2025 ACC Champs: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

2025 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships

• February 18-22, 2025
• Greensboro Aquatic Center — Greensboro, North Carolina
• Full Event Schedule (pre-scratch timeline)
• Championship Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Live Streaming
• Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap |Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap | Day 3 Finals Recap
• Day 4 Prelims Recap

Friday Finals Heat Sheets

There should be plenty of great racing in store tonight, with all-time record holders and Olympians highlighting almost every event.

UVA’s Alex Walsh swam the fastest college 200 yard butterfly ever to win this event last year, and she’ll have the opportunity to do so again this year after leading prelims this morning. On the men’s side, Stanford’s Andrei Minakov, who won the 100 fly last night, will be swimming for the fly sweep out of lane 4.

Alex’s sister, Gretchen Walsh, is the fastest women ever in the 100 back, and she  set the all-time mark in this event last year, and she’ll be in lane 4 tonight. Four-time ACC champion Kacper Stokowski of NC State has graduated, but two former teammates, Hudson Williams and Quintin McCarty, will try to extend the Wolfpack’s streak to five-straight titles. However, the top seed from this morning was Stanford’s Aaron Sequeira. Also keep an eye on lane 1, where Cal’s Mewen Tomac, who was an Olympic semi-finalist in the long course version of this event in Paris, is swimming tonight.

The Cavaliers also have the top seed in the women’s 100 breast, thanks to Emma Weber, who was part of the US Olympic team last year. UVA has won the last two titles in this event, with Alex Walsh winning in 2023 and Jasmine Nocentini winning last year. Stanford posted the top prelims time in all three events on the men’s side as well; Israeli Olympian Ron Polonsky will swim in lane 4 tonight. This could be one of the tightest events of the evening, as he’ll face three men who’ve already been under 51.0 this season in Carles Coll Marti (Virginia Tech), Yamato Okadome (Cal), and Denis Petrashov (Louisville).

After the individual competitions are done, the evening will conclude with the championship final of the men’s platform diving event, along with timed finals of the medley relays.

Women’s 200 Fly – Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:49.16 – Alex Walsh, 2024
• ACC Record: 1:49.16 – Alex Walsh (UVA), 2024
• ACC Meet Record: 1:49.16 – Alex Walsh (UVA), 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:52.47
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:55.88

Top 8:

1. Alex Walsh (Virginia) – 1:50.43
2. Caroline Bricker (Stanford) – 1:52.37
3. Lillie Nordmann (Stanford) – 1:52.44
4. Tess Howley (Virginia) – 1:52.72
5. Katie Grimes (Virginia) – 1:53.63
6. Lilou Ressencourt (Cal) – 1:53.85
7. Emily Thompson (Stanford) – 1:55.52
8. Taylor Bloom (UNC) – 1:58.47

While she didn’t crack her own NCAA record, UVA fifth-year Alex Walsh comfortably won this event for the second year in a row. The outcome was never really in doubt, as Walsh had a half a second lead after the first 50 and continued to build her lead from there. She had the fastest time in the field for each lap except the final 50, where Stanford’s Caroline Bricker closed on her by 0.16s. That didn’t matter much to the overall outcome, as Walsh won, 1:50.43 to 1:52.37.

Bricker’s Stanford teammate Lillie Nordmann touched just behind Bricker, taking 3rd in 1:52.44. UVA’s Tess Howley wasn’t far behind at 1:52.72, repeating her 4th-place finish from last year. She was followed by another Cavalier, freshman Katie Grimes, at 1:53.63.

Cal’s Lilou Ressencourt (1:53.85) and Stanford’s Emily Thompson (1:55.52) were also under last year’s invite time, and UNC’s Taylor Bloom rounded out the A-final with a 1:58.47.

Heading into today, the above eight women accounted for six of the top 11 times in the NCAA this season, with Nordmann, Walsh, and Bricker, ranked #2-4, respectively.

Men’s 200 Fly – Finals

• NCAA Record: 1:37.17 – Luca Urlando, 2025
• ACC Record: 1:37.92 – Nicolas Albiero (LOU), 2022
• ACC Meet Record: 1:37.92 – Nicolas Albiero (LOU), 2022
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:40.05
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:42.10

Top 8:

1. Andrei Minakov (Stanford) – 1:39.03
2. Dare Rose (Cal) – 1:39.47
3. Seb Lunak (UNC) – 1:40.12
4. Gabe Jett (Cal) – 1:40.28
5. Logan Robinson (FSU) – 1:40.34
6. Gibson Holmes (Stanford) – 1:41.81
7. Landon Gentry (Virginia Tech) – 1:41.86
8. Colin Whelehan (UNC) – 1:42.15

Cal’s Dare Rose led for most of the race, but Stanford’s Andrei Minakov stayed on his hip for the first 150, then dropped the hammer over the last lap. He out split Rose 25.37 to 26.36, moving past Rose and hitting the wall in 1:39.03. That’s the third best time of his career, sitting a pair of 1:38.6 swims from dual meets early last year.

