2022 North Carolina/GAC Invitational
The final session of the Wolfpack Invite is here, with a women’s sprint showdown between only Stanford and North Carolina swimmers in the 100 Free Finals.Olympic athlete Tori Fusuke with Stanford University Catherine Berkoff North Carolina State University is leading the field after qualifying this morning. Berkhoff will have a tough double swim after he ran in the 200m earlier in the session, but it worked out this morning. Arizona senior wins men’s 100 free qualifying race with his 1-2-3 Max McCuskerbut it will still be a toss-up as to who gets to the wall first in the finals.
Big names in tonight’s 200 fly final: members of the US Junior National Team Charlotte Hook Stanford University leads the women’s event so far, but Arizona’s Lindsey Rooney I was right behind her in qualifying.of Arizona Leon Marchand He lit a fire in this competition, commanding 200 flyes in qualifying.
Stanford Olympian Claire Kurzan She’s looking to break the 2:50.00 mark, so she’s the top seed within 200 seconds by 3 seconds tonight.Men’s looks set to be a close match with Stanford Seniors Leon Macalistr is the top seed, just ahead of NC State Senior hunter tap.
The 1650 Free was previously contested as a timed final. Also tonight are the 200 Breast and 400 Free Relay finals.
Women’s 1650 Free – Timed Final
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 15:52.41
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 16:16.47
Top 8:
- Kay Foley (North Carolina) – 16:37.54
- Morgan Moore (Pennsylvania) – 16:43.11
- Courtney Marlin (Pennsylvania) – 16:56.44
- Emily Gersen (Duke) – 16:56.86
- Delaney Burns (PA) – 17:41.93
Penn State scored major points here with a 2-3-5 finish led by freshmen Morgan MooreBut he was a senior in NC Kay Foley Who hit the wall first by a staggering 5.5 seconds. She recorded her 4:59.55 split in her first 500m and in that split she is the only swimmer to break the 5:00.00 mark. It was a strong swim for Foley, who took her third place in this event of the 2022 ACC Championships as she clocked 16:17.05.
Men’s 1650 Free – Timed Finals
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 14:37.31
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 14:55.21
Top 8:
- Eduardo Sisternas (Pennsylvania) – 15:16.25
- Gabe Machado (Stanford) – 15:17.91
- Parker Reynolds (ASU) – 15:20.29
- Jake Mason (ASU) – 15:32.58
- Henry Morrissey (Stanford) – 15:35.18
- Matt Knox (Duke) – 15:37.43
- Andrew Mateika (Stanford) – 15:42.91
- Brendan Driscoll (Duke) – 15:42.95
Pennsylvania State University Freshman Eduardo Sisternas He set the fastest 500 splits (4:34.97) and then went on to hold 27 highs and 28 lows to take first place. All in all, this was a very tight race, with about four seconds difference between 1st and his 3rd, and less than 2 seconds between 7th and him in 9th.
WOMEN’S 200 BACK – Final
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 1:50.50
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 1:53.97
Top 8:
MEN’S 200 BACK – Final
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 1:39.13
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 1:40.92
Top 8:
WOMEN’S 100 FREE – Finals
- NCAA “A” Standard – 47.18
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 48.44
Top 8:
Men’s 100 Free – Final
- NCAA “A” Standard – 41.64
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 42.34
Top 8:
Women’s 200 Breast – Final
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 2:06.18
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 2:09.15
Top 8:
Men’s 200 Breast – Final
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 1:51.54
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 1:53.23
Top 8:
Women’s 200 Fly – Final
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 1:52.86
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 1:56.14
Top 8:
Men’s 200 Fly – Final
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 1:40.20
- 2022 NCAA Invitational Time – 1:42.42
Top 8:
Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay – Final
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 3:14.10
Top 8:
Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay – Final
- NCAA ‘A’ Standard – 2:50.52
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