North Carolina State and Louisville are well out front after day three of the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Championships.
Team Scores
1. NC State 855.5
2. Louisville 778.5
3. Notre Dame 614
4. Virginia Tech 611
5. Florida State 524
6. Virginia 463
7. North Carolina 450
8. Duke 419
9. Pittsburgh 374
10. Georgia Tech 362
11. Boston College 130
12. Miami 76
400 Medley Relay
The Louisville Cardinals succeeded in their quest to three-peat as ACC Champions when they touched the boards in a new conference and ACC record time of 3:04.44—besting the previous record of 3:04.47 that stood since 2014.
It was a tight race, as NC State took the silver just .12 seconds behind Louisville with a time of 3:04.56.
Georgia Tech earned the bronze with their time of 3:07.86.
100 Backstroke
Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich made school history as he placed first for the third-consecutive year in a new championship record time of 45.25. He is the first Cardinal ever, since joining the league, to become a three-time champion in the same event.
Virginia’s Joseph Clark clocked in at 45.63 for second, followed by NC State’s Coleman Stewart at 45.99 for bronze.
100 Breaststroke
Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala found himself at the top of the podium winning the event in 51.51.
Current record-holder Peter Kropp from Duke placed second, shortly behind the Hokie, in 51.88. Louisville’s Carlos Claverie with a time of 52.05, rounded out the podium.
200 Freestyle
After finishing second during the 2016 ACC Championships, NC State’s Soren Dahl came out with a vengeance to take the 200 free gold in 1:32.74.
It was an all-around tight race with Louisville’s Trevor Carroll clocking in at 1:33.10 for second, followed up by NC State’s Justin Ress in third with 1:33.31.
All three times were NCAA “A” cut times.
100 Butterfly
Ryan Held of NC State collected his second individual gold medal in record-setting fashion: crushing the original ACC and championship record with a time of 44.79.
“Kind of like the 50 free, I never had an individual school record. So, it was an honor to take down one of the “founding fathers” of this program’s record,” Held said.
Louisville’s Joshua Quallen checked in at second with 45.56. Andreas Vazaios, joined Held on the podium, with a third-place time of 45.81.
400 IM
Virginia Tech’s Robert Owen cruised to his third-consecutive win in the 400 IM with a new meet record time of 3:38.49. Owen is the first male athlete in Hokie history to earn three wins in the event and is the sixth person in ACC history to do so.
“I could hear [my team cheering] with every stroke. They got me through that and made me finish it out strong. I wanted to give it everything I got,” Owen said.
Rounding out the podium was North Carolina’s Henry Campbell (3:40.88) in second and Michael Meyer (3:42.05) in third.
