09 53.62 (28.53)
1:22.09 (28.47) 1:50.16 (28.07)
3 Jansen, Claire SR Pitt 1:50.47 1:50.75 qIV25
r:+0.58 25.91 53.90 (27.99)
1:22.71 (28.81) 1:50.75 (28.04)
4 Shackley, Leah SO NC State 1:49.67 1:50.90 qIV25
r:+0.57 25.85 53.73 (27.88)
1:22.03 (28.30) 1:50.90 (28.87)
5 Howley, Tess JR UVA 1:51.03 1:51.10 qIV25
r:+0.62 26.21 54.01 (27.80)
1:22.33 (28.32) 1:51.10 (28.77)
6 Frei, Sophia JR UNC 1:52.63 1:51.31 qIV25
r:+0.63 26.27 54.17 (27.90)
1:22.23 (28.06) 1:51.31 (29.08)
7 Noble, Kennedy SR NC State 1:52.13 1:51.59 qIV25
r:+0.58 26.13 54.53 (28.40)
1:23.08 (28.55) 1:51.59 (28.51)
8 Wilson, Charlot SO UVA 1:52.53 1:52.02 qIV25
r:+0.68 26.39 54.63 (28.24)
1:23.13 (28.50) 1:52.02 (28.89)
Men’s 200 backstroke
Josh Zuchowski has been great at this meet, winning the 400 individual medley and finishing fourth in the 200 fly. He’s chasing another title, but with eight A finalists clustered within a second, it’ll be tight. Zuchowski led the way in prelims in 1:39.08, a best time by a half-second.
Second was Virginia’s David King in 1:32.22. Jack Berube of SMU was third with Daniel Diehl of NC State fourth. Cal has two in the A final, Keaton Jones sixth and Humberto Najera eighth, but they’ll need big finals swims to neutralize Zuchowski at the top.
Event 36 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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MEET: @ 1:37.19 2/22/2025 Gabriel Jett, California-AC
CONF: # 1:36.40 3/29/2025 Destin Lasco, California-AC
AMER: $ 1:35.37 3/26/2024 Destin Lasco, California
USOP: % 1:34.24 3/29/2025 Hubert Kos, Texas
NCAA: ^ 1:34.24 3/29/2024 Hubert Kos, Texas
Pool: & 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California-PC
1:40.13 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
1:42.14 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Zuchowski, Josh SR Stanford 1:40.98 1:39.08 qIV25
r:+0.77 23.43 48.66 (25.23)
1:13.97 (25.31) 1:39.08 (25.11)
2 King, David SO UVA 1:39.37 1:39.22 qIV25
r:+0.69 23.17 47.89 (24.72)
1:13.00 (25.11) 1:39.22 (26.22)
3 Berube, Jack JR SMU 1:40.15 1:39.29 qIV25
r:+0.66 23.10 48.01 (24.91)
1:13.68 (25.67) 1:39.29 (25.61)
4 Diehl, Daniel JR NC State 1:39.86 1:39.53 qIV25
r:+0.67 23.38 48.64 (25.26)
1:14.11 (25.47) 1:39.53 (25.42)
5 Aikins, Jack SR UVA 1:40.84 1:39.54 qIV25
r:+0.60 23.20 48.33 (25.13)
1:13.67 (25.34) 1:39.54 (25.87)
6 Jones, Keaton JR California 1:40.30 1:39.79 qIV25
r:+0.72 23.96 49.27 (25.31)
1:14.78 (25.51) 1:39.79 (25.01)
7 Millard, Jackso SR Louisville 1:41.33 1:39.90 qIV25
r:+0.60 23.50 48.83 (25.33)
1:14.14 (25.31) 1:39.90 (25.76)
8 Najera, Humbert JR California 1:39.93 1:40.03 qIV25
r:+0.65 23.66 48.76 (25.10)
1:14.36 (25.60) 1:40.03 (25.67)
Women’s 100 freestyle
The newest member of the sub-1:40 200 free club is out front, with Anna Moesch leading a Virginia 1-2. The sophomore was first in prelims at 46.20, with Sara Curtis second in 46.85.
If Stanford is going to jump Cal, this has to be the event. Torri Huske is lurking in third at 46.94. Anna Olasewere and Gigi Johnson cracked the A final in seventh and eighth. Cal has Mary-Ambre Moluh in sixth.
Duke’s Tatum Wall makes her third A final of the meet in fifth.
