2023 ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, February 14 to Saturday, February 18, 2023
- Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Defending Champions:
- Women: Virginia (3x)
- Men: NC State (1x)
- Full Event Schedule
- Championship Central
- Pre-Scratch Psych Sheets
- Women’s Fan Guide
- Men’s Fan Guide
- Live Results
WOMEN’S 400 IM – FINALS
Top 3:
- Ella Nelson (Virginia) – 3:59.33
- Grace Sheble (NC State) – 4:04.98
- Abby Hay (Louisville) – 4:05.23
In the first race of the night, Ella Nelson dipped under 4 minutes in the 400 IM to claim UVA’s first gold medal of the night. That time by Nelson made her the 11th-fastest in history and reset her own meet record, beating the 4:02.11 she swam last year.
MEN’S 400 IM – FINALS
Top 3:
- Jack Hoagland (Notre Dame) – 3:41.15
- Nico Garcia (Virginia Tech) – 3:41.63
- Owen Lloyd (NC State) – 3:42.16
No full-heat race video at the time of publishing.
WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS
Top 3:
- Kate Douglass (Virginia) – 48.84
- Gretchen Walsh (Virginia) – 49.34
- Gabi Albiero (Louisville) – 50.04
In what was surely the race of the session, Kate Douglass stormed to victory in the women’s 100 butterfly and established a new NCAA, American, and US Open record. She hit a 48.84 to join Maggie MacNeil in the 48-second club. Teammate Gretchen Walsh trailed with a 49.34 for second and Lousiville’s Gabi Albiero picked up another medal with her 50.04 for third.
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS
Top 3:
- Youssef Ramadan (Virginia Tech) – 43.93
- Aiden Hayes (NC State) – 44.66
- Nyls Korstanje (NC State) – 44.70
Youssef Ramadan had an electric swim in the men’s 100 butterfly as he dipped under 43.93 to claim the top time in the country this season. Ramadan also reset his own meet record, which he previously held at a 44.08 from 2022.
WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – FINALS
Top 3:
- Alex Walsh (Virginia) – 1:41.63
- Aimee Canny (Virginia) – 1:42.62
- Emma Atkinson (Virginia Tech) – 1:43.31
Alex Walsh opted for the 200 freestyle over the 400 IM on day 3 of the meet and that decision seems to have paid off. Walsh took gold in the 200 free with a 1:41.63 PB, out-swimming teammate Aimee Canny and Virginia Tech’s Emma Atkinson.
MEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – FINALS
Top 3:
- Chris Guiliano (Notre Dame) – 1:32.43
- Baturalp Unlu (Georgia Tech ) / Bartosz Piszczorowicz (NC State) – 1:32.47
- (tie)
A tie went down in the men’s 200 freestyle final when Baturalp Unlu (Georgia Tech ) and Bartosz Piszczorowicz (NC State) each swam a 1:32.47. They tied for second place overall while Notre Dame’s Chris Guiliano notched a 1:32.43 for the gold medal.
I was on deck last night and didn’t get to watch this live, so thanks for the videos!
I’ve never really watched KD swim with my coach’s hat on, but I noticed in prelims of the 100 fly yesterday that she appeared to be faster on the surface than the rest of her heat despite staying underwater longer than everyone else and that appears at first glance (at least, without me getting my stopwatch out and doing all that jazz) to be the case here in finals, too.
As a coach, she’d be a swimmer I’d love to do some speed sessions with and see how her time, speed over water, time to 15m, etc change with varying numbers of… Read more »
Video coverage of swimming ought to be pretty simple. Aim at the center of gravity, get all the swimmers in the frame. Boom – done. It was going fine, until I guess someone new took over at the Men’s 200 free. If you wanted to watch Noah Bowers in Lane 8, too bad. Totally left out of the frame, for the entire race. And the surprise winner from Lane 7 was partially obscured half of the time. Swimming is so self contained a computer could point and shoot. I’ll come give lessons if needed.
Keep in mind that these teams are recording swims for their own internal use – that they publish them for the rest of us to see is kind of a gift. Virginia, Louisville, and Pitt are the only ACC teams we can find that post their videos publicly. None of those teams are really interested in Noah Bowers’ swims.
(I wish the ACC would just publish their official ACC Network race videos, but alas, that’s another battle to be had).
Walsh’s 3rd turn cost her
Are they fully rested ???
Should we expect FASTER at NCAAs???
Kate likely will be if you look at past seasons.
Crazy the entire crowd didn’t get on feet for Kate’s 100 fly. Pretty lame
I’m watching on my phone so the video is small but did Walsh completely botch the 3rd turn of that 100 fly? Seems like she controlled that race and probably wins with the record it my eyes are deceiving me.
Not sure if it was enough for her to win, but W2 was long into that 3rd turn. They looked even, but then KD was turning first.