University of North Carolina Athletics
Men's Swimming Remains Second At ACC Championships
February 23, 2001 | Swimming & Diving
Feb. 23, 2001
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.--Despite an unfortunate mishap on the evening's first event, the 15th-ranked North Carolina men's swimming and diving team remained in second place at the 2001 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Championships Friday night with 402 points.
The University of Virginia men's swimming and diving team increased its lead. The Cavaliers won four of seven events on the second night of the ACC Championships at the Aquatic and Fitness Center.
The Cavaliers won both relay events on the night and remained undefeated in relay events at the meet. UVa has 551.5 points and holds a 149.5-point lead over second place North Carolina (402). Georgia Tech (274.5) and Florida State (268.5 ) are in a dogfight for third place, while Clemson ( 237) and North Carolina State (233) are in fifth and sixth, respectively. Maryland ( 224.5), and Duke (102) represent the final two squads in the overall team standings.
Virginia captured the first event of the night, the 200-yard medley relay, by virtue of a pair of disqualifications. North Carolina and Florida State appeared to finish 1-2 in the race, but both teams were disqualified. Cavaliers Luke Wagner, Jonathan Baird, Brian Best and Jonathan Haag won the event in 1:29.64, giving Virginia its third relay victory of the meet. North Carolina State and Maryland rounded out the medalists with time of 1:30.63 and 1:30.65, respectively.
Clemson's Matt Wilson won the night's second event, the 400-yard individual medley, in a time of 3:51.68. It was Wilson's second ACC title this meet after he captured the 200 IM on Thursday evening. North Carolina State's Tim Haley finished second (3:52.25) and North Carolina's Stephen Mohr touched third (3:52.56). That was a career best time for Mohr. Three other Tar Heels finished in the Top 8 as junior Chris Helin was fifth, freshman Casey Coble seventh and senior tri-captain Dave Slawinski eighth. Coble had a time of 3:54.54, his career best. Tar Heels Mark Seidman and Judd Glasco finished ninth and 15th, respectively.
In the third event of the night, the 100-yard butterfly, Florida State's Devin Crock out-swam his competitors by almost 0.6 seconds, winning an ACC title in 48.09. Virginia's Brian Best finished second (48.68), with Georgia Tech's David Laitala just behind him in third (48.85). Carolina's Sebastien Moity finished eighth while Jimmy Owens (50.10 for 12th place) and Greg Johnson (50.28 for 15th place) both had their personal best times.
Virginia increased its lead in the team standings by finishing 1-2-3 in the night's fourth event, the 200-yard freestyle. Virginia's Luke Anderson won the event in a UVa pool record time of 1:36.54. Cavalier Ian Prichard, who won last night's 500 freestyle in ACC-record time, finished second just 17 hundredths of a second behind Anderson in 1:36.71, while Virginia's Troy Johnson placed third with a time of 1:37.75. The Tar Heels had a trio of swimmers in the final. Junior Justin Rossi finished fifth in 1:38.59, his career best time, and freshman Yuri Suguiyama was sixth, also in a career best of 1:39.34. UNC senior tri-captain Brad Kline took eighth place.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, Friday's fifth event, UVa's Gary Marshall touched first in a time of 55.01. Marshall narrowly defeated Georgia Tech's Tomonori Tsuji by three hundredths of a second (55.04) in one of the closest finishes of the night. Florida State's Wickus Nienaber finished third. UNC sophomore Sean Quinn swam a career best time of 55.24 seconds to take fourth place while junior Kevin Erndl finished 12th. Sophomore Michael Chenier swam a 58.29, a career best time, to take 21st place.
In the final individual event of Friday night, the 100-yard backstroke, North Carolina State's Braden Holloway won in 48.45. It was Holloway's second consecutive ACC title in the 100 back. Virginia swimmers Luke Wagner and Chris Mousetis captured the second and third spots with times of 48.66 and 49.34, respectively. North Carolina junior Kert Johnson took sixth place and freshman Jimmy Owens was 13th in 50.96 seconds, his career best time.
Virginia won the seventh and final event of the night, the 800-yard freestyle relay, in an ACC meet record time of 6:29.13. Cavaliers Luke Wagner, Luke Anderson, Troy Johnson and Ian Prichard also broke a UVa pool record. North Carolina finished second in the relay in 6:36.25 and Georgia Tech finished third in 6:38.98. The Tar Heel relay consisted of Suguiyama, Rossi, freshman Justin Donato and Kline. Suguiyama's leadoff time of 1:39.01 gave him a career best in the 200-yard freestyle, passing the 1:39.34 he had earlier in the evening.
