2020 ACC MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- When: Wednesday, February 26th to Saturday, February 29th Prelims 10:00 am | Finals 6:00 pm (1650 prelims Saturday at 4:00 pm)
- Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
- Defending Champion: North Carolina State University (NC State) (29x, 5th-straight) (results)
- Streaming: ACC Network
- Championship Central: Here
- Detailed Timeline: Here
- Psych Sheets: Here
- Live Results
Louisville Junior Nick Albiero blasted a 1:38.65 in the ‘A’ final of the men’s 200 yard butterfly to both defend his title from 2019 and lower the meet record. Albiero’s swim was so impressive, in fact, that he is now the 4th-fastest performer all-time in the event. Prior to the race on Leap Day 2020, Albiero’s lifetime best was a 1:40.08 from the 2019 NCAA Championships.
Read more about Albiero’s 200 fly here.
Reported by Robert Gibbs.
200 FLY – FINALS
- ACC record: 1:38.57 – Andreas Vazaois (NC State), 2019
ACC meet record: 1:40.51 – Nick Albiero (Louisville), 2020- 2019 champion: Nick Albiero (Louisville), 1:40.70
- Nick Albiero (Louisville) – 1:38.65
- Blake Manoff (Virginia Tech) – 1:40.48
- Antani Ivanov (Virginia Tech) – 1:41.01
Nick Albiero came within a tenth of a second of the overall conference record, blasting a 1:38.65 that moves him up to #1 in the nation this season. That’s Albiero 2nd-straight victory in this event, completes the fly sweep this week, and breaks his own conference meet record from this morning.
Virginia Tech swept the next two spots. Blake Manoff moves to #3 this season with a 1:40.48, a NCAA ‘A’ cut, and Antani Ivanov took 3rd here for the second season in a row with his time of 1:41.01.
UVA’s Ted Schubert, who swept the IMs over the last two days, touched 4th here with a 1:41.34. That’s a new personal best for him by 0.01s; he took 6th in this event last year.
NC State sophomore Zach Brown moved from 8th in this event last year to 5th this year with his time of 1:42.30. Teammate Erge Gezmis finished 7th in 1:44.00.
Georgia Tech’s Christian Ferraro (1:42.93) took 6th, and FSU’s Max Polianski (1:47.17) took 8th.
ALL TIME TOP PERFORMERS, 200 YARD BUTTERFLY
- 1:37.35 – Jack Conger, 2017 NCAA Championships
- 1:37.97 – Joe Schooling, 2016 NCAA Championships
- 1:38.57 – Andreas Vazaois, 2019 NCAA Championships
- 1:38.65 – Nicolas Albiero, 2020 ACC Championships
- 1:38.80 – Tom Shields , 2020 UCSD v. Cal Dual Meet
- 1:38.83 – Zheng Quah, 2017 Pac-12 Championships
- 1:39.23 – Vini Lanza, 2019 Big Ten Championships
- 1:39.33 – Dylan Bosch, 2014 NCAA Championships
- 1:39.35 – Sam Pomajevich, 2019 Minnesota Invite
- 1:39.55 – Jan Switkowski, 2018 NCAA Championships
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
- NC State – 1250
- Virginia – 1089
- Louisville – 1066.5
- Virginia Tech – 898
- Florida State – 812.5
- Notre Dame – 803.5
- North Carolina – 630.5
- Pitt – 520
- Georgia Tech – 506
- Duke – 421
- Miami – 197
- Boston College – 134
I gotta say: it is about the best feeling in the world to throw down a time at a big meet that is even better than you expected. Bet he will hold that onto that memory his entire life.
Why does it say Zheng Quah competed at the 2017 ACC Championships? Does it mean 2017 PAC12 Championships?
Not that Phelps really made a mark in SCY, but it’s cool to see his time drop out of the top-10 in this event. The sport keeps on progressing!
Phelps was 1:39.3 wasn’t he?
1:39.65, at a random meet
Hilarious how he doesn’t specifically mention his dad. Credits his “training,” teammates, and even his mom. Dad’s never catch a break. Great swim. Great coach.
i’m far from being a dad yet and personally have my mom a lot more to thank than my dad, but i actually agree very much nonetheless. find it pretty sad
Can you elaborate ?
He starts by saying “my training” which of course implies his efforts but, for the sake of argument, let’s call it a synecdoche and let said “training” represent his dad since Arthur is, after all, the architect of the season-long regimen Nick is prescribed at Louisville. He’s not claiming to be his own coach, so somebody else–I think it’s rather obvious who–must be guiding his career, and he seems grateful enough to me.
Quah vs Albiero 200 fly, this should be a good race at NCAAs
Pomajevich too