NC State swimming dominates Wolfpack Elite Invite with 23 first place finishes – Technician

In its ultimate competitors of 2025, NC State swim secured two group victories to finish the primary semester of the season. The Pack closed the meet with a ultimate rating of 3546.50, over 500 factors away from second place Auburn, which completed with a rating of 2946.50.

It was a whole steamroll of the seven-team discipline as the ladies completed with a rating of 1781.50, routing second-place Auburn by over 200 factors. The males adopted swimsuit, closing with a rating of 1765 and incomes one other first place end. Building as much as the group wins, the Wolfpack stacked 23 particular person first-place finishes.

Day One

The stomping was evident from day one. In Thursday’s prelims, junior Tyler Driscoll flew by the ladies’s 100 butterfly, rushing together with a 52.19 ultimate time – the seventh-fastest time in class historical past. Senior Drew Salls grew the hole, recording a 20.90 on his opening leg of the boys’s 100 butterfly, the tenth-fastest 50 butterfly time in class historical past.

The girls swept the 200 medley relay and, after competing within the relay herself, sophomore Leah Shackley commanded a primary place end within the 100 fly.

Through simply the primary day alone, 21 athletes superior to the A-finals, with 5 of them qualifying for top-seeds.

Day Two

On Friday, junior Hudson Williams claimed the highest seed within the 100 backstroke with a time of 44.65 — fifth-fastest in class historical past. Shackley confirmed she’s a jack of all trades by taking the highest seed within the 100 backstroke with a time of fifty.78. Freshman Ian Stutts took the No. 2 seed within the 200 breaststroke whereas senior Cassie Moses posted a 21.95 within the 50 freestyle dash.

NC State took all three prime spots within the males’s 50 freestyle behind redshirt junior Quintin McCarty’s time of 18.97, spurring momentum for the space occasions the place senior Lance Norris headlined one other Wolfpack domination of the highest three spots, this time within the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:16:12.

Day Three

Far forward of the competitors, the Wolfpack simply wanted respectable finishes to seal a victory, however the red-and-white went above and past. It swept the rostrum within the 1650 freestyle, led by freshman Max Carlsen’s career-best time of 14:44.52. Junior Jerry Fox recorded the fifth-fastest time in program historical past within the 100 freestyle with a 41.31, whereas junior Daniel Diehl led a podium sweep within the 200 IM.

And as if all of that wasn’t sufficient, the Pack closed the meet with back-to-back victories within the 400 freestyle relay.

Select Wolfpack swimmers will look to hold the momentum into the U.S. Open from Dec. 3 to Dec. 6.