Pack Energy to Second Place End, Units A number of CSL Information

WESTMONT, IL – The Wolfpack completed second within the inaugural season of the College Swimming League on the FMC Natatorium. In the mixed staff standings, NC State posted 554.5 factors, ending behind Virginia (666). Alabama positioned third with 263 factors, whereas the Georgia Bulldogs completed fourth with 207.5 factors.

Nine athletes made their debut with the Wolfpack: Emerson Callis, Zoe Smith, Sydney Gring, Emma Cigna, Morgan Cope, Isaiah Aleksenko, Liam Carrington, Alan Vergine, and Jan Gajda.

Defending nationwide champion Eneli Jefimova bought issues rolling for the Wolfpack, profitable the 200 breaststroke in 2:06.72.

The males’s 200 freestyle relay staff of Kaii Winkler, Quintin McCarty, Jerry Fox, and Wells Walker delivered a standout efficiency, posting a time of 1:15.00 to set each a brand new pool report and CSL report. Fox then picked up his second particular person win of the night within the 50 freestyle, taking the highest spot in 19.13. Teammate Wells Walker adopted intently behind, ending second in 19.56.

Leah Shackley added one other victory within the 100 backstroke, taking the highest spot in 50.58 and setting new pool and CSL information. Jerry Fox earned his first particular person win of the season within the 100 freestyle, touching in 41.79 to set each pool and CSL information. Sophomore Lily King additionally impressed, recording a private better of 47.98 within the 100 freestyle, the Tenth-fastest time in program historical past.

In the ladies’s 50 backstroke skins, Shackley and Pelaez went head-to-head with Virginia’s Clare Curzan and Sarah Curtis. The Wolfpack duo remained sturdy via the early rounds earlier than Virginia edged forward within the closing spherical. On the lads’s aspect, Quintin McCarty and Kaii Winkler led the sector from the beginning, tying for the highest spot within the opening skins race and advancing collectively into the championship spherical. McCarty led via the sooner rounds, however Winkler surged forward when it mattered most, claiming the championship with a time of 20.10.

The Wolfpack made an announcement within the 100 breaststroke, with Eneli Jefimova and Morgan Cope ending 1-2. Jefimova claimed the victory whereas setting a brand new CSL report. Competing in her collegiate debut, Cope posted a time that moved her into ninth place on this system’s all-time 100 breaststroke efficiency checklist. On the lads’s aspect, Jan Gajda earned his first collegiate victory, touching in 52.55 to maneuver into Tenth place in program historical past.

Up Next

The Wolfpack will head west subsequent week, with the NC State diving staff touring to Berkeley, California, to compete towards Cal and Stanford on October 16. Select Wolfpack swimmers may also journey to Walnut, California, to compete in CSL Match #5 on October 16.

Top finishes: 
1st place | Eneli Jefimova | 200 breast | 2:06.72
1st place | Jerry Fox | 50 free | 19.13
1st place | Eneli Jefimova | 100 breast | 57.63
1st place | Jan Gajda | 100 breast | 52.55
1st place | Kaii Winkler | Skins (50 free) | 20.10
1st place | Jerry Fox | 100 free | 41.79
1st place | Leah Shackley | 100 again | 50.88
1st place | 200 free relay | 1:15.00

Program Top-10 instances: 

Emma Cigna | 200 fly | 1:55.39 (fifth quickest)

Lily Christianson | 100 IM | 53.69 (1st quickest)

Daniel Diehl | 100 IM | 47.39 (2nd quickest)

Simon Bermudez | 100 IM | 48.17 (4th quickest)

Lily King | 100 free | 47.98 (Tenth quickest)

Morgan Cope | 100 breast | 59.73 (ninth quickest)

Jan Gajda | 100 breast | 52.55 (Tenth quickest)

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