Fourteen.
That’s how many pool records the NC State swimming and diving team broke in its two-day domination of Minnesota Friday and Saturday at the Casey Aquatic Center.
The No. 8 Wolfpack men’s team kept its undefeated streak alive, rolling over the 23rd-ranked Gophers 201-127, while the 16th-ranked women also found success, streaking past Minnesota’s women’s team 189-145.
“I’m very pleased with this weekend,” head coach Braden Holloway said post-meet in an interview with NC State Athletics. “Overall, it was a nice win, especially for our [women’s team].”
In the women’s 200-meter medley relay, the Pack team of sophomores Alexia Zevnik and Kayla Brumbaum, and juniors Ashlyn Koletic and Riki Bonnema recorded a time of 1:40.02, setting a pool record and taking first place in the process.
The NC State women also took second place in the 200 relay.
In the 400 free, Zevnik, Bonnema, and sophomores Natalie Labonge and Lotta Nevalainen swam a 3:20.26 to take first place and set another school record.
Also on the women’s side, Labonge took second in the women’s 100-meter free with a time of 50.19. Bonnema clocked in at 51.05, good enough for third place, and sophomore Rachel Muller won the 500 free with a time of 4:49.56
In the backstroke, Zevnik swam a time 1:56.21 to take first place in the women’s 200-meter, earning a new pool record on the way. Senior Hannah Freyman finished second, posting a time of 2:02.46.
The women couldn’t lock up first place in the breaststroke or butterfly, but Brumbaum and sophomore Addisynn Bursch finished second and third in the 200 breast with times of 2:14.41 and 2:21.30, respectively.
Koletic and freshman Krista Duffield finished second and third, respectively, in the women’s 100-meter butterfly with times of 54.67 and 55.23.
In diving, redshirt junior Rachel Mumma continued her strong performances, taking the women’s one-meter with a score of 312.60.
Holloway applauded the women’s team’s upset of a “perennial top-15 or top-10 program.”
“They knew they had a chance today and kept the pedal down,” Holloway said. “We had some big wins and the women came away with a nice victory.”
On the men’s side, the Pack continued its perfect 2015 run, which has featured wins against Villanova and Princeton.
In the relays, the 200-meter medley relay team of sophomores Andreas Schiellerup, Derek Hren and Soren Dahl and senior David Williams swam a time of 1:27.97, a pool record and first-place finish.
In the 400 free, the men also posted a pool record, with freshman Ryan Held, junior Simonas Bilis, Schiellerup and Williams posting a blistering 2:55.39.
In the 400 individual medley, junior Christian McCurdy captured first-place, touching the wall in 3:52.09.
Bilis continued his dominance in the 100-meter freestyle with a Casey Aquatic Center record 43.60. His teammate Held finished just over a second slower to take second place with a 44.75.
Freshman Anton Ipsen swam the fastest time in the 500 free with a 4:32.47.
In the men’s backstroke, the Pack took all three spots in the 200. Freshman Hennessey Stuart placed first with a pool-record 1:43.56, while senior Stephen Coetzer and junior Jacob Siar swam times of 1:47.77 and 1:48.70 to complete the sweep.
The men did not take the top spot in the 200-meter breaststroke, but McCurdy and Hren took second and third, respectively, with times of 2:01.69 and 2:01.83.
Dahl captured first place in the 100 fly with a time of 47.37.
“The guys, from top to bottom, were aggressive,” Holloway said. “The upper-classmen stepped up and did what they expect and demand from themselves, but the big difference this year has been our freshmen class.”
NC State will finish off its 2014-2015 dual meet season against UNC-Chapel Hill Jan. 31 at the Casey Aquatic Center.