2017 Men’s ACC Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2017 MEN’S ACC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Monday, February 27th – Thursday, March 2nd
• Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
• McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
• Defending Champion: NC State (Full results)
• Psych Sheet
• Live results
• Live Streaming
• Championship Central

The 2017 Men’s ACC Championships continue tonight with the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 200 free relay. After night 1, Virginia Tech maintains the lead they established during the diving portion of the meet. NC State and Louisville now sit in 7th and 8th, respectively, and will look to make big moves in the rankings after tonight’s events.

The 500 free will feature a battle between 2 Olympic distance swimmers, Louisville’s Marcelo Acosta and NC State’s Anton Ipsen, who will be chasing Matt McLean‘s Meet Record from 2009. In the 200 IM, the Wolfpack’s Andreas Vazaois will take another shot at Pavel Snokvich’s ACC Record, which he missed by just 2 hundredths in prelims. NC State sprint stud Ryan Held, a 2016 U.S. Olympian, will be chasing former teammate Simonas Bilis‘ Conference Record in the 50 free.

MEN’S 500 FREE:

• NCAA ‘A’ cut – 4:13.22
• NCAA ‘B’ cut – 4:24.99
• Conference Record – Matt McLean (2009)- 4:10.00
• Championship Record – Matt McLean (2009)- 4:10.00

1. Anton Ipsen, NC State, 4:11.92
2. Henry Campbell, UNC, 4:12.11
3. Adam Linker, NC State, 4:13.93

NC State’s Anton Ipsen and UNC’s Henry Campbell were stroke-for-stroke the entire race. It came down to the final 50, with both men splitting the exact same time (24.57) across the final 2 laps. Ipsen had the slight edge, pulling off the ACC title 3-peat. Campbell picked up silver just a couple of tenths back. The Wolfpack’s Adam Linker rounded out the podium, coming within tenths of the NCAA ‘A’ cut.

Just off the podium was UNC’s Jorden Merrilees in 4:16.15. Louisville’s Zach Harting (4:16.67) and Marcelo Acosta (4:16.68) were separated by just a hundredth for 5th and 6th respectively.

MEN’S 200 IM:

• NCAA ‘A’ cut – 1:42.
• NCAA ‘B’ cut – 1:49.09
• Conference Record – Pavel Sankovich (2014)- 1:41.92
• Championship Record – Pavel Sankovich (2014)- 1:41.92

1. Andreas Vazaios, NC State, 1:41.25
2. Brandon Fiala, Virginia Tech, 1:42.09
3. Soeren Dahl, NC State, 1:42.26

NC State’s Andreas Vazaios blasted a 1:41.25 to take down the ACC Record and become the fastest man in the nation this year. Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala threw down a 28.97 breaststroke split en route to silver, holding off NC State’s bronze medalist Soeren Dahl.

NC State’s Justin Ress was one place shy of the podium in 1:43.44, followed by UNC’s Michael Meyer (1:44.00) and Virginia Tech’s Robert Owen (1:44.63).

MEN’S 50 FREE:

• NCAA ‘A’ cut – 19.09
• NCAA ‘B’ cut – 20.19
• Conference Record – Simonas Bilis (2016)- 18.76
• Championship Record – Ryan Held (2016)- 18.92

1. Ryan Held, NC State, 18.68
2. Justin Plaschka, Notre Dame, 19.38
3. Chad Mylin, FSU, 19.39

NC State’s Ryan Held threw down a new ACC Record with his 18.68 victory, taking down the former record of 18.76 done by teammate Simonas Bilis at last season’s conference meet. Notre Dame’s Justin Plaschka had a big swim, just touching out Florida State’s Chad Mylin for the silver.

Just hundredths shy of the podium were Louisville’s Trevor Carroll (19.40), FSU’s Jason McCormick (19.41), Notre Dame’s Daniel Speers (19.43), and NC State’s Andreas Schiellerup (19.45).

MEN’S 200 FREE RELAY:

• NCAA ‘A’ cut – 1:17.77
• NCAA ‘B’ cut – 1:18.46
• Conference Record – NC State (2016)- 1:15.09
• Championship Record – NC State (2015)- 1:15.62

1. NC State- 1:16.27
2. Florida State- 1:16.84
3. Notre Dame- 1:17.37

NC State’s Ryan Held got the team an early lead with his 18.90, but Florida State’s Chad Mylin started to chase them down with an 18.66 on the 2nd leg. The Wolfpack’s Andreas Schiellerup anchored in 19.17 to secure the victory over the Noles, who took 2nd. Notre Dame’s Daniel Speers came in clutch with an 18.86 on the 2nd leg to help his team earn bronze.

TEAM SCORES THROUGH DAY 2:

  1. North Carolina State Universit    494   2. VA Tech                           463
  3. Louisville, University of       419.5   4. Florida State University          403
  5. Notre Dame, University of       388.5   6. North Carolina, University of,    319
  7. Virginia, University of           276   8. Duke University                   257
  9. Pittsburgh, University of         251  10. Georgia Institute of Technolog    223
 11. University of Miami (Florida)     108  12. Boston College                     98