2012-13 College Swimming & Diving Honors
North Carolina State It was after that series of meets that the Wolfpack truly started to; “Let the hunt begin.”(one of their season themes) It was then the Wolfpack began truly ramping up their belief in the program, themselves, and eager not only to be a factor at the conference level, but at the NCAA’s as well. Another key component Coach Holloway points to is the dynamics of their coaching staff. “Our staff is high energy, we play off of each other well, and are committed to the programs goals.” This young staff of, Todd Desorbo, Gary Taylor, Mallory Houchin, and Diving Coach Josh Karshen have quite a reputation of being animated, passionate, and knowledgeable.
turned into a reason to succeed. “When the relay arrived a dinner later that evening,” said Holloway “The rest of our Men stood in applause. It was that moment that defined our team and future performance at the meet.” Coach Holloway was right, the Wolfpack rebounded to capture several individual titles, and a gold in the 400 Free Relay. While a 5th place finish may be the middle of the ACC, the effort and attitude the team put in was worthy of a first.
“It was that moment that defined our team and future performance at the meet.”
ACC Championships 2013 The combination of a hungry team, and a united coaching staff resulted in one of NC State’s best performances at the ACC Championships in decades. However, that result did not come by the easiest of efforts. On the first night of competition, NC State stunned the rest of the ACC by capturing gold in the 800 Free Relay, but were later DQ’d for a swimmer entering the water before the rest of the competitors were finished. What could have been a disaster, was quickly
Heading into the NCAA’s the momentum continued: a 12th place finish in the 200 Free Relay, a 10th in the 400 Medley, Miesfield finishing 7th in the 100 Fly, 9th in the 800 Free Relay, an 11th place by Boffa in the 100 Free, and a 10th in the 400 Free Relay added up to 75 points good for 15th in the nation. Why Men’s Breakout Team 2013? One year ago, they took one swimmer and scored zero points at the NCAA meet. Twelve months later, they scored 74 points to place in the top 15. This would be their best finish at NCAA’s since 1975, holding themselves to a higher standard, enthusiastic coaching……. Let the hunt continue!
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