Rose touched 2nd in 1:39.47, less than a second off his lifetime best of 1:38.61 from last year’s NCAA championships.

UNC’s Seb Lunak continued his strong season, nearly cracking the 1:40-barrier and re-setting his own Tar Heel record with a 1:40.12 effort for 3rd place. Last year, Lunak also finished 3rd, albeit with with a 1:41.78, a time that would’ve placed 6th tonight.

Gabe Jett of Cal took 4th in 1:40.28, followed closely by FSU’s Logan Robinson, who re-broke the Seminoles’ school record with a time of 1:40.34, his first time under 1:41.

Stanford sophomore Gibson Holmes hit a new personal best of 1:41.79 in prelims before going 1:41.81 in finals to finish 6th. It was a similar story for Virginia Tech’s Landon Gentry, who broke the 1:42-barrier this morning with a 1:41.45, then took 7th tonight with a time of 1:41.86.

Last year, UNC’s Colin Whelehan finished 20th with at time of 1:44.81. He was over two seconds faster today, clocking a lifetime best of 1:42.29 in prelims, then shaving another 0.14s off that time tonight to take 8th.

Women’s 100 Back – Finals

• NCAA Record: 48.10 – Gretchen Walsh, 2024
• ACC Record: 48.10 – Gretchen Walsh (UVA), 2024
• ACC Meet Record: 48.10 – Gretchen Walsh (UVA), 2024
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 50.66
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 52.28

Top 8:

1. Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 48.95
2. Mary-Ambre Moluh (Cal) – 50.22
3. Leah Shackley (NC State) – 50.37
4. Erika Pelaez (NC State) – 50.46
5. Isabelle Stadden (Cal) – 50.97
6. Carmen Weiler Sastre (Virginia Tech) – 51.28
7. Ali Pfaff (Duke) – 51.29
8. Kennedy Noble (NC State) – 52.47

Believe it or not, Gretchen Walsh just won her first ACC title in this event. Walsh owns the all-time record in the 100 back, but this event hasn’t been a focus for her individually during championship season. Walsh set the all-time mark leading off UVA’s medley relay here last year, but it was actually NC State’s Katharine Berkoff who had won the last five years. In fact, NC State had won the last eight titles in this event.

A trio of freshmen took the next three spots tonight. Cal’s Mary-Ambre Moluh took 2nd in 50.22, followed closely by NC State teammates Leah Shackley (50.37) and Erika Pelaez (50.46).

Men’s 100 Back – Finals

• NCAA Record: 43.35 – Luca Urlando, 2022
• ACC Record: 43.83 – Kaspar Stokowski (NCS), 2023
• ACC Meet Record: 44.04 – Coleman Stewart (NCS), 2020
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 44.48
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 45.56

Top 8:

1. Michel Arkhangelskiy (FSU) – 44.49
2. Quintin McCarty (NC State) – 44.99
3. David King (Virginia) – 45.11
4. Hudson Williams (NC State) – 45.15
5. Mewen Tomac (Cal) – 45.16
6. Mason Herbet (FSU) – 45.75
7. Mario Molla Yanes (Virginia Tech) – 45.85
8. Aaron Sequeira (Stanford) – 46.02

If heading into the meet, you picked that podium…no you didn’t.

Cal has a pair of perennial NCAA scorers in this event in Destin Lasco and Bjorn Seeliger, and neither one made the A-final. They did have an Olympic backstroker in the A-final, Mewen Tomac, and he finished 5th.

The Golden Bears have their eyes on next month, so they won’t be too bothered by not grabbing an ACC title, and maybe you figured they wouldn’t be tapered, but you probably didn’t pick Florida State freshman Michel Arkhangelskiy to win this event. He came into the meet with a best time of 46.69, and even after turning heads with his 19.1 fly split on Wednesday, he didn’t feel like the favorite to win the 100 back.

But tonight he went out fast, flipping 0.04s ahead of NC State’s Quintin McCarty, and he came home fast, winning in 44.49 and setting a FSU record in the process. NC State had won the last seven titles, and that’s FSU’ first win in this event since 2014.

McCarty took 2nd in 44.99, his first time under 45, and UVA freshman David King, hitherto better known for his 200+ yard events, finished 3rd in 45.11.

NC State’s Hudson Williams, who finished 3rd last year as a freshman with a time of 45.28, finished 4th tonight with a time of 45.15.

Tomac finished 5th in 45.16. That’s only his fourth-ever swim in the yards version of this event, and he’s gone from 46.26 just over a month ago to 45-low today.

