Friday, January 28
Durham, N.C.
4 PM
North Carolina
at
Duke
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Swimming & Diving Sweeps Dual Meet At Duke
January 28, 2022 | Swimming & Diving
DURHAM, N.C. - The University of North Carolina swimming and diving teams swept the home-standing Duke Blue Devils in a dual meet at the Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion on Friday.
The UNC men snapped a four-meet slide with a 168-132 victory to end their dual meet season at 2-4, while the women improved to 3-3 with a 154-146 triumph.
The women's team will host Texas on Saturday at 9 a.m. to wrap conclude their dual meet campaign.
Carolina claimed victory in 20 of 32 events with a foursome of Tar Heels posting wins on the day.
Senior Anton Down-Jenkins swept the men's diving events, winning the one and three-meter competitions with scores of 388.50 and 407.40, respectively. Boyd Poelke claimed first place in the butterfly races, winning the 200 (1:46.81) by more than three seconds and the 100 (46.74) by over a second.
Ellie VanNote duplicated Poelke's feat on the women's side as she captured first place in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly races. She finished 0.86 seconds ahead of the field in the 200 (1:57.29) and 1.10 seconds in front of her nearest competitor in the 100 (52.66). Grace Countie took first place in the 100-yard backstroke (52.51) and the 100-yard freestyle (48.41).
Heidi Lowe edged Duke's McKenna Smith by 0.04 seconds to win the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 22.91 and Sophie Lindner touched first in the 200-yard backstroke (1:53.84), over three second ahead of the field. Aranza Vazquez was the seventh victor for the women's team, posting a score of 351.83 to stand atop the podium on the three-meter springboard.
The Tar Heel men had an additional six individual victories with Tucker Burhans (100 back), Dylan Citta (100 breast), Aidan Crisci (500 free), Patrick Hussey (1000 free), Nick Radkov (100 free) and Tomas Sungaila (200 free) each earning one first place finish.
The women swept the relay events, while the men claimed victory in the 400-freestyle relay.
The UNC men snapped a four-meet slide with a 168-132 victory to end their dual meet season at 2-4, while the women improved to 3-3 with a 154-146 triumph.
The women's team will host Texas on Saturday at 9 a.m. to wrap conclude their dual meet campaign.
Carolina claimed victory in 20 of 32 events with a foursome of Tar Heels posting wins on the day.
Senior Anton Down-Jenkins swept the men's diving events, winning the one and three-meter competitions with scores of 388.50 and 407.40, respectively. Boyd Poelke claimed first place in the butterfly races, winning the 200 (1:46.81) by more than three seconds and the 100 (46.74) by over a second.
Ellie VanNote duplicated Poelke's feat on the women's side as she captured first place in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly races. She finished 0.86 seconds ahead of the field in the 200 (1:57.29) and 1.10 seconds in front of her nearest competitor in the 100 (52.66). Grace Countie took first place in the 100-yard backstroke (52.51) and the 100-yard freestyle (48.41).
Heidi Lowe edged Duke's McKenna Smith by 0.04 seconds to win the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 22.91 and Sophie Lindner touched first in the 200-yard backstroke (1:53.84), over three second ahead of the field. Aranza Vazquez was the seventh victor for the women's team, posting a score of 351.83 to stand atop the podium on the three-meter springboard.
The Tar Heel men had an additional six individual victories with Tucker Burhans (100 back), Dylan Citta (100 breast), Aidan Crisci (500 free), Patrick Hussey (1000 free), Nick Radkov (100 free) and Tomas Sungaila (200 free) each earning one first place finish.
The women swept the relay events, while the men claimed victory in the 400-freestyle relay.
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