NC State’s Ryan Held Earns ACC Swimmer of the Week Honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. – After helping lead the #5 NC State men’s swimming & diving team to victory over #9 Texas Friday evening senior Ryan Held was named ACC Men’s Swimmer of the Week and sophomore James Brady was named ACC Men’s Diver of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.

Held contributed 29 points to the Wolfpack’s total of 176 as he won both the 50 and 100 freestyle, earning NCAA ‘B’ cuts in both. His 50 freestyle time of 19.57 is currently the second-fastest recorded in the country behind Caeleb Dressel of Florida, while his 43.16 finish in the 100 freestyle is the fourth-fastest. Both times sit atop the ACC top times list.

He was also part of the 200 medley relay team along with Coleman Stewart, Jacob Molacek and Justin Ress that took first place in the event with a time of 1:25.94 seconds; Held completed the third leg, finishing it in 18.98. NC State’s time in the 200 medley relay is currently second-fastest in the country behind Penn along with being fastest in the ACC.

Brady finished second on both the one and three-meter boards; his scores of 352.80 and 367.2 were both NCAA Zone marks.

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