Duke Press Release
The Blue Devil men boasted the top five finishers in the 100-yard breaststroke championship final and the top two 200 medley relays in another successful day of competition at the Janis Hape Dowd Carolina College Nike Invitational.
Duke put forth a strong showing in the men’s 200 medley relay, earning the top two spots in the event. Senior Kaz Takabayashi, senior Michael Seaberg, senior Dylan Payne and sophomore Yusuke Legard combined for the fifth-fastest mark in program history (1:27.24) to take first, followed by the quartet of sophomore Max St. George, senior Peter Kropp, freshman Noah Stevens and sophomore Sean Tate (1:28.03).
Freshman Roger Kriegl raced to the wall in 3:56.01 in the men’s 400 IM preliminaries to rank sixth on the Blue Devils’ all-time performance list. He went on to net a sixth-place finish Saturday evening (3:58.11), while junior Marco Hosfeld lowered his career-best time with a 4:05.47 swim.
The Duke women featured a trio of swimmers in the championship final of the 100 butterfly, with junior Anna Quinn headlining the group in second (54.75). Senior Jessie Sutherland was fourth (55.19) and junior Maria Sheridan eighth (57.39). In the men’s race, Legard cracked the program’s all-time performance list during preliminaries (48.67) before finishing fourth overall in finals.
In the 200 freestyle, freshman Kira Page touched at 1:49.89 for second and junior Alex Peña in 1:37.49 for third. The morning session saw freshman Sheldon Boboff jump to third all-time in school history with a 1:36.75 performance and Peña also post a career best at 1:37.46.
The Blue Devil men swept the top five spots in the 100 breaststroke championship final, with Kropp taking first in a season-best 52.60. Payne followed suit in second (53.66), Seaberg in third (54.33), Stevens in fourth (54.81) and sophomore Judd Howard in fifth (54.84). Sophomore Alyssa Arwood improved on her career best in the same event on the women’s side (1:02.55), finishing second, and junior Catie Miller moved up to ninth on the all-time performance list with a 1:03.14 clocking in winning the consolation final.
St. George returned to the water at the end of the evening to place third in the men’s 100 backstroke (48.29).
Sunday marks the final day of competition at the Janis Hape Dowd Carolina College Nike Invitational, with preliminaries beginning at 10 a.m. and finals at 4:45 p.m. from Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion.
North Carolina State Press Release
The NC State swim team won eight total events on the second day of the Carolina College Nike Invitational, setting four pool records and one meet record along the way. Additionally, the Wolfpack earned 11 NCAA 'B' cuts.
Individual Medley
The Wolfpack started Saturday's competition off with the women's 400 individual medley, where Kendall Pena finished second overall with a time of 4:22.98. Olga Lapteva finished behind Pena in third place, stopping the clock in 4:24.77, just off her prelims time of 4:23.97. Kayla Brumbaum also competed in the event in the prelim session, finishing in 4:18.33 to earn an NCAA 'B' cut.
In the men's 400 IM, Lucca Martins earned NC State its first win of the night in 3:52.73. Mason Revis touched in second place with a time of 3:53.73, while Alex Hamilton finished fifth in 3:57.26. Both Martins' and Revis' times met the NCAA 'B' standard.
Butterfly
Senior Natalie Labonge earned the Wolfpack its second first-place finish, as she won the 100 butterfly with an NCAA 'B' time of 53.29, setting a new pool record along the way. In the morning session, Alexia Zevnik recorded a 54.59 and Lotta Nevalainen finished in 54.62.
Ryan Held won the men's event, breaking both the meet record and pool record with a time of 46.41, giving NC State its third consecutive win of the night. Andreas Vazaios finished in second place with a time of 46.90. Justin Ress (47.58), James Bretscher (49.20), Hennessey Stuart (49.48) and Jabari Baptiste (49.54) also swam the event in the preliminaries. Held, Vazaios and Ress each met the NCAA 'B' time in the event.
Freestyle
Courtney Caldwell set a pool record in the women's 200 freestyle, winning with a time of 1:47.66. In prelims, Elise Haan notched a 1:49.78 and Lydia Jones finished in 1:50.91.
Tyler Rice continued the Wolfpack's winning streak, taking the men's 200 free in 1:35.78, meeting the NCAA 'B' standard.
Breaststroke
Senior Maddie Witzke notched another win for NC State, taking the women's 100 breaststroke in 1:02.42. Emmie Barnhill finished close behind in fourth with a time of 1:03.31, just off her 1:02.79 in the morning session. Rozhina McClanahan took seventh place in 1:04.01. In prelims, Olga Lapteva clocked a 1:05.51.
In the men's 100 breast, Geoffery Carter finished ninth in 55.61 while Quinlan Stuart touched the wall in 55.76. In the morning, Patrik Schwarzenbach, Daniel Graber and Hennessey Stuart finished the race in 55.31, 55.69 and 58.11, respectively.
Backstroke
The night wrapped up with wins in both the women's and men's 100 backstroke. Ky-Lee Perry won the women's event in an NCAA 'B' cut time of 53.87 while Caroline Estep finished second in 55.87.
