2025 NC TAC Titans ESSZ Spring Senior Section
- March 6-10, 2025
- Triangle Aquatic Center, Raleigh, NC
- Meet Center
- Live Results: “2025 NC TAC Titans ESSZ Spring Senior Section” on Meet Mobile
After the first two days of the Cary, North Carolina sectionals, host team TAC Titans lead the way on scoring.
Among TAC’s top performers are 15-year-olds Sloane Whelehan and Carolin He. On the first night of competition, Whelehan anchored TAC’s 800 free B relay in a field-leading 1:45.80, nearly running down the A relay. Whelehan followed up that swim with an individual 200 free win the next day, logging a 1:48.48. Though off her 1:46.98 best from North Carolina’s high school states in February, Sloane’s time was fast enough to fend off the runner-up: her older sister, Meredith (1:48.78).
The Whelehans’ teammate, Carolin He, controlled the 100 breaststroke field. He raced to a 1:01.66 win, crushing her 1:02.39 PR from high school states. Three events later, the 15-year-old followed the win up with a runner-up finish in the 400 IM. Her time, 4:15.51, beat out her old personal best by 2.5 seconds. The win in this event went to TAC Titan and Tennessee commit Nicole Zettel, who logged a 4:12.60. Zettel finished 1.5 seconds off her 4:11.10 best from 2023.
Davis Jackson of the TAC Titans put up a dominant in the men’s 400 IM. Coming in with a 3:50.52 lifetime best from a TAC meet last November, Jackson cracked the 3:50 barrier. His time, 3:49.79, was good enough to win by nearly six seconds.
Other men’s events went to professional international swimmers, including Brazil’s Breno Correia in the 200 free (1:35.68) and Colombia’s Jorge Murillo in the 100 breast (52.35). Correia and Murillo both train in the Triangle Area, Correia for Wolfpack Elite and Murillo for TAC.
Two more days of competition remain.
Full winner list through day 2:
- Women’s 1000 free: Kaylee Dietrich (TAC) — 10:06.31
- Men’s 1000 free: Liam Drake (RSA) — 9:07.59
- Women’s 800 free relay: TAC Titans A — 7:14.40
- Men’s 800 free relay: TAC Titans B — 6:41.66
- Women’s 200 free: Sloane Whelehan (TAC) — 1:48.40
- Men’s 200 free: Breno Correia (WOLF) — 1:35.68
- Women’s 100 breast: Carolin He (TAC) — 1:01.66
- Men’s 100 breast: Jorge Murillo (TAC) — 52.35
- Women’s 100 fly: Nicole Nixon (TAC) — 52.85
- Men’s 100 fly: Channing Cloud (SMRT) — 48.13
- Women’s 400 IM: Nicole Zettel (TAC) — 4:12.60
- Men’s 400 IM: Davis Jackson (TAC) — 3:49.79
Team Scores Through Day 2:
Men
- TAC Titans — 580
- Kentucky Aquatics — 142
- South Carolina Swim Club — 106.5
- Columbia Swimming — 96
- City of Charleston Southern — 85
Women
- TAC Titans — 550
- Raleigh Swimming Association — 147
- Ensworth Aquatics — 127
- Waves of Wilmington — 81
- City of Charleston Southern — 70
