Men's Swimming Win Gold and Silver in First Day of ACC Championships

Wednesday, February 21

Greensboro, N.C.

All Day

University of Louisville

ACC Men's Championships

Louisville SO Marcelo Acosta reacts as he wins the 1650 Yard Freestyle during the 2017 ACC Men?s Swimming Championship in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, Mar. 2, 2017. (Photo by Todd Kirkland, theACC.com)

Men's Swimming Win Gold and Silver in First Day of ACC Championships

February 21, 2018 | Swimming & Diving

Cards have two NCAA A-Cuts in the first two relays of the Championship

By: Nancy Worley

The first day of racing at the 2018 Men's ACC Swimming and Diving Championships was short but sweet for the Louisville Cardinals.

After one day of racing and 3-meter diving (contested last week in conjunction with the women's meet), the Cardinals sit in seventh. NC State leads the league with a 158 points followed by FSU (157), Duke (147), UNC (143), Virginia Tech (140), Notre Dame (138), Louisville (127), Virginia (121), Pitt (86), Boston College 66, Georgia Tech (65) and Miami (22).

In the first event of the evening, the Cards turned in a gold medal performance in the 200 medley relay. After trailing through each of the first three legs, Louisville came from behind in the last 50 to win the 200 medley relay for the first time on the strength of Andrej Barna's anchor leg of 18.54. Louisville took the title with a 1:23.41 put up by Nicolas Albiero (20.95), Carlos Claverie (23.55), Zach Harting (20.37) and Andrej Barna (18.54).

In the other event of the evening, the Cards took silver in the 800 free relay with a time of 6:16.88. Sam Steele (1:34.76), Zach Harting (1:32.33), Marcelo Acosta (1:34.84), and Jarrett Jones (1:34.95) put up the A-cut time.