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
- Streaming: watchESPN
- Championship Central
The 2017 Men’s ACC Championships in Atlanta, Georgia opened on Monday night with a thrilling 200 medley relay battle between NC State in Louisville. It ended with a narrow NC State victory, as the Wolfpack celebrated a new ACC Conference Record of 1:23.16. That clipped the previous mark of 1:23.19 set by the Wolfpack at the conference meet last season.
The biggest difference maker came on the backstroke leg, as freshman Coleman Stewart blazed his way to a 20.97 to give them the early lead. That was a quarter of a second faster than teammate Hennessey Stuart‘s 21.22 split on the 2016 relay. Freestyler Ryan Held was slightly faster than his previous split, clipping it down by a hundredth. Held closed in 18.15 to bring the Wolfpack from behind and out-touch Louisville.
Splits Comparison By 50:
| Team | Back Split | Breast Split | Fly Split | Free Split | Final Time |
| NC State 2017 | Coleman Stewart– 20.97 | Derek Hren– 23.64 | Soeren Dahl– 20.40 | Ryan Held– 18.15 | 1:23.16 |
| NC State 2016 | Hennessey Stuart– 21.22 | Derek Hren– 23.54 | Simonas Bilis– 20.27 | Ryan Held– 18.16 | 1:23.19 |
| Louisville 2017 | Grigory Tarasevich– 21.09 | Carlos Claverie– 23.36 | Josh Quallen– 19.91 | Trevor Carroll– 18.98 | 1:23.34 |
Male & female divers went with the ladies; why more diving? GO NC State WOLFPACK!!!!!
Rumor has it that Held had 50 pound weights tied to his ankles too. That kid is a beast.
I also heard they keep him locked in a cage at the pool and feed him strictly raw meat, letting him out only to practice and lift.
Fast, but he’s still not beating Dressel ?
Duel meet between NC State and Louisville with some stars ( like Fiala ) from other school thrown in there to make it entertaining. Will be fun to watch. This conference really does have some studs.
Stewart starting to seem like the real deal
Wild watching Held’s underwaters, even for just a 50 free. Something that puts him and Dressel in a new class. Props to Louisville too, phenomenal race. The rest of ACC’s should be a good one.
amazing diving & underwater .
Fiala 23.02 50 BR split! Has to be one of the fastest in the country this year
Believe it was the fastest split in the country so far this year
The dude is an ATHLETE ! Jumps far and really uses his walls.