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This Week in ACC Swimming & Diving

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference continues the swimming and diving season after a two-week break as five league members hit the water over the course of three days, January 3-5.

North Carolina, NC State and SMU will head to Athens, Georgia, for the UGA Diving Invitational from Friday through Sunday.  Last time on the boards for the Mustangs, Luke Sitz, John Dymond and Grant Cates competed on the men’s side in the USA Diving Winter Nationals in Bloomington, Indiana, while Regan Evans, Jaclynn Fowler and Sadie Klepfer competed on the women’s side.
 
Virginia Tech will travel to Charlotte, North Carolina, to take on Queens University on Friday before hosting South Carolina on Saturday. In the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships, Virginia Tech’s Carles Coll Marti was crowned a World Champion in the 200m breaststroke (2:01.55) and broke a national record in the 100 IM with a time of 51.50.
 
Louisville will face off with Missouri on Friday. Last time in the water, the Louisville men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams competed in the Ohio State Invitational, with the men placing second and the women placing third.

Weekly Schedule
Friday, January 3
Virginia Tech at Queens University
Louisville at Missouri
UGA Diving Invitational
North Carolina, NC State, SMU
 
Saturday, January 4
South Carolina at Virginia Tech
UGA Diving Invitational
North Carolina, NC State, SMU
 
Sunday, January 5
UGA Diving Invitational
North Carolina, NC State, SMU
 

Noting ACC Swimming and Diving
  • The ACC had eight teams in the most recent CSCAA Division I Women’s Top 25 Poll, headlined by Virginia in the No. 1 spot and Stanford at No. 3. Louisville, NC State and Cal rounded out the top 10 at No. 8, No. 9 and No. 10. North Carolina landed at No. 17, Duke at No. 20 and Florida State at No. 25.
  • The ACC had 10 teams in the most recent CSCAA Division I Men’s Top 25 Poll, headlined by California at No. 5, NC State at No. 6, Stanford at No. 8 and Louisville at No. 10 in the top 10. North Carolina landed at No. 12, Virginia at No. 17, Virginia Tech at No. 19, Georgia Tech at No. 21, Florida State at No. 22 and SMU at No. 25.
  • At the 2024 World Aquatics 25m Championships, Virginia claimed 10 World Championship titles and set 11 Individual World Records, three Relay World Records and 18 American Records.
    • Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh alone set nine Individual World Records, two Relay World Records, and 12 American Records.
  • ACC men lead the nation in the following events:
    • Men’s 200 breast: Carles Coll Marti, Virginia Tech (1:50.77)
  • ACC women lead the nation in the following events:
    • Women’s 50 free: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (20.54)
    • Women’s 100 back: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (49.31)
    • Women’s 200 back: Claire Curzan, Virginia (1:46.87)
    • Women’s 200 breast: Kaelyn Gridley, Duke (2:05.71)
    • Women’s 50 fly: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (22.18)
    • Women’s 100 fly: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (48.26)
    • Women’s 100 IM: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia (50.72)
    • Women’s 400 IM: Caroline Bricker, Stanford (3:59.88)
    • Women’s 200 free relay: Virginia (1:24.68)
    • Women’s 400 free relay: Virginia (3:06.93)
    • Women’s 200 medley relay: Virginia (1:32.58)
    • Women’s 400 medley relay: Virginia (3:25.35)
  • The 2024-25 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships will take place on February 18-22 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • Boston College entered the 2024 season under the new leadership of head swimming and diving coach Dara Torres. Torres is a five-time Olympian, six-time World Record holder, and a four-time gold medalist.
  • Dario di Fazio was named the head diving coach for Miami ahead of the 2024. Di Fazio has been the assistant diving coach at Miami for the past 28 years.
  • Stanford women’s swimming and diving holds the title of the only program in the nation to finish in the top 10 in every NCAA Championship dating back to the 1975-76 season.
  • In the 2024 Paris Olympics, ACC swimming and diving student-athletes brought home 18 gold medals, 22 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals for Team USA. NC State’s David Betlehem took home a bronze medal for Hungary.