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2015 Men’s NCAAs ACC Roundup – Huge Day 3 Gives NC State Its Best Finish in 37 Years

Senior Andrew Kosic in his last individual swim for Georgia Tech.

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2015 Men’s NCAAs Day 2 ACC Roundup – Sam Lewis: Swimming in a Shark Cage

Men’s NCAA DI Championships Thursday, March 26 – Saturday, March 28 University of Iowa, Iowa City Prelims 11AM/Finals 7PM (Central…

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NC State scratches Held, Williams out of 200 free prelims, focusing on relays

The heat sheets for Friday’s preliminary session at the men’s NCAA Championships show only two individual scratches out of the circle-seeded heats, both coming from NC State.

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Day 1 Men’s NCAAs – ACC Roundup: Sprinters Bilis and Kosic Lead with Record-Breaking Swims

NC State’s 200 free relay celebrating the fastest swim of the meet, before they were disqualified for a relay exchange infraction.

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2015 M. NCAA Picks: Wolfpack Hungry for First-Ever Relay Title in 200 Free Relay

Simonas Bilis (above) will try to lead the NC State Wolfpack to their first-ever NCAA relay title in the 200 freestyle relay.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Bilis & NC State announce their arrival into the NCAA’s speed tier

NC State (shown here celebrating a big relay last season) now has the depth to put four swimmers under 19 seconds on the 200 free relay, including newly-found 18-second leadoff man Simonas Bilis.

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ACC Video Interviews: NC State’s “Fab Five” Discuss Their Nation Leading 200 and 400 Freestyle Relays

SwimSwam’s Max Mitchell was at the ACC Championships in Atlanta over the weekend and had the opportunity to catch up…

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2015 ACC Men’s Championships: Day Four Finals Live Recap

Simonas Bilis may not be the top seed in the 100 free, but his 41.30 split from the 400 medley relay last night suggests that he has a big swim coming up.

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5 Big Things from Day 2 of the Men’s ACC Championships

Stephen Coetzer (pictured) and NC State are on a roll, and showing they’re far from a one-dimensional program. That and more in tonight’s 5 Big Things.

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2015 Men’s ACC Championships: Bilis throws down 18.9, NC State smashes 200 free relay records at day 2 finals

NC State’s Simonas Bilis became the 3rd man in the NCAA to break 19 seconds in the 50 this season, leading off a barn-burning Wolfpack relay in 18.98.

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Ipsen Sets School Record and 12 Pool Records Fall as NC State Splits Dual with UNC

A great shot of the Casey Aquatic Center, where 12 pool records fell today.

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NC State men upset Georgia and records fall as Wolfpack splits with Bulldogs

Simonas Bilis (pictured) won three times, and his teammate Christian McCurdy broke a pool record to beat Georgia star Chase Kalisz in the 200 fly.

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NC State caps dominating team wins at All-NC Invite while Arakelian shines for Queens

North Carolina State wrapped up team wins at the 3rd annual All-NC Invite, dominating the final two sessions on Saturday.

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Ranking the 2014 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12

In a matter of months, Caeleb Dressel has become a household name in swimming. He will try and help the Florida Gators win NCAA titles over the next four years.

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Wolfpack Men’s Swimming & Diving Sign Nine to Incoming Class

Coach Holloway. “We set up our recruiting goals and we feel this class falls right into place with what we were trying to achieve. We feel all these men fit in to the Wolfpack program very well and each have a role to help us advance at the NCAA level and work towards an ACC title.“

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