2021 ACC Women’s Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap | SwimSwam

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2021 ACC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Wednesday, February 17th – Saturday, February 20th | Prelims: 11:00 am | Finals: 7:00 pm (EST) (Except Wednesday’s timed finals, which begin at 5:15 EST)
• Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• Defending Champion: University of Virginia (x1) (results)
• Format: 25 Yards/Short Course Yards (SCY)
• Championship Central: Here
• Championship Manual
• Psych Sheets (uncut)
• Live Results

Day 4 Finals Heat Sheet

The 2021 ACC Women’s Championships will come to a close at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, where the UVA women are on their way to defending their 2020 ACC team title. Earlier in the day, men’s diving wrapped up with the platform event final. Tonight, the timed finals of the 1650 free, the finals of the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, and 200 fly, and the 400 free relay timed finals will be contested.

UVA senior Paige Madden will aim for her 3rd ACC title this meet in the 1650 free timed finals. Madden previously swept the 200/500 free events here in Greensboro. NC State’s Katharine Berkoff will also aim to sweep the backstroke events with her top seed in the 200 back.

Then, UVA sprinter Kate Douglass will take her aim at a 2nd ACC title in the 100 free, where both Comerford ACC records could be in peril. NC State’s Kylee Alons, Thursday’s 50 free champion, will also contest in the final.

Top 200 breast seeds NC State’s Sophie Hansson and UVA’s Ella Nelson are only separated by a half second, and will swim in the middle lanes of tonight’s A-final. UVA freshman Abby Harter also leads the women’s 200 fly, just in front of Louisville swimmers Alena Kraus and Abby Hay.

WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES — AFTER DAY 3

1. UVA, 1047
2. NC State, 879
3. Louisville, 683.50
4. Virginia Tech, 578
5. Notre Dame, 509
6. Duke, 502
7. UNC, 399.50
8. Georgia Tech, 391
9. Florida State, 380
10. Miami, 329
11. Pittsburgh, 277
12. Boston College, 147

Men’s Platform Diving Finals

• ACC Record: 548.90, Nick McCrory (DUKE), 2011
• ACC Meet Record: 523.90, Nick McCrory (DUKE), 2010
• 2020 Champion: David Dinsmore (MIA), 510.35

1. Matt Sexton (NCS)- 421.50
2. Seamus Harding (DUKE)- 416.05
3. Kivanc Gur (LOU)- 380.70

NC State freshman Matt Sexton and Duke freshman Seamus Harding had a tight battle during the men’s platform diving final. Sexton wound up winning the event by 5.45 points with a total of 421.50 points. Harding settled for the silver with 416.05 points. Placing third was Louisville’s Kivanc Gur, scoring 380.70 points. A trio of Miami divers also qualified for the platform final, led by 6th-place finisher Brodie Scapens (333.65 pts).

Looking at the men’s ACC team scores after diving, UNC leads the way with 214 diving points, followed by Miami (189), Virginia Tech (142), Louisville (121), Florida State (110), Georgia Tech (89), Duke (76), NC State (71), Pittsburgh (40), and Notre Dame (34). The UVA men did not score any diving points this past weekend.

Women’s 1650 Free Timed Finals

• ACC Record: 15:25.30, Leah Smith (UVA), 2016
• ACC Meet Record: 15:25.30, Leah Smith (UVA), 2016
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 15:52.41
• 2020 Champion: Paige Madden (UVA), 15:50.38

Women’s 200 Back Finals

• ACC Record: 1:49.09, Alexia Zevnik (NCS), 2017
• ACC Meet Record: 1:49.61, Alexia Zevnik (NCS), 2017
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:50.50
• 2020 Champion: Emma Muzzy (NCS), 1:50.79

Women’s 100 Free Finals

• ACC Record: 46.20, Mallory Comerford (LOU), 2018
• ACC Meet Record: 46.67, Mallory Comerford (LOU), 2019
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 47.18
• 2020 Champion: Morgan Hill (UVA), 47.47

Women’s 200 Breast Finals

• ACC Record: 2:03.93, Kate Douglass (UVA), 2020
• ACC Meet Record: 2:04.34, Emma Reaney (ND), 2014
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 2:06.84
• 2020 Champion: Sophie Hansson (NCS), 2:05.59

Women’s 200 Fly Finals

• ACC Record: 1:50.61, Kelsi Worrell (LOU), 2016
• ACC Meet Record: 1:52.81, Grace Oglesby (LOU), 2019
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:53.20
• 2020 Champion: Grace Oglebsy (LOU), 1:53.70

Women’s 400 Free Relay Finals

• ACC Record: 3:09.45, UVA, 2018
• ACC Meet Record: 3:09.45, UVA, 2018
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 3:14.61
• 2020 Champion: UVA, 3:14.61

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