Complete Results
Louisville won its first Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship Saturday night with 1181 points, just two points ahead of NC State. The Cardinals totaled 1181 points and earned 16 podium finishes, including seven gold medals, to claim the 2021 crown.
Louisville won with the closest margin of victory in ACC history. NC State placed second with 1179 points, with Virginia Tech (1085), Virginia (921) and Florida State (740) rounding out the top five. North Carolina finished in sixth (729), with Georgia Tech (639) and Notre Dame (639) tied for seventh, followed by Pitt (453), Duke (341), Miami (207) and Boston College (180).
The championship came down to the final event, the 400 freestyle relay, with Louisville in the second heat and NC State in the third heat. The teams were separated by 10 points, and the Cardinals needed to finish in third place to secure at least a share of the ACC title, or finish in second to win it outright.
The Louisville relay team of Haridi Sameh, Nicolas Albiero, Michael Eastman and Tanner Cummings delivered, placing second with a time of 2:48.37. NC State won the event with a time of 2:48.19.
Notre Dame’s Jack Hoagland was named the Most Valuable Swimmer after becoming the first men’s swimmer since 2018 to win three individual events. Hoagland won the gold in the 500 freestyle, 400 individual medley and the 1650 free.
North Carolina’s Anton Down-Jenkins was voted the Most Valuable Diver last week after winning the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions.
Men’s Platform Diving (Feb. 20)
Miami swept the podium for the men’s platform diving competition. The Hurricanes’ Zach Cooper won the event after taking silver in 2020 with a score of 421.50, extending the Hurricanes’ streak to five straight titles in the event. Max Flory (416.05) and Brodie Scapens (380.70) rounded out the top three.
1650 Freestyle
Notre Dame's Jack Hoagland started the night off with a first-place finish in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 14:31.83. NC State’s Ross Dant (14:35.73) and Louisville’s Ilia Sibirtsev (14:51.33) rounded out the podium.
200 Backstroke
After finishing as the runner-up in 2020, Louisville’s Mitchell Whyte took the gold in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:39.98. Virginia’s Justin Grender (1:40.63) finished second and Virginia Tech’s Sam Tornqvist placed third (1:41.11).
100 Freestyle
Matt Brownstead of Virginia earned the ACC title in the 100 freestyle with a winning time of 41.87. He finished just ahead of Louisville’s Haridi Sameh (42.07) and Pitt’s Blaise Vera (42.21) placed third.
200 Breaststroke
The Cardinals' Evgenii Somov claimed his third 200 breaststroke gold of his career, and second straight, posting a championship-record time of 1:52.26. Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis (1:51.81) and Pitt’s Cooper Van der Laan (1:52.76) rounded out the podium.
200 Butterfly
Louisville's Nicolas Albiero won his fourth straight 200 butterfly title, becoming only the fourth ACC swimmer to accomplish the feat and the first since Virginia’s Michael Raab in 2005. Albiero’s time of 1:39.08 was less than a second ahead of Virginia Tech’s Antani Ivanov (1:39.82), while Georgia Tech’s Christian Ferraro (1:40.64) finished in third place.
400 Freestyle Relay
NC State closed out the ACC Championships by winning the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 2:48.19. The Wolfpack relay team of Lukas Miller, Hunter Tapp, Giovanni Izzo and Kacper Stokowski claimed the gold, followed by Louisville (2:48.37) and Virginia Tech (2:49.87).
ACC Network Men's Swimming & Diving Recap Show
The ACC Network will broadcast the recap of the 2021 ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship on March 8 from 7 to 9 p.m.