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Men's Swimmers Complete Home Season by Sweeping Maryland, VPI
June 21, 1999 | Swimming & Diving
January 30, 1999
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The 14th-ranked and six-time defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion North Carolina men's swimming and diving completed its 1998-99 home dual-meet season in style Saturday afternoon, sweeping to two easy wins at the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium.
Meanwhile, the Tar Heel women, ranked 18th nationally, split on Saturday afternoon, losing to Maryland by one point and beating Virginia Tech.
In the men's meet, the Tar Heels defeated the Terrapins 188-105 and the Hokies 234.5-64.5. In addition, the Terps men's team defeated the Hokies 208-89. UNC improved to 9-2 overall on the season and 3-1 in the ACC. Maryland fell to 8-2 overall and 1-2 in the ACC. VPI is now 3-8 on the season.
In the women's meet, Maryland defeated UNC by a 150-149 margin, while the Tar Heels defeated the Hokies of VPI 207-92. The Maryland women swamped the Hokies 200-99. Maryland's women remained undefeated on the season, improving to 9-0 overall and 3-0 in the ACC. The Carolina women are now 6-4-1 overall and 1-3 in the ACC. Virginia Tech's women fell to 5-5 overall this season.
Senior Ted Brisson turned into a tremendous final performance in Koury Natatorium, winning three freestyle events at 50, 100 and 200 yards in length. Freshman Chris Helin also helped pace the Tar Heel men to the victory by winning three individual events on the afternoonthe 100-yard breaststroke, the 200-yard breaststroke and the 400-yard individual medley. Carolina senior Chris Jennings also won two events for UNCthe 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly.
Three different Tar Heel women's swimmers won two individual events in the meet. Junior Erika Acuff won the 200-yard butterly and the 400-yard individual medley, freshman Molly Sullivan won the 500-yard freestyle and 1000-yard freestyle and freshman Heather Stiles won the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard backstroke.
The meet was the final home appearance for 16 Tar Heel seniors swimming in their last home meet at Koury Natatorium. This contingent included seven UNC men's swimmers and eight UNC women's swimmer and one UNC women's diver.
Carolina will conclude its dual-meet season next Friday at North Carolina State in Raleigh. The men's meet will be at 5 p.m. and the women's meet will be at 7:30 p.m.
WOMEN'S MEET SUMMARY
MARYLAND 150, #18 NORTH CAROLINA 149;
#18 NORTH CAROLINA 207, VIRGINIA TECH 92;
MARYLAND 200, VIRGINIA TECH 99
200-Yd. Medley Relay-1. North Carolina (Summer Mack, Katie Hathaway, Erika Acuff, Tracey Rankin), 1:45.19; 2. Maryland (Kay Novotny, Deanne Moyer, Sarah Solomon, Katie Polasek), 1:45.76; 3. Maryland (B. Gerrity, Rachel Handshu, M. Tomarelli, Jenaine Lloyd), 1:48.88; 4. North Carolina (Heather Stiles, Emily Huber, Kelsey Durkin, Stefanie Rulis), 1:49.36; 5. Virginia Tech (E. Sylvanus, Kate Keeton, Karen Most, Lindsey Tew), 1:49.80.
1000-Yd. Freestyle-1. Molly Sullivan (UNC), 10:11.92; 2. Jenna Hough (MD), 10:16.42; 3. Kelly Bowman (MD), 10:20.47; 4. Catherin Frock (UNC), 10:33.34; 5. Meg Freese (VPI), 10:38.51.
200-Yd. Freestyle-1. Kim Piotro (MD), 1:50.14; 2. Jenaine Lloyd (MD), 1:53.49; 3. Erin Milfeit (VPI), 1:54.17; 4. Jenny Gardner (UNC), 1:54.36; 5. Stefanie Rulis (UNC), 1:55.34.
100-Yd. Backstroke-1. Heather Stiles (UNC), 57.29; 2. Kay Novotny (MD), 57.48; 3. C. Tennessen (MD), 57.54; 4. Kelsey Durkin (UNC), 57.90; 5. Brianna Gerrity (MD), 58.59.
100-Yd. Breaststroke-1. Beth Schlessman (UNC), 1:05.87; 2. Rachel Handshu (MD), 1:05.96; 3. Deanne Moyer (MD), 1:06.18; 4. Kate Keeton (VPI), 1:06.38; 5. Alison Shea (MD), 1:07.56.
200-Yd. Butterfly-1. Erika Acuff (UNC), 2:03.43; 2. Kristin Lozeau (UNC), 2:03.71; 3. Ilana Kavadlo (UNC), 2:04.47; 4. Kelly McLaughlin (UNC), 2:06.29; 5. Lindsey Tew (VPI), 2:07.46.