TEAM SCORES: 1. VIRGINIA 551.5, 2. NORTH CAROLINA 402, 3. GEORGIA TECH 274.5, 4. FLORIDA STATE 268.5, 5. CLEMSON 237, 6. NC STATE 233, 7. MARYLAND 224.5, 8. DUKE 102
2001 ACC MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
Men's 200 Yard Medley Relay
1. University of Virginia (Wagner, Luke FR, Baird, Jonathan SO, Best, Brian SO, Haag, Jonathan FR), 1:29.64 NC-B, 2. North Carolina State (Holloway, Braden SR, Akman, Suha JR, Haley, Tim JR, Solt, Greg SR), 1:30.63, 3. University of Maryland (Childs, Drew SR, Walker, Ryan JR, Ehrhardt, Thomas JR, Luoma, Brian SO), 1:30.65, 4. Clemson University (Martinez, German JR, Cassella, Ryan FR, Kummer, Rob FR, Rogers, Will SR), 1:31.54, 5. Georgia Tech (Laitala, David JR, Foster, Robbie SO, Forbes, Brendan FR, Oliver, Jorge SO), 1:32.47, 6. Duke University (Fleizach, Chris JR, Spoon, Ryan SO, Newhouse, Jack SR, O'Brien, Conor FR), 1:33.24, --. University of North Carolina (Johnson, Kert JR, Quinn, Sean SO, Moity, Sebastien JR, Erndl, Kevin JR), DQ, --. Florida State University (Main-Baillie, Greg SR, Nienaber, Wickus FR, Crock, Devin SO, Ammons, Nnamnse SO), DQ.
Men's 400 Yard Individual Medley
(Championship Final) 1. Wilson, Matt, CU 3:51.68 NC-B, 2. Haley, Tim, NCSU 3:52.25 NC-B, 3. Mohr, Stephen, UNC 3:52.56 NC-B, 4. Ayalon, Shilo, GT 3:53.35 NC-B, 5. Helin, Chris, UNC 3:53.43 NC-B, 6. Yimsomruay, Guy, UVA 3:54.39 NC-B, 7. Coble, Casey, UNC 3:54.54 NC-B, 8. Slawinski, Dave, UNC 3:57.59, (Consolation Final) 9. Seidman, Mark, UNC 3:56.69, 10. Biedrzycki, Chris, GT 3:57.66, 11. Nylander, Carl, GT 3:57.97, 12. Culberson, Richard, NCSU 4:00.36, 13. DeMarco, Dan, UVA 4:00.52, 14. Salazar, James, GT 4:00.62, 15. Glasco, Judd, UNC 4:01.23, 16. Stoffer, James, CU 4:03.30, (Bonus Final) 17. Rojas, Christian, NCSU 4:00.42, 18. Ward, Justin, DUKE 4:05.09, 19. Kaplan, Jonathan, FSU 4:06.72, 20. Unkeless, Bryan, DUKE 4:15.32.
Men's 100 Yard Butterfly
(Championship Final) 1. Crock, Devin, FSU 48.09 NC-B, 2. Best, Brian, UVA 48.68 NC-B, 3. Laitala, David, GT 48.85, 4. Kummer, Rob, CU 49.10, 5. Lee, Matt, UVA 49.18, 6. Kerpelman, Adam, UVA 49.20, 7. Rogers, Will, CU 49.23, 8. Moity, Sebastien, UNC 49.38, (Consolation Final) 9. Baxter, Mark, UMD 49.43, 10. Ehrhardt, Thomas, UMD 49.65, 11. Forson, Steve, FSU 49.73, 12. Owens, Jimmy, UNC 50.10, 13. McReynolds, Will, FSU 50.24, 14. Peterson, Aaron, UMD 50.26, 15. Johnson, Greg, UNC 50.28, 16. Skaggs, Brady, GT 50.64, (Bonus Final) 17. Forbes, Brendan, GT 50.39, 18. Boatright, Jeff, FSU 50.46, 19. Newhouse, Jack, DUKE 50.88, 20. Dean, John, CU 50.99, 21. Samotyj, John, DUKE 51.16, 22. Gersbach, Charles, GT 52.42, 23. Mailloux, Matt, DUKE 53.21, 24. Djinis, Will, DUKE 53.51.
Men's 200 Yard Freestyle
(Championship Final) 1. Anderson, Luke, UVA 1:36.54! NC-B, 2. Prichard, Ian, UVA 1:36.71! NC-B, 3. Johnson, Troy, UVA 1:37.75 NC-B, 4. Hersko, Josh, GT 1:38.05 NC-B, 5. Rossi, Justin, UNC 1:38.59 NC-B, 6. Suguiyama, Yuri, UNC 1:39.34, 7. Zurowski, Daniel, UVA 1:39.53, 8. Kline, Brad, UNC 1:39.61, (Consolation Final) 9. Malchak, Michael, UMD 1:39.70, 10. Courtois, Greg, UMD 1:40.04, 10. Salinas, Leo, GT 1:40.04, 12. Gutierrez, Jorge, NCSU 1:40.20, 13. Eden, Itai, GT 1:40.74, 14. Hitchcock, Brent, CU 1:40.92, 15. Hazzard, Gordon, UMD 1:42.09, 16. Rauch, Ricky, GT 1:42.11, (Bonus Final) 17. Kesler, Dan, NCSU 1:41.46, 18. French, Travis, DUKE 1:41.71, 19. Lenyk, Scott, GT 1:42.92, 20. O'Brien, Conor, DUKE 1:43.15, 21. Moe, Erik, FSU 1:43.26, 22. Taylor, Travis, CU 1:43.63, 23. Craig, Steve, NCSU 1:43.76, 24. Tighe, Joey, CU 1:45.69.
