GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The ACC had two teams finish among the top 10 at the NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships. ACC Champion NC State placed fourth, equaling the best mark by an ACC team, and Louisville finished in ninth place. The Wolfpack have finished fourth each of the last three years.
 
Four league teams finished in the top 25, with Florida State placing 21st and Notre Dame tying for 23rd. Miami (27th), Virginia (29th), Duke (tied for 33rd), Virginia Tech (tied for 33rd), and North Carolina (tied for 36th) also placed at the national championships in Minneapolis.
 
Individually, ACC student-athletes racked up 53 All-America honors, highlighted by NC State’s five individual national titles.
 
The Wolfpack opened the NCAA Championships on with a bang, winning the first event, the 800 free relay. The team of Andreas Vazaios, Ryan Held, Jacob Molacek and Justin Ress broke their own U.S. Open and NCAA record, set at the NCAA Championships the year before, with a time of 6:05.31.
 
Coleman Stewart earned the next NCAA title for NC State, touching first in the 100 back with a time of 44.58, just edging out Texas’ John Shebat, who clocked a 44.59.
 
On the last day of competition, the Wolfpack closed out the championships in style, winning three events. Anton Ipsen took first in the 1650 free, posting a time of 14:24.43, easily breaking his previous conference record of 14:31.21. Vazaios claimed the title in the 200 fly, touching in 1:39.68, more than a second faster than his previous ACC-record time of 1:40.77.
 
NC State ended the championships in the best way, winning the 400 free relay, the last event. Held, Ress, Molacek and Stewart again set new U.S. Open and NCAA records, clocking a 2:44.31.
 
In total, ACC programs accounted for 53 top-eight finishes at the meet, 13 top-three finishes, and set nine new league records in the process. Seventeen individuals and nine relay squads earned All-America honors, while 23 individuals and six relays earned Honorable Mention All-America nods.