Women's Swimming and Diving Finish Third at ACC Championships

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Women's Swimming and Diving Finish Third at ACC Championships

February 16, 2017 | Swimming & Diving

Thursday Results

Cards win two gold and a silver on the final day of racing.

By: Nancy Worley

The University of Louisville Cardinals won two golds and a silver on the final day of racing to finish third at the 2017 ACC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech.

North Carolina State won with a total of 1,183.5 points just ahead of Virginia's 1,100.5. Louisville was third with 1027 ahead of North Carolina (980), Virginia Tech (739), Duke (725.5), Notre Dame (654.5), Florida State (625.5), Miami (361.5), Boston College 152, and Clemson 144. NC State's Alexis Zevnik was the MVP Swimmer of the Meet. The Diver of the Meet was Molly Carlson of Florida State.

In the first event of the evening, Olympian Leah Smith of Virginia ran away with the 1650 free, posting a time of 15.31.49, an A-cut and broke her own pool record, beating the rest of the field by 30 seconds. Cardinal Emily Moser posted a 16:39.64 for a 13th place in the 1650 for the Cardinals.

Louisville's Andrea Acquista scored 219.95 in the finals of the platform. The event was won by Molly Carlson of Florida State who posted a score of 284.05.

In the 200- back, NC State's Alexia Zevnik's won her third individual gold of the meet with another ACC meet record time of 1:49.61. Louisville's Alina Kendzior was seventh in the A-final with a time of 1:54.71. In the B-final, Sofie Underdahl was third with a time of 1:55.27.

In the 100-free, Mallory Comerford won gold, going sub-47 seconds for the first time in her career with a time of 46.75. Her time is a new ACC conference and ACC meet record. Casey Fanz was one of just two freshmen in the A-final with a sixth place 48.43, an invited time from 2016. Lainey Visscher was seventh in the B-final with a 49.01 and Nastya Govejsek was sixth in the C-Final.

In the 200-breast, Andrea Cottrell won gold with a time of 2:06.90 for an NCAA A-cut. Rachael Bradford Feldman was sixth in the same heat with a 2:13.09, just out-touching teammate Lauren James 2:13.41. In the B-final, Silvia Guerra was third in 2:12.40.

Virginia claimed two of the top three spots in the 200 fly. Senior Kaitlyn Jones won the event by more than 5 seconds, and was the only swimmer to come home under 30 seconds (29.34). UVA junior Jennifer Marrkand finished in third. Virginia Tech's Klaudia Nazieblo was second in 1:54.80. The top four was rounded out by Louisville freshman Grace Oglesby (1:55.31). Cardinal senior Abigail Houck was seventh with a time of 1:56.25. In the C-final, Sophie Cattermole was third, clocking a 1:58.98. Hannah Magnuson was eighth, touching in 2:01.60.

In the 400-free relay, Lainey Visscher (48.41), Mallory Comerford (46.68), Nastja Govejsek (49.31) and Casey Fanz (47.72) win silver with a time of 3:12.12. Visscher led off It took the fastest time in the country to beat the Cardinals and NC State did it with a blazing 3:10.31 for gold.