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
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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 Jonny 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

1. Kennedy Noble (NCS)- 1:56.37 B
2. Lisa Nystrand (NCS)- 1:57.22 B
3. Sonia Vaishnani (ASU)- 1:58.90 B
4. Sophie Martin (NU)- 1:58.93 B
5. Katherine Helms (NCS)- 1:59.04 B
6. Kyra Sommerstad (DUKE)- 2:00.06
7. Zoe Summar (ASU)- 2:00.17
8. Ella Guilfoil (ASU)- 2:00.75

NC State Junior Kennedy Noble led the field wire to wire in this 100 back final. She was 2nd at the 50, but quickly remedied that and stayed in first for the remainder of the race. She also had the fastest backstroke split in the field by over a second.

Wolfpack freshman Lisa Nystrand took 2nd at 1:57.22, which was good for 5 one hundredths off her previous best time of 1:57.57.

ASU freshman Sonia Vaishnani made it under 2:00 for the first time today to beat her best time of 2:00.04 from before college.

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

Daniel Diehl, the NC State Sophmore, had a new personal best time to win the men’s 200 IM final. Diehl dropped to 1:41.39 from the 1:41.84 he set at last year’s NCAAs. Diehl also had the first or second fastest split in the field in every 50, which makes it clear how he won the event by over a second and a half.

Carles Coll Marti from Virginia Tech came in second at 1:42.98 for an add from his best of 1:39.63 from the 2022 NCAA championships. It was also a hair off his season best of 1:42.60 from the SMU Classic in October.

ASU sophomore Ilya Kharun came in third at 1:43.77. Kharun was first after the butterfly, but his breaststroke was the slowest in the field by almost a second, dropping him back to 3rd.

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

Duke junior Tatum Wall dropped just under a tenth of a second to break the 20 second barrier for the first time this morning, and added to that total tonight with another tenth and a half off. Her final time of 21.79 bests the 20.02 she set at last year’s NCAAs.

ASU’s Caroline Bentz also dropped from her best time of 21.88 in October to go 20.80 in the final, earning second for ASU.

NC State freshman Lily Christianson added just a smidge from her pre-college best of 21.72 to go 21.89 and be NC State’s top swimmer. This is a season best for Christianson who hasn’t been faster than 22.15

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

ASU’s Jonny Kulow went the only sub 19 swim in the final at 18.78. this is an add from Kulow’s best time of 18.64 from NCAAs, but does mark a new season best for him.

Jerry Fox got 2nd at 19.19 which is a tenth of a second add from his lifetime best of 19.09, but this was Fox’s second time going under 20 this season. The first was this morning’s prelims swim of 19.23

Tommy Palmer placed 3rd for ASU with a final time of 19.23. This was a slight add for Palmer as well, who has a best time of 19.08 from Pac-12s earlier this calendar year.

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

NC State took their second relay win of the evening, earning an A cut in the process, in the women’s 400 medley relay. The team of Kennedy Noble (51.62), Aubree Brouwer (59.71), Leah Shackley (50.71), and Erika Pelaez (47.04) won their heat by almost 2 seconds.

Duke took 2nd in the event and earned an NCAA A cute with Ali Pfaff (51.54), Kaelyn Gridley (58.57), Aleyna Ozkan (53.30), and Tatum Wall (47.40).

ASU got 3rd, missing the A cut by about a second and a half. Their team of Miriam Sheehan (53.26), Iza Adame (59.85), Julia Ullmann (51.39), and Caroline Bentz (47.87) went a final time 3:32.37

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

ASU took home both relays for the men tonight, and earned A cuts in both as well. They won the 400 medley relay at 3:02.18 with their team of Lucien Vergnes on back going 45.96, Andy Dobrzanksi on breast at 51.56, Ilya Kharun on fly with a time of 43.75, and Jonny Kulow on free going 40.91.

NC State took second at 3:03.74. Hudson Williams led off at 46.09. Sam Hoover swam breast at 51.76. Luke Miller did fly at 44.49, and Jerry Fox went on the freestyle leg for 41.40.

Johnny Crush, the backstroker on Army West Point’s relay went a blistering 45.70 to break their school record. Crush was ahead of the second fastest backstroker, Vergnes on ASU, by almost 3 tenths.

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

Duke’s Margo Omeara won the women’s diving event this evening with a score of 349.85. Omeara was 27.7 points ahead of second place Frida Zuniga Guzman from ASU and 43.45 points ahead of 3rd place diver Grace Austin from Virginia Tech.

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

Virginia Tech’s Nathan Cox took home the men’s diving event with a score of 353.60. This event was much closer than the women’s with Cox only beating second place Yannis Schatmann from Duke by 7.3 points. The margin between 2nd and 3rd was similar at 8 points separating Schattman and Lane Stallworth from ASU.

Overall Team Scores After Day 2