2024 Wolfpack Elite Invite: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

2024 WOLFPACK ELITE INVITE

• November 21-23, 2024
• Greensboro Aquatic Center – Greensboro, NC
• 9:30 am ET prelims/5:30 pm ET finals
• Participating teams: Arizona, Arizona State, Army West Point, Duke, NC State (host), Northwestern, Virginia Tech
• Live Results: “2024 Wolfpack Elite GAC Invitational” on Meet Mobile
• Live Results
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• Day 1 Prelims Recap
• Day 1 Final Results

NC State and ASU are battling it out this evening for points. Both women’s teams have 9 finals swims, but ASU has two of the three top qualifiers in the 500 free and 50 free.

The men’s teams have a little more separation with NC State coming out on top with 12 swims to ASU’s 9. The Wolfpack has 6 swimmers in the 500 free final. NC State also has the edge on top qualifiers with the #1 seed in the 500 free and 200 IM.

There are also two relays on the docket tonight, the 200 free relay and the 400 medley relay. The NC State women beat ASU in both at the NCAA championships.

The men’s relays were much closer. ASU beat NC State in both, but they won the 200 free relay by less than 2 tenths, and won the 400 medley, which star swimmers Leon Marchand and Hubert Kos were on, by just over two seconds. Marchand and Kos are both training at Texas now, with Kos competing for the Longhorns this season

Women’s 200 Free Relay Timed Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:23.63, Virginia-2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:28.42
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 1:29.00

1. NC State A- 1:27.24 A
2. Arizona State A- 1:27.71 A
3. University of Arizona- 1:28.65 B
4. Duke A- 1:29.61
5. Virginia Tech A- 1:29.71
6. Northwestern A- 1:29.76
7. NC State B- 1:30.47
8. Arizona State B- 1:30.55

NC State won the women’s relay in a race to the finish versus ASU. Lily Christianson led off for the Wolfpack at 22.12. This was just behind ASU lead-off leg Caroline Bentz who came in at 22.08. Duke lead off Tatum Wall was also faster than Christianson with her opening leg of 22.10.

The second leg went to NC State’s Tyler Discroll at 21.79 over ASU’s 21.91 to give NC State the lead

Leah Shackley held onto the lead for NC State by just .01. Her 21.94 split was just fast enough to hold off ASU’s Erin Milligan who clocked a 21.87 trying to chase her down.

The final legs were the ultimate decider, and NC State’s Erika Pelaez popped a 21.49 for the win. ASU anchor Julia Ullmann went 21.85 to earn the Sundevil’s 2nd place.

Men’s 200 Free Relay Timed Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:13.35, Florida-2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:16.51
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 1:17.13

1. Arizona State A- 1:13.93 A
2. NC State A- 1:16.02 A A
3. Virginia Tech A- 1:16.43 A
4. Arizona State B- 1:16.49 A
5. University of Arizona A- 1:17.33
6. NC State B- 1:17.53
7. Arizona State C- 1:17.99
8. University of Arizona B- 1:18.67

The ASU A men get under 1:14, to set the nation-leading time of 1:13.93. This is .03 faster than the Tennessee men went last night. This is also faster than the time they went at last year’s NCAA Championships of 1:13.95. Sophomore Ilya Kharun led off in 18.51, this is a best time for him, and just 0.03 away from the split he went on this relay at NCAA’s from a relay start. Junior Tommy Palmer went second at 18.42. Senior Patrick Sammon went 3rd, with the slowest split on the relay of 18.81, and Junior Jony Kulow went a blistering 18.19. This was just off the 18.11 he went anchoring the same relay at NCAAs. ASU had 7 men go 19.0 or faster this evening. Quin Seider, a Freshman, went second on the B, and outsplit Sammon with a time of 18.78.

NC State had 3 men go under 19 in Jerry Fox (18.72), Kaii Winkler (18.98), and Sam Hoover (18.82) at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively. Their leadoff leg, Drew Salls has also been under 19 from a flat start, but was 19.50 tonight.

Women’s 500 Free Finals

• NCAA Record: 4:24.06, Katie Ledecky (Stanford)-2017
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 4:36.89
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 4:47.20
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 4:41.19

1. Alexa Reyna (ASU)- 4:41.32
2. Chase Travis (NCS)- 4:43.16
3. Charli Brown (ASU)- 4:43.68
4. Malia Rausch (ARIZ)- 4:43.80
5. Zoe Nordmann (NU)- 4:45.53
6. Grace Monahan (NCS)- 4:46.17
7. Deniz Ertan (ASU)- 4:46.54
8. Emma Hastings (NCS)- 4:46.65

Alexa Reyna, a sophomore at ASU, clocked a new personal best time this evening in the 500 freestyle. Her previous best of 4:41.40 was set earlier this season versus NC state. Reyna was out strong splitting 52.72 on her first 100. Her splits slowed down some as she went on, and she had two (400/450) pop over that 28 second range, but she brought it home in 28.50 to drop .08 and win.

Chase Travis from NC State swam practically the opposite race. Travis went her slowest split at the 250 mark and then gradually got faster, ultimately dropping a 27.40 on her last 50 to blast by the 3rd and 4th place finishers to earn 2nd for NC State.

ASU’s Charli Brown rounded out the top 3, swimming a consistent race before ending with a 28.11 on her final 50.