Event 37 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: @ 45.16 2/24/2024 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
CONF: # 44.71 3/22/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
AMER: $ 44.71 3/22/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
USOP: % 44.71 2/22/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
NCAA: ^ 44.71 3/22/2025 Gretchen Walsh, UVA-AC
Pool: & 46.05 3/19/2022 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia-VA
48.11 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
48.60 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Moesch, Anna SO UVA 45.98 46.20 qIV25
r:+0.71 10.56 22.16 (11.60)
34.19 (12.03) 46.20 (12.01)
2 Curtis, Sara FR UVA 46.62 46.85 qIV25
r:+0.70 10.59 22.41 (11.82)
34.61 (12.20) 46.85 (12.24)
3 Huske, Torri SR Stanford 46.15 46.94 qIV25
r:+0.61 10.43 22.22 (11.79)
34.51 (12.29) 46.94 (12.43)
4 Dennis, Julia SR Louisville 46.76 47.03 qIV25
r:+0.64 10.41 22.37 (11.96)
34.75 (12.38) 47.03 (12.28)
5 Wall, Tatum SR Duke 47.70 47.22 qIV25
r:+0.68 10.59 22.48 (11.89)
34.81 (12.33) 47.22 (12.41)
6 Moluh, Mary-Amb SO California 47.43 47.25 qIV25
r:+0.70 10.72 22.51 (11.79)
34.79 (12.28) 47.25 (12.46)
7 Olasewere, Anna FR Stanford 47.54 47.38 qIV25
r:+0.65 10.78 22.77 (11.99)
35.15 (12.38) 47.38 (12.23)
8 Johnson, Gigi SR Stanford 47.57 47.48 qIV25
r:+0.65 10.81 22.79 (11.98)
35.10 (12.31) 47.48 (12.38)
Men’s 100 freestyle
NC State’s early relay DQ took it out of the title picture, but they are laying the groundwork for NCAAs. Quintin McCarty leads the way in 40.88. Kaii Winkler is second in 41.03. Fourth is Jerry Fox, then sixth is Hudson Williams. No points for guessing who the favorite in the 400 free relay is.
Virginia Tech’s Brendan Whitfield is third for Virginia Tech. Julian Koch tied for fourth for Pitt.
In the title race, Stanford pushed Andres Dupont Cabrera into eighth, at the expense of Cal’s Martin Wrede. Cal has three in the B final to 16th-place Rafael Gu for Stanford.
Event 38 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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MEET: @ 40.62 2/24/2024 Christopher Guiliano, Notre Dame-AC
CONF: # 40.36 3/29/2025 Jack Alexy, California-AC
AMER: $ 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
USOP: % 39.83 3/29/2025 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
NCAA: ^ 39.90 3/24/2018 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Pool: & 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
41.95 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
42.55 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 McCarty, Quinti JR NC State 41.78 40.88 qIV25
r:+0.62 9.19 19.53 (10.34)
30.30 (10.77) 40.88 (10.58)
2 Winkler, Kaii SO NC State 41.21 41.03 qIV25
r:+0.64 9.20 19.61 (10.41)
30.28 (10.67) 41.03 (10.75)
3 Whitfield, Bren JR VA Tech 41.62 41.28 qIV25
r:+0.69 9.27 19.61 (10.34)
30.59 (10.98) 41.28 (10.69)
4 Fox, Jerry JR NC State 41.31 41.30 qIV25
r:+0.65 9.38 19.69 (10.31)
30.37 (10.68) 41.30 (10.93)
4 Koch, Julian SO Pitt 41.15 41.30 qIV25
r:+0.65 9.15 19.59 (10.44)
30.34 (10.75) 41.30 (10.96)
6 Williams, Hudso JR NC State 41.57 41.48 qIV25
r:+0.60 9.47 20.04 (10.57)
30.85 (10.81) 41.48 (10.63)
7 Sheremet, Nikit FR Louisville 41.96 41.53 qIV25
r:+0.67 9.25 19.78 (10.53)
30.68 (10.90) 41.53 (10.85)
8 Dupont Cabrera, SR Stanford 42.17 41.71 qIV25
r:+0.61 9.48 19.97 (10.49)
30.86 (10.89) 41.71 (10.85)
Women’s 200 breaststroke
It’s sprint vs. distance in the 200 breast, and in prelims, it’s advantage to 400 IM champ Lucy Bell. She is the top seed with a time of 2:04.82 for Stanford. Second is 100 breast runner-up Anastasia Gorbenko in a college-best time of 2:06.40.
Aimee Canny is going to collect more points for Virginia in third at 2:06.61, with teammate Sophia Umstead in fifth. Gorbenko is joined by teammates Mia Cheatwood in fourth and Kim Emery Herkle in eighth.
Eneli Jefimova, the 100 breast champ, missed the A final, a second slower than her seed in 11th, behind 100 breast medalist Emma Weber.
In the team race, Bell is the only A finalist for Stanford. Caroline Bricker was ninth. Cal’s best swimmer is 15th.
