University of North Carolina Athletics
Wednesday, February 21
Greensboro, N.C.
4:00 p.m.
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ACC Championships (Men's Swimming)
2017-18 North Carolina Tar Heels
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
February 19, 2018 | Swimming & Diving
Quartet of seniors lead Carolina into league meet.
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The University of North Carolina men's swimming team begins action this coming Wednesday in the 65th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Swimming and Diving Championships which will be held at the Greensboro Aquatics Center from Wednedsay, February 21 through Saturday, February 24.
There will be a single finals session for a pair of relays on Wednesday at 4 p.m. The following three days there will be a preliminary session each day at 10 a.m. and a finals session at 6 p.m.
The Thursday, Friday and Saturday night finals sessions will be webcast nationally on ACC Network Extra.
Please check the UNC swimming and diving schedule page each day on GoHeels.com for up-to-date links for both real time results and ACC Network Extra webcasts.
UNC Men's Swimmers & Divers at 2018 ACC Championships
Valdas Abaliksta, Freshman, Miglovaros, Lithuania
• Earned ACC Men's Swimmer of the Week honors on October 31, 2017.
• Has the third fastest time in the ACC this year in the 100-yard breaststroke with a career best 53.29. That time ranks him third on UNC's all-time performers list in the event.
• Possesses the sixth fastest time in the ACC this year in the 200-yard breaststroke with a career best 1:57.46. That time ranks him 10th on UNC's all-time performers list in the event.
• Is team's third-ranked 50-yard freestyler in 2017-18 with career best 20.35. UNC's fourth fastest 100-yard freestyler this year with career best time of 44.94.
Greg Brocato, Sophomore, Ambler, Pa.
• Ranks fourth on team's regular season depth chart in 100-yard butterfly at 49.36.
• Has career best times of 20.01 in 50-yard freestyle, 43.91 in 100-yard freestyle and 47.73 in 100-yard butterfly.
Noah Cairns, Junior, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• During the 2017-18 regular season, he ranks second on Tar Heel depth chart in 200-yard butterfly at 1:49.64, second in 200-yard individual medley at a career best 1:49.95, third in 400-yard individual medley at 3:55.54 and fourth in both 200-yard breaststroke and 1650-yard freestyle.
• Career best times are 4:26.36 in the 500-yard freestyle, 3:52.15 in the 400-yard individual medley and 15:26.81 in 1650-yard freestyle.
Henry Campbell, Senior, Manassas, Va.
• UNC school record holder in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:12.11 and in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 3:40.88.
• Carolina's third fastest performer ever in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 14:54.16 and ninth fastest performer ever in the 200-yard freestyle with a career best time of 1:36.15.
• Was member of school record setting 800-yard freestyle relay team at 2017 ACC Championships.
• All-ACC honoree in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
• At the 2017 ACC Championships he finished second in the 500-yard freestyle and 400-yard individual medley and was fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle. Placed 11th in the 500-yard freestyle at the 2017 NCAA Championships, earning honorable mention All-America honors.
• At the 2016 ACC Championships, he placed third in the 500-yard freestyle, sixth in the 400-yard individual medley and eighth in the 1650-yard freestyle.
• At the 2015 ACC Championships, he placed third in the 500-yard freestyle, fifth in the 400-yard individual medley and seventh in the 1650-yard freestyle. Earned honorable mention All-America honors with a 13th place finish at the NCAA Championships in the 500-yard freestyle.
• During 2017-18 regular season, he ranked second on team in 200-yard freestyle at 1:38.04, second in 500-yard freestyle at 4:25.74, third in 200-yard individual medley at 1:49.95 and he tops in the depth chart in the 400-yard individual medley at 3:53.78.
J.T. Casey, Senior, Greenville, N.C.
• Shares best time on team this year in 50-yard freestyle with a career best 20.21.
• Has career best time of 44.70 in the 100-yard freestyle and 1:38.87 in the 200-yard freestyle.
Collier Cobb, Sophomore, Raleigh, N.C.
• Ranks 10th on the Tar Heels' all-time performers list in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:46.64.
• Has career best time of 4:28.68 in the 500-yard freestyle and 48.65 in the 100-yard butterfly.
• Third fastest 200-yard butterflier in the regular season with time of 1:49.71.
Patrick Cusick, Junior, Alpharetta, Ga.
• Ranks eighth on the Tar Heels' all-time performers list in the 100-yard backstroke with a career best time of 47.80.
• Also ranks eighth in UNC history in the 200-yard backstroke with a career best time of 1:43.92.
• Ranks fourth on team's regular-season depth chart in both backstroke events at 49.29 and 1:52.69. Stands third in 100-yard butterfly at 48.73.
• Has finished 13th in the 200-yard backstroke at both 2016 and 2017 ACC Championships.
