ACC Championships, Night 1 Finals: Florida State Men, Louisville Women Start with 200 Medley Relay Wins
The 2026 ACC Championships are off to a perhaps surprising start, with Louisville’s women and the Florida State men winning the 200 medley relay.
The two relays opened the swimming competition Tuesday night at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center after two days of diving. Louisville leapt from the third seed and denied Virginia the win in this event for a second straight year, while Florida State entered as the top seed in the men’s medley relay and defended a slim margin.
The action from night 1 (of swimming):
Women’s 200 medley relay
For a second straight year, the Virginia program that holds all the records in women’s relays didn’t win this one, though the Cavaliers improved from fourth to second. They were still two tenths behind Louisville, which won in 1:32.26, a second quicker than their in-season time.
That time came before Anastasia Gorbenko was on board to split 25.49 in breaststroke. Julie Mishler, Caroline Larsen and Julia Dennis comprised the team. Dennis split 20.63 off the end to carve nearly eight tenths out of Virginia’s lead.
Virginia’s team of Sara Curtis, Emma Weber, Claire Curzan and Bryn Greenwaldt went 1:32.46, a half-second slower than their seed time. Stanford, with Torri Huske splitting 21.78 in fly, was third. California was fourth with NC State fifth. The top seven teams, including Duke in sixth and North Carolina in seventh, earned NCAA cuts.
Event 5 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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MEET: @ 1:31.73 2/14/2023 University of Virginia, UVA-V
G Walsh, A Walsh, A Cuomo, K Douglass
CONF: # 1:31.10 3/19/2025 University of Virginia, UVA-V
C. Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, A. Moesch
AMER: $ 1:31.10 3/19/2023 University of Virginia, UVA-V
C. Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, A. Moesch
USOP: % 1:31.10 3/19/2023 University of Virginia, UVA-V
C. Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, A. Moesch
NCAA: ^ 1:31.10 3/19/2023 University of Virginia, UVA-V
C. Curzan, A. Walsh, G. Walsh, A. Moesch
Pool: & 1:32.16 3/18/2022 Virginia-VA, Virgi
G. Walsh, A. Wegner, A. Cuomo, K. Douglass
1:36.09 NCAA NCAA
1:36.57 PROV Provisional Relay
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Louisville 'A' 1:33.49 1:32.26 NCAA 64
1) Mishler, Julie FR 2) r:0.12 Gorbenko, Anastasia SO
3) r:0.19 Larsen, Caroline SO 4) r:0.05 Dennis, Julia SR
r:+0.55 23.73 49.22 (25.49)
1:11.63 (22.41) 1:32.26 (20.63)
2 UVA 'A' 1:31.91 1:32.46 NCAA 56
1) Curtis, Sara FR 2) r:0.27 Weber, Emma SR
3) r:0.06 Curzan, Claire 4) r:0.38 Greenwaldt, Bryn SR
r:+0.61 22.91 49.27 (26.36)
1:11.02 (21.75) 1:32.46 (21.44)
3 Stanford 'A' 1:33.29 1:32.94 NCAA 54
1) Berlin, Alana FR 2) r:0.03 Thomas, Lucy JR
3) r:0.15 Huske, Torri SR 4) r:0.23 Olasewere, Annam FR
r:+0.57 24.16 50.25 (26.09)
1:12.03 (21.78) 1:32.94 (20.91)
4 California 'A' 1:34.55 1:33.29 NCAA 52
1) Moluh, Mary-Ambre SO 2) r:0.24 Slyngstadli, Silje FR
3) r:0.17 Jia, Annie FR 4) r:0.04 West, Mia SO
r:+0.60 23.26 49.68 (26.42)
1:12.41 (22.73) 1:33.29 (20.88)
5 NC State 'A' 1:34.51 1:33.56 NCAA 50
1) Shackley, Leah SO 2) r:0.37 Jefimova, Eneli FR
3) r:0.22 Pelaez, Erika SO 4) r:0.16 Moses, Casaundra SR
r:+0.57 23.59 49.38 (25.79)
1:12.04 (22.66) 1:33.56 (21.52)
6 Duke 'A' 1:36.02 1:35.67 NCAA 48
1) Pfaff, Ali JR 2) r:0.21 Gridley, Kaelyn SR
3) r:0.08 White, Heather FR 4) r:0.11 Wall, Tatum SR
r:+0.80 23.99 50.85 (26.86)
1:14.60 (23.75) 1:35.67 (21.07)
7 UNC 'A' 1:37.81 1:35.99 NCAA 46
1) Frei, Sophia JR 2) r:0.04 Armand, Samantha JR
3) r:0.18 Meskill, Kamryn FR 4) r:0.18 Goettsch, Eden JR
r:+0.68 23.78 50.71 (26.93)
1:14.01 (23.30) 1:35.99 (21.98)
8 FSU 'A' 1:35.43 1:36.73 44
1) Velden, Alice SO 2) r:0.11 Mansson, Julia SR
3) r:0.25 McDade, Maryn SO 4) r:0.11 Hardman, Mary Leigh SO
r:+0.77 24.46 51.88 (27.42)
1:14.66 (22.78) 1:36.73 (22.07)
Men’s 200 medley relay
Florida State entered as the top seed by a tenth over Call and won by .11 seconds over the Golden Bears in a thrilling race.
