Men's Swim & Dive Defeat South Carolina, Women Tie

Friday, November 3

Columbia, SC

3 p.m.

North Carolina

South Carolina

Photo by: Jerome M. Ibrahim

November 3, 2023 | Swimming & Diving

Complete Results (PDF)

By: UNC Athletics Communications

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The UNC men's swimming and diving team posted a 161-139 win over host South Carolina at the Carolina Natatorium on Friday, while the Tar Heels and Gamecocks had a perfect 150-150 tie on the women's side.

The UNC men improved to 3-0 in dual meet competition after winning eight events, and the women stand at 2-0-1 following seven event victories today.

"Today we faced some adversity from a good team at South Carolina," UNC head coach Mark Gangloff said. "I'm very proud of how our team responded when we got pushed back in a few races. Our team broke several pool records today and a lot of people went best times which is an excellent indicator based on how hard we're working.

"I am very excited going into our mid-season invitationals."

The Tar Heels opened the meet with a victory in the women's 200-yard medley relay team with the foursome of Greer Pattison, Katja Pavicevic, Michaela Chokureva, and Olivia Nel finishing the race 0.32 ahead of the Gamecocks' top unit.

Nel won the women's 50-yard freestyle by 0.04 seconds over Pattison with a time of 22.59, registering an NCAA B qualifying mark.

Pattison edged out UofSC's Bella Pantano by 0.17 to win the 100-yard backstroke and finished 0.04 off her personal best time. It was her third triumph in the event in three dual meets this season.

Skyler Smith and Pavicevic placed one and two in the women's 100-yard breaststroke with Smith posting a time of 59.32 and finishing 1.64 seconds in front of her teammate.

Pavicevic led the Tar Heels to a podium sweep in the 200-yard breaststroke with an NCAA B qualifying time of 2:12.26, followed by freshman Samantha Armand in second and senior Lexi Rudolph third.

Two-time NCAA diving champion Aranza Vazquez Montaño swept the springboard events with freshman Ellie Joyce finishing second in both events.

UNC closed the women's meet by winning the 400-yard freestyle relay with Delaney Carlton and Elizabeth Sowards joining Pattison and Nel in victory.

Senior Patrick Hussey claimed the UNC men's first win by finishing 1.41 seconds in front of the Gamecocks' Jose Castro in the 200-yard freestyle. He also won the 500-yard freestyle.

Freshman Ben Delmar swept the breaststroke events for the third time in as many meets this season. He claimed the 100-yard sprint by 0.67 with a time of 54.30 before winning the 200-yard race by nearly five seconds in 1:55.66, an NCAA B qualifying mark.

UNC claimed the top four spots in the men's 200-yard butterfly, with freshman Sebastian Lunak recording a first-place time of 1:43.24, followed by Louis Dramm, Colin Whelehan, and Boyd Poelke.

Poelke and Lunak went one and two in the 100-yard butterfly with Poelke winning in 46.92, touching 0.21 ahead of his rookie teammate.

Dramm registered the Tar Heels' most dominant performance of the meet, winning the 400 IM by a margin of 6.99 in front of Delmar.

Senior Alex Hart won the men's three-meter diving competition and freshman Rodolfo Vazquez Montaño took second.

UNC will return to competition at the three-day Tennessee Invitational beginning Nov. 15.