Irish Break School Record Twice and Medal to Close the ACC Championships

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ATLANTA, Ga. — On the final day of the ACC Championships, the Irish set a new school record twice and earned a medal at the McAuley Aquatic Pavilion in Atlanta. Graduate student Kelly Straub picked up bronze in the platform diving event while freshman Chris Guiliano broke the school record in the 100 freestyle twice in the finals portion of the evening. At the end of the championships, the women finished in sixth with 651 points and the men finished eighth with 474 points.

In the 100 freestyle prelims, Sydney Whiting clinched a spot in the B Final for the women. On the men’s side, Guiliano (42.82) and Cason Wilburn (43.22) both clinched finals bids. Guiliano swam the second-fastest time in program history and Wilburn’s was the sixth-fastest.

Guiliano one-upped his prelim performance in the finals by breaking the school record with a time of 42.60. He finished 11th overall in the finals and Wilburn placed 22nd with a 43.52. Whiting performed well in the B Final, setting a PR and improved her eighth-fastest time in program history.

Later in the night, Guiliano broke his record in the lead-off leg of the 400 medley relay. He swam a 42.34 to set the new school record as the relay team of Guiliano, Cason Wilburn, Alec Delong and Stephan Lukashev finished sixth with a B Cut time of 2:51.68.

On the diving board, the Irish snagged their second medal of the championships. Straub qualified for her second finals of the championship after finishing in sixth in the prelims of the platform diving with a score of 264.05. Annie Wiese (231.85) finished 12th in the prelims and Callie Brady finished in 27th (199.05). Later in the finals, Straub put together the third-best score of 287.65 to earn bronze.

The Irish started the morning off with four finals qualifiers in the 200 backstroke prelims. Kallie Chelsvig (1:55.22), Annie Behm (1:56.68), Ana Herceg (1:57.51) and Madelyn Christman (1:57.73) all qualified for the finals. Chelsvig led the women once again in the finals, finishing 10th overall with a PR of 1:55.16. Christman also PR’d in the event when she finished first in the C Final with a time of 1:55.08. Christman now holds the seventh-best time in program history and Chelsvig is right behind her with the eighth-best time. Behm also cracked the top-10 list as her prelim time is the 10th-fastest.

On the men’s side, Kaden Smesko (1:44.89) earned a spot in the C Final. Smesko finished 23rd overall with a 1:45.21.

A trio of Irish qualified for the women’s 200 breaststroke finals. Sarah Bender (2:13.35), Ellie Jew (2:13.69) and Reese Lugbill (2:15.26) all earned finals swims with Bender in the B Final and Jew and Lugbill in the C Final. Bender placed 14th with a time of 2:13.54 while Jew finished 18th (2:13.07) and Lugbill finished 23rd (2:14.12). Jew now holds the sixth-fastest time in program history while Bender ranks eighth on the all-time list.

For the men, Josh Bottelberghe earned another spot in the A Final with the fifth-fastest time of the prelims (1:53.69). Tyler Christianson (1:55.62) and Sean Faikish (1:55.81) also earned spots in the 200 breast finals. Christianson will compete in the B Final and Faikish will compete in the C Final. Bottelberghe finished fourth in the A Final with a 1:52.61. Christianson placed 13th overall (1:54.47) while Faikish finished 19th (1:56.46).

Final Results

Women’s 1-Meter Diving
7. Kelly Straub – 286.55
12. Annie Wiese – 251.30
14. Calie Brady – 242.00

Men’s 3-Meter Diving
33. David Petrison – 252.70
35. William Rains – 243.90

Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay
8. Ana Herceg, Kallie Chelsvig, Annie Behm and Sydney Whiting – 7:10.81

Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay
8. Madelyn Christman, Coleen Gillilan, Maddie Potter and Quinn Scannell – 1:30.07

Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay
6. Chris Guiliano, Cason Wilburn, Stephan Lukashev, Josh Bottelberghe – 1:16.98 (A)

Women’s 500 Freestyle
9. Luciana Thomas 4:44.96 (B)
21. Sammie Eyolfson – 4:49.57
26. Maggie Graves – 4:52.23
35.Kallie Chelsvig – 4:54.82
44. Ana Herceg – 4:59.23

Men’s 500 Freestyle
15. Liam Hutchinson – 4:20.47 (B)
21. Max Miranda – 4:21.84 (B)
24. Josh Brown – 4:25.41
35. Thatcher Scannell – 4:27.91
41. Jack Fitzpatrick – 4:33.11

Women’s 200 IM
14. Coleen Gillilan – 1:57.24 (B)
39. Sarah Bender – 2:02.47
40. Ellie Jew – 2:02.63
43. Elizabeth Fry – 2:03.03
48. Megan Deuel – 2:04.50

Men’s 200 IM
22. Sean Faikish – 1:46.42 (B)
26. Tyler Christianson – 1:46.97
28. Andrew Winton – 1:47.60

Women’s 50 Freestyle
29. Madelyn Christman – 22.99
32. Quinn Scannell – 23.05
35. Maddie Potter – 23.09
44. Jessica Geriane – 23.31
51. Sydney Whiting – 23.43

Men’s 50 Freestyle
11. Chris Guiliano – 19.35 (B)
27. Stephan Lukashev – 19.92 (B)
37. Josh Bottelberghe – 20.13
40. Alex Delong – 20.22
51. Topher Stensby – 20.42
53. Zachary Smith – 20.61
55. Max Myers – 20.65
58. Charles Korndorffer – 20.89
62. Kaden Smesko – 21.06

