Cardinal Men Sit in Second after Day 2 Finals at ACC Championships

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Cardinal Men Sit in Second after Day 2 Finals at ACC Championships

February 28, 2019 | Swimming & Diving

2019 ACC Men's Thursday Finals Results

Louisville makes two podiums tonight

By: Nancy Worley

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- After two days of racing at the 2019 ACC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, the University of Louisville is in second place after making a pair of podiums Thursday night at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.

NC State has taken the lead with 545.5 points, followed by Louisville (437), Virginia Tech (412.5), Florida State (406), Virginia (392), Duke (357), Notre Dame (262), Georgia Tech (260), Pitt (206), UNC (197), Miami (161) and Boston College (96).

Louisville's top finisher in the 500 freestyle, Marcelo Acosta, touched fourth in the A-f inal with a time of 4:14.94. Colton Paulson won B-final with a time of 4:16.53. Also in the B-final, Zach Harting turned in a 4:18.40. T.C. Smith touched third in the C-final just ahead of Sam Steele, who posted a 4:21.60 for fifth. Graham Barrett touched in 4:22.78 for seventh in that final as well. Eric Knowles of NC State led for the entire race to win gold in 4:12.13.

Daniel Sos touched fourth in the 200 IM with a time of 1:43.63 in the A-final. Evgenii Somov put up a 1:45.47 in the 200 IM C-final to touch second. The event was won by Caio Pumputis of Georgia Tech, who put up a 1:41.28, outlasting two-time ACC Champion, Andreas Vazaois of NC State.

Andrej Barna threw down a 19.27 in the 50 free A-final to win silver. The event was won by Florida State's Will Pisani, who out-touched a hard-charging Barna, touching in 19.21.

The Cardinals took the bronze medal in the 200 free relay, putting up an NCAA A-Cut time of 1:17.15 put up by Mihalis Deliyiannis (19:58), Andrej Barna (18.81), Bartosz Piszczorowicz (19.28) and Matyi Kovacs (19.48)in . The event was won by the Florida State Seminoles, who put up an NCAA A-cut time of 1:15.81.

Tomorrow the Cards will compete in the 100 fly, the 400 IM, the 200 free, the 100 breast and the 100 back and the 400 medley relay.