Cardinals Are in Second After Day 3 Finals at ACC Championships

Thursday, February 16

GREENSBORO, NC

TBA

University of Louisville

ACC Championships - Combined

Cardinals Are in Second After Day 3 Finals at ACC Championships

February 16, 2023 | Swimming & Diving

2023_acc_championship_friday_prelim_heat_sheet.pdf 2023_acc_championship_thursday_finals_results_2_col.pdf

Gabi Albiero wins medal in 100 fly

By: Nancy Worley

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The University of Louisville men's and women's swimming and diving team are both in second after the finals tonight on Day 3 of the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference.

Both Cardinal squads remained in second place with two days remaining in the competition. For the men, North Carolina State maintained its lead with 898.5 followed by Louisville (522.5), Virginia Tech (504.5), Virginia Tech (504.5), Notre Dame (448.5), Virginia (428), North Carolina (360), Florida State (353), Pitt (271.5), Georgia Tech (241.5), Duke (166), Miami (150) and Boston College (80). The women are led by Virginia (879), Louisville (665.6), NC State (611), North Carolina (431), Virginia Tech (360), Duke (347), Florida State (293), Notre Dame (248), Miami (215), Georgia Tech (197), Pitt (169.5), and Boston College (100).

In the 400-IM, Abby Hay won bronze with a time of 4:05.23. Hay was leading after the fly leg but lost ground on the breaststroke leg as Ella Nelson ran away with the race with a pool record time of 3:59.33, the only swimmer under four minutes for her fourth win in this event in the past three years. In the B-final, Rye Ulett was sixth with a time of 4:14.44 and Jordan Durocher was 8^th with a 4:17.61.

In the 400 IM, Tommy Bried was sixth in the A-final, touching 3:44.84. In the B-final, Jackson Millard touched seventh with a time of 3:49.29. Notre Dame's Jack Hoagland defended his title of a year ago to win gold with a time of 3:41.15.

Top-seeded Gabi Albiero won bronze in the 100 fly with a time of 50.04, putting up the second fastest time in school history. The race was won by Kate Douglass who put up a 48.84 to set a new Meet, ACC, NCAA and American record in the process. Christiana Regenauer was sixth, turning in a time of 51.03 improving her own personal best as a Cardinal. Tristen Ulett was 8^th overall with a time of 51.59.

Dalton Lowe touched seventh in the A-final of the 100 fly with a time of 45.61, shaving .04 off his prelim time. Abdelrahman El-Araby won the C-final with a time of 46.19. The race was won by Virginia Tech's Youssef Ramadan, who was just shy of his own conference record of 43.90, with a time of 43.93, swimming the fastest 100 fly in the country this year so far.

In the A-final of the 200 freestyle, Paige Hetrick touched fifth with a time of 1:44.83, cutting .56 of a second off her prelim time. In the B-final, Fernanda Celidonio boarded a 1:46.60 for sixth and teammate Madie Hall was seventh with a time of 1:46.77. In the C-final, Julia Dennis was into the wall 1:47. 56 for fourth just out-touching teammate Maddie Luther's 1:47.66. Alex Walsh of Virginia won gold with a 1:41.63, setting a new meet record, and posting the top time in the nation this year.

Michael Eastman finished 8^th in the A-final with a time of 1:33.93. Guy Brooks won the B-final, with a 1:33.19 and Denis Loktev was third with a time of 1:33.48. In the C-final, Gustavo Saldo touched second with at time of 1:34.70. The race was won by Notre Dame's Chris Guiliano, who went 1:32.43 for gold.

ACC S&D Championships Home Page

Live Diving Results
Live Swimming Results

Schedule
Friday, Feb. 17 - 9:30 a.m. - Prelims

200 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Breast, Women's Platform

Friday, Feb. 17 - 5:30 p.m. - Finals

200 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Breast, Women's Platform, 400 Medley Relay

Saturday, Feb. 18 - 9:30 a.m. - Prelims

200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, Men's Platform

Saturday, Feb. 18 - 2 p.m. - Finals

1650 Free (Early Heats-Finals)

Saturday, Feb. 18 - 5:30 p.m. - Finals

1650 Free, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, Men's Platform, 400 Free Relay