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Carolina's Depth Powers Tar Heels Past Wolfpack
February 3, 2009 | Swimming & Diving
Feb. 3, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. - The 15th-ranked University of North Carolina men's and women's swimming and diving teams finished their 2008-09 dual meet seasons on a strong note as the Tar Heel men utilized their superior depth to beat NC State 169-129 and the UNC women won 11 of 16 events en route to a 186-111 victory over their arch-rivals from State. The wins at NCSU's Willis Casey Natatorium allowed both UNC teams to finish their regular seasons with 6-3 overall marks and 4-1 records in the ACC.
The Tar Heel women led from start to finish in amassing their victory. UNC's men took the lead on the second event of the night 29-26 and never looked back. The Tar Heels and the Wolfpack each won eight events on the night and State triumphed in both relays. But UNC's depth in the 14 individual events, where UNC won eight of 14 contests, allowed the Tar Heels to outscore the Wolfpack by 36 points in the 2-3-4-5 spots in the 14 races combined.
Tyler Harris turned in the swim of the evening as he went 3:48.46 to win the 400-yard individual medley by 12.97 seconds over teammate Yi-Khy Saw. Harris broke the Casey Natatorium record in the event which had stood for 19 years since Virginia's Bill Smyth went 3:52.34 in 1990.
The Carolina women won both relays with senior Kimmy Davis, freshman Layne Brodie, freshman Sarah Tanner and sophomore Rebecca Kane taking the 200-yard medley relay in 1:43.97. Kane, senior Aubrette Biegel, Tanner and junior Eliza Butts captured the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:34.81.
Individual winners for the women included freshman Katelyn Martin in the 1000-yard freestyle at 10:14.73, sophomore Katura Harvey in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:51.75 and the 500-yard freestyle at 4:54.77, Brodie in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:04.63 and the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:18.11, freshman Enuf Swanson in the 200-yard butterfly at 2:02.60, Kane in the 50-yard freestyle at 23.20 (just .03 of a second off her season best), freshman Jenna Moore in one-meter diving with 264.68 points, Butts in the 100-yard freestyle at 52.09 and junior Ashley Howard in the 200-yard backstroke at 2:01.70.
Besides Harris' win in the 400 IM, other individual winners included two-event victor, sophomore Vinny Pryor, in the 100-yard breaststroke at 56.83 and the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:03.22, freshman Evan Reed in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:39.63, junior Jason McLaughlin in the 200-yard butterfly at 1:49.29, redshirt junior Hank Browning in the 100-yard freestyle in 46.35, sophomore Tommy Wyher in the 100-yard butterfly at 50.40 and junior David Solarz in one-meter diving with 303.68 points.
NC State's men finished their season 6-3 overall and 3-3 in the ACC while the Wolfpack women ended up 5-5 overall and 2-3 in the ACC.
Next up for both teams are the 2009 ACC Championships with the women competing February 18-21 in College Park, Md., and the men February 25-28, also in College Park, Md.
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