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Golden Gophers Down Tar Heels
November 1, 2008 | Swimming & Diving
Nov. 1, 2008
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Chapel Hill, N.C - North Carolina's men's and women's swimming and diving teams fell to the nationally-ranked Minnesota aquatic teams Saturday at the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium. Carolina's No. 13 men fell to No. 9 Minnesota in a 220-146 decision. The No. 15 Tar Heel women fell to the No. 11 Golden Gophers 217-151.
Senior Erica Schiffler took first place on the one-meter diving board with a score of 258.75, sweeping both boards during the two-day competition.
Sophomore Tyler Harris led the Tar Heels with a decisive win in the 400-yard individual medley. Harris' NCAA "B" qualifying time of 3:51.17 bested the rest of the field by over five seconds. Senior tri-captain Yi-Khy Saw grabbed third place and sophomore Joe Kinderwater took fourth.
Carolina took the top spots in the men's and women's 200-yard backstrokes. Junior Megan Steeves won the women's event in 2:01.38 and junior tri-captain Jeff James took the men's race in 1:47.02.
Tar Heel sophomore Chip Peterson won his first event of the season after redshirting last year, taking the men's 500-yard freestyle in 4:29.19.
Sophomore Tyler Harris won his second event of the day by taking the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:01.72, eclipsing his in-season best by over a second. In the same event, sophomore Flynn Jones swam a career best time of 2:05.70, shattering his previous personal best from earlier in the month by over two seconds.
The women's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Megan Steeves, Rebecca Kane, Katura Harvey and Aubrette Biegel won the final event of the afternoon in 3:23.63.
The Tar Heels return to action next Saturday at 12 noon in a tri-meet versus Maryland and George Mason in College Park, Md.
FINAL SCORE MEN: Minnesota 220, UNC 146
FINAL SCORE WOMEN: Minnesota 217, UNC 151
UPDATED RECORDS: UNC both now 1-2, Minnesota both teams now 2-0.
Individual Event Top Performances Women
400-Yard Medley Relay, Minnesota (Deidre Dewall, Jillian Tyler, Kaylee Jamison, Stacy Busak), 3:43.16.
1-Meter Diving, Erica Schiffler (UNC), 258.75.
200-Yard Freestyle Relay, Minnesota (Stacy Busak, Kaylee Jamison, Meagan Radecke, Meredith McCarthy), 1:33.19.
400-Yard Individual Medley, Jenny Shaughnessy (UM), 4:19.19.
100-Yard Freestyle, Stacy Busak (UM), 50.53.
200-Yard Backstroke, Megan Steeves (UNC), 2:01.38.
100-Yard Butterfly, Kaylee Jamison (UM), 55.39.
500-Yard Freestyle, Christine Jennings (UM), 4:49.55.
200-Yard Breaststroke, Jillian Tyler (UM), 2:11.73.
400-Yard Freestyle Relay, North Carolina (Aubrette Biegel), 3:23.63.
Individual Event Top Performances Men
400-Yard Medley Relay, Minnesota (Karl Burdis, Colin Lee-To, Kevin Baseheart, Curt Carlson), 3:19.48.
3-Meter Diving, Drew Brown (UM), 354.38.
200-Yard Freestyle Relay, Minnesota (Colin Lee-To, Michael Richards, Steve Miller, Ray Betuzzi), 1:21.86.
400-Yard Individual Medley, Tyler Harris (UNC), 3:51.17.
100-Yard Freestyle, Curt Carlson (UM), 44.37.
200-Yard Backstroke, Jeff James (UNC), 1:47.02.
100-Yard Butterfly, Kevin Baseheart (UM), 49.85.
500-Yard Freestyle, Chip Peterson (UNC), 4:29.19.
200-Yard Breaststroke, Tyler Harris (UNC), 2:01.72.
400-Yard Freestyle Relay, Minnesota (Kevin Baseheart, Steve Miller, Michael Richards, Curt Carlson), 2:59.07.
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