Swimming & Diving Downs Queens In Season Opener

Friday, September 26

Chapel Hill, N.C.

11 AM

North Carolina

Queens University of Charlotte

Louis Dramm
200-yard IM
University of North Carolina Swimming & Diving v Queens University
Koury Natatorium
Chapel Hill, NC
Friday, September 27, 2025

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

September 26, 2025 | Swimming & Diving

Chapel Hill, N.C. – The University of North Carolina swimming and diving team defeated Queens in the season opener on Friday. The women's squad won 173-83, while the men's team took the dual meet by a score of 166-93. Senior Louis Dramm had the stand-out performance of the meet setting a new Koury record in the 200 IM with a time of 1:43.15. Dramm also won the 200 free in 1:34.75.

Samantha Armand turned in a strong performance in the 100 breast, winning with a time of 1:00.68. Already ranked fourth all-time at UNC in the event with her personal best of 59.94, her time would have been good enough to move her into UNC's Top 10. Armand also won the 200 breast in 2:13.10. In her first meet as a Tar Heel, Kamryn Meskill won both the 50 free (22.37) and the 100 fly (53.44). Sophia Frei opened her season with victories in the 100 back (53.01) and 200 back (1:55.07), while Mary Macaulay took the 200 fly (1:58.32) and the 200 IM (1:59.28).

On the men's side, Josh Parent opened his Tar Heel career with victories in the 500 free (4:24.95) and 1,000 free (9:09.82), while Xavier Ruiz took the 100 breast (53.81) and 200 breast (1:58.07). Sebastian Lunak handled the butterfly, earning victories in the 100 (46.86) and 200 (1:44.06).

On the diving side, Lanie Gutch (3M) and Ellie Joyce (1M) both claimed event wins, while Chris Booler took the 1-meter

The Heels will continue their training for the next few weeks before a dual meet at Duke on Friday, Oct. 17.

UNC vs. Queens

Women 200 Medley Relay
1. UNC B (S. Frei, S. Armand, K. Meskill, M. Chokureva), 1:38.43
2. UNC A (E. Karam, A. Muzzy, M. Headley, E. Goettsch), 1:40.08
4. UNC C (T. Mienis, A. Farris, C. Stinson, A. Cloutier, 1:43.29

Men 200 Medley Relay
1. UNC A (R. Miller, X. Ruiz, S. Lunak, L. Dramm), 1:26.16
2. UNC B (D. Melnychuk, S. Setzer, C. Whelehan, M. Kartavi), 1:26.30
5. UNC C (A. Maraana, C. Freudenstein, JT Schmid, J. Swiderski), 1:28.56
6. UNC D (G. Bartee, G. Martin, N. Hohm, B. Grutter), 1:29.04

Women 1000 Freestyle
1. Lily Reader, 9:56.46
2. Lexie Ward, 10:01.68
3. Grace Hodgins, 10:10.07

Men 1000 Freestyle
1. Josh Parent, 9:09.82
2. Hudson DeGroote, 9:27.09
3. Sam Huggins, 9:29.71

Women 200 Freestyle
2. Maren Conze, 1:48.45
3. Lily Sawyer, 1:51.08
4. Lily Reader, 1:51.66
6. Lexie Ward, 1:52.53
7. Michaela Chokureva, 1:53.19
9. Addie Cloutier, 1:54.04

Men 200 Freestyle
1. Louis Dramm, 1:34.75
2. David Quaresma, 1:36.31
3. Julian Swiderski, 1:39.57
8. Sam Huggins, 1:44.24

Women 100 Backstroke
1. Sophia Frei, 53.01
2. Emma Karam, 53.31
3. Eden Goettsch, 56.01
5. Tom Mienis, 56.53

Men 100 Backstroke
1. JT Schmid, 48.03
2. David Melnychuk, 48.49
4. Granger Bartee, 48.75
6. Adam Maraana, 49.49
8. Reid Miller, 50.09

