Georgia vs. NC State (Swimapalooza)
- November 8-9, 2024
- Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, Georgia
- Brief Course Yards (25 yards), two-day twin meet
- Friday Outcomes PDF
The College of Georgia and NC State hosted the primary half of the “Swimapalooza” spectacular on Friday. The fan-oriented affair centered on a shorter schedule of largely 50 and 100 yard races and featured a youngsters’ zone, free t-shirts, free meals, face portray, autograph periods, and an in-house Emcee.
750 followers turned out for the meet and the leads to the pool didn’t disappoint – although it was the guests from NC State who dominated the primary day of competitors.
Swimapalooza images and movies
Crew Scores After Day 1
- Males: #4 NC State 128 – #10 Georgia 58
- Girls: #7 NC State 119 – #14 Georgia 67
The meet will proceed with groups racing the longer half of the lineup, with 200 yard races and the 1000 free, on Saturday morning.
Girls’s Day 1 Highlights
The NC State ladies have been badly in want of a reload of their dash group this 12 months, and sophomore Tyler Driscoll is giving them simply that. As a freshman final season, she was unable to surpass her highschool greatest time within the 50 free, however after a lifetime greatest two weeks in the past in opposition to Arizona State (22.36) she crushed one other one on Friday night time, profitable the person race in 22.18.
She got here to Raleigh with a greatest of twenty-two.40.
She later added a 52.84 to win the 100 fly in one other private greatest. Solely her teammate, highly-touted freshman Leah Shackley, beat her with a break up of 51.08.
She was on the “B” relay for NC State within the session-opening 200 medley, splitting 22.72 on a fly leg, nevertheless it was NC State’s “A” relay that gained in 1:36.66. They have been half-a-second away from Georgia, with Cassie Moses (22.31) holding off Georgia anchor Katie Sikes (21.86) for the win.
The youthful finish of the NC State ladies’s group got here up massive on day 1 of the meet. Apart from the aforementioned, one other star freshman Erika Pelaez gained the 100 free (47.81) and 200 free (1:44.20), clearing the sector by virtually a second and 1.3 seconds, respectively.
That swim within the 100 free was simply .03 seconds shy of one of the best time she did as a senior in highschool.
Pelaez now has 5 wins in 5 particular person swims in her collegiate profession thus far. She additionally moved to four-for-four in relay outcomes this season, splitting 21.34 on the 2nd leg of NC State’s profitable 200 free relay.
Regardless of having the higher 50 freestylers on paper, that closing 200 free relay was a nailbiter.
Splits Comparability
| NC State | Georgia | |
| 1st | Christianson – 22.41 | McCarty – 22.04 |
| 2nd | Pelaez – 21.35 | Stephens – 22.23 |
| third | Moses – 22.43 | Roberson – 22.47 |
| 4th | Immel – 22.33 | Sikes – 22.03 |
| Last Time | 1:28.52 | 1:28.77 |
Driscoll didn’t swim on the 200 free relay.
The Georgia ladies are anticipated to have a greater day on day 2 as their program is usually higher recognized for the longer races. They confirmed that with a win within the 500 free from Rachel Stege in 4:37.02. That point ranks her 2nd within the NCAA thus far this season behind solely Texas’ Jillian Cox (4:34).
She led a Georgia 1-2-3 end with Abby McCulloh (4:40.21) and Dune Coetzee (4:40.87) behind her.
Different Day 1 Winners:
- Freshman Lily Christianson completed 2nd within the 50 free in 22.23 and gained the 100 IM in 54.94. She’s one other younger swimmer for NC State and is the 2024 Indiana Excessive College Champion within the 50 and 100 free. Her 100 IM time is a college document, although the 100 IM has solely just lately grow to be extra standard in collegiate meets.
Males’s Day 1 Highlights
The NC State males led the meet off with a dominant win within the 200 medley relay, swimming 1:22.75. That’s a season-best and a few quarter-second quicker than they swam in opposition to Arizona State two weeks in the past. They continue to be the 2nd-best relay within the nation.
That profitable group included Quintin McCarty (20.89), Sam Hoover (23.40), Luke Miller (19.86), and Drew Salls (18.60) – with every leg out-splitting their Georgia counterpart.
McCarty would come again later within the meet to win the 50 free in 19.22 forward of Salls (19.38) as a part of 1-2-3 Wolfpack end.
It was a broad effort for the NC State males, with their six particular person wins coming from six completely different swimmers. That included Jerry Fox within the 100 free in 42.26, beating out freshman teammate Kaii Winkler (42.71). That point for Fox is a few second higher than he was in a twin meet final season and was even about half-a-second higher than he was on the mid-season GAC Invite final season.
It wasn’t all sprinters within the win column for NC State: 21-year-old freshman David Bethlehem gained the five hundred free in 4:16.62. Bethlehem was 4th within the 1500 free within the pool and third within the 10km open water race on the Olympic Video games this summer time.
Whereas Georgia didn’t have the depth to hold with NC State in scoring, they did get in some good licks early within the meet. Within the first particular person occasion of the meet, the 200 free, Tomas Koski gained in 1:31.93 – the second-best time within the nation behind Texas switch Luke Hobson (1:31.86). Koski beat a very good subject that included Winkler (1:32.85), Diehl (1:33.74), and Fox (1:34.51).
One race later, All-American Ruard Van Renen gained the 100 again in 45.03, which can also be the second-best time within the nation (behind Texas’ Will Modglin at 44.81).
Different Day 1 Winners:
- Luke Miller gained the 100 fly in 45.53. That follows a forty five.20 within the group’s final meet for the defending NCAA Championship bronze medalist.
- Sam Hoover gained the 100 IM in 47.20 by a full second over Daniel Diehl.
- NC State freshman Arsen Kozhakhmetov from Kazakhstan gained the 100 breaststroke in 52.80 over Sam Hoover (52.87). Kozhakhmetov is following within the footsteps of his nation’s most well-known swimmer Dmitry Balandin, who was an Olympic gold medal profitable breaststroker.