On the men's side, Coleman Stewart and Parker Campbell had a 1-2 finish, clocking times of 47.65 and 47.96, respectively. Both times earned the men NCAA 'B' cuts. In the morning session, Stewart finished in 47.59 to break the pool record. Jabari Baptiste finished sixth (49.18), Andreas Schiellerup finished seventh (49.19) and James Bretscher finished fourteenth (50.46) to conclude Saturday's swims.
South Carolina Press Release
More relay wins followed the South Carolina swim team as it traveled north to Duke for the second day of the Janis Hape Dowd Carolina College Nike Invitational. The women picked up wins in the 200 yard medley relay and 800 yard freestyle relay. In total, 16 new personal bests were recorded - six on the men’s side and 10 for the women – and three individuals made the top five of their respective finals.
The women bookended the night with wins, starting with Maggie Langdale, Megu Seidenberger, Katie Shannahan and Hannah Gerlocktaking the 200 medley race. The foursome touched just .24 seconds ahead of teammates Carolne Petrone, Allison Wade, Mairyn Branamanand Charlsie Reneski. Petrone and Reneski teamed up again to close the day, joining in with Cooper Brown and Makenzie Miller to win the 800 yard freestyle race in 7:50.78.
Individually, Langdale and Branaman had the team’s top finishes of the night. The duo took third and fourth, respectively, in the 100 yard backstroke and both set big personal bests in the process. For the men, freshman Justin Rose had their top finish by taking fifth in the 100 yard butterfly, hitting a personal best of 48.74 to move up after qualifying eighth.
QUOTABLE: HEAD SWIMMING COACH MCGEE MOODY
We had another great day today. There were some very strong races earlier today that set the tone for finals tonight. These athletes have had to face some last-second changes that were unexpected. A water main break changed the venue from UNC to Duke, but the athletes weren’t phased and had great races tonight.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Nicholas Pease lowered his collegiate best in the 100 yard backstroke by over a full set to take eighth in the prelims.
Freshman Itay Goldfaden set a season best in the 100 yard breaststroke after touching in 56.37 in a time trial.
Freshman Justin Rose lowered his season best in the 100 backstroke (50.68) and had almost a two second improvement in the 100 fly (48.74).
The 100 yard backstroke was kind to all three of the Gamecock women who made the finals. Maggie Langdale (56.14), Mairyn Branaman(56.45) and Hannah Gerlock (59.29) all shattered their previous bests in the event.
Along with her win as part of the 800 free relay team, Makenzie Miller also swam well individually. The junior touched in 1:52.52 for the 200 yard freestyle, almost four seconds faster than her last meet (1:56.18 on Jan. 27).
Florida State Press Release
The Florida State swimming and diving teams continued to perform well on the second day of the Janis Hape Dowd Carolina College Nike Invitational at the Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion at Duke.
“There were some great swims across the board tonight,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “Our new additions to the team are really turning it up and swimming well before ACCs and we also had others swim very well today too.”
Florida State’s mid-year additions showed progress in Saturday’s finals as freshmen Rudo Loock and Vladimir Stefanik led the Seminoles in the 100 fly. Loock won the B final at 48.80 and Stefanik followed in 10th at 48.94. Both swims were the best this season.
Also swimming in the B final was freshman Derek Peeples, who touched in 14th at 51.17 while his classmate Nate Samson won the C final at 49.51.
Minutes later, Loock was back on the blocks for the 200 free, winning the B final with a time of 1:38.23 – another best. Sophomore John Vann was also in the heat, touching in 15th at 1:41.96.
Newcomer Keagan Finley won the C final at 1:41.12 while Stefanik finished in 20th (1:43.42).
Samson closed out the night for the Seminoles, finishing in 15th in the 100 back at 50.88, while Peeples finished 23rd at 52.97.
For the women, sophomore Caroline Nava led the Seminoles off by finishing 12th in the 100 fly with a time of 57.12 ahead of senior Caroline Page, who was 16th at 57.96
Freshman Manuella Ribas Andrade continued to have the best meet of her career after she turned in a personal best in the 200 free, touching fourth at 1:51.20. Junior Brenna Ruth followed in sixth at 1:52.17.
Also turning in a best time was freshman Macie Bearisto, winning the B final with a mark of 1:50.41. Nava reloaded, placing 11th with a time of 1:50.41, just ahead of sophomore Daniella Van den Berg, who was 16th at 1:57.24 after swimming a time of 1:55.29 in prelims.
Sophomore Christi DiPaolo won the C final at 1:54.69.
In the 100 breast, sophomore McKenna Harris took fifth place touching with a mark of 1:03.33 while freshman Haley O’Meara was 13th at 1:06.69.
The Seminoles closed out the session strong with the 100 back as three competing in the top heat led by sophomore Fabiana Ingram, who was fifth at 56.62. Natalie Chambers followed in sixth (56.82) and Page was eighth (58.39) after swimming a 57.20 in the morning.
In her third race of the session and sixth of the day, Nava placed 13th with a final time of 58.52.
