Georgia Tech and Clemson Split

Georgia Tech and Clemson split a pair of dual meets today.  The Yellow Jacket men topped Clemson 172-126 while the Tiger women topped Georgia Tech with a 187-110 victory.
 
"We were obviously very excited by what we saw on the women's side," said Tiger head coach Christopher Ip.  "Our men were very close and really hung around in their first taste of ACC competition. We were extremely happy to see the support by the fans in our Solid Orange meet."
 
On the women's side, the Tigers jumped out to a quick edge, taking first and second in the 200 medley relay. The Tigers' group of Kelli Kyle, Katrina Obas, Maddie Tarantolo, and Lauren Sindall narrowly missed a pool record, touching in at 1:45.07.
 
Several Tigers picked up multiple wins on the afternoon. Katrina Obas was a four-event winner with wins in the 200 MR, 200 IM, 200 breast, and 100 breast. Cassy LaRussa won both the 500 and 1000 free, Michelle Parkhurst won the 200 back and 200 free, and Rachel Regone won the 50 free and 100 free.
 
On the men's side, Tom Recko won both backstroke events, while freshman Will Clark won the 500 and 1000 free. Fellow freshman Alex Carr took runner-up in both events. David
Giambra also won both diving events on the men's side.
 
In the 100 fly, Tarantolo won by almost one and a half seconds, while Meggie Mizelle won the 200 fly. Freshman Kelli Kyle picked up a victory n the 100 back and a runner-up in thea 200 back.
 
Georgia Tech's Hannah Krimm won both diving events for the Jackets. All-ACC performer Noah Copeland won the 100 and 200 free on the evening.

“This was a great performance tonight against a very strong Clemson team,” said head coach Stu Wilson. “I was proud of the women’s team for hanging in there. Dual meets are an opportunity to work on things and I saw some great individual swims tonight. They showed a lot of mental toughness as we work towards ACC’s. There were some bright spots, but there are still plenty of things we need to work on.”

Senior Noah Copeland and junior Gal Nevo won two events apiece for the Yellow Jackets, while junior Hannah Krimm swept both diving events for the second time in as many weeks. Copeland was victorious in both the 200-free (1:41.61) and 100-free (46.50), while Nevo won the 200-fly (1:53.26) and 200-IM (1:54.77). Krimm scored 268.20 points on the one-meter board and 273.68 points on the three-meter board.

“Getting Gal [Nevo] back was a huge lift on the men’s side,” added Wilson. Gal, Mauricio [Sousa] and Noah [Copeland] led the way tonight as there were a lot of exceptional swims. Watching Noah battle back on that final leg of the 400-free relay was something special. I think there are a lot of positives we can build on from this meet and will continue towards our goals at the ACC Championships.”

Mickey Malul won the 100-breast in a time of 56.37, while Mauricio Sousa placed first in the 50-free with a mark of 21.15. Matthew Vaughan was victorious in the 200-breast with a time of 2:08.38 and rounding out the men’s side winners was Travis Wagner in the 100-fly. He touched the wall in 50.95.

Jacob Tzegaegbe took home the victory on the three-meter spring board with 278.48 points.

The men’s 400-free relay team of Sousa, Garrett Robberson, Wagner and Copeland closed out the night with a win. The Jackets were trailing for most of the race, but Copeland was able to chase down Clemson’s Trey Charlton for the win.

The Yellow Jackets will return to action on Saturday, Oct. 18, for an ACC meet at Florida State. Action gets underway at 11:00 a.m.

The Tigers will return to action on October 25 against the University of Virginia at McHugh Natatorium at 11:00 am.