Men's 100 Yard Breaststroke
(Championship Final) 1. Marshall, Gary, UVA 55.01 NC-B, 2. Tsuji, Tomonori, GT 55.04 NC-B, 3. Nienaber, Wickus, FSU 55.11 NC-B, 4. Quinn, Sean, UNC 55.24 NC-B, 5. Betts, Justin, FSU 55.60 NC-B, 6. Baird, Jonathan, UVA 55.95 NC-B, 7. Cowling, Richard, FSU 56.03 NC-B, 8. Foster, Robbie, GT 56.60, (Consolation Final) 9. Stricker, Tal, FSU 56.15 NC-B, 10. Govse, Gregor, CU 56.17 NC-B, 11. Capuco, Justin, UVA 56.35, 12. Erndl, Kevin, UNC 56.57, 13. Cassella, Ryan, CU 56.61, 14. Spoon, Ryan, DUKE 56.87, 15. Raab, Kevin, UMD 56.96, 16. Akman, Suha, NCSU 57.16, (Bonus Final) 17. Scanlon, Devin, UMD 57.67, 17. Dubreuil, Alejandro, CU 57.67, 19. Cullinan, Mark, UMD 57.84, 20. Emilio, Luis, UMD 58.03, 21. Chenier, Michael, UNC 58.29, 22. Norman, Matt, CU 58.58, 23. Brede, Chris, DUKE 1:00.02.
Men's 100 Yard Backstroke
(Championship Final) 1. Holloway, Braden, NCSU 48.45 NC-B, 2. Wagner, Luke, UVA 48.66 NC-B, 3. Mousetis, Chris, UVA 49.34 NC-B, 4. Main-Baillie, Greg, FSU 49.39, 5. Laitala, David, GT 49.79, 6. Johnson, Kert, UNC 49.81, 7. Childs, Drew, UMD 49.83, 8. Martinez, German, CU 50.43, (Consolation Final) 9. Haag, Jonathan, UVA 49.92, 10. Best, Brian, UVA 50.13, 11. Walker, Ryan, UMD 50.53, 12. Crock, Devin, FSU 50.89, 13. Owens, Jimmy, UNC 50.96, 14. Forson, Steve, FSU 51.23, 15. Oliver, Jorge, GT 51.37, 16. Lee, Matt, UVA 51.58, (Bonus Final) 17. Scheerhorn, Drew, CU 51.24, 18. Fleizach, Chris, DUKE 51.37, 19. Johnson, Kevin, UMD 52.28, 20. Lenyk, Scott, GT 52.53, 21. Harsch, Ryan, DUKE 54.11, 22. Djinis, Will, DUKE 54.33, 23. Thasher, Brad, DUKE 55.56.
Men's 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
1. University of Virginia (Wagner, Luke FR, Anderson, Luke FR, Johnson, Troy SR, Prichard, Ian FR), 6:29.13@ NC-B, 2. University of N. Carolina (Suguiyama, Yuri FR, Rossi, Justin JR, Donato, Justin FR, Kline, Brad SR), 6:36.25 NC-B, 3. Georgia Tech 'A' (Salinas, Leo JR, Hersko, Josh SO, Eden, Itai FR, Ayalon, Shilo SO), 6:38.98, 4. Clemson University 'A' (Amos, Rob SO, Wilson, Matt JR, Hitchcock, Brent FR, Henly, Mark FR), 6:45.51, 5. North Carolina State 'A' (Haley, Tim JR, Kesler, Dan FR, Gutierrez, Jorge FR, Culberson, Richard SR), 6:45.66, 6. University of Maryland 'A' (Malchak, Michael JR, Courtois, Greg SR, Hazzard, Gordon SO, Boyle, Fran FR), 6:46.05, 7. Duke University 'A' (French, Travis FR, Yates, Trevor FR, Samotyj, John SO, Lynch, Matt SR), 6:52.48, 8. Florida State University 'A' (Moe, Erik FR, Paulus, Michael FR, Boatright, Jeff FR, Cowling, Richard JR), 7:02.26.
NC-A=NCAA Automatic Qualifying Time
NC-B=NCAA Qualifying Time
!=UVa Pool Record
#=ACC Record
@ACC Meet Record
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