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Carolina Rushes By Tigers In Swimming & Diving
January 16, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Jan. 16, 2012
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina's men's and women's swimming and diving teams returned to dual meet competition on Monday as they defeated Clemson at Koury Natatorium. The UNC men won 178-118 while the women prevailed 183-104.
Both Carolina teams improved to 5-1 overall and to 4-0 in the ACC heading into Saturday's showdown with Virginia at Koury Natatorium. The Clemson men are now 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the ACC and the Clemson women are 4-3 overall and now 1-2 in the league.
"It's great to return to ACC competition with Clemson today and Virginia on Saturday. We used today to get back into racing shape because most of our team hasn't competed in a meet since before exams," said UNC head coach Rich DeSelm. "We are certainly off the times we did in the Nike Cup but that is somewhat to be expected and we will need to be way better on Saturday to be competitive with Virginia."
"Several of our men competed in Dallas this past weekend and despite that schedule and the travel yesterday some of them were sharper for having competed. I'm hopeful the entire team competing today will have far better results on Saturday," said DeSelm. "This is the time of the season where the team understands it has been training very hard. Despite being off peak times today from their best times of the season we will be faster soon."
"Our challenge this week will be to train with intensity and focus on detailed execution and to prepare to be a great team as we face a great Virginia team on Saturday."
The Tar Heels will host defending ACC champion Virginia on Saturday with the men's meet beginning at 12 noon and the women's at 3 p.m. Both meets will be webcast live on TarHeelBlue.com.
On the men's side, UNC used a balanced lineup to down the Tigers. Double event winners for the men included freshman Dominick Glavich in the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.12) and 100-yard butterfly (49.58) and fellow freshman Brian Bollerman in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:08.86) and 200-yard individual medley (1:57.81). Tom Luchsinger won the 200-yard freestyle and also swam on the winning 200-yard medley relay team. Other individual winners for UNC were Dan'Connor in the 1000-yard freestytle, Brad Hamilton in the 100-yard breaststroke, Brett Nagle in the 500-yard freestyle and David MacDonald in one-meter diving.
Junior Katie Nolan helped fuel the winning effort by the women as she led off the victorious 200-yard medley relay and won the 100-yard backstroke in 55.97 and the 100-yard butterfly in 55.51. Kelsey Cummings won two distance events for the Tar Heels, taking the 1000-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle in times of 9:57.68 and 4:58.19, respectively. Senior Katie Keel was a two-event winner for Carolina in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.20) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.58). Keel also swam the breaststroke leg on the victorious 200 medley relay team.
In the diving competition, UNC seniors Jenna Moore and David MacDonald swept their respective events. Moore won her one-meter and three-meter events with scores of 308.63 and 329.33. Her one-meter score was a season best. MacDonald won the three-meter event with a score of 401.85 and the one-meter with a tally of 310.35.
FINAL WOMEN'S SCORE: NORTH CAROLINA 183, CLEMSON 104
Women's Top Performances
200-Yard Medley Relay: North Carolina 1:44.76 (Katie Nolan 26.69, Katie Keel 29.51, Sarah Tanner 25.16, Nikki Barczak 23.40)
1000-Yard Freestyle: Kelsey Cummings (UNC), 9:57.68
200-Yard Freestyle: Stephanie Peacock (UNC), 1:49.36
100-Yard Backstroke: Katie Nolan (UNC), 55.97
100-Yard Breaststroke: Katie Keel (UNC), 1:05.20
200-Yard Butterfly: Meredith Hoover (UNC), 2:02.70
50-Yard Freestyle: Meg Anderson (CLEM), 23.35
One-Meter Diving: Jenna Moore (UNC) 308.63
100-Yard Freestyle: Meg Anderson (CLEM), 51.12
200-Yard Backstroke: Sarah Tanner (UNC), 2:04.75
200-Yard Breaststroke: Katie Keel (UNC), 2:19.58
500-Yard Freestyle: Kelsey Cummings (UNC), 4:58.19
100-Yard Butterfly: Katie Nolan (UNC), 55.51
Three-Meter Diving: Jenna Moore (UNC), 329.33
200-Yard Individual Medley: Marie Pesacreta (UNC), 2:06.04
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Clemson 1:35.65 (Meg Anderson 23.44, Kelsey Krauss 24.39, Sarah Bechard 23.93, Maddie Tarantolo 23.89)
Records: North Carolina 5-1, ACC 4-0; Clemson 4-3, ACC 1-2
FINAL MEN'S SCORE: NORTH CAROLINA 178, CLEMSON 118
Men's Top Performances
200-Yard Medley Relay: North Carolina 1:31.96 (Jim Flannery 23.80, Dominick Glavich 25.90, Tom Luchsinger 22.07, Steve Cebertowicz 20.19)
1000-Yard Freestyle: Dan O'Connor (UNC), 9:22.74
200-Yard Freestyle: Tom Luchsinger (UNC), 1:40.04
100-Yard Backstroke: Chris Dart (CLEM), 49.85
100-Yard Breaststroke: Brad Hamilton (UNC), 58.83
200-Yard Butterfly: Dominick Glavich (UNC), 1:48.12
50-Yard Freestyle: Eric Bruck (CLEM), 19.95
One-Meter Diving: David MacDonald (UNC), 310.35
100-Yard Freestyle: Eric Bruck (CLEM), 44.88
200-Yard Backstroke: Chris Dart (CLEM), 1:49.86
200-Yard Breaststroke: Brian Bollerman (UNC), 2:08.86
500-Yard Freestyle: Brett Nagle (UNC), 4:31.68
100-Yard Butterfly: Dominick Glavich (UNC), 49.58
Three-Meter Diving: David MacDonald (UNC), 401.85
200-Yard Individual Medley: Brian Bollerman (UNC), 1:57.81
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Clemson 1:21.23 (Eric Bruck 20.06, Chris Reinke 20.19, Seth Broster 20.82, Chris Dart 20.16)
Records: North Carolina 5-1, ACC 4-0; Clemson 4-2, ACC 1-1
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