Virginia Tech senior Mario Molla Yannes had been primarily a butterfly and freestyle type until this season, and didn’t have a single 100 yard backstroke time recorded until this fall. He went under 46 for the first time ever this morning, going 45.59 in prelims before finishing 7th in finals with a time of 45.85.

Women’s 100 Breast – Finals

• NCAA Record: 55.73 – Lilly King, 2019
• ACC Record: 56.09 – Jasmine Nocentini (UVA), 2024
• ACC Meet Record: 56.72 – Sophie Hansson (NCS), 2022
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 58.01
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 59.75

Top 8:

1. Kaelyn Gridley (Duke) – 58.23
2. Emma Weber (Virginia) – 58.27
3. Skyler Smith (UNC) – 58.63
4. Maddy Huggins (FSU) – 59.08
5. Zoe Skirboll (Virginia) – 59.44
6. Mia Cheatwood (Louisville) / Margaux McDonald (Cal) – 59.68
7. (tie)
8. Simone Moll (Miami-FL) – 59.79

Last year, Kaelyn Gridley, Emma Weber, and Skyler Smith tied for 3rd after all three women hit the wall at exactly 58.81. Tonight, each of those three swimmers were faster, and they made up the top three finishers.

Gridley won Duke’s first ACC title in the women’s 100 breast, hitting the wall in 58.23, just a bit off her lifetime best of 58.14 from January. UVA’s Emma Weber took 2nd in 58.27, less than a tenth of a second shy of her personal best of 58.18, also from this January. UNC’s Skyler Smith took 3rd in 58.63.

Maddy Huggins (59.08), Zoe Skirboll (59.44), Mia Cheatwood (59.68) and Margaux McDonald (59.68) were all under last year’s invite time.

The B-final was an even closer race, as Louisville freshman Caroline Larsen and Stanford sophomore Lucy Thomas both stopped the clock at 59.63, while Cal’s Lea Polonsky touched just behind at 59.65.

Men’s 100 Breast – Finals

• NCAA Record: 49.53 – Liam Bell, 2024
• ACC Record: 50.78 – Denis Petrashov (LOU), 2023
• ACC Meet Record: 50.82 – Noah Nichols (UVA), 2023
• 2025 NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 51.02
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 51.89

Top 8:

1. Denis Petrashov (Louisville) – 50.62
2. Ron Polonsky (Stanford) – 50.99
3. Yamato Okadome (Cal) – 51.12
4. Carles Coll Marti (Virginia Tech) – 51.34
5. Zhier Fan (Stanford) – 51.66
6. Ben Delmar (UNC) – 51.71
7. Sam Hoover (NC State) – 51.78
8. Tommaso Baravelli (FSU) – 51.86

Louisville’s Denis Petrashov keep his focus on NCAAs — he’s been the ACC’s highest finisher in this event in March each of the last two years — and in tonight’s post-race interview, he said it was now time to “start tapering.” But the implied lack of rest didn’t hamper him tonight, as he not only re-set his own ACC record, but also captured his first 100 breast ACC title with a winning time of 50.62.

Ron Polonsky, last year’s 8th-place finisher at NCAAs, took 2nd tonight with a time of 50.99. Cal’s Yamato Okadome took 3rd in 51.12, followed by Virginia Tech’s Carles Coll Marti (51.34).

Polonsky’s teammate Zhier Fan took 5th in 51.66, while UNC’s Ben Delmar touched 6th in 51.71. NC State’s Sam Hoover (51.78) and FSU’s Tommaso Baravelli (51.86) rounded out the A-final.

The B-final was a battle of the youngsters, as freshmen took the top five spots. Louisville’s Jake Eccleston won that heat with a time of 51.49, hitting his second personal best of the day and cracking 52-seconds for the first time.

Men Platform Diving

• ACC Record: 548.90 – Nick McCrory (Duke), 2011
• ACC Meet Record: 523.95 – Nick McCrory (Duke), 2010

Top 8:

1. Max Flory (Miami) – 450.75
2. Misha Andriyuk (Stanford) – 432.15
3. Cameron Cash (Pitt) – 405.45
4. Bên Nguyễn (Notre Dame) – 392.25
5. Geoff Vavitsas (Cal) – 370.30
6. Geoff Salisbury (Pitt) – 317.80
7. Luke Sitz (SMU) – 306.35
8. Carter Loftin (UNC) – 301.80

Here’s a stat you don’t see often: 100% of the Miami men competing at this meet have won a conference title. The Hurricane men have been a diving-only program for a while, and fifth-year Max Flory is their only competitor this week. That’s Flory’s first title of the week — he finished 6th in the 3m and 2nd in the 1m — but it’s his fifth ACC title overall. He swept the diving events in 2023, and he also won the 3m in 2022.

