Eagles Shatter 18 School Records at ACC Championships

ATLANTA -- The Eagles wrapped up a competitive and successful week at the ACC Championships in the last meet before the NCAA Championships in March. Eighteen school records were set from Tuesday to Saturday in Atlanta, and nine Eagles scored in their events, including two swimmers earning top-sixteen finishes across three races.

Megan Kramer punctuated her sensational freshman campaign with five school records and two trips to the finals round. It started on night one in the women's 800 freestyle relay, when Kramer broke her own 200 freestyle record on the leadoff leg, setting the new mark of 1:49.24. The final three legs of Ashleigh Scott, Olivia Howard, and Lindsey Ryalls combined to break the relay record as well, with the team setting the new mark of 7:26.63. On day two Megan made more history, swimming a 4:48.3 in the 500 freestyle, breaking her own record and becoming the highest finish in the women's swimming ACC Championship in program history, placing 12th. In the 1650 Freestyle, Megan added a 14th place finish to her resume, breaking her own mile record (16:36.30), and shattering her 1000 Freestyle record by five seconds in the process, with a 9:56.84.

Gigi Baldacci added two school records, first in the 100 Breaststroke, an event she has dominated in the 2021-22 campaign. With a 1:02.45, she broke her own record, making it the third time she set the school record during this season alone. Baldacci also anchored the record-setting 400 freestyle relay, where along with Ashleigh Scott, Haley Dolan, and Sofia Zinis, the team set the new mark with a 3:22.71.

Haley Dolan added an individual record in the 50 Freestyle, writing her name at the top of the Boston College list with a 22.75, earning an NCAA B Cut in the process.

On the men's side, freshman Jack Doyle put together a stellar week of competition, setting four program records, qualifying for two finals rounds, and earning an NCAA B Cut. Doyle established supremacy in the individual medley, breaking the program record and earning the NCAA B Cut in the 200 IM (1:46.23), and setting, then re-setting the record in the 400 IM, with a best time of 3:51.60. He also swam second on the record-setting 200 medley relay team (1:27.51), along with Sam Roche, Kyle Floyd, and Matt Szekely.

In the leadoff leg of the 200 medley relay, Sam Roche broke out with the fourth-fastest 50 Backstroke split in the entire field, breaking his own school record in that race with a 21.36. Roche, Kyle Floyd, and Matt Szekely teamed up with Zander Santana to set the Boston College records in both the 200 freestyle relay (1:20.28) and the 400 freestyle relay (2:57.78). The 800 Freestyle relay record fell as well, with Santana and Szekely joining Bryce Henkel and Andres Wong to set the new mark with a 6:33.47.

Matt Szekely added an individual record in the 100 Butterfly with a 47.67 to set the new mark. In the 1650 Freestyle, Zach Szmania swam a 9:16.61 for the first 1000, breaking his own program record in the 1000 and placing 15th in the 1650 Free, becoming the second-highest ACC finisher in men's program history.

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Eagles Shatter 18 School Records at ACC Championships

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Players Mentioned

Gigi Baldacci

Haley Dolan

Jack Doyle

Kyle Floyd

Bryce Henkel

Olivia Howard

Megan Kramer

Sam Roche

Lindsey Ryalls

Zander Santana

Ashleigh Scott

Matt Szekely

Andres Wong

Sofia Zinis