Complete Results
Saturday Recap
NC State claimed the 2019 ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship on Saturday night, it’s fifth straight. The Wolfpack totaled 1396.5 points and racked up 16 podium finishes, including five first-place races.
Louisville came in second with 1135.5 points, followed by Virginia (1108), Virginia Tech (820.5), Florida State (819), Notre Dame (687), Duke (624), Georgia Tech (550), Pitt (508), North Carolina (388.5), Miami (161) and Boston College (159).
NC State’s Coleman Stewart and Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis were named Co-Most Valuable Swimmers. Stewart won gold in the 100 and 200 back, while Pumputis placed first in the 200 IM and 200 breast. Stewart also swam on the first-place 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams.
Duke’s Evan Moretti was voted Most Valuable Men’s Diver last week. The senior qualified for the finals in all three diving events placing seventh in the 1 meter, second on the 3-meter and fourth on the platform.
400 Freestyle Relay
Louisville’s team of Nicolas Albiero, Andrej Barna, Bartosz Piszczorowicz and Zach Harting closed out the 2019 ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships by claiming gold in the 400 free relay with a time of 2:48.35. Florida State (2:48.51) came in second, and NC State (2:48.71) finished third. The top five teams all posted NCAA automatic qualifying times.
200 Breaststroke
Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis set a new ACC record with his 200 breaststroke win. The sophomore’s time of 1:51.46 is this fastest time in the nation this season. Louisville’s Evenii Somov, last year’s ACC Champion, placed second with a 1:53.26, while Joshua Bottelberghe of Notre Dame came in third with a time of 1:53.90.
100 Freestyle
Kanoa Kaleoaloha became the first Florida State Seminole since Ed Denton in 2007 to win the 100 free. The senior turned in a time of 42.34 and was followed by Pitt’s Blaise Vera (42.37) and NC State’s Justin Ress (42.41).
200 Backstroke
NC State junior Coleman Stewart won his second consecutive ACC title in the 200 back, clocking an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:39.10. Mitchell Whyte of Louisville touched second in 1:40.39, and Virginia’s Joe Clark was right behind in 1:40.68.
1650 Freestyle
Virginia’s Brendan Casey became the first Cavalier to win the 1650 free since Bradley Phillips in 2014. Casey posted an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 14:37.50.
Louisville’s Marcelo Acosta (14:40.19) earned silver, and NC State’s John McIntyre (14:41.73) secured the bronze medal.