Notching the fastest time in 31 of the 32 events contested, the NC State swimming and diving team defeated Villanova Saturday morning inside the Aquatic Pavillion in its second straight dual meet.
The Wolfpack men won by a 170-85 margin and remain undefeated on the season, while the women posted a 173.5-87.5 victory over the Wildcats to capture their fifth win of the 2014-15 campaign.
Wolfpack Relays
From the women’s side the quartet of Lotta Nevalinen, Ashlyn Koletic, Lydia Jones and Natalie Labonge took first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:45.97, while the team of Krista Duffield, Alexia Zevnik, Lauren Rhodes and Caroline Estep won the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:34.69.
On the men’s squad the group of Soren Dahl, Derek Hren, Andreas Scheillerup and Scott Johnson claimed the top spot in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:31.98, and the team of Dahl, Jason Deana, John Newell and Christian McCurdy took the title in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:24.15.
Freestyle Watch
Rachel Muller repeated a first place finish in the 1000 free, swimming a time of 10:16.98. She also won the 1000 free event on Friday at Princeton.
McCurdy, Matt O’Donnell and Alex Hamilton took the top three spots in the men’s 1000 free, all touching the wall less than eight seconds apart.
Hamilton and Muller each swam the fastest time in the 500 free in their respective events, as Hamilton swam a 4:39.02 and Muller touched the wall with a 4:57.40.
Zevnik claimed first place in the 100 and 200 free events in similar fashion to Friday’s meet where she won the 100 and 200 backstroke events. She swam a 50.72 in the 100 and a 1:52.63 in the 200.
In the men’s 200 free, NC State finished claimed first through fourth. David Williams won the event with a time of 1:40.65, followed by Anton Ipsen (1:41.90), Hennessey Stuart (1:42.78) and Noah Franz (1:45.59).
In both 50 free events, the Wolfpack notched first, second and third place honors. Riki Bonnema won the women’s 50 free finishing with a 23.56, while Scott Johnson won the men’s event with a time of 21.12.
Back It Up
In the women’s 100 backstroke Koletic (56.09), Nicole Haynes (57.62) and Hannah Freyman (58.32) finished in a one, two, three fashion, while Stephen Coetzer (50.76), Jacob Siar (51.01) and Michael Camper (51.55) finished in identical fashion on the men’s side.
Nevalinen and Rhodes finished first and second in the women’s 200 back with times of 2:04.28 and 2:05.99, while NC State placed four at the top of the men’s event. Ryan Wilkinson (1:50.39), O’ Donnell (1:52.32), Camper (1:53.89) and Austin Snyder (1:55.84) represented the Pack on the men’s side.
Fly Into the Sky
Jones and Snyder took the top honor in the 200 fly in their respective events. Jones charted a time of 2:04.72 while Snyder swam a 1:53.56. On the women’s side Katelyn Linker and finished second in in the event with a 2:05.59 while her brother, Adam Linker, took second in the men’s event as he touched the wall with a 1:58.08.
The women’s 100 butterfly was the lone event NC State did not clinch the top spot in. Villanova’s Fiona Hardee won the event, as Poli (58.55), Linker (58.64) and Bonnema (58.56) finished second, third and fourth in the event.
In the men’s 100 fly, Williams (50.09), Stuart (50.84) and Johnson (51.87) posted the top three times in the event.
Breastroke Action
NC State claimed the top four spots in the men’s and women’s 100 breast. Kayla Brumbaum swam a 1:03.62 to win the women’s event and was followed by Poli (1:07.25), Maddie Witzke (1:08.08) and Nicole Giamber (1:08.60).
Hren claimed the title in the men’s event with a time of 56.70 while Dahl (58.78), Geoffrey Carter (59.28) and Ryan Held (1:01.54) rounded out the top four for the Wolfpack men.
In the 200 breastroke Addisynn Bursch posted a time of 2:24.40 to win the women’s event while Ben Cono recorded the fastest time in the men’s event with a 2:07.72.
Individual Medleys
Coetzer and Koletic both won the 200 IM in their respective events, as Coetzer recorded a time of 1:51.65 and Koletic posted a time of 2:07.17.
Wolfpack Improvement
Two swimmers and recorded new top times for the 2014-15 season. The 'Wolfpack Top Times' consists of the top five times in a given season for each individual event, and the top three times in relay events.
Adam Linker, 200 fly, 1:58.08
Alex Hamilton, 500 free, 4:39.02
Up Next
NC State will return home for its next two matchups. The Wolfpack will host Minnesota on Jan. 23-24, then welcome ACC foe UNC-Capel Hill for its final dual meet of the season on Jan. 31 inside Casey Natatorium.
