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Leah Shackley, Daniel Diehl Impress in NC State Victories vs. UNC

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Leah Shackley, Daniel Diehl Impress in NC State Victories Over North Carolina

The North Carolina State Wolfpack hosted the rival North Carolina Tar Heels Friday evening in Raleigh and came away with a pair of victories, with a pair of young swimmers standing out. Freshman Leah Shackley won three individual events and contributed to a winning medley relay squad as NC State won 170.5-129.5, and sophomore Daniel Diehl led the NC State men to a 165-134 win.

NC State’s team of Erika PelaezAubree Brouwer, Shackley and Olivia Nel recorded a time of 1:34.26 in a 200 medley relay win, with Nel splitting 21.39 to pull away from UNC’s anchor swimmer, her twin sister Georgia Nel. Shackley blasted a time of 1:54.30 for the top spot in the 200 butterfly, and she blasted a mark of 1:50.56 to win the 200 back. In her third win of the day, Shackley clocked 50.90 in the 100 fly.

Pelaez won an individual victory in the 200 freestyle (1:45.79), and Kennedy Noble clocked 50.75 for a win in the 100 backstroke. After finishing second to Shackley in the 200 back, Noble swam a mark of 1:56.38 to win the 200 IM. The Wolfpack’s Chase Travis topped the 1000 free (9:33.38) and 500 free (4:44.15), and Tyler Driscoll tied with UNC’s Greer Pattison atop the 50 free, with both swimmers clocking 22.07. Olivia Nel won the 100 free (48.29), and she anchored the NC State 400 free relay, joining Lily Christianson, Pelaez and Casaundra Moses to win in 3:12.95.

The Tar Heels got on the board as Skyler Smith won the 100 breaststroke in a strong time of 58.49, and she returned to post a time of 2:08.85 in the 200 breast, beating NC State’s Lisa Nystrand by four hundredths. In diving, Aranza Vázquez Montaño placed first in 3-meter (339.30) and 1-meter (315.80).

The Wolfpack men won the 200 medley relay by three tenths as Quintin McCarthySam HooverLuke Miller and Drew Sallas posted a time of 1:22.98. Miller grabbed the win in the 50 free (19.32), and he returned to win the 100 fly in 44.97. Meanwhile, Diehl swam a time of 1:32.75 to finish atop the 200 free before winning the 200 back in 1:39.62. In his third individual race, Diehl held off UNC’s Louis Dramm in the 200 IM, 1:42.58 to 1:42.75.

Lance Norris was the best of NC State’s distance stars in the 1000 free, clocking 8:43.60, and he added a triumph in the 500 free (4:20.19). Kaii Winkler finished in 42.04 to take first in the 100 free, and he led off the 400 free relay, combining with Hudson Williams, Miller and Hoover to win in 2:49.80.

Walker Davis won the 100 back for North Carolina with a time of 46.13, followed by Ben Delmar posting a blazing time of 51.44 in the 100 breast. Delmar later went 1:51.84 to finish almost five seconds ahead of the field in the 200 breast. Seb Lunak was the winner of the 200 fly, touching in 1:41.71. UNC’s Roldolfo Vázquez Montaño won 1-meter diving (308.63) as well as 3-meter (333.68).

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