#6/15 Swimming & Diving Earns Two Wins Over UNC-Chapel Hill

Friday, January 26

Chapel Hill, NC

5:00 PM

NC State

North Carolina

#6/15 Swimming & Diving Earns Two Wins Over UNC-Chapel Hill

1/26/2018 11:55:00 PM | Swimming

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – In its final dual meet of the season, the #6/15 NC State men's & women's swimming & diving team both picked up wins Friday evening over UNC-Chapel Hill inside Koury Natatorium.

The Wolpfack won a total of 22 events on the day in the last dual meet for NC State's eight seniors; Ryan Held, Hannah Moore, Caroline Estep, Anton Ipsen, Krista Duffield, Matt O'Donnell, Harrison Mitchell and Hennessey Stuart.

Team Scores
Men
#6 NCSU 186, UNC-CH 109

Women
#15 NCSU 164, #20 UNC-CH 136

Quoting the Coaches
Swimming
"I'm extremely happy with the women," said head coach Braden Holloway. "They've been dealt some bad luck this year with injuries and that stuff happens to teams, but they've had some bad luck. It was a fun meet and I know we came out on top which helps, but it was a fun back-and-forth battle where everyone played a role, the spirit was up and I'm just really happy with the team effort from the women and I know the guys are proud of them too. For the guys, it was the last dual meet of the year so they wanted to finish strong and we had some pretty exceptional performances tonight.

I love our senior class; Anton' last 1000 was his fastest in season 1000 time ever so that was a great way to go out for him. Ryan had a great swim today, Krista Duffield had a big performance getting two key wins, which were huge. Hannah Moore has been a staple point for our women's distance team and she's leaving that group in good hands. Carol got some big races today with some points in that 50, Hennessey got his hand on the wall in the backstroke events and led off with his fastest 50 backstroke ever. We had Charles on the boards and Matt who both did pretty well."

Diving
"I think tonight was an outstanding performance by Wolfpack diving," said diving coach Yahya Radman. "I couldn't be happier for how much our kids put into this and it's very hard to come into an environment like this and do what Madeline did in particular, who came in right out of the gate firing. She dominated on three-meter and every time they punched her back she punched back just a little harder, getting a personal best on three-meter which is arguably her weakest event. One of my happiest moments was seeing Holt constantly come through and fight back as a freshman to be our top finisher on both boards. It was truly outstanding and the future for NC State diving is very bright. I am very happy that we are where we are and what holds next for our very young team. Our next action is in Greensboro for ACC's, so we'll see where our training goes from there. From the first relay to the last wall, this was hands down the most fun contest I've ever been in. As a whole, our women's team was gritty as all get out. Class acts all around."

Wolfpack Relays
Andreas Vazaios, Jacob Molacek, Ryan Held and Justin Ress helped get the evening off to a strong start for NC State, winning the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:26.50 seconds. On the women's side, Elise Haan, Lexie Lupton, Vasiliki Baka and Krista Duffield won the 400 freestyle relay thanks to their finish of 3:18.26 seconds.

Top Individual Performances
NC State continued its dominance in the distance events; Hannah Moore won the 1000 freestyle with a mark of 9:45.80 seconds and the 500 freestyle thanks to her finish of 4:47.52 seconds. On the men's side, Anton Ipsen took first in the 1000 freestyle after he touched the wall at 8:49.49 seconds, a mark which topped his previous nation-best time of 8:49.75 seconds. Eric Knowles won the 500 freestyle in a time of 4:25.47 seconds.

Along with her first-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay, Krista Duffield also won the 50 freestyle with a mark of 22.80 and the 100 butterfly after she touched the wall at 53.75 seconds. Julia Poole also won multiple events; her mark of 2:13.98 seconds saw her finish first in the 200 breaststroke and her 200 IM time of 2:00.14 seconds also saw her earn first-place.

Justin Ress won both the 100 and 200 freestyle events; he touched the wall at 43.42 and 1:36.61 seconds respectively. Andreas Vazaios also had an impressive outing, finishing first in the 100 backstroke thanks to his finish of 46.79.

Elise Haan swept the women's backstroke events, winning the 100 backstroke in 52.88 and the 200 backstroke in 1:56.02 seconds. Hennessey Stuart took first in the men's 200 backstroke thanks to his time of 1:45.37 seconds.

Rounding out the Pack's event winners was Giovanni Izzo, who won the 100 breaststroke in 54.99, James Bretscher, who won the 200 butterfly in 1:45.29 seconds, Patrik Schwarzenbach, who won the 200 breaststroke in 2:00.59 seconds and Coleman Stewart who took first in the 100 butterfly in 47.20.

Diving
Madeline Kline took first on the three-meter board and set a new personal best thanks to her NCAA Zone mark of 320.85. She also took third on the one-meter board after posting a score of 264.83.

Holt Gray continued his strong form with as he hit a Zone mark and set a new personal best score on the one-meter board as he tabbed a mark of 316.88. He also saw success on the three-meter board, tabbing a personal best score of 321.75, which was also an NCAA Zone mark.

Stewart Spanbauer earned an Zone mark of 311.03 on one-meter to finish third and a score 309.00 on the three-meter board to finish sixth.

NC State Event Winners
Men's 200 medley relay: Vazaios, Molacek, Held, Ress – 1:26.50
Women's 1000 freestyle: Hannah Moore – 9:45.80
Men's 1000 freestyle: Anton Ipsen – 8:49.49
Men's 200 freestyle: Justin Ress – 1:36.61#
Women's 100 backstroke: Elise Haan – 52.88#
Men's 100 backstroke: Andreas Vazaios – 46.79#
Men's 100 breaststroke: Giovanni Izzo - 54.99#
Men's 200 butterfly: James Bretscher – 1:45.29#
Women's 50 yard freestyle: Krista Duffield – 22.80#
Men's 50 freestyle: Ryan Held – 19.66#
Men's 100 freestyle: Justin Ress – 43.42#
Women's 200 backstroke: Elise Haan - 1:56.02#
Men's 200 backstroke: Hennessey Stuart – 1:45.37#
Women's 200 breaststroke: Julia Poole – 2:13.98#
Men's 200 breaststroke: Patrik Schwarzenbach – 2:00.59
Women's 500 freestyle: Hannah Moore – 4:47.52#
Men's 500 freestyle: Eric Knowles – 4:25.47
Women's 100 butterfly: Krista Duffield – 53.75#
Men's 100 butterfly: Coleman Stewart – 47.20#
Women's three-meter dive: Madeline Kline – 320.85#
Women's 200 IM: Julia Poole – 2:00.14#
Women's 400 freestyle relay: Haan, Lupton, Baka, Duffield – 3:18.26