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Elle Scott Breaks National High School Record in 100 Breaststroke at North Carolina State Meet
2025 NCISAA Swimming & Diving Championships – Division III
- February 10, 2025
- Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Short Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims/Finals
- Full Meet Results
A National Record by senior Elle Scott led the Charlotte Country Day girls to their second consecutive North Carolina private schools 3A state title, while the Ravenscroft boys won a nail-biter that came down to the final relay.
Girls’ Recap
Top 5 Teams:
- Charlotte Country Day Buccaneers – 385
- Providence Day Chargers – 314
- Cary Academy Chargers – 313
- Charlotte Latin Hawks – 216
- Durham Academy Cavaliers – 178
US Junior National Team member Elle Scott was the star of the meet, setting a new National Record for independent high school swimmers in the 100 breaststroke final.
She swam 58.56 in prelims to break the record before marking 58.93 in finals at the end of a long day of racing, with both prelims and finals coming on the same day.
Her heats swim broke the record that was set in 2018 by Alex Walsh of Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, done when she was just a sophomore. Walsh swam 58.88 at the Tennessee State Championship meet that year before going on to a decorated career at the University of Virginia, where she is currently a 5th year. Walsh is a two-time Olympian for the USA.
The overall and public schools record still belongs to current USC Trojan Kaitlyn Dobler, who swam 58.35 in 2020.
| Elle Scott | Alex Walsh | Kaitlyn Dobler | |
| 2025 NCISAA | 2018 Tennessee HS State Championships |
2020 Oregon 6A State Championships |
|
| 50y | 27.66 | 27.92 | 27.50 |
| 100y | 30.90 | 30.96 | 30.85 |
| Total Time | 58.56 | 58.88 | 58.35 |
Scott falls somewhere between Walsh and Dobler in terms of opening pace in this race. That sort of falls in line with her general versatility.
She also picked up wins at the meet as the breaststroke leg of Charlotte Country Day’s 200 medley relay, where she split 27.42 on the breaststroke leg. The rest of that team included Taylor Klein (26.08 – backstroke), Caroline Mallard (23.89 – fly), and Cate Wickerham (24.29 – free). Everyone besides Scott returns to that relay next season, and they won the event by almost six-and-a-half seconds.
Scott also won the 200 IM in 1:56.60, and anchored the winning 400 free relay at the end of the meet with a 48.87 closing split. That relay included Esme van Orden (50.95), Kaylee Daniell (51.23), and Wickerham (53.27).
Scott is committed to swim at Cal next season and is already almost a second clear of the Golden Bears’ best breaststroker this season – Margaux McDonald, who swam 59.53 at ACCs last week.
The Purdue commit Mallard, who swam the fly leg on that winning 200 medley relay (and outsplit every butterflier and freestyler in the field) also picked up a dominating win in the 100 fly in 53.34, shaving .02 seconds off her previous best. Her teammate Taylor Klein finished 2nd in 54.00.
Mallard was runner-up in the 50 free in 23.30 behind junior Caden Martin of the Cary Academy Chargers.
Martin also won the 100 free to sweep the sprint free events, touching in 49.35 ahead of van Orden (51.17).
Those are both second-straight state titles for Martin, though last year she swept the events at Arkansas’ 1A-4A state meet. Martin is committed to Virginia for fall 2026.
Along with a pair of runner-up finishes from Caroline He (100 breast in 1:02.39, 200 IM in 1:59.61) helped Cary Academy to a third-place finish after finishing 2nd last year.
Mallard also led CCD to a win in the other relay, the 200 free relay, without Scott. She split 23.38 on the leadoff leg, and joined with Klein (23.32), Kaylee Daniell (23.88), and Van Orden (23.27) for the win.
Meanwhile, Providence Day School jumped from 4th last season to runner-up this season on the strength of a strong middle distance crew. In the 200 free, Zetta Bartee won in a best time of 1:48.82, successfully defending her title from last year, while Clarke Neace finished 3rd in 1:49.48. Neace then won the 500 free in a new best time of 4:47.98 – in an event that she didn’t even swim at last year’s state meet. That’s a 1.51 second drop for her.