50-Yd. Freestyle-1. Sarah Solomon (MD), 23.55; 2. Kay Novotny (MD), 23.95; 3. Tracey Rankin (UNC), 24;02; 4. Katie Hathaway (UNC), 24.13; 5. Summer Mack (UNC), 24.39.
One-Meter Diving-1. Jackie Davoud (VPI), 427.95; 2. Ashleye Henyan (MD), 376.20; 3. Nicole Shafer (MD), 367.35; 4. Dane Nagle (VPI), 362.50; 5. Lyndddsay Hailey (VPI), 348.55.
100-Yd. Freestyle-1. Kim Piotro (MD), 50.39; 2. Kelly Bowman (MD), 52.37; 3. Tracey Rankin (UNC), 52.39; 4. Jenaine Lloyd (MD), 53.02; 5. Stefanie Rulis (UNC), 53.30.
200-Yd. Backstroke-1. Heather Stiles (UNC), 2:02.22; 2. Kelsey Durkin (UNC), 2:03.64; 3. Erin Milfeit (VPI), 2:04.80; 4. Brianna Gerrity (MD), 2:05.42; 5. C. Tennessen (MD), 2:05.45.
200-Yd. Breaststroke-1. Katie Hathaway (UNC), 2:16.38; 2. Deanne Moyer (MD), 2:24.19; 3. JoAnn Overton (UNC), 2:24.41; 4. Beth Schlessman (UNC), 2:25.13; 5. Rachel Handshu (MD), 2:25.75.
500-Yd. Freestyle-1. Erin Milfeit (VPI), 4:57.39; 2. Molly Sullivan (UNC), 4:58.95; 3. Kelly Bowman (MD), 5:00.67; 4. Jenny Gardner (UNC), 5:03.39; 5. Jenna Hough (MD), 5:03.40.
100-Yd. Butterfly-1. Sarah Solomon (MD), 56.64; 2. Erika Acuff (UNC), 57.21; 3. Ilana Kavadlo (UNC), 57.75; 4. C. Tennessen (MD), 58.46; 5. Summer Mack (UNC), 58.61.
Three-Meter Diving-1. Ashleye Henyan (MD), 436.45; 2. Jackie Davoud (VPI), 429.70; 3. Debra Pinkston (MD), 413.25; 4. Dane Nagle (VPI), 402.35; 5. Lyndsay Hailey (VPI), 382.30.
400-Yd. Individual Medley-1. Erika Acuff (UNC), 4:25.06; 2. Kristin Lozeau (UNC), 4:26.26; 3. Kelly McLaughlin (UNC), 4:31.75; 4. Lexie White (VPI), 4:33.43; 5. JoAnn Overton (UNC), 4:33.99.
200-Yd. Freestyle Relay-1. Maryland (Kay Novotny, Kim Piotro, Katie Polasek, Kelly Bowman), 1:35.28; 2. North Carolina (Stefanie Rulis, Kelsey Durkin, Hilary Hoskins, Katie Hathaway), 1:36.61; 3. Maryland (Sarah Solomon, Deanne Moyer, C. Tennessen, Rachel Handshu), 1:36.72; 4. North Carolina (Summer Mack, Heather Stiles, Jenny Gardner, Tracey Rankin), 1:36.90; 5. Virginia Tech (Lindsey Tew, Meg Freese, E. Sylvanus, J. Huegrich), 1:40.08.
Records: North Carolina, 6-4-1 overall, 1-3 in the ACC; Maryland, 9-0 overall, 3-0 in the ACC; Virginia Tech, 5-5 overall
MEN'S MEET SUMMARY
#14 NORTH CAROLINA 188, MARYLAND 106;
#14 NORTH CAROLINA 234.5, VIRGINIA TECH 64;
MARYLAND 208, VIRGINIA TECH 89
200-Yd. Medley Relay-1. Maryland (Drew Childs, Jason Ward, Matt Childs, Aaron Peterson), 1:33.60; 2. North Carolina (Matt Baldwin, Ethan Hall, Chris Jennings, Kert Johnson), 1:33.71; 3. Maryland (Phil Maher, Luis Emilo, Angel Prado, Chris Adams), 1:36.94; 4. Virginia Tech (Brett Saum, Drew Killian, M. Gosline, John Frost), 1:37.54; 5. Virginia Tech (Jeff Stout, B. Ellingson, Robert Duffy, A. Marshall), 1:37.75.
1000-Yd. Freestyle-1. Chris Adams (MD), 9:19.49; 2. Brad Kline (UNC), 9:21.10; 3. Greg Doule (VPI), 9:34.42; 4. Scot Budde (MD), 9:37.27; 5. A. Biedrzycki (UNC), 9:44.54.
