NC State vs UNCW
- Raleigh, NC
- 25 yards
- Males: NC State 161- UNCW 114
- Ladies: NC State 176- UNCW 111
UNCW traveled to NC State on Friday for a twin meet. Though NC State earned the win on either side, UNCW had some large swims together with two convention information.
Ladies’s Recap
UNCW’s Cameron Snowden swam to a brand new convention report successful the 100 butterfly in a 52.06. That broke the earlier Coastal Athletic Affiliation (CAA) report of a 52.70 set by Sophia Heilen of William & Mary in 2023. Snowden will look to defend her convention title within the occasion subsequent month as she swam a 52.72 final 12 months.
NC State’s Leah Shackley touched first within the girls’s 100 fly in a 51.37, though she exhibitioned the occasion. Shackley helped the Wolfpack’s 200 medley relay to a win as she teamed up with Olivia Nel, Lisa Nystrand, and Erika Pelaez for the win.
NC State’s Casaundra Moses earned three wins on the night time. Moses first gained the 50 free in a 22.02 earlier than happening to win the 100 free in a 49.60. Moses additionally helped the NC State 200 free relay to a win as Nel, Lily Christianson, Moses, and Pelaez touched in a 1:26.88. Moses had the quickest cut up with a 21.52.
Kenna Smallegange swam to a lifetime finest within the 1650 freestyle in her win for NC State. She swam to a 16:51.47, dropping from her earlier better of a 17:07.38 that she swam on the 2022 Tar Heel Final Probability meet.
Lisa Nystrand swam to 2 wins on the day, successful the 200 free in a 1:48.01 and was the one swimmer below 1:50. She additionally gained the 200 breast in a 2:08.75. That was simply off her private better of a 2:08.42 that she swam simply final weekend on the Eddie Reese Showdown in Austin.
Males’s Recap
UNCW’s Jack VanHowe swam to a brand new CAA report within the males’s 100 backstroke. VanHowe earned a win within the occasion as properly, touching in a 46.30. That broke the earlier convention report of a 46.43 set by Colin Demers of William & Mary again in 2020. VanHowe entered the meet with a lifetime better of a 46.86 that he swam this 12 months at midseason. He entered the season with a lifetime better of a 47.36.
Additionally incomes a win on the lads’s aspect for UNCW was Mason Hetzell who gained the 100 breast in a 53.63, quicker than his outdated lifetime better of a 53.94 from March 2023 that he swam previous to arriving at UNCW. He swam the occasion at CAAs final 12 months, ending tenth in a 54.33.
William Carrico of UNCW additionally earned a win, touching in a 1:57.28 within the 200 breaststroke. That was a season finest as he swam a 1:59.46 at midseason. He completed 2nd within the occasion at CAAs final spring in a 1:56.27.
Sam Hoover of NC State earned three wins. Hoover began the meet off with a win as he mixed with Stephen Conrad, Quintin McCarty, and Kaii Winkler for the win within the 200 medley relay. The relay gained in a 1:24.74.
Hoover then went on to win the 100 fly in a 46.61 earlier than serving to the 200 free relay of Wells Walker, Hoover, Jerry Fox, and McCarty to a win in a 1:15.10. Fox had the quickest cut up with an 18.37.
Luke Miller swam to a season finest within the 200 freestyle successful in a 1:33.89. Miller has a robust historical past within the occasion as he was 4th at 2022 NCAAs within the occasion with a 1:31.16, a time that also stands as his private finest. He was seventeenth at 2024 NCAAs, simply lacking finals however has solely swam the occasion 3 times now this season. He had not damaged 1:36 this season so as we speak’s swim was an enormous season finest.