Men’s 500 Free Finals

• NCAA Record: 4:02.31, Leon Marchand (ASU)-2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 4:10.64
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 4:21.28
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 4:14.90

1. Chase Mueller (NCS)- 4:14.16 B
2. Lance Norris (NCS)- 4:14.22 B
3. Kyle Ponsler (NCS)- 4:16.47 B
4. Daniel Matheson (ASU)- 4:17.37  B
5. Will Gallant (NCS)- 4:17.87 B
6. Owen Lloyd (NCS)- 4:18.30 B
7. Jake Mason (ASU)- 4:20.36 B
8. Matt Marsteiner (NCS)- 4:22.32

NC State was stacked in tonight’s 500 free final, with only two swimmers coming from a different team, both ASU. Sophomore Chase Mueller won the event for the Wolfpack with 4:14.16. This is a personal best by over a second for Mueller, who’s best time was 4:15.31 from NC State’s dual meet with ASU. Mueller swam a very similar race to the women’s champion, with his only two 50s over 25 being the 400 and 450. He came home well though in 24.89 to hold off second place Lance Norris by just 6 one hundredths.

Lance Norris swam a very consistent race for second at 4:14.22. 7 of his 8 middle 50s were between 25.67 and 25.86. Only his second 50 was off this mark at 25.47. His last 50 was faster than Mueller’s at 24.82, but it wasn’t enough to chase him down. The NC State Junior also went a personal best time, dropping from his previous best of 4:15.51.

NC State also took home the 3rd place finisher with Junior Kyle Ponsler’s 4:16.47. Ponsler added a little over a second from his best time of 4:15.11 from ACCs last year, but it was a season best time for him.

Women’s 200 IM Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:48.37, Kate Douglass (Virginia)-2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:53.66
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 1:59.35
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:57.05
• Kennedy Noble (NCS)- 1:56.37
• Lisa Nystrand (NCS)- 1:57.22
• Sonia Vaishnani (ASU)- 1:58.90
• Sophie Martin (NU)- 1:58.93
• Katherine Helms (NCS)- 1:59.04
• Kyra Sommerstad (DUKE)- 2:00.06
• Zoe Summar (ASU)- 2:00.17
• Ella Guilfoil (ASU)- 2:00.75

Men’s 200 IM finals

• NCAA Record: 1:36.34, Leon Marchand (ASU)-2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:40.75
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 1:45.68
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 1:43.05

1. Daniel Diehl (NCS)- 1:41.39
2. Carles Coll Marti (VT)- 1:42.98
3. Ilya Kharun (ASU)- 1:43.77
4. Simon Bermudez (NCS)- 1:44.85
5. Oscar Bilbao (ASU)- 1:45.10
6. Charlie Bufton (NCS)- 1:45.21
7. Lucien Bergnes (ASU)- 1:46.24
8. Alex Edwards (ARMY)- 1:46.31

Women’s 50 Free Finals

• NCAA Record: 20.37, Gretchen Walsh (Virginia)-2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 21.58
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut:22.58
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 22.11

1. Tatum Wall (Duke)- 21.79
2. Caroline Bentz (ASU)- 21.80
3. Lily Christianson (NCS)- 21.89
4. Tyler Discroll (NCS)- 22.08
5. Erika Pelaez (NCS)- 22.13
6. Carmen Weller Sastre (VT)- 22.30
7. Ali Pfaff (DUKE)- 22.39
8. Miriam Sheehan (ASU)- 22.59

Men’s 50 Free Finals

• NCAA Record: 17.63, Caeleb Dressel (Florida)-2018
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 18.72
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 19.69
• 2024 NCAA Cutline: 19.13

1. Jonny Kulow (ASU)- 18.78
2. Jerry Fox (NCS)- 19.19
3. Tommy Palmer (ASU)- 19.23
4. Drew Salls (NCS)- 19.27
5. Patrick Sammon (ASU)- 19.40
6. Brendan Whitfield (VT)- 19.43
7. Youssef Ramadan (VT)- 19.46
8. Kaii Winkler (NCS)- 19.64

Women’s 400 Medley Relay Timed Final

• NCAA Record: 3:21.80, Virginia-2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:30.89
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 3:32.88

1. NC State A- 3:29.08 A
2. Duke A- 3:30.81 A
3. Arizona State A- 3:32.37 B
4. Virginia Tech A- 3:35.85
5. NC State B- 3:35.98
6. University of Arizona A- 3:37.53
7. Arizona State B- 3:37.88
8. Northwestern B- 3:39.75

Men’s 400 Medley Relay Timed Final

• NCAA Record: 2:57.32, ASU-2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:o4.96
• 2025 NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 3:06.37

1. Arizona State A- 3:02.18
2. NC State A- 3:03.74
3. Virginia Tech A- 3:04.99
4. Arizona State B- 3:05.12
5. University of Arizona A- 3:05.57
6. Army West Point A- 3:08.18
7. University of Arizona B- 3:09.05
8. Northwestern A- 3:10.42

Women’s 3-Meter Diving

1. Margo Omeara (Duke)- 349.85
2. Frida Zuniga Guzman (ECU)- 322.10
3. Grace Austin (VT)- 306.40
4. Kiera Lu (DUKE)- 295.65
5. Peyton Guziec (VT)- 293.50
6. Michayla Eisenberg (VT)- 275.00
7. Ashton Zuburg (NCS)- 268.00
8. Celia Bidwell (NCS)- 230.70

Men’s 1-Meter Diving

1. Nathan Cox (VT)- 353.60
2. Yannis Schattman (DUKE)- 346.30
3. Lane Stallworth (ASU)- 334.30
4. Jacob Fisher (VT)- 333.05
5. Charlie Berman (DUKE)- 318.10
6. Tynam O’Donogue (DUKE)- 304.35
7. Zach Shaddy (VT)- 296.40
8. Calvin LeBlanc (NCS)- 281.70

Overall Team Scores After Day 2