Men’s 1-Meter Diving
29. David Petrison – 247.85
36. William Rains – 227.20

Women’s 200 Medley Relay
7. Jessica Geriane, Elizabeth Fry, Coleen Gillilan and Madelyn Christman – 1:37.53 (A)

Men’s 200 Medley Relay
5. Kaden Smesko, Josh Bottelberghe, Cason Wilburn and Chris Guiliano – 1:23.81 (A)

Women’s 400 IM
8. Luciana Thomas – 4:13.16 (B)
25. Reese Lugbill – 4:20.58
26. Sarah Bender – 4:21.08
30. Sammie Eyolfson – 4:23.28

Men’s 400 IM
7. Tyler Christianson – 3:47.10 (B)
9. Sean Faikish – 3:46.74 (B)
14. Max Miranda – 3:49.30 (B)
19. Jack Fitzpatrick – 3:50.21 (B)
20. Andrew Winton – 3:51.05 (B)
31. Josh Brown – 3:58.44

Women’s 100 Butterfly
6. Coleen Gillilan – 52.13 (B)
20. Megan Deuel – 53.19 (B)
22. Maddie Potter – 53.59 (B)
31. Emma Gleason – 54.50
35. Quinn Scannell – 55.11

Men’s 100 Butterfly
16. Cason Wilburn – 46.36 (B)
27. Charles Korndorffer – 47.13 (B)
28. Zachary Smith – 47.28 (B)
32. Stephan Lukashev – 47.42 (B)
46. Max Myers – 49.85

Women’s 200 Freestyle
11. Ana Herceg – 1:46.46 (B)
16. Sydney Whiting – 1:47.08 (B)
27. Kallie Chelsvig – 1:48.14
39. Annie Behm – 1:49.73
57. Maggie Graves – 1:52.84

Men’s 200 Freestyle
26. Alex Delong – 1:36.34
28. Liam Hutchinson – 1:36.45
40. Thatcher Scannell – 1:38.13

Women’s 3-Meter Diving
9. Kelly Straub – 305.75
14. Annie Wiese – 283.95
21. Calie Brady – 270.10

Women’s 200 Butterfly
8. Coleen Gillilan – 1:55.85 (B)
11. Luciana Thomas – 1:55.83 (B)
14. Megan Deuel – 1:56.72 (B)
25. Emma Gleason – 1:59.75

Men’s 200 Butterfly
8. Zachary Smith – 1:44.63 (B)
20. Max Miranda – 1:45.21 (B)
28. Stephan Lukashev – 1:48.34

Women’s 100 Backstroke
19. Madelyn Christman – 53.33 (B)
25. Jess Geriane – 54.22
31. Annie Behm – 54.72

Men’s 100 Backstroke
19. Kaden Smesko – 46.98 (B)
20. Charles Korndorffer – 47.09 (B)

Women’s 100 Breaststroke
14. Ellie Jew – 1:00.68 (B)
22. Elizabeth Fry – 1:01.33 (B)
31. Reese Lugbill – 1:03.26

Men’s 100 Breaststroke
2. Josh Bottelberghe – 51.61 (B)

Women’s 400 Medley Relay
7. Madelyn Christman, Ellie Jew, Coleen Gillilan and Sydney Whiting – 3:34.11

Men’s 400 Medley Relay
6. Kaden Smesko, Josh Bottelberghe, Cason Wilburn and Chris Guiliano – 3:06.28

Men’s Platform Diving
28. David Petrison – 234.90
31. William Rains – 206.45

Women’s 200 Backstroke
11. Kallie Chelsvig – 1:55.16 (B)
16. Annie Behm – 1:56.78 (B)
17. Madelyn Christman – 1:55.08 (B)
24. Ana Herceg – 1:57.96

Men’s 200 Backstroke
23. Kaden Smesko – 1:45.21 (B)
34. Jack Fitzpatrick – 1:46.94

Women’s 100 Freestyle
13. Sydney Whiting – 49.35 (B)
28. Quinn Scannell – 50.13
36. Maddie Potter – 50.51
41. Jess Geriane – 50.78

Men’s 100 Freestyle
11. Chris Guiliano – 42.60 (B)
22. Cason Wilburn – 43.52 (B)
28. Alec Delong – 44.00
45. Topher Stensby – 44.75
48. Thatcher Scannell – 45.17
49. Max Myers – 45.18

Women’s 200 Breaststroke
14. Sarah Bender –  2:13.54 (B)
18. Ellie Jew – 2:13.07 (B)
23. Reese Lugbill – 2:14.12
31. Elizabeth Fry – 2:16.97

Men’s 200 Breaststroke
4. Josh Bottelberghe – 1:52.61 (B)
13. Tyler Christianson – 1:54.47 (B)
19. Sean Faikish – 1:56.46 (B)
34. Andrew Winton – 2:01.45

Women’s Platform Diving
3. Kelly Straub – 287.65
12. Annie Wiese – 231.85
27. Calie Brady – 199.05

Women’s 1650 Freestyle
10. Sammie Eyolfson – 16:30.12 (B)
13. Maggie Graves – 16:33.73

Men’s 1650 Freestyle
6. Joshua Brown – 15:04.02 (B)
17. Liam Hutchinson – 15:28.75

Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay
7. Sydney Whiting, Madelyn Christman, Quinn Scannell and Kallie Chelsvig – 3:16.41

Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay
6. Chris Guiliano, Cason Wilburn, Alec Delong and Stephan Lukashev – 2:51.68 (B)

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