Mens’ Recap
Top 5 Teams:
- Ravenscroft Ravens – 339
- Charlotte Latin Hawks – 336
- Cary Academy Chargers – 257
- Durham Academy Cavaliers – 223
- Charlotte Country Day Buccaneers – 222
On the boys’ side, the Ravenscroft Ravens pulled off a narrow three-point upset over the defending champions from Charlotte Latin. Last year, Charlotte Latin won by 196 points. This year, the meet came down to the final lap of the final relay.
With Ravenscroft and Charlotte Latin the heavy favorites on paper, whichever team won the boys’ 400 free relay would take the meet.
The two teams used very different lineup strategies. Ravenscroft led off with their best, Mattaus Rammel, and jumped out to a big lead. Charlotte Latin did just enough to give their best swimmer, Junior National Team member Norvin Clontz, a shot at the end.
But ultimately, Ravenscroft senior Drew Davis, racing from the front, had just enough to hold off Clontz’s 44.58 split at the touch.
Side-by-Side Splits
| Ravenscroft | Charlotte Latin | |||
| 100y | Mattaus Rammel (JR) | 44.78 | Thomas Greathouse (SO) | 46.09 |
| 200y | David Davis (FR) | 47.57 | David Sammons (FR) | 45.34 |
| 300y | Kaleb James (SR) | 46.20 | Bryce Spangler (SR) | 48.05 |
| 400y | Drew Davis (SR) | 45.27 | Norvy Clontz (SR) | 44.58 |
| Final Time | 3:03.82 | 3:04.06 |
Charlotte Latin started the meet off with a win in the 200 medley in 1:32.07, with a team of David Sammons (23.50 – backstroke), Clontz (25.08 – breaststroke), Bryce Spangler (22.66 – fly), and Thomas Greathouse (20.83 – free) winning by a second-and-a-half over Ravenscroft. Sammons is only a freshman, but still managed the second-best backstroke split of the field behind Granger Bartee from Providence Day (22.40).
Sammons swam only a pair of relays at the meet and no individual events.
Ravenscroft’s runner-up effort in the medley relay was led by a 21.13 fly split from Rammel.
Ravenscroft then won the 200 free relay in 1:25.51, with another narrow-win – though this time they were holding off the Cannon Cougars.
Kaleb James (21.26), Frank Hassell (22.28), Jackson Bubar (21.20), and Drew Davis (20.87) took the win with an all senior relay. Cannon was .03 seconds behind, with senior John Kroll splitting 20.46, but Davis again holding on for the win.
A lot of those big relay swimmers showed up again at the top of individual podiums. Bartee, after his electric medley relay leadoff, won the 100 free in 45.04 and the 100 back in 48.48. He ends his high school career with six state titles: two won as a freshman (100 fly and 200 free), then the 100 back as a sophomore, 100 free as a junior, and now both the 100 back and 100 free as a senior.
Kaleb James from Ravenscroft won the 100 breaststroke in 56.78, holding off Bryce Spangler from Charlotte Latin (57.03) in another close race that could have swung the meet.
John Kroll, who nearly overcame Ravenscroft in the 200 free relay, did overcome them in the individual 50 free. He won in 20.61, beating out Rammel in 20.89.
Rammel came back after the diving break to win the 100 fly in 47.68.
Clontz, meanwhile, picked up a win in the 200 free in 1:36.67, an All-America time, over Charlotte Country Day sophomore Santi Alzate-Celin (1:39.00).
In the 500 free later in the session, Alzate-Celin got his clapback, winning in 4:23.83 to Clontz’s 4:25.93.
Those two races were the same finish order between the same two swimmers as last year’s state meet, though last year’s results were a bit faster in those events in general.
Durham Academy’s Ian Platts-Mills won the 200 IM in 1:47.34, setting a new NCISAA Record. That was his first individual state title in his last meet before matriculating to Cal in the fall. He also finished 2nd in the 100 back behind Bartee.