Stanford’s Misha Andriyuk made he first championship final of the week, and out-dove defending champion Cameron Cash of Pitt, 432.15 to 404.45, to take 2nd.

WOMEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• NCAA Record: 3:21.01, Virginia – 2024
• ACC Record: 3:21.01, Virginia – 2024
• ACC Championship Record: 3:21.80, Virginia – 2023
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:30.89
• NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 3:32.88

Top 8:

1. Virginia – 3:19.58
2. Stanford – 3:26.98
3. NC State – 3:27.08
4. Cal – 3:29.18
5. Louisville – 3:30.73
6. FSU – 3:31.04
7. UNC – 3:31.51
8. Pitt – 3:31.67

The Virginia Cavaliers have set the bar so high the last few ACC Championships that we understand if some fans felt this week had been just a little lackluster, relatively-speaking.

But on the fourth night of competition, UVA broke their second relay record of the week, shattering their own all-time record in the 400 medley with a time of 3:19.58. The previous record was a 3:21.01 from last year, meaning that the record skipped right over the 3:20 mark.

Claire Curzan led off in 49.35, setting a new personal best by 0.02s. Alex Walsh split 57.05 on breast, then Gretchen Walsh swam the fastest fly split ever, going 47.00. Anna Moesch anchored in 46.18 as the Cavaliers won by a stunning seven seconds.

Stanford took 2nd in 3:26.98. Natalie Mannion led off in 53.02, then Lucy Bell split 58.14 on breast, before Torri Huske threw down a 48.22 fly split. Only Gretchen Walsh has ever been faster on a fly split, and no other women has been under 48.7. Lillie Nordmann anchored in 47.60, as the Cardinal earned their third top-three relay finish of the week.

NC State finished 3rd in 3:27.08, with freshman Erika Pelaez anchoring in 46.52, the second-fastest anchor leg swim behind only Moesch. Cal’s Isabelle Stadden led off for the Bears in 50.94 as Cal took 4th in 3:29.18. Louisville was also under the ‘A’ standard, going 3:30.73; Julia Dennis nearly matched Pelaez with a 46.53 anchor leg.

MEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• NCAA Record: 2:57.32, Arizona State – 2024
• ACC Record: 2:59.71, NC State – 2024
• ACC Championship Record: 3:01.10, NC State – 2023 ACC Championships
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:04.96
• NCAA ‘B’ Cut: 3:06.37

Top 8:

1. NC State – 3:01.62
2. Cal – 3:01.92
3. Virginia Tech – 3:02.25
4. FSU – 3:02.33
5. Stanford – 3:03.31
6. UNC – 3:03.36
7. Virginia – 3:03.96
8. Louisville – 3:04.53

The Florida State Seminoles put up a good fight, but in the end NC State won their fourth-straight title.

Max Wilson put FSU in the lead early with a 44.81 leadoff, but the Seminoles faded to 4th as NC State, Cal, and Virginia Tech all passed on the breaststroke leg. Michel Arkhangelskiy continued to crush it though, as he scorched a 43.33 fly leg to put the Seminoles back into the lead.

Sam Bork maintained that lead through the first 50 of the freestyle leg, but once again, NC State, Cal, and Virginia Tech all got back past FSU, with NC State winning in 3:01.62.

Jerry Fox was over half a second behind Bork as he dove into the water, but went 40.81 on the anchor for the win. Quintin McCarty led off in 45.19 for the Wolfpack after breaking 45.0 earlier in the session. Sam Hoover split 51.14 on breast; that’s faster than his 51.37 split at NCAAs last year. Luke Miller went 44.48 on fly, about a second slower than his NCAA split last year.

Cal took 2nd in 3:01.92. Gabe Jett led off in 45.95, Yamato Okadome split 50.71 on breast with a -0.01s RT, according to live results. Dare Rose split 44.01 on a 0.39 RT, and Nans Mazeillier anchored in 41.25.

Scores Through Day 3

Women

1. Virginia – 1040.5
2. Stanford – 852
3. Louisville – 682
4. California – 637
5. North Carolina – 544.5
6. NC State – 530
7. Florida State – 350
8. Pittsburgh – 348
9. Miami (Florida) – 338
10. Duke – 271
11. VA Tech – 241.5
12. Notre Dame – 207
13. Southern Methodist – 140.5
14. Georgia Tech – 111
15. Boston College – 79

Men

1. California – 885.5
2. Stanford – 822
3. North Carolina – 741
4. NC State – 676
5. Louisville – 647.5
6. Florida State – 516.5
7. VA Tech – 483
8. Virginia – 419
9. Pittsburgh – 382.5
10. Georgia Tech – 349
11. Southern Methodist – 323
12. Duke – 135
13. Boston College – 90
14. Miami (Florida) – 84
15. Notre Dame – 45