Swimming & Diving

Virginia Captures ACC's First NCAA Swimming & Diving Title

Complete Results

Greensboro, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Virginia Cavaliers won the Atlantic Coast Conference’s first NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship. UVA won the national title with 491 points, followed by NC State in second place with 354 points.
 
The 1-2 finish is a first for ACC teams, and the sixth consecutive NCAA championships where the league had at least two teams finish in the top 10. The ACC also had six teams in the top 25, with North Carolina finishing in 12th place, followed by No. 13 Louisville, No. 21 Virginia Tech and No. 23 Miami. Georgia Tech (No. 28), Notre Dame (No. 29) and Duke (No. 34) rounded out the conference’s point-earning teams.
 
Individually, ACC swimmers and divers combined for 74 All-America honors, highlighted by a league-record eight individual national championships. Virginia’s Paige Madden tied the ACC record with three national titles, winning the gold in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 1650 freestyle. NC State’s Sophie Hansson captured two NCAA titles, winning the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke. Virginia’s Alex Walsh took the gold in the 200 individual medley while teammate Kate Douglass won the national championship in the 50 freestyle and NC State’s Katharine Berkoff earned the 100 backstroke NCAA title.

The Wolfpack also won two relay national championships, and the Cavaliers took the gold in one. The NC State squad of Berkoff, Hansson, Kylee Alons and Julia Poole set new American and NCAA records in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:24.59. The Wolfpack also captured the NCAA title in the 200 medley relay behind the team of Berkoff, Hansson, Sirena Rowe and Alons. Virginia’s national title in the 800 free relay was earned by Kyla Valls, Madden, Ella Nelson and Walsh.

In total, ACC student-athletes combined for 94 All-America results at the NCAA Championships. Forty-one individuals and 13 relay teams earned First-Team All-America honors by placing in the top eight in their respective events, while 33 individuals and seven relays earned Honorable Mention All-American recognition by finishing in the top nine through 16.