Hannah Moore and Anton Ipsen put on a show for NC State against Wisconsin on day one of the team's two-day skirmish.
NC State Press Release
RALEIGH- The NC State swimming and diving team opened its 2016-17 season in dominating fashion, winning 17 of the 20 events contested on the first day of its two-day dual meet at home with Wisconsin on Friday evening inside the Casey Aquatic Center.
After grabbing a quick lead in the relay events and never letting go, NC State's men lead, 136-50, while its women hold a 102.5-83.5 lead over the Badgers after the first day of competition.
In addition to its strong performance in the water the Wolfpack set four pool records, notched 15 NCAA 'B' standard times and two divers earned their NCAA Zone qualification marks.
Quoting The Coaches
Swimming
"I thought it was a pretty strong first day for us. We had some areas where we were really good in and I'm excited about where we are to start off the season," said head coach Braden Holloway. "In others we expected the team to be where we were today, but overall I think everyone was just ready to compete. This was the latest we've gone into the season before competing, and I think it showed today that we were eager to get in the water and race.
"The women are in a pretty good team battle with Wisconsin and just have to come back tomorrow morning and finish the job that they started today. With the guys I don't want them to lay off the pedal. I want them to do as well as they did today and we'll see how they bounce back."
Diving
"It was a good day on the boards," said head diving coach Yahya Radman. "On our first list we missed the mark, and it became a test of coming back from behind in the second list. We built today to mimic Zones, as Stewart (Spanbauer) qualified for his first time for Zones and Harrison (Mitchell) qualified to return to the championship in their second list.
"On the women's side our freshmen did what they needed to do. They showed consistency and poise with Madeline (Kline) as our top finisher taking third overall."
Wolfpack Relays
NC State showed its dominance and depth in relays on day one, as the Pack won all four contested.
On the women's side the Pack earned a one-two finish in the 400 medley relay, as the first-place relay team of Alexia Zevnik, Kayla Brumbaum, Krista Duffield and Courtney Caldwell posted a pool record time of 3:36.89.
The men's team also picked up a win in its event, as the squad of Hennessey Stuart, Derek Hren, Ryan Held and Scott Johnson touched the wall at 3:12.11.
In the 200 free relay the Wolfpack women's squad of Ky-Lee Perry, Natalie Labonge, Lotta Nevalainen and Krista Duffield stopped the clock at 1:30.91, while the men's quartet of Justin Ress, Soren Dahl, Johnson and Held capped off Friday's competition with a mark of 1:19.87 to complete the relay sweep.
Top Individual Performances
Both Hannah Moore and Anton Ipsen had dominating performances in the 1,650 freestyle, as both set pool records and notched their NCAA 'B' cuts in their season debuts. Moore swam a time of 16:00.23 and her 1,000 free split time of 9:43.49 also stands as a pool record. Ipsen touched the wall at 14:57.58 while teammate Adam Linker placed second with a NCAA 'B' cut mark of 15:16.68.
Moore additionally picked up a win in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:01.09.
Held won his only individual event of the day, as he posted a NCAA 'B' cut time of 19.47 in the men's 50 freestyle, while Soren Dahl picked up wins in the 200 IM and 200 freestyle, posting NCAA 'B' cuts in both performances. He touched the wall at 1:47.06 in the 200 IM and 1:37.78 in the 200 free.
The Wolfpack men managed to sweep the podium in two events, the 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke. Hren and Zack Warner each earned their 'B' cuts in the 100 breast with times of 54.87 and 55.31, and Patrick Schwarzenbach rounded out the top three as he touched the wall at 57.04.
In the men's 100 back Andreas Schiellerup was the top performer with a mark of 47.92, while Stuart placed second with a time of 48.13. Both times were enough to better the NCAA 'B' standard, while Jabari Baptiste took third after stopping the clock at 50.10.
On the women's side Zevink earned top-two finishes in both of her individual events, as she won the 200 IM and placed second in the 100 back. Additionally, Brumbaum won the 100 breast and Elise Haan touched first in the 100 back. All four times clocked were enough for NCAA 'B' cuts.
Diving
Harrison Mitchell and Stewart Spanbauer earned top-three finishes in the men's one-meter dive, as Mitchell won with a score of 616.58 and Spanbauer placed third with a mark of 585.61. Both divers qualified for the 2017 NCAA Zone B Championships.
On the women's side, Madeline Kline was the top finisher for the Pack as she posted a score of 496.05 to tie for third overall in her first collegiate appearance.
Wisconsin Press Release
MADISON, Wis. – Senior Chase Kinney and sophomore Cierra Runge led the way for Wisconsin Friday on the first day of the Badgers' dual meet with NC State.
The Wolfpack lead the women's team race 102.5-83.5 halfway through the two-day competition and hold a 136-50 advantage on the men's side.
Kinney came out on top of the field in the 50-yard freestyle, earning UW's first win of the day in an NCAA "B" cut time of 22.82 seconds.
Sophomore Emmy Sehmann also posted a strong performance in the event, placing third in 23.29.
Runge garnered the other win of the day in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 1:48.24.
Junior Abby Jagdfeld and Sehmann contributed to the 1-2-3 sweep in the event, taking second (1:48.98) and third (1:49.30), respectively.
Runge also found success in the 1650-yard freestyle, her first time competing in the event this season, earning runner-up accolades with a "B" cut time of 16:30.52.
Also earning "B" cuts on the day were freshman Beata Nelson and sophomore Jess Unicomb who took third (54.21) and fourth (54.63), respectively, in the 100-yard backstroke.
Unicomb also took second in the 200-yard IM in 2:03.28.
Also contributing strong swims for the Badgers women were Grace Wold, who took second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.25) followed by Dana Grindall, who took third (2:01.65), and Megan Doty who was fourth (2:02.72).
Additionally, senior Maria Carlson was runner-up in the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.89 while Berg was third in 1:04.50.
In the relays, the 200 freestyle relay team of Kinney, Unicomb, Sehmann and Berg boasted a runner-up finish in 1:31.42 while the 400 medley relay team of Nelson, Carlson, Grindall and Kinney took third in 3:40.75.
Despite having an 86-point disadvantage after the first day of competition, the Wisconsin men touted some impressive performances.
Cannon Clifton notched a second-place finish (20.26) in a stacked field in the 50 free, only finishing behind NC State's Ryan Held, who won a gold medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay at this summer's Olympics.
Also picking up individual runner-up finishes were seniors Harrison Tran in the 200-yard butterfly (1:49.74), Brett Pinfold in the 200-yard free (1:40.01).
Both of the men's relays also earned second-place finishes, with the 400 medley relay team of Pinfold, Cooper Hodge, Tran and Clifton finishing in 3:16.75 and the 200 freestyle relay team of Clifton, Griffin Back, Ryan Barsanti and Ryan Stack touching the wall in 1:22.49.
On the boards, the divers had plenty to celebrate, with all six Wisconsin competitors earning NCAA zone qualifying marks.
The women took the top-three places on the 3-meter springboard, with senior Ashley Peterson leading the way with 565.06 points.
Sophomores Alexandra Hafey and Hazel Hertting followed, with Hafey placing second (500.55) and Hertting tying for third (496.05).
The men were led by freshman Kevin Pomeroy, who was runner-up on the 1-meter board, posting a score of 595.88.
Sophomore Andrew Peace took fourth with a score of 584.71 and Matthew Aronson finished fifth with 540.90 points.
Dual-meet action against NC State continues tomorrow at 9 a.m. with the men's and women's 200-yard medley relay.
