NC State
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Pack Sweeps Georgia Tech, Florida State
10/25/2014 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
Meet Results
ATLANTA - The NC State swimming & diving team completed a sweep of Georgia Tech and Florida State in the squad’s first tri-meet of the season and ACC season opener Saturday afternoon at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.
The 19th-ranked women’s team earned a 164-131 victory over No. 25 Florida State, while capturing the win against Georgia Tech, 189-106. The Wolfpack women improve to 2-1 on the season, as well as 2-0 in ACC action.
Meanwhile, the NC State men captured the victory over the Seminoles, 173-115, while defeating the Yellow Jackets, 161-122. The men’s team improves to 3-0 on the season, including a 2-0 mark in the conference.
On the day, the Pack finished first in one of the two relays it competed in and captured first-place honors in 18 individual events.
Holloway’s Breakdown
On today’s performance
“Hats off to our men and women to come back from Atlanta with some victories for NC State against a couple of strong programs in Florida State and Georgia Tech,” said head coach Braden Holloway. “It wasn’t the best overall performance, but sometimes these competitions are about the grind. We were down a few people due to sickness, but we had some new people for step up.”
On the women’s performance
“It was great to see a couple of great wins for the ladies. It’s been a long time for us to come away with a victory against Florida State. It was a good three-way battle.
“We had a couple of big swims from Ashlyn Koletic and Alexia Zevnik. I think it says a lot for our ladies performance in the 1000 and the 500 free. Those were key events for us. For Rachel Muller, Kristin Connors and Kendall Pena to step up and go one-two-three in the 1000 set us up for a big day.”
On performance of Kayla Brumbaum
“Kayla Brumbaum was really good for us today in the breaststroke events. She had a big win for us in the 100 and she is becoming more reliable for us in those events.”
Wolfpack Relays
- The men’s squad finished first overall in the 200-medley relay to begin the meet, as the quartet of Andreas Schiellerup, Derek Hren, Soren Dahl and David Williams combined to finish the event with a time of 1:28.56.
- In the women’s 200 medley relay, the team of Alexia Zevnik, Lauren Poli, Yuri Nakano and Krista Duffield combined for a time of 1:43.53 to finish second overall.
Distance Notables
- The men’s squad took home first, second and third overall in the 1000 freestyle. Freshman Anton Ipsen clocked a 9:07.47 to place first overall, while Adam Linker [9:18.28] finished second and Austin Snyder [9:20.78] placed third overall.
- On the women’s side in the 1000 free, Rachel Muller [10:10.05] touched the first before Kristin Connors [10:15.98] placed second overall.
- Muller and Conners also placed first and second overall in the women’s 500 freestyle. Muller finished first overall with a time of 4:55.70, while Connors stopped the clock in 5:00.75. In addition, Kendall Pena placed third overall with a time of 5:04.26.
- Ipsen recorded his second victory of the afternoon in the 500 free with a 4:25.36 clocking.
Wolfpack Sprints
- For the second consecutive meet, Simonas Bilis swept the sprint freestyle events. Bilis clocked a 1:36.52 in the 200 free, before finishing the 50 free in 20.00. In addition, the sophomore completed the sweep with a time of 44.35.
- Riki Bonnema placed first overall in the women’s 50 free, as she touched the wall in 22.68.
Springboard Action
- Redshirt-junior Rachel Mumma took home top honors in the women’s one-meter competition with a total score of 302.00. Mumma also posted a second-place finish in the three-meter competition with a 271.60.
Noting Backstroke
- Ashlyn Koletic and Zevnik posted a first and second-place finish in the women’s 100 back. Koletic won the event with a 55.49 clocking while Zevnik posted a time of 55.78. In addition, Zevnik also placed first in the 200 back with a time of 1:59.32.
- The Wolfpack men swept the 100 and 200 backstroke events. Schiellerup touched the wall first in the 100 back with a time of 48.33, while Stephen Coetzer won the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:48.53.
Wolfpack Fly
- Christian McCurdy earned the win in the men’s 200 fly with a time of 1:47.01, while Dahl touched the wall first in the 100 fly with a 48.01.
Breaststroke Notables
Kayla Brumbaum swept the women’s breaststroke events for the day. The sophomore clocked a 1:02.55 in the women’s 100 breast to place first, before completing the sweep with a 2:17.32.
Up Next
The Wolfpack divers will return to action on Nov. 1 in a diving quad meet with UNC-Chapel Hill, Clemson and James Madison. The meet is scheduled to take place at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
