By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
Raleigh Rumble
- November 7-8, 2025
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- SCY (25 Yards)
- Full Meet Results: Also Available as “2025 Raleigh Rumble” on Meet Mobile
Combined Team Scores
- NC State — 1580
- Ohio State — 1031.5
- Virginia Tech — 793.5
Women’s Team Scores
- NC State — 790
- Ohio State — 546
- Virginia Tech — 364.5
Men’s Team Scores
- NC State — 790
- Ohio State — 485.5
- Virginia Tech — 429
The final session of the 2025 Raleigh Rumble concluded on Saturday morning, and the end of the meet saw NC State win the men’s and women’s meets as well as the combined team scores in dominant fashion.
Women’s Recap
The last session started with the final round of knockout 50s, which saw seven of the eight swimmers come from NC State.
Tyler Driscoll started the morning with a win in the 50 fly at 23.31 for the Wolfpack with teammate Erika Pelaez coming in just behind at 23.46. This was a little more than a tenth of the 23.18 she swam in round one on Friday morning.
Leah Shackley swam 23.55 to finish 1st in the 50 back, a little more than half-a-second ahead of Kennedy Noble‘s 24.13.
The 50 breast was the only 50 where a non-NC State swimmer raced in the final, but Wolfpack freshman Eneli Jefimova still won the event in 26.43, a tenth off the 26.30 she swam in round one to set the school record. Ohio State’s Maria Ramos Najji finished 2nd in 27.22.
Finally, the 50 free went to Cassie Moses in 22.08, a little more than two tenths ahead of Lily Christianson‘s 22.31.
Ohio State’s first win of the session came from sophomore Mila Nikanorov, who picked up her 2nd event win of the meet in the 500 freestyle with her time of 4:42.52, which was about six seconds off her lifetime best of 4:36.38.
Erika Pelaez brought NC State back to the top of the podium with her 200 free swim of 1:44.83, which beat Ohio State’s Rachel Bockrath‘s swim of 1:45.38 by more than half-a-second.
The session was broken up with a 200 medley relay in the middle, which went to NC State’s champion 50 team of Shackley (23.79), Jefimova (26.41), Pelaez (23.32), and Moses (21.50) in 1:35.02.
The final women’s individual event of the meet was the women’s 200 IM, which saw an NC State top three. Kennedy Noble won the event in 1:56.85, the 9th fastest time in the country before this weekend. Lisa Nystrand finished 2nd in 1:57.96, and Teia Salvino was 3rd in 1:59.10 as the final swimmer under 2:00.
Finally, the three-session meet ended with the 400 freestyle relay, which, again, went to NC State. Cassie Moses (48.66), Lily King (48.66), Lily Christianson (48.53), and Erika Pelaez (47.38) swam 3:13.23 to touch more than two seconds ahead of Ohio State.
Men’s Recap
All three men’s teams earned at least one win in the final heats of the 50s. Ohio State’s Matthew Klinge won the 50 fly in 20.37, touching a tenth ahead of NC State’s Aiden Hayes‘s 20.46.
The Wolfpack won the 50 back, with Quintin McCarty‘s 20.88 coming in three tenths ahead of teammate Hudson Williams‘s 21.13, and the 50 breast with Arsen Kozhakhmetov swimming 24.03 to beat Ohio State’s Ahmed Ismail who touched in 24.24.
The 50 free went to Virginia Tech junior Brendan Whitfield with his time of 19.11 coming in just over a tenth ahead of Jerry Fox‘s 19.25 for NC State.
Kaii Winkler swam 1:32.51 in the men’s 200 freestyle to lead the NC State top three in the event and set the 5th fastest time in the country coming into this weekend. Daniel Diehl (1:34.75) and Jerry Fox (1:34.77) finished 2nd and 3rd for the team.
The men’s 200 medley relay saw some of the 50 swimmers retake the pool and NC State walk home with the win. Hudson Williams (21.37), Arsen Kozhakhmetov (23.55), Aiden Hayes (20.08), and Drew Salls (18.63) swam 1:23.63 to beat the Virginia Tech team by three seconds.
Max Carlsen made it three straight for the Wolfpack with his top time of 4:16.62 in the 500 freestyle placing him more than two seconds ahead of teammate Mikolaj Filipiak‘s 4:19.04 for 2nd. Carlsen’s time was less than a second off his lifetime best of 4:15.74 from last month’s DMT.
The final men’s individual event of the meet also went to NC State with junior Daniel Diehl swimming 1:43.45 in the 200 IM to win by two seconds over Ohio State’s Tristan Jankovics. Diehl was about two seconds off his lifetime best of 1:41.39 from last year’s Wolfpack Elite Invite.
The Raleigh Rumble concluded with the men’s 400 freestyle relay which saw NC State win their 5th straight event of the session in 2:48.26. Kaii Winkler (41.67), Jerry Fox (42.55), Drew Salls (42.22), and Hudson Williams (41.82) came in four seconds ahead of Virginia Tech’s time of 2:52.81 for 2nd.
Up Next
NC State and Virginia Tech will both race again at the Wolfpack Elite Invite from November 20th-22nd, while Ohio State will host their own midseason invite from the 18th-21st.
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