Dimitrios Dimitriou, Freshman, Athens, Greece
• Carolina's fastest 200-yard freestyler in the regular season with career best 1:37.16. Also tops UNC depth chart in 500-yard freestyle with career best time of 4:23.03. Ranks second on team depth chart in 1650-yard freestyle with career best time of 15:57.78.
• Competed for Greece at 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Hungary.
• Also competed for his home nation at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
Brendan Feehery, Sophomore, Flower Mound, Texas
• UNC's third fastest 200-yard backstroker in the regular season with a time of 1:51.11. Ranked second in regular season in 400-yard individual medley with time of 3:54.83 and fourth in 200-yard individual medley with time of 1:52.50.
• Career best times are 1:46.04 in 200 back, 1:47.40 in 200 IM and 3:51.11 in 400 IM.
Alvin Jiang, Freshman, Colleyville, Texas
• Tapped for ACC Men's Swimmer of the Week honors on November 7, 2017.
• Has the ninth fastest time in the ACC this year in the 100-yard backstroke at a career best time of 46.83.
• Ranks fifth on UNC's all-time performers list in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 46.83 and eighth on the list in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 47.46.
• Shares best time on team this year in 50-yard freestyle with a career best 20.21. Tops the depth chart in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly.
• Career best time in 100 fly is 47.25.
Nick Loomis, Junior, St. Augustine, Fla.
• Ranks second on the team's regular-season depth chart in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 48.56.
• Career best times are 46.53 in 100 fly and 1:46.10 in 200 fly.
• 2017 National Junior College Swimmer of the Year at Indian River State College.
• Won 2017 NJCAA national titles in 50 fly, 100 fly and 200 fly and was on three championship relay teams. Won 2016 NJCAA national titles in 50 and 100 butterfly events and on two relay teams.
Michael McBryan, Senior, Doylestown, Pa.
• 2017-18 team co-captain
• UNC school record holder in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:54.68.
• Fourth fastest Tar Heel performer ever in the 100-yard breaststroke with a career best time of 53.66.
• Holds Carolina's long course record in the 200-meter breaststroke at 2:14.84 set last summer.
• During the 2017-18 regular season he ranked second on team in 100-yard breaststroke at 55.06 and second in the 200-yard breaststroke at 1:57.94.
• Placed fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke at the 2017 ACC Championships and 13th in the 100-yard breaststroke. At the 2016 ACC Championships he was seventh in 200 breast and 13th in 100 breast.
Jack Messenger, Freshman, Raleigh, N.C.
• Team's fourth fastest 50-yard freestyler in 2017-18 with a career best 20.46. Ranks second on team in 100-yard freestyle with career best 44.51.
Philip Perdue, Senior, Greenville, N.C.
• Was member of school record setting 800-yard freestyle relay team at 2017 ACC Championships.
• 2017-18 team co-captain
• The 10th fastest Tar Heel performer ever in the 100-yard freestyle with a career best 44.24 in 2017.
• Career best times are 20.29 in 50 free, 44.24 in 100 free and 1:37.41 in 200 free.
Hans Schroeder, Freshman, Port Charlotte, Fla.
• Team's third fastest 200-yard freestyler in the regular season with time of 1:38.75.
• Career best times are 1:38.59 in 200 free, 48.70 in 100 back and 1:49.87 in 200 back.
Austin Sellers, Junior, Tampa, Fla.
• Ranks 10th on UNC's all-time top performers list in the 100-yard breaststroke with a career best time of 54.78. His career best time in 200 breast is 1:59.06.
•  During 2017-18 regular season he ranked third on team depth in both of the breaststroke events at 56.08 and 2:03.04, respectively.
Chris Thames, Freshman, Dunwoody, Ga.
• During the regular season he had Carolina's third fastest time in the 100-yard backstroke at 49.12 and fastest time in the 200-yard backstroke at 1:46.45.
• Career best times are 48.74 in 100 back and 1:43.54 in 200 back.
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UNC Men's Divers at ACC Championships
Sean Burston, Senior, Stamford, Conn.
• Finished ninth in three-meter diving and 16th in one-meter diving at the 2018 ACC Championships.
Greg Duncan, Freshman, Oakton, Va.
• Won the one-meter and three-meter diving events at the 2018 ACC Championships.
* Set a school record in one-meter diving with his score of 428.05 points.
* He was the first UNC diver to win the ACC title in three-meter diving since Eric Poitras in 2004.
* He was the first UNC diver to win the ACC title in one-meter diving since Joe Craft in 1994.
* He was named the Most Valuable Diver at the ACC Championships, the first UNC diver to win the award since Eric Poitras in 2004.
* Duncan was the first UNC diver to sweep the springboard diving events at the ACC Championships since Ned Meekins in 1958.
Bryan Allen, Sophomore, San Jose, Calif.