Max Wilson, Tommaso Baravelli, Michel Arkhangelskiy and Sam Bork went 1:22.28. Cal was .11 back, with Louisville another .01 back, then Pitt at 1:22.57 and Stanford at 1:22.73. That quintet and Notre Dame in sixth made NCAAs.
Event 6 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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MEET: @ 1:21.54 2/18/2025 California, University of, Ber, California-A
B Seeliger, Y Okadome, O Rose, J Alexy
CONF: # 1:20.67 3/26/2023 North Carolina State Universit, NC St
K, Stokowski, M. Hunter, N. Korstanje, D. Curtiss
AMER: $ 1:20.92 3/26/2025 Indiana, Indiana
L. Barr, B. Benzing, F. Brooks, M. King
USOP: % 1:20.15 3/27/2024 Florida, Florida
A. Chaney, J. Smith, J. Liendo, M. McDuff
NCAA: ^ 1:20.15 3/27/2024 Florida, Florida
A. Chaney, J. Smith, J. Liendo, M. McDuff
Pool: & 1:21.13 3/24/2022 Florida, Flori
A. Chaney, D. Hillis, J. Friese, W. Davis
1:23.61 NCAA NCAA
1:23.61 IV25 Invited NCAA 2025
1:23.85 PROV Provisional Relay
School Seed Finals Points
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1 FSU 'A' 1:22.23 1:22.28 NCAA 64
1) Wilson, Max SR 2) r:0.10 Baravelli, Tommaso SR
3) r:0.03 Arkhangelskiy, chel SO 4) r:0.11 Bork, Sam SR
r:+0.62 20.64 43.85 (23.21)
1:03.26 (19.41) 1:22.28 (19.02)
2 California 'A' 1:22.33 1:22.39 NCAA 56
1) Petty, Evan 5Y 2) r:0.10 Okadome, Yamato SO
3) r:0.24 Quarles, Samuel JR 4) r:0.14 Battaglini, Lucca SO
r:+0.69 20.94 43.63 (22.69)
1:04.11 (20.48) 1:22.39 (18.28)
3 Louisville 'A' 1:23.16 1:22.40 NCAA 54
1) Crush, Charlie SR 2) r:0.23 Conklin, Finnley FR
3) r:0.03 Musso, Aiden SO 4) r:0.26 Sheremet, Nikita FR
r:+0.69 21.00 44.53 (23.53)
1:03.95 (19.42) 1:22.40 (18.45)
4 Pitt 'A' 1:25.33 1:22.57 NCAA 52
1) Leach, Mason SO 2) r:0.02 Hobson, Eli SO
3) r:0.02 Koch, Julian SO 4) r:0.11 Fabian, Donat 5Y
r:+0.60 21.27 44.50 (23.23)
1:03.73 (19.23) 1:22.57 (18.84)
5 Stanford 'A' 1:23.83 1:22.73 NCAA 50
1) Harrington, Ethan JR 2) r:0.13 Fan, Zhier SR
3) r:0.15 Gu, Rafael SR 4) r:0.03 Tan, Jonathan JR
r:+0.62 21.24 44.48 (23.24)
1:04.10 (19.62) 1:22.73 (18.63)
6 Notre Dame 'A' 1:24.69 1:23.44 NCAA 48
1) Janton, Tommy JR 2) r:0.27 Armour, Jack FR
3) r:0.25 Reyes-Gentry, Mrcus JR 4) r:0.09 Eckler, Shane FR
r:+0.58 20.82 44.83 (24.01)
1:04.82 (19.99) 1:23.44 (18.62)
7 VA Tech 'A' 1:24.63 1:23.75 PROV 46
1) Johnson, Connor FR 2) r:0.25 Martin, Eli SO
3) r:0.29 Hayon, Will SR 4) r:0.08 George Mathew, nish SR
r:+0.60 21.37 44.77 (23.40)
1:04.96 (20.19) 1:23.75 (18.79)
8 GT 'A' 1:24.74 1:24.29 44
1) Balduccini, Ricky JR 2) r:0.14 Caballero, Joao SR
3) r:0.12 Jones, Stephen SR 4) r:0.25 Yeboah, Robin JR
r:+0.61 21.55 44.77 (23.22)
1:05.21 (20.44) 1:24.29 (19.08)
Women’s platform diving
Women’s 800 freestyle relay
Men’s 800 freestyle relay
Men’s platform diving
