Both the men’s and women’s N.C. State swimming and diving continued their early season success, earning decisive victories over Davidson on Saturday. The men’s team pushed its undefeated record to 3-0 (1-0 ACC) on the season, winning 183.5-102.5. The women improved to 2-1 (0-1 ACC) with a 175-115 victory.
The Pack set the tone early, as freshmen Lauren Poore and Zina Grogg, senior Jessica Ward and sophomore Julianna Prim won the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:48:04. Junior Maggie McEnerney (17:40.39) and sophomore Kirsten Esplin (17:54.26) followed up the relay team’s win by placing first and second in the 1650-meter freestyle.
Marifrances Henley and Kelsey Liu finished first and second in the 50-meter breastroke with the times of 30.80 and 31.81, respectively. Freshman Jordan Paavola won the 100-meter butterfly for the Pack.
Sophomore Kirstyn Shepler earned her first win of the season and qualified for NCAA diving zones with a 281.50 on the 1-meter diving event, while teammate Hannah Hopkins claimed the 3-meter diving event with a score of 272.85.
On the men’s side, sophomore Ivan Kopas, senior Dan Forsythe, freshman Barrett Miesfeld and junior Conor Brennan won the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:32.70. Sophomore Brandon Kingston won the 1650-meterfreestylewith a time of 16:24.17, while teammate Andrew Tollefson placed second with a time of 16:38.19. Sophomore Jimmy Ross came in third with a time of 16:55 in the same 1650-meter freestyle. Kopas continued his solid performance by finishing the 50-meter backstroke in 23.77 seconds. In addition to the relay victory, Forsythe claimed the 50-meter breastroke with a time of 27.04.
The men took the top three finishes in both the 100-meter butterfly and the 100-meter freestyle, and finished first and second in the 50-meter freestyle.
Sophomore Hudson Rains won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events, while teammate Chris Arcara placed second in both events.
The swimming and diving teams will look to continue their winning ways as they travel to Durham, N.C., Friday to take on Duke.