• Top finish at the 2018 ACC Championships was 12th place in 10-meter platform diving.
• Also placed 19th in one-meter diving and  22nd in three-meter diving.
Andrew Owsiany, Sophomore, Spring City, Pa.
• Top finish at ACC Championships was 19th in three-meter diving.
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There will be a single finals session for a pair of relays on Wednesday at 4 p.m. The following three days there will be a preliminary session each day at 10 a.m. and a finals session at 6 p.m.
The Thursday, Friday and Saturday night finals sessions will be webcast nationally on ACC Network Extra.
Please check the UNC swimming and diving schedule page each day on GoHeels.com for up-to-date links for both real time results and ACC Network Extra webcasts.
UNC Men's Swimmers & Divers at 2018 ACC Championships
Valdas Abaliksta, Freshman, Miglovaros, Lithuania
• Earned ACC Men's Swimmer of the Week honors on October 31, 2017.
• Has the third fastest time in the ACC this year in the 100-yard breaststroke with a career best 53.29. That time ranks him third on UNC's all-time performers list in the event.
• Possesses the sixth fastest time in the ACC this year in the 200-yard breaststroke with a career best 1:57.46. That time ranks him 10th on UNC's all-time performers list in the event.
• Is team's third-ranked 50-yard freestyler in 2017-18 with career best 20.35. UNC's fourth fastest 100-yard freestyler this year with career best time of 44.94.
Greg Brocato, Sophomore, Ambler, Pa.
• Ranks fourth on team's regular season depth chart in 100-yard butterfly at 49.36.
• Has career best times of 20.01 in 50-yard freestyle, 43.91 in 100-yard freestyle and 47.73 in 100-yard butterfly.
Noah Cairns, Junior, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• During the 2017-18 regular season, he ranks second on Tar Heel depth chart in 200-yard butterfly at 1:49.64, second in 200-yard individual medley at a career best 1:49.95, third in 400-yard individual medley at 3:55.54 and fourth in both 200-yard breaststroke and 1650-yard freestyle.
• Career best times are 4:26.36 in the 500-yard freestyle, 3:52.15 in the 400-yard individual medley and 15:26.81 in 1650-yard freestyle.
Henry Campbell, Senior, Manassas, Va.
• UNC school record holder in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:12.11 and in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 3:40.88.
• Carolina's third fastest performer ever in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 14:54.16 and ninth fastest performer ever in the 200-yard freestyle with a career best time of 1:36.15.
• Was member of school record setting 800-yard freestyle relay team at 2017 ACC Championships.
• All-ACC honoree in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
• At the 2017 ACC Championships he finished second in the 500-yard freestyle and 400-yard individual medley and was fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle. Placed 11th in the 500-yard freestyle at the 2017 NCAA Championships, earning honorable mention All-America honors.
• At the 2016 ACC Championships, he placed third in the 500-yard freestyle, sixth in the 400-yard individual medley and eighth in the 1650-yard freestyle.
• At the 2015 ACC Championships, he placed third in the 500-yard freestyle, fifth in the 400-yard individual medley and seventh in the 1650-yard freestyle. Earned honorable mention All-America honors with a 13th place finish at the NCAA Championships in the 500-yard freestyle.
• During 2017-18 regular season, he ranked second on team in 200-yard freestyle at 1:38.04, second in 500-yard freestyle at 4:25.74, third in 200-yard individual medley at 1:49.95 and he tops in the depth chart in the 400-yard individual medley at 3:53.78.
J.T. Casey, Senior, Greenville, N.C.
• Shares best time on team this year in 50-yard freestyle with a career best 20.21.
• Has career best time of 44.70 in the 100-yard freestyle and 1:38.87 in the 200-yard freestyle.
Collier Cobb, Sophomore, Raleigh, N.C.
• Ranks 10th on the Tar Heels' all-time performers list in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:46.64.
• Has career best time of 4:28.68 in the 500-yard freestyle and 48.65 in the 100-yard butterfly.
• Third fastest 200-yard butterflier in the regular season with time of 1:49.71.
Patrick Cusick, Junior, Alpharetta, Ga.
• Ranks eighth on the Tar Heels' all-time performers list in the 100-yard backstroke with a career best time of 47.80.
• Also ranks eighth in UNC history in the 200-yard backstroke with a career best time of 1:43.92.
• Ranks fourth on team's regular-season depth chart in both backstroke events at 49.29 and 1:52.69. Stands third in 100-yard butterfly at 48.73.
• Has finished 13th in the 200-yard backstroke at both 2016 and 2017 ACC Championships.
Dimitrios Dimitriou, Freshman, Athens, Greece
• Carolina's fastest 200-yard freestyler in the regular season with career best 1:37.16. Also tops UNC depth chart in 500-yard freestyle with career best time of 4:23.03. Ranks second on team depth chart in 1650-yard freestyle with career best time of 15:57.78.