Coming off two impressive wins over VCU and East Carolina in the Chapel Hill Regional, the North Carolina Tar Heels head into Sunday’s matchup against Tennessee with significant momentum.
With all that being said, here is who will start on the mound for the Tar Heels on Sunday, with a lineup projection against the Volunteers in the third and final game of the regional round of the tournament.
Starting Pitcher Against Tennessee
Earlier this week, head coach Scott Forbes announced Ryan Lynch and Jason DeCaro would serve as the starters for the Tar Heels’ opening two games in the Chapel Hill Regional. With Caden Glauber contributing 4.1 innings on Saturday, compiling eight strikeouts while giving up three hits and two runs, Glauber could be less likely to start. However, I expect the true freshman to sprinkle in a few innings on Sunday against Tennessee.
- “Most of the time it becomes, ‘Okay, what do we feel like is the better matchup’ even though we feel like they match up well against anybody, and they [aren’t going to] be scared of anybody,” Forbes said. “That’s why we decided to go Lynch game one against VCU, and DeCaro will go game two against East Carolina or Tennessee.”
- “I feel like we have multiple aces,” Forbes said. “I feel like Jason DeCaro and Ryan Lynch are both Friday night guys.”
Projected Starting Lineup
Through the first two games of the regional round of the tournament, the Tar Heels are averaging 7.5 runs and 11 hits per outing. Based on what Forbes has rolled out in the opening games against VCU and East Carolina, I expect North Carolina’s batting lineup to look very similar, if not exactly the same.
While the Tar Heels coasted to victory over VCU and faced no adversity, jumping out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning en route to an 8-0 win. That was not the case on Saturday night, as the start of the game was a reciprocated experience for North Carolina, which fell behind 3-0 heading into the fourth inning.
“This team’s mature, they know we’ve played good teams all year, good midweek teams, and I’ve told them it’s about how we play, it’s not about the opponent,” Forbes said. “All of our focus has been on us, number one.”
With all that said, the Tar Heels’ projected batting lineup, in order, is Jake Schaffner, Gavin Gallaher, Owen Hull, Macon Winslow, Cooper Nicholson, Tyler Howe, Colin Hynek, Erik Paulsen, and Rom Kellis V.
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North Carolina has landed what is seemingly the final major piece of its frontcourt for the 2026-27 season, multiple sources have confirmed. Alexandros Samodurov announced his commitment to the Tar Heels on Saturday by way of Jonathan Givony of Draft Express.
The 6-foot-11 Greek native will bring international experience and an advanced skillset to a UNC program that was still looking to add a starting-worthy big man to its rotation. He’ll join 18-year-old 7-footer Sayon Keita, who committed to UNC a month ago, to man most of the minutes in the middle.
Now 21 years old, Samodurov plays for Panathinaikos in Greece’s top pro league, and also in EuroLeague. This is the same professional club as fellow Greece national team standout and UNC transfer commitment Neoklis Avdalas.
Samodurov earned All-Star honors with the Greece U20 National Team last summer, averaging 17.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.4 blocks at the FIBA U20 Eurobasket. He also averaged 4.9 points and 4.6 rebounds playing for the Greece Senior National Team last year.
>>> Expert Analysis: Samodurov Addition All About Stretch Big Skill Set for UNC
“The Panathinaikos forward has always been an intriguing prospect with his combination of elite size, ball-handling ability and flashes of passing, shooting and defensive playmaking,” said a FIBA report from the Eurobasket event.
Samodurov declared for the NBA Draft but the league announced on May 28 that he had withdrawn his name. He was ranked the No. 41 draft prospect in The Athletic’s Mock Draft and is No. 72 on ESPN’s Big Board.
New coach Michael Malone has been tasked over the past two months with overhauling the roster. Samodurov marks the seventh program acquisition, joining two previously committed high schoolers, and three returning players to form the 2026-27 roster.
Whether Samodurov or Keita start at center remains to be seen, but the other members of the starting lineup when UNC’s season opens in six months on Nov. 2 are expected to be Utah transfer Terrence Brown, NC State transfer Matt Able, Virginia Tech transfer Avdalas and returning forward Jarin Stevenson.
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