2024 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships
Virginia Tech's women's team achieved the NCAA “A” standard in the 200-meter medley relay during Thursday's time trial, securing a berth to the 2024 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in March.
team of carmen weiler sastre (22.52), caroline benz (21.42), anna summers (21.90), and Emily Classon (21.97) for a total of 1:27.81. This swim was easily below the “A” standard of 1 minute 28.43 seconds. The swim ranks 25th in the NCAA so far this season.
In the regular event the day before, the same relay placed 6th with a time of 1 minute 29.18 seconds, which is the new “B” standard time. Her leadoff Wyler fell behind in the time trial, but her teammates picked her up on her final three legs and easily beat her previous best.
Split comparison
| normal lace | time trial | ||
| Wyler | 22.35 | 22.52 | +0.17 |
| benz | 21.74 | 21.42 | -0.32 |
| summers | 22.72 | 21.9 | -0.82 |
| watercress | 22.37 | 21.97 | -0.40 |
| 1:29.18 | 1:27.81 |
The swim also broke the old school record of 1:29.29, set in 2009.
Having reached the “A” standard, the relay will be eligible to swim at the NCAA Championships. If the Hokies also have her individual qualifiers to the NCAAs (which is very likely), the team would also be eligible to swim the “B” standard relay.
More ACC Championship Time Trial Highlights
- of florida Jokubas Kebris In the 50-meter free, she swam a score of 19.23, better than the 19.41 she swam in a regular meet and better than her pre-competition career best of 19.60 (Georgia Fall Invitational). Last year, it took him 19.21 seconds to earn an individual invitation to the NCAA in the men's 50 free. He showed great improvement in one year, running a time of 19.72 seconds at last year's ACC Championships.
- Virginia Tech Will Hayon In the 100 fly, he swam 45.66. It took her 45.57 points to qualify for the NCAA Championships last year. Ayon finished 11th in the 100 fly with a score of 45.54 and is still in good shape after earning an invite last season, but was unable to top that in the time trial.
- There were some other great 100 fly time trial swims, but none that earned me an individual invitation from the NCAA. Virginia Tech's Shing Chi Yuk swam her 46.25 points, which was better than her 46.80 points in meet qualifying and her lifetime best of 46.68 points at his ACC Championships last year. .
- Guy Brooks The South African sophomore from Louisville swam 1:33.64 in the 200 free time trial. It took him 1:32.85 to qualify for the NCAAs last season, but he ultimately cleared it in 1:32.49 at the Last Chance Meet. He will have to try his last chance this season.
- North Carolina State University Freshman hudson williamsAlthough he has yet to score in the ACC, he swam a career-best 19.32 points in the 50 free time trial. This is better than the 19.78 seconds he swam in qualifying for the regular competition. He was 19.55 years old in high school.
- On Thursday, Pitt's boys swam a time of 1:23.92 in the 200-meter medley relay time trial, bettering the 1:24.05 that placed them seventh in the regular meet, but still one minute short of the “A” cut. He couldn't reach the time of 23.71 seconds. There's room to find 2/20 of this guy. Krzysztof Radziszewski was 0.17 points better in the scoring competition than in the backstroke time trial, and his total reaction time in the relay was 1.61. Therefore, if you can achieve the exchange points in the last chance tournament, you should be able to clear the record. bar.
