Swimming & Diving

Virginia, NC State Secure 2024 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Virginia women and NC State men are the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming and Diving Champions after the final day of competition on Saturday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC).

With the title, Virginia claimed its fifth-straight title, the 15th since 2008 and 20th overall, while NC State won their fourth-straight and 30th overall title.

The Cavaliers earned the highest point total across men's and women's swimming in ACC Championships history with 1,637.5. The NC State men totaled 1,499.5 points.

UVA women swept all five swimming events on Day Five starting with the 1650-yard free as freshman Cavan Gormsen took home her second gold medal with her time of 16:07.50. Virginia Tech's Chase Travis came in second (16:08.74) and NC State's Emma Hastings finished third (16:09.26).

Reilly Tiltmann earned her first gold of the meet in the 200-yard back with a 1:50.64 finish. NC State's Helen Noble took the silver (1:50.95) while Virginia Tech's Caroline Bentz grabbed the bronze (1:52.23).

Gretchen Walsh set another American, US Open, NCAA, ACC and ACC Championships record with a 45.16 in the 100-yard free - her fourth of the meet. Her time broke the previous American record of 45.56 set by Simone Manuel in 2017. Walsh's UVA teammate Jasmine Nocentini finished in second at 46.78, followed by NC State's Katharine Berkoff in third at 46.81.

UVA's Alex Walsh claimed her 25th ACC Championships career gold medal in the 200-yard breast (2:02.24) to lead a Cavaliers podium sweep with Ella Nelson in second (2:04.29) and Anna Keating (2:07.97).

In the women's exhibition team diving event, Georgia Tech took first with 331.00 points, followed by Florida State in second (308.75) and Louisville in third (297.10). Teams of three divers from eight schools competed with each diver's best two dives and the score was determined by the team who earned the most points.

The Virginia women capped off the evening with their fifth-straight 400-yard free relay title as the squad of Jasmine Nocentini, Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh and Maxine Parker finished in 3:07.34. Louisville claimed second 3:10.18, followed by NC State in third 3:12.40.

On the men's side, NC State's Ross Dant took first in the 1650-yard free (14:39.34), Louisville's Ilia Sibirtsev secured second place (14:47.31), while the Wolfpack's James Plage claimed third (14:47.41).

Tommy Janton won the first of three gold medals for the Notre Dame men in the 200-yard back (1:39.21), while NC State filled the remaining podium spots with Daniel Diehl (1:39.30) and Kacper Stokowski (1:40.67) in second and third, respectively.

The Fighting Irish took two golds in a row with Chris Guiliano's first-place finish in the 100-yard free with an ACC and ACC Championships record of 40.62. NC State's Lukas Miller placed second with a 41.50 and Virginia Tech's Brendan Whitfield 41.61.

Virginia Tech's Carles Coll Marti claimed his first gold of the meet in the 200-yard breast with a new pool record of 1:50.08. Louisville's Denis Petrashov secured the silver (1:50.81) and NC State's Arsenio Bustos earned third place (1:51.53).

Pitt's Cameron Cash won the men's platform diving title - his second gold of the meet. Cash became the first platform champion from Pitt since Dominic Giordano in 2015 with a score of 448.95. Miami's Mohamed Farouk finished in second with 410.35 points and Notre Dame's Ben Nguyen claimed third with 406.70 points.

Notre Dame captured the last gold medal of the 2024 Championships in the 400-yard free relay with a new ACC Championships and pool record with a 2:45.58. NC State placed second (2:46.22) and Virginia Tech took third (2:46.77).

Aranza Vazquez Montaño was named the Women's Most Valuable Diver after winning both the 1-meter and 3-meter events, While Gretchen Walsh was named the Women's Most Valuable Swimmer.

Cameron Cash earned Men's Most Valuable Diver honors and Chris Guiliano took Men's Most Valuable Swimmer honors home.

American Records
Women's
50 free - 20.57

Gretchen Walsh

100 free - 45.16
Gretchen Walsh

100 fly - 48.25
Gretchen Walsh

200 free relay - 1:23.63
Virginia - Jasmine Nocentini, Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Maxine Parker

Men's
200 free relay - 1:14.44

NC State - Aiden Hayes, Sam Hoover, Lukas Miller, Quintin McCarty

200 medley relay - 1:21.86
NC State* - Aiden Hayes, Sam Hoover, Lukas Miller, Quintin McCarty
*Set on Feb. 20, but was broken later that evening?

Women’s Final Standings
1. Virginia, 1,637.5
2. Louisville, 1,145
3. NC State, 1,106
4. North Carolina, 786.5
5. Duke, 779.5
6. Virginia Tech, 632.5
7. Florida State, 531
8. Notre Dame, 493
9. Georgia Tech, 450
10. Pitt, 407
11. Miami, 391

Men’s Final Standings
1. NC State, 1,499.5
2. Notre Dame, 1.038.5
3. Virginia Tech, 960.5
4. Louisville, 888.5
5. Virginia, 768.5
6. Florida State, 762
7. Pitt, 647
8. North Carolina, 616
9. Georgia Tech, 575.5
10. Duke, 287
11. Miami, 12