Feb. 28, 2014
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Day three of the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship looked awfully familiar to the University of Notre Dame men’s swimming team. A total of five school records were achieved on Friday night, and the Irish moved into fourth place with 652 points after winning their first two gold medals at the conference championship meet at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
Notre Dame has broken a total of 10 university marks during the first three days of competition, including multiple events that saw record times in both preliminary and finals heats.
Two-time All-American Frank Dyer continued his standout ACC Championship performance with the first Notre Dame event win in meet history. Dyer reset his own program best in the 200 freestyle during the race finals, clocking an NCAA A-cut swim of 1:33.20 to take the win by nearly one full second over North Carolina State’s David Williams. The winning time was Dyer’s fifth program record heat of the weekend, including relays, to pace the Notre Dame lineup.
After breaking the team record with a preliminary swim of 52.79 in the 100 breaststroke morning slate, All-American Zach Stephens wasted little time in joining Dyer atop the podium Friday night. A finals readout of 52.59 set the ACC Championship record in the distance, and gave Stephens his first gold medal and second all-conference citation of the meet. Stephens earned second team all-ACC honors in the 200 IM on Thursday night.
The finals session began with the third Irish relay team to earn an NCAA A-cut during the championships in the 400 medley relay entry. Matthew Buerger, Cameron Miller, John Williamson and Stephens surpassed the team record in the event by nearly two seconds, touching the wall in 3:09.50 to finish in fifth place. Buerger also set the fastest time in team history during his 100 backstroke split, clocking a blazing 47.17 to best his preliminary school record time of 47.53 from earlier in the day.
Tom Anderson opened the preliminary event portion of Friday’s meet by improving upon his own Notre Dame record in the 400 IM, clocking a 3:45.82 to qualify fifth for the event finals. An evening swim of 3:47.02 earned the Irish freshman a fifth place finish.
The 2014 ACC Championship will come to a close on Saturday, with the preliminary heats for the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly set to begin at 11 a.m. All championship information, including a full event schedule and live results, can be found at the official championship website,
http://theacc.co/SwimDiveChamps. Fans can also get updates by following along on Twitter, @NDSwimming and @ACCSwimDive.
2014 ACC Men’s Swimming Championship – Scores After Day Three
Virginia Tech -815.5 points
North Carolina State – 807.5 points
North Carolina – 675 points
Notre Dame – 652 points
Florida State – 646.5 points
Virginia – 636 points
Georgia Tech – 329.5 points
Duke – 325 points
Pittsburgh – 282 points
Boston College – 167 points
Miami (Fla.) – 128 points
Notre Dame Program Records
200 Medley Relay – Bogac Ayhan, Cameron Miller, Frank Dyer, Zach Stephens – 1:25.46.
800 Freestyle Relay – Colin Babcock, Frank Dyer, Kevin Hughes, Tom Anderson – 6:21.74.
200 Freestyle Relay – Frank Dyer, Zach Stephens, Matthew Buerger, Kevin Bradley – 1:18.72.
50 Freestyle – Frank Dyer (Leadoff Split) – 19.57.
200 IM – Zach Stephens – 1:44.01.
400 Medley Relay – Matthew Buerger, Cameron Miller, John Williamson, Zach Stephens – 3:09.50.
100 Backstroke – Matthew Buerger (Leadoff Split) – 47.17
400 IM – Tom Anderson (Prelim) – 3:45.82.
200 Freestyle – Frank Dyer – 1:33.20.
100 Breaststroke – Zach Stephens – 52.59.
Notre Dame NCAA `A’ Time Standards
200 Medley Relay – Bogac Ayhan, Cameron Miller, Frank Dyer, Zach Stephens – 1:25.46.
800 Freestyle Relay – Colin Babcock, Frank Dyer, Kevin Hughes, Tom Anderson – 6:21.74.
400 Medley Relay – Matthew Buerger, Cameron Miller, John Williamson, Zach Stephens – 3:09.50.
200 Freestyle – Frank Dyer – 1:33.20.
Notre Dame NCAA `B’ And Invitational Time Standards
200 Freestyle Relay – Frank Dyer, Zach Stephens, Matthew Buerger, Kevin Bradley – 1:18.72.
50 Freestyle – Frank Dyer (Leadoff Split) – 19.57.
50 Freestyle – Frank Dyer (Prelim) – 19.59.
50 Freestyle – Frank Dyer (Final) – 19.62.
500 Freestyle – John Williamson (Final) – 4:23.22.
500 Freestyle – Kevin Hughes (Final) – 4:23.26.
500 Freestyle – Tom Anderson (Final) – 4:24.06.
500 Freestyle – Kevin Hughes (Prelim) – 4:24.88.
500 Freestyle – Tom Anderson (Prelim) – 4:24.91.
200 IM – Zach Stephens (Final) – 1:44.01.
200 IM – Zach Stephens (Prelim) – 1:44.55.
200 IM – Colin Babcock (Prelim) – 1:45.12.
200 IM – Colin Babcock (Final) – 1:45.68.
200 IM – Matthew Buerger (Prelim) – 1:47.19.
200 IM – Patrick Olson (Prelim) – 1:48.24.
200 IM – Cameron Miller (Prelim) – 1:48.34.
200 IM – Bertie Nel (Prelim) – 1:48.48.
400 IM – Tom Anderson (Prelim) – 3:45.82.
400 IM – Tom Anderson (Final) – 3:47.02.
400 IM – John Nappi (Final) – 3:49.28.
400 IM – Kevin Bradley (Final) – 3:50.35.
400 IM – John Nappi (Prelim) – 3:50.49.
400 IM – Kevin Bradley (Prelim) – 3:53.11.
100 Fly – John Williamson (Prelim) – 47.20
100 Fly – John Williamson (Final) – 47.43
100 Fly – Bogac Ayhan (Prelim) – 48.26.
200 Free – Frank Dyer (Prelim) – 1:33.79.
200 Free – Kevin Hughes (Final) – 1:36.34.
200 Free – Kevin Hughes (Prelim) – 1:36.81.
200 Free – Trent Jackson (Final) – 1:36.86.
200 Free – Trent Jackson (Prelim) – 1:37.25.
100 Breast – Zach Stephens (Final) – 52.59.
100 Breast – Zach Stephens (Prelim) – 52.79.
100 Breast – Colin Babcock (Prelim) – 53.36.
100 Breast – Cameron Miller (Prelim) – 53.37.
100 Breast – Colin Babcock (Final) – 53.43.
100 Breast – Cameron Miller (Final) – 53.54.
100 Breast – Patrick Olson (Final) – 54.55.
100 Breast – Patrick Olson (Prelim) – 54.60.
100 Backstroke – Matthew Buerger (Leadoff Split) – 47.17.
100 Backstroke – Matthew Buerger (Final) – 47.44.
100 Backstroke – Matthew Buerger (Prelim) – 47.53.
100 Backstroke – Bogac Ayhan (Prelim) – 47.84.
100 Backstroke – Bogac Ayhan (Final) – 48.05.
Notre Dame All-Conference Accolades
Frank Dyer – 200 Freestyle (First Team)
Zach Stephens – 100 Breaststroke (First Team); 200 IM (Second Team)
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