Georgia vs. NC State (Swimapalooza)
TEAM SCORES
WOMEN
- NC State – 218
- Georgia – 152
MEN
- NC State – 232.5
- Georgia – 134.5
The motion continued on day 2 of the Swimapalooza, a twin meet between Georgia and NC State in Athens. In the long run, the Wolfpack received each the boys’s and girls’s meets by comfy margins, however there was phenomenal swims out of each groups all through the weekend.
NC State freshman Erika Pelaez continues to impress in her first few school meets of her profession. Following her distinctive freestyle swims in her collegiate debut just a few weeks in the past, Pelaez confirmed off her versatility at this meet, kicking issues off on Saturday by main off NC State’s girls’s 400 medley relay in 50.55. That efficiency marks a profession greatest for Pelaez, additionally marking her first time beneath 51 seconds within the occasion. The swim additionally speaks to NC State’s distinctive depth in backstroke, as teammates Leah Shackley and Kennedy Noble have additionally each been beneath 51 seconds within the 100 again already this season. On the relay on Saturday, Aubree Brouwer clocked a 59.60 on breaststroke, Tyler Driscoll cut up 52.49 on fly, and Lily Christianson was 49.76 on the anchor. NC State completed in 3:32.40.
Talking of Shackley, she received the 200 again later within the session with a 1:50.81, nearing her profession better of 1:50.21. Shackley can be a freshman. She went on to win the 200 fly as nicely, swimming a 1:55.75.
In the meantime, Pelaez would go on from the relay to win the 200 IM in 1:57.01. She narrowly beat out Georgia’s Ieva Maluka, who went 1:57.13. Pelaez bought out to a slim lead on fly, however Maluka pushed again on the backstroke leg, splitting 28.65 and firmly taking the lead. Maluka would develop her lead by 0.20 seconds on breaststroke, however Pelaez got here flying dwelling and managed to get her hand on the wall 1st.
Although NC State would finally lose the ladies’s 400 free relay to Georgia, Pelaez was unbelievable there as nicely, anchoring in a blistering 46.94. Tyler Driscoll was as soon as once more a vibrant spot on for NC State on that relay, splitting 48.63 on the 2nd leg. As for Georgia’s successful relay, Eboni McCarty (48.08), Marie Landreneau (48.48), Sloane Reinstein (49.19), and Katie Belle Sikes (48.65) mixed for a 3:14.40.
NC State picked up a win within the girls’s 200 breast as nicely, the place Lisa Nystrand clocked a 2:10.40.
Abby McCulloh earned the win for Georgia within the girls’s 1000 free, swimming a 9:32.27. It was an important efficiency by the Bulldogs, seeing Rachel Stege take 2nd in 9:34.63.
There was additionally an 800 free relay swum on Saturday. Within the girls’s 800 free relay, the Georgia staff of Shea Furse (1:46.62), Dune Coetzee (1:47.53), Sloane Reinstein (1:45.49), and Rachel Stege (1:46.62) teamed up for a 7:06.26.
On the boys’s facet of issues, one of many highlights got here within the 1000 free, the place NC State’s Owen Lloyd ripped an 8:47.51. It was an important displaying throughout for the Wolfpack within the 1000, as Lance Norris took 2nd in 8:48.00, David Bethlehem was third in 8:52.73, and Will Gallant touched 4th in 8:57.96.
Georgia’s Ruard Van Renen put up a robust efficiency within the males’s 200 again, clocking a 1:40.47 for the win. He was locked in a battle with NC State’s Daniel Diehl (1:41.15) by way of the 100, however pulled away steadily by way of the again half of the race. Diehl would go on to win the 200 IM in 1:43.85, touching first by 2 seconds.
NC State put up a wonderful males’s 400 medley relay for a twin meet, seeing Quintin McCarty (45.84), Arsen Kozhakhmetov (52.27), Luke Miller (44.72), and Jerry Fox mix for a 3:04.76.
Sam Hoover picked up the win for NC State within the males’s 200 breast, swimming a 1:57.34.
Georgia discovered themselves again on high within the males’s 200 fly, the place Drew Hitchcock put up a 1:45.48, passing NC State’s Matt Marsteiner (1:45.79) on the ultimate 50.
NC State ended the session with a giant win within the males’s 400 free relay. Luke Miller (42.60), Drew Salls (43.28), McCarty (42.59), and Wells Walker (43.84) teamed up for a 2:52.31.
On the boards, NC State’s Elisabeth Rockefeller was big on the ladies’s facet, successful 1-meter (280.50) and 3-meter (292.58). In males’s 1-meter, Renato Calderaro (Georgia) received with a rating of 355.20. Males’s 3-meter noticed Matthew Bray (Georgia) come out on high with a remaining rating of 402.98.