200-Yd. Freestyle-1. Ted Brisson (UNC), 1:40.48; 2. Greg Courtois (MD), 1:43.01; 3. Justin Rossi (UNC), 1:43.42; 4. Kert Johnson (UNC), 1:43.96; 5. Ryan Brannan (MD), 1:44.07.
100-Yd. Backstroke-1. Chris Jennings (UNC), 51.48; 2. Drew Childs (MD), 52.01; 3. Ray Hrabe (VPI), 52.43; 4T. John Spaziano (UNC), 52.45, and Brett Saum (VPI), 52.45.
100-Yd. Breaststroke-1. Chris Helin (UNC), 56.41; 2. Jason Ward (MD), 57.53; 3. Ethan Hall (UNC), 57.79; 4. David Slawinski (UNC), 58.63; 5. Tim Tober (UNC), 59.10.
200-Yd. Butterfly-1. Tucker Shade (UNC), 1:51.65; 2. Willem Bok (UNC), 1:54.17; 3. Sebastien Moity (UNC), 1:54.34; 4. Taylor Marks (UNC), 1:56.31; 5. Gregg Johnson (UNC), 1:56.33.
50-Yd. Freestyle-1. Ted Brisson (UNC), 20.32; 2. Tom Schmelzer (UNC), 21.13; 3. Aaron Peterson (MD), 21.24; 4. Kevin Erndl (UNC), 21.34; 5. Drew Childs (MD), 21.35.
One-Meter Diving-1. Kevin Burke (MD), 498.65; 2. C. Zuburg (UNC), 463.70; 3. Shawn Lewis (VPI), 393.70; 4. Kevin Mangum (UNC), 391.90; 5. Eliot Clark (VPI), 360.60.
100-Yd. Freestyle-1. Ted Brisson (UNC), 45.45; 2. Aaron Peterson (MD), 46.71; 3. Greg Courtois (MD), 47.01; 4. John Spaziano (UNC), 47.28; 5. Greg Kuehnie (MD), 47.67.
200-Yd. Backstroke-1. Tom Schmelzer (UNC), 1:52.70; 2. Matt Lundgaard (UNC), 1:53.81; 3. Mark Seidman (UNC), 1:55.00; 4. Brett Saum (VPI), 1:55.80; 5. Phil Maher (MD), 1:55.82.
200-Yd. Breaststroke-1. Chris Helin (UNC), 2:04.72; 2. Ethan Hall (UNC), 2:05.18; 3. David Slawinski (UNC), 2:05.73; 4. Jason Ward (MD), 2:05.94; 5. Mark Cullinan (MD), 2:11.62.
500-Yd. Freestyle-1. P.J. Stojadinovic (MD), 4:42.84; 2. Scot Budde (MD), 4:45.17; 3. Andrew Biedrzycki (UNC), 4:45.81; 4. Jonah Turner (UNC), 4:46.05; 5. Taylor Marks (UNC), 4:48.89.
100-Yd. Butterfly-1. Chris Jennings (UNC), 50.13; 2. Sebastien Moity (UNC), 50.59; 3. Aaron Peterson (MD), 51.10; 4. Dew Childs (MD), 51.47; 5. Chris Adams (MD), 52.26.
Three-Meter Diving-1. Kevin Burke (MD), 550.65; 2. Christian Zuburg (UNC), 528.75; 3. Kevin Mangum (UNC), 411.05; 4. Eliot Clark (VPI), 410.20; 5. Shawn Lewis (VPI), 402.80.
400-Yd. Individual Medley-1. Chris Helin (UNC), 4:00.61; 2. David Slawinski (UNC), 4:03.22; 3. Brad Kline (UNC), 4:06.58; 4. Justin Rossi (UNC), 4:09.51; 5. Scot Budde (MD), 4:09.87.
200-Yd. Freestyle Relay-1. North Carolina (Tim Tober, Tucker Shade, Tom Schmelzer, Ted Brisson), 1:23.58; 2. Maryland (Stojadinovic, Chris Adams, Greg Courtois, Angel Prado), 1:25.62; 3. North Carolina (David Green, John Spaziano, Kevin Erndl, Kert Johnson), 1:26.07; 4. Virginia Tech (Ray Hrabe, M. Gosline, Juan Stella, John Frost), 1:26.80; 5. Maryland (Greg Kuehnle, John Goldek, Phil Maher, Matt Childs), 1:27.11. Records: North Carolina, 9-2 overall, 3-1 in the ACC; Maryland, 8-2 overall, 1-2 in the ACC; Virginia Tech 3-8 overall
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