• Competed for Greece at 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Hungary.
• Also competed for his home nation at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
Brendan Feehery, Sophomore, Flower Mound, Texas
• UNC's third fastest 200-yard backstroker in the regular season with a time of 1:51.11. Ranked second in regular season in 400-yard individual medley with time of 3:54.83 and fourth in 200-yard individual medley with time of 1:52.50.
• Career best times are 1:46.04 in 200 back, 1:47.40 in 200 IM and 3:51.11 in 400 IM.
Alvin Jiang, Freshman, Colleyville, Texas
• Tapped for ACC Men's Swimmer of the Week honors on November 7, 2017.
• Has the ninth fastest time in the ACC this year in the 100-yard backstroke at a career best time of 46.83.
• Ranks fifth on UNC's all-time performers list in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 46.83 and eighth on the list in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 47.46.
• Shares best time on team this year in 50-yard freestyle with a career best 20.21. Tops the depth chart in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly.
• Career best time in 100 fly is 47.25.
Nick Loomis, Junior, St. Augustine, Fla.
• Ranks second on the team's regular-season depth chart in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 48.56.
• Career best times are 46.53 in 100 fly and 1:46.10 in 200 fly.
• 2017 National Junior College Swimmer of the Year at Indian River State College.
• Won 2017 NJCAA national titles in 50 fly, 100 fly and 200 fly and was on three championship relay teams. Won 2016 NJCAA national titles in 50 and 100 butterfly events and on two relay teams.
Michael McBryan, Senior, Doylestown, Pa.
• 2017-18 team co-captain
• UNC school record holder in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:54.68.
• Fourth fastest Tar Heel performer ever in the 100-yard breaststroke with a career best time of 53.66.
• Holds Carolina's long course record in the 200-meter breaststroke at 2:14.84 set last summer.
• During the 2017-18 regular season he ranked second on team in 100-yard breaststroke at 55.06 and second in the 200-yard breaststroke at 1:57.94.
• Placed fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke at the 2017 ACC Championships and 13th in the 100-yard breaststroke. At the 2016 ACC Championships he was seventh in 200 breast and 13th in 100 breast.
Jack Messenger, Freshman, Raleigh, N.C.
• Team's fourth fastest 50-yard freestyler in 2017-18 with a career best 20.46. Ranks second on team in 100-yard freestyle with career best 44.51.
Philip Perdue, Senior, Greenville, N.C.
• Was member of school record setting 800-yard freestyle relay team at 2017 ACC Championships.
• 2017-18 team co-captain
• The 10th fastest Tar Heel performer ever in the 100-yard freestyle with a career best 44.24 in 2017.
• Career best times are 20.29 in 50 free, 44.24 in 100 free and 1:37.41 in 200 free.
Hans Schroeder, Freshman, Port Charlotte, Fla.
• Team's third fastest 200-yard freestyler in the regular season with time of 1:38.75.
• Career best times are 1:38.59 in 200 free, 48.70 in 100 back and 1:49.87 in 200 back.
Austin Sellers, Junior, Tampa, Fla.
• Ranks 10th on UNC's all-time top performers list in the 100-yard breaststroke with a career best time of 54.78. His career best time in 200 breast is 1:59.06.
•  During 2017-18 regular season he ranked third on team depth in both of the breaststroke events at 56.08 and 2:03.04, respectively.
Chris Thames, Freshman, Dunwoody, Ga.
• During the regular season he had Carolina's third fastest time in the 100-yard backstroke at 49.12 and fastest time in the 200-yard backstroke at 1:46.45.
• Career best times are 48.74 in 100 back and 1:43.54 in 200 back.
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UNC Men's Divers at ACC Championships
Sean Burston, Senior, Stamford, Conn.
• Finished ninth in three-meter diving and 16th in one-meter diving at the 2018 ACC Championships.
Greg Duncan, Freshman, Oakton, Va.
• Won the one-meter and three-meter diving events at the 2018 ACC Championships.
* Set a school record in one-meter diving with his score of 428.05 points.
* He was the first UNC diver to win the ACC title in three-meter diving since Eric Poitras in 2004.
* He was the first UNC diver to win the ACC title in one-meter diving since Joe Craft in 1994.
* He was named the Most Valuable Diver at the ACC Championships, the first UNC diver to win the award since Eric Poitras in 2004.
* Duncan was the first UNC diver to sweep the springboard diving events at the ACC Championships since Ned Meekins in 1958.
Bryan Allen, Sophomore, San Jose, Calif.
• Top finish at the 2018 ACC Championships was 12th place in 10-meter platform diving.
• Also placed 19th in one-meter diving and  22nd in three-meter diving.
Andrew Owsiany, Sophomore, Spring City, Pa.
• Top finish at ACC Championships was 19th in three-meter diving.
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