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Swimmers & Divers Close Dual Meet Season With Sweep
February 8, 2014 | Swimming & Diving
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The North Carolina men's and women's swimming and diving teams had their final tune-ups prior to post-season action as they hosted the College of Charleston in dual meet action Saturday at Koury Natatorium.
The ninth-ranked Tar Heel women's team prevailed by a score of 166-121 to run its dual meet record to 10-2. The 13th-ranked UNC men won 180-75 to finish with an 8-2 dual meet record.
The Tar Heels had the edge in talent and posted the top time or diving score in each of the 30 events on the day. On the men's side, senior Alex Gianino (100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly) and sophomore Ben Colley (100 backstroke, 500 freestyle) both posted a pair of individual wins for Carolina. That marks the second time in the last three meets Gianino has won multiple individual events. Sophomore Nic Graesser swam on a pair of winning relay teams and also captured top honors in the 200 backstroke.
Logan Heck swam on two winning relays and Sam Lewis won the 50 free and swam on the winning 200 medley relay. Sophomore Dominick Glavich had a career best time of 1:38.23 in the 200 freestyle and he also swam on the 400 free relay.
For the women, sophomore Annie Harrison pulled off a tough double in a short span of time, taking both the 1000 freestyle and the 100 backstroke. Junior diver Kelly Corish captured both the one- and three-meter springboard events. Katie Rechsteiner, Danielle Siverling, Ally Hardesty and Cari Blalock all won an individual event while also swimming on a victorious relay. Sophomore Hannah Lincoln competed on both winning relays for the Tar Heels.
"We swam College of Charleston today in a meet that allowed some of our swimmers to swim events that they would normally get to swim in a more tightly contested dual meet," said UNC head coach Rich DeSelm. "We trained well this week. We are obviously focused on the ACC Championships and trying to win a couple of titles if we can as well as qualifying for the NCAA Championships with as many people and as many relays as possible."
Next up for the Tar Heels are the Atlantic Coast Conference championship meets in Greensboro, N.C. The women's swimmer and the divers compete from February 19-22 while the men's swimmers will be in action February 26-March 1.
"Everyone has a direction. Everyone has a focus. The team is very spirited about where we're headed and very excited about what lies ahead," said DeSelm.
MEN'S TEAM SCORE
#13 North Carolina 180, College of Charleston 75
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORE
#9 North Carolina 166, College of Charleston 121
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS (including exhibitions)
200-Yard Medley Relay: North Carolina (Nic Graesser, Kurt Wohlrab, Sam Lewis, Logan Heck), 1:29.33
1000-Yard Freestyle: Graham Williams (UNC), 9:36.68
200-Yard Freestyle: Dominick Glavich (UNC), 1:38.23
100-Yard Backstroke: Ben Colley (UNC), 49.42
100-Yard Breaststroke: Alex Gianino (UNC), 56.00
200-Yard Butterfly: Tyler Hill (UNC), 1:50.80
50-Yard Freestyle: Sam Lewis (UNC), 20.69
100-Yard Freestyle: Lucas Popp (UNC), 45.81
200-Yard Backstroke: Nic Graesser (UNC), 1:51.17
200-Yard Breaststroke: Ben Mayes (UNC), 2:07.72
500-Yd. Freestyle: Ben Colley (UNC), 4:34.25
100-Yd. Butterfly: Alex Gianino (UNC), 49.18
400-Yard Individual Medley: Eugene Tee (UNC), 3:56.04
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: North Carolina (Dominick Glavich, Logan Heck, Chris Gondek, Nic Graesser), 3:00.32
Records: North Carolina 8-2; College of Charleston 3-4
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS (including exhibitions)
200-Yard Medley Relay: North Carolina (Carly Smith, Katie Rechsteiner, Cari Blalock, Hannah Lincoln), 1:42.37
1000-Yard Freestyle: Annie Harrison (UNC), 10:27.93
200-Yard Freestyle: Hannah Runyon-Hass (UNC), 1:51.49
100-Yard Backstroke: Annie Harrison (UNC), 56.56
100-Yard Breaststroke: Danielle Jansen (UNC), 1:04.97
200-Yard Butterfly: Ally Haufler (UNC), 2:05.59
50-Yard Freestyle: Lauren Earp (UNC), 23.83
One-Meter Diving: Kelly Corish (UNC), 299.70
100-Yard Freestyle: Danielle Siverling (UNC), 51.20
200-Yard Backstroke: Cari Blalock (UNC), 2:02.79
200-Yard Breaststroke: Katie Rechsteiner (UNC), 2:19.70
500-Yd. Freestyle: Lilianna Casso (UNC), 5:00.56
100-Yd. Butterfly: Ally Hardesty (UNC), 55.99
Three-Meter Diving: Kelly Corish (UNC), 290.85
400-Yard Individual Medley: Madison Burns (UNC), 4:22.02
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: North Carolina (Ally Hardesty, Hannah Lincoln, Danielle Siverling, Lauren Earp), 3:24.32
Records: North Carolina 10-2; College of Charleston 3-5
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