Event 39 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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MEET: @ 2:02.24 2/24/2024 Alexandra Walsh, UVA-AC
CONF: # 2:01.29 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, UVA-VA
AMER: $ 2:01.29 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, UVA-VA
USOP: % 2:01.29 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, UVA-VA
NCAA: ^ 2:01.29 3/16/2023 Kate Douglass, UVA-VA
Pool: & 2:02.19 3/19/2022 Kate Douglass, Virginia-VA
2:09.58 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
2:11.27 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Bell, Lucy SR Stanford 2:03.72 2:04.82 qIV25
r:+0.69 28.85 1:00.67 (31.82)
1:32.72 (32.05) 2:04.82 (32.10)
2 Gorbenko, Anast SO Louisville 2:06.75 2:06.40 qIV25
r:+0.68 28.19 1:00.55 (32.36)
1:33.00 (32.45) 2:06.40 (33.40)
3 Canny, Aimee SR UVA 2:06.54 2:06.61 qIV25
r:+0.74 28.81 1:00.65 (31.84)
1:33.24 (32.59) 2:06.61 (33.37)
4 Cheatwood, Mia SR Louisville 2:07.14 2:06.85 qIV25
r:+0.67 28.90 1:00.39 (31.49)
1:32.93 (32.54) 2:06.85 (33.92)
5 Umstead, Sophia FR UVA 2:09.14 2:07.00 qIV25
r:+0.70 28.62 1:00.77 (32.15)
1:33.53 (32.76) 2:07.00 (33.47)
6 Gridley, Kaelyn SR Duke 2:05.25 2:07.39 qIV25
r:+0.74 29.19 1:01.40 (32.21)
1:34.32 (32.92) 2:07.39 (33.07)
6 Robillard, Adal FR Stanford 2:09.29 2:07.39 qIV25
r:+0.71 29.03 1:01.12 (32.09)
1:33.86 (32.74) 2:07.39 (33.53)
8 Herkle, Kim Eme 5Y Louisville 2:09.07 2:07.45 qIV25
r:+0.71 28.86 1:00.97 (32.11)
1:33.86 (32.89) 2:07.45 (33.59)
Men’s 200 breaststroke
Eli Martin of Virginia Tech is looking to build on a runner-up result in the 200 breast. He set the top time in 1:51.10, but 100 breast champ Yamato Okadome is not far behind, having gone 1:51.18for the second seed.
Cal and Stanford will go head to head in the final. Okadome is second and Hank Rivers third for the Golden Bears. Daniel Li and Go Nagaoka are fourth and fifth for the Cardinal. NC State pushes Arsenio Bustos into the A final.
Event 40 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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MEET: @ 1:49.62 2/22/2025 Carles Coll Marti, VA Tech-AC
CONF: # 1:48.89 3/29/2025 Carles Coll Marti, VA Tech-AC
AMER: $ 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
USOP: % 1:46.35 3/30/2024 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
NCAA: ^ 1:46.35 3/30/2024 Leon Marchand, Arizona St.
Pool: & 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas-ST
1:52.89 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
1:54.95 NC NCAA
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Martin, Eli SO VA Tech 1:52.53 1:51.10 qIV25
r:+0.72 25.23 52.89 (27.66)
1:21.55 (28.66) 1:51.10 (29.55)
2 Okadome, Yamato SO California 1:50.04 1:51.18 qIV25
r:+0.65 24.64 53.02 (28.38)
1:21.80 (28.78) 1:51.18 (29.38)
3 Rivers, Hank SR California 1:53.12 1:51.59 qIV25
r:+0.63 25.10 53.03 (27.93)
1:22.00 (28.97) 1:51.59 (29.59)
4 Li, Daniel SO Stanford 1:50.79 1:51.62 qIV25
r:+0.66 25.49 53.84 (28.35)
1:22.27 (28.43) 1:51.62 (29.35)
5 Nagaoka, Go SO Stanford 1:53.42 1:52.29 qIV25
r:+0.72 24.96 52.83 (27.87)
1:21.55 (28.72) 1:52.29 (30.74)
6 Delmar, Ben JR UNC 1:49.76 1:53.22 qNC
r:+0.69 25.50 54.19 (28.69)
1:23.50 (29.31) 1:53.22 (29.72)
7 Bustos, Arsenio 5Y NC State 1:57.58 1:53.25 qNC
r:+0.64 25.35 53.90 (28.55)
1:23.13 (29.23) 1:53.25 (30.12)
8 Eccleston, Jake SO Louisville 1:52.10 1:53.54 qNC
r:+0.67 25.30 53.64 (28.34)
1:23.16 (29.52) 1:53.54 (30.38)
