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NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
Swimming and Diving Opens 2017 NCAA Championships with 800 Freestyle Relay Title
3/22/2017 6:40:00 PM | Swimming
Breaks U.S. Open, NCAA Records
INDIANAPOLIS- The NC State men's swimming and diving team had a blistering start to the 2017 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Wednesday night, taking the title in the 800 freestyle relay after dominating the race. The Championships, co-hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and Indiana Sports Corp., will run inside the IU Natatorium through Saturday.
The team of Ryan Held, Andreas Vazaios, Justin Ress and Soren Dahl finished nearly three seconds ahead of the competition with a time of 6:06.53 to break the NCAA and U.S. Open records. The performance also breaks the ACC, pool, meet and school records.
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WOLFPACK WINS! NC State dominates the 800 free relay with a new U.S. Open, NCAA, school and pool record of 6:06.53! pic.twitter.com/VmvO81DIVy
— NC State Swim / Dive (@packswimdive) March 22, 2017
This marks the second relay NC State has won historically--the first was won at last year's Championships in the 400 free relay.
Additionally, Held's lead-off split of 1:31.37 stands as a new ACC and school record in the 200 free.ÂAfter the first night of competition NC State leads the team standings with 40 points, Texas sits in second with 34 points and Florida rounds out the top three teams with 32 points.
National Champions Soren Dahl, Andreas Vazaios, Ryan Held and Justin RessÂ
Up Next:
NC State will continue competition at the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis through Saturday. Action will resume inside the IU Natatorium at 10 a.m. on Thursday as the team competes in the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free and 400 medley relay. Live results and live stream will be available for both sessions.
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