Tar Heel Swimmers & Divers Open With Solid Performance at Georgia

Friday, October 6

Athens, Ga.

3:00 p.m.

North Carolina

Georgia

Coming off an All-America campaign, Caroline Baldwin led the Tar Heel women with two individual wins Friday in Athens.

Tar Heel Swimmers & Divers Open With Solid Performance at Georgia

October 6, 2017 | Swimming & Diving

UNC vs. UGA Complete Results

UNC will be at South Carolina October 26

By: Dave Lohse

ATHENS, GA. – The University of North Carolina men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened their 2017-18 seasons Friday with a pair of competitive performances against the nationally Top 10-ranked University of Georgia Bulldogs at Gabrielsen Natatorium.

The fourth-ranked Georgia women defeated the 22^nd-ranked North Carolina women by a score of 180-120. On the men's side, Georgia, tied for eighth in the nation in preseason rankings, defeated the Tar Heels 187-113.

"We traditionally open each new season against great competition and often against the University of Georgia. It was great to race and compete today," said UNC head coach Rich DeSelm. "Early season, we're never sure what to expect. But we had some wonderful results and learned a great deal about our swimmers and divers to build upon.

"I thought our freshmen as a group were impactful. Our upperclassmen noticed the contributions they made all day. Probably the most outstanding swimming performance was that of Caroline Baldwin. Carrying over from her tremendous summer, she had what will likely be amongst the top times in the country in her events after this weekend."

Baldwin and freshman Caroline Hauder each won two individual events and swam on the victorious 200-yard medley relay team while junior Maria Lohman swept both women's diving events. Baldwin won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.20 seconds and notched a first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle at 48.50. Hauder took top honors in both breaststroke events as she won the 100 in 1:01.57 and the 200 in 2:16.79.

The Tar Heel women won the 200-yard medley relay with senior Caroline Baldwin swimming the backstroke leg on the front end while three freshmen – Hauder, Emma Cole and Maddie Smith – finished the job to take first place in 1:39.98. Lohman scored 294.45 points on one-meter and 3:23.63 on three-meter to take those events in style.

On the men's side, redhsirt junior Sean Burston made a sweep of the diving events while freshman Alvin Jiang won the 100-yard butterfly, placed second in the 100-yard backstroke and swam on a pair of relays which placed second. Burston's winning scores were 376.20 on the one-meter board and 378.53 on the three-meter board. Jiang's winning time in the 100 fly was 48.33. Senior J.T. Casey claimed the other Tar Heel individual win as he copped first place in the 50 free with a time of 20.94 seconds.

"I'm happy on how the divers placed, however, we still have a long way to go," said UNC diving coach Abel Sanchez. "Georgia has some amazing divers and we were fortunate to end up the way we did."

The Tar Heels will have a three-week break from competition before returning to the pool for a meet against the South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia, S.C. on Thursday, October 26.

MEN'S TEAM SCORE: #8 GEORGIA 187, NORTH CAROLINA 113
TOP CAROLINA FINISHERS IN EACH EVENT--MEN
200-Yard Medley Relay: North Carolina (Alvin Jiang, Michael McBryan, Patrick Cusick, J.T. Casey), 2^nd place, 1:30.39
1000-Yard Freestyle: Henry Campbell, 5^th place, 9:31.96
200-Yard Freestyle: Dimitrios Dimitriou, 4^th place, 1:39.49
100-Yard Backstroke: Alvin Jiang, 2^nd place, 48.51
100-Yard Breaststroke: Michael McBryan, 2^nd place, 55.55
200-Yard Butterfly: Collier Cobb, 5^th place, 1:52.27
50-Yard Freestyle: J.T. Casey, 1^st place, 20.94
One-Meter Diving: Sean Burston, 1^st place, 376.20 points
100-Yard Freestyle: Philip Perdue, 2^nd place, 45.64
200-Yard Backstroke: Chris Thames, 2^nd place, 1:47.32
200-Yard Breaststroke: Michael McBryan, 3^rd place, 2:01.65
500-Yd. Freestyle: Dimitrios Dimitriou, 3^rd place, 4:31.77
100-Yd. Butterfly: Alvin Jiang, 1^st place, 48.33
Three-Meter Diving: Sean Burston, 1^st place, 378.53 points
400-Yard Individual Medley: Henry Campbell, 5^th place, 4:02.37
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: North Carolina (Greg Brocato, Alvin Jiang, J.T. Casey, Philip Perdue), 2^nd place, 3:02.79
Records: North Carolina 0-1, Georgia 2-0

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORE: #4 GEORGIA 180, #22 NORTH CAROLINA 120
TOP CAROLINA FINISHERS IN EACH EVENT—WOMEN
200-Yard Medley Relay: North Carolina (Caroline Baldwin, Caroline Hauder, Emma Cole, Maddie Smith), 1^st place, 1:39.98
1000-Yard Freestyle: Robyn Dryer, 4^th place, 10:03.93
200-Yard Freestyle: Emma Cole, 4^th place, 1:50.37
100-Yard Backstroke: Katie Ford, 2^nd place, 56.12
100-Yard Breaststroke: Caroline Hauder, 1^st place, 1:01.57
200-Yard Butterfly: Bryanna Cameron, 3^rd place, 2:01.34
50-Yard Freestyle: Caroline Baldwin, 1^st place, 22.20
Three-Meter Diving: Maria Lohman, 1^st place, 323.63 points
100-Yard Freestyle: Caroline Baldwin, 1^st place, 48.50
200-Yard Backstroke: Emily Slabe, 4^th place, 2:02.56
200-Yard Breaststroke: Caroline Hauder, 1^st place, 2:16.79
500-Yd. Freestyle: Robyn Dryer, 5^th place, 5:01.39
100-Yd. Butterfly: Emma Cole, 5^th place, 56.81
One-Meter Diving: Maria Lohman, 1^st place, 294.45 points
400-Yard Individual Medley: Bryanna Cameron, 3^rd place, 4:20.87
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: North Carolina (Caroline Baldwin, Maddie Smith, Katie Ford, Brooke Bauer), 3:22.44
Records: North Carolina 0-1, Georgia 2-0