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Men's ACC Swimming Championships
Wolfpack Men Crush Competition on Day Two of ACC Championship
2/26/2015 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
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ATLANTA- Capitalizing on its day one success, the NC State men's swimming and diving team picked up four more event titles and as many school records on day two of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Swimming Championship.
Through eight events inside the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, the Wolfpack jumped from fifth to first in the overall standings with 495 points. Virginia Tech sits in second with 459 while UNC-Chapel Hill rounds out the top three with 453.
On top of sitting in first in the overall team standings, NC State has won six of the seven swimming events through the first two days.
Wolfpack Relays
The team of Simonas Bilis, Ryan Held, Andreas Scheillerup and David Williams claimed NC State's third-straight relay title of the championship in the 200 freestyle relay. Their time of 1:15.62 broke the school, conference and ACC meet record, as well as earned the Pack another NCAA Championship qualifying mark.
Their performance also pushed the squad to the top of the national standings, as the Pack now owns the fastest-time in the country in the event.
A second school record was broken within the relay, as Bilis' leadoff split time of 18.98 broke the school record and marked the first ACC swimmer to finish in under 19 seconds.
NC State's 200 Free Relay splits, just because they're so crazy:
S. Bilis - 18.98
R. Held - 18.96
A. Schiellerup - 19.11
D. Williams - 18.57
-- Florida Swim Network (@FlaSwimNetwork) February 27, 2015
Freestyle Watch
Freshman Anton Ipsen entered the 500 freestyle `A' final as the top seed and swam a time of 4:13.87 to claim the ACC Champion title, as well as own the fifth-fastest mark in the country and earn an NCAA `A' standard time.
Ipsen is the first NC State male swimmer to win the 500 free event at the ACC Championship since 1985, simultaneously breaking his own school record.
The Pack claimed the gold and silver in the 50 free, as Bilis won the event with a time of 19.07 while Williams followed right behind with a 19.12. Both earned two more NCAA `A' cuts for NC State and now own the thirdand fifth-fastest times in the country.
Bilis is the first NC State male swimmer to win the 50 free at the ACC Championship since 2006.
Held and Schiellerup finished fourth and fifth in the event with times of 19.55 and 19.58, in respective order, while Held's performance in the preliminary session (19.27) earned him an NCAA 'A' standard time.
Individual Medley
NC State entered the evening session with three swimmers in the `A' final of the 200 individual medley, and finished second through fourth place. The freestyle leg of the event was a tight race, as the top five swimmers of the heat all touched the wall less than one second apart.
Stephen Coetzer touched the wall at 1:44.04 to take second place and break his school record, while Soren Dahl finished.02 second behind his teammate (1:44.06) to take third.
Christian McCurdy swam a time of 1:44.75 to take fourth and round out the Pack's showing in the 200 IM.
Up Next
Competition will resume Friday at the ACC Men's Swimming Championship inside the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. The preliminary session will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a finals session at 6 p.m.. The finals session will be streamed live on ESPN3.
