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Senior Justin Ress adjusts his swim cap before an event. Ress studies applied math and hails from Cary.
The NC State swimming and diving team competed this past weekend in the inaugural ACC/Big Ten challenge hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The event began on Saturday and saw seniors Andreas Vazaios and Jacob Molacek collect individual wins, each contributing a team-best nine points to the total score for the ACC men’s team.
The Wolfpack men, senior Justin Ress and junior Coleman Stewart, took part in the 400-yard medley relay in which they took home a gold medal. After the first day of competition, the Big Ten men were leading the ACC 85-82.
On day two, Vazaios and junior Coleman Stewart picked up first-place finishes. Stewart’s was in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 45.04. This win contributed to his 13-point total he had over the course of the two-day meet.
Vazaios finished the meet with 21 points for the ACC and collected a gold medal in the 200-yard individual medley. He reclaimed the best time in the nation in this event with a time of 1:42.44.
The Big Ten men snuck out of the two-day meet against the ACC with a 179-174 victory.
Freshman Emma Muzzy swam in her third collegiate meet Saturday as she took home the silver medal in the 400-yard individual medley and set a program record with a time of 4:05.60 in the event. Her swim was the fastest time in the ACC this season and the second-fastest in the country.
Senior Elise Haan had a productive weekend as she was a part of a first-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay for the ACC with a time of 3:28.30. She also placed fourth in 200-yard backstroke and third in the 100-yard backstroke.
The Big Ten women took care of business against the ACC, dominating them 251-102.
The diving portion of the meet saw juniors James Brady and Madeline Kline compete for the Pack. Brady collected a tenth-place finish on the three-meter boards the first day and a seventh-place finish during the platform dive event. Kline competed the first day and finished 10th on the platform dive with a score of 221.35.
The Wolfpack will return to action next weekend, traveling back to Indiana to compete in the IU Invitational at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington. This meet will run from Nov. 15 through Nov. 17.