Women 100 Breaststroke
1. Samantha Armand, 1:00.68
2. Ava Muzzy, 1:03.50

Men 100 Breastroke
1. Xavier Ruiz, 53.81
2. Carter Freudenstein, 54.89
3. Giulian Martin, 55.37

Women 200 Butterfly
1. Mary Macaulay, 1:58.32
2. Taylor Bloom, 1:59.13
3. Aislin Farris, 1:59.47

Men 200 Butterfly
1. Sebastian Lunak, 1:44.06
2. Colin Whelehan, 1:46.11
3. Josh Parent, 1:48.76

Women 50 Freestyle
1. Kamryn Meskill, 22.37
2. Mackenzie Headley, 23.50
3. Eden Goettsch, 23.63
4. Choe Stinson, 23.96

Men 50 Freestyle
1. Martin Kartavi, 19.58
2. Sean Setzer, 19.82
5. Nate Hohm, 20.54
7. Benton Grutter, 20.87

Women 100 Freestyle
1. Michaela Chokureva, 50.20
2. Mackenzie Headley, 51.07
3. Lily Sawyer, 51.55

Men 100 Freestyle
2. Sean Setzer, 44.38
3. David Quaresma, 44.41
5. Nate Hohm, 45.38
7. Granger Bartee, 45.86
8. Julian Swiderski, 45.90
12. Martin Kartavi, 46.36
13. Benton Grutter, 46.86

Women 200 Backstroke
1. Sophia Frei, 1:55.07
2. Emma Karam, 1:55.49
3. Aislin Farris, 1:58.62
4. Maren Conze, 1:58.69
5. Tom Mienis, 1:59.52
7. Addie Cloutier, 2:03.52

Men 200 Backstroke
1. David Melnychuk, 1:45.16
2. JT Schmid, 1:46.55
3. Colin Whelehan, 1:47.20
6. Adam Maraana, 1:50.77

Women 200 Breaststroke
1. Samantha Armand, 2:13.10
2. Mary Macaulay, 2:13.68
3. Ava Muzzy, 2:16.49
4. Taylor Bloom, 2:19.90

Men 200 Breaststroke
1. Xavier Ruiz, 1:58.07
2. Carter Freudenstein, 1:59.86
3. Giulian Martin, 2:00.19

Women 500 Freestyle
1. Lexie Ward, 4:53.31
2. Maren Conze, 4:54.12
4. Lily Reader, 4:55.70
6. Grace Hodgins, 5:06.41

Men 500 Freestyle
1. Josh Parent, 4:24.95
2. Sam Huggins, 4:34.14
3. Hudson DeGroote, 4:34.90
4. Julian Swiderski, 4:37.51

Women 100 Butterfly
-- Kamryn Meskill, 53.44
-- Emma Karam, 55:03
-- Lily Sawyer, 55.68
-- Chloe Stinson, 55.78
-- Sophia Frei, 56.65

Men 100 Butterfly
-- Sebastian Lunak, 46.86
-- Colin Whelehan, 47.96
-- Reid Miller, 48.68

Women 200 IM
-- Mary Macaulay, 1:59.28
-- Ava Muzzy, 2:03.03
-- Aislin Farris, 2:03.46
-- Taylor Bloom, 2:05.13

Men 200 IM
-- Louis Dramm, 1:43.15 (Pool Record)
-- Xavier Ruiz, 1:48.48
-- JT Schmid, 1:49.97
-- Carter Freudenstein, 1:50.00
-- Giulian Martin, 1:53.05
-- Hudson DeGroote, 1:53.79

Women 200 Freestyle Relay
-- UNC A, 1:31.12
-- UNC B, 1:34.61
-- UNC C, 1:36.09

Men 200 Freestyle Relay
-- UNC C, 1:20.59
-- UNC A, 1:21.08
-- UNC B, 1:22.10
-- UNC D, 1:25.15

Women 1-Meter
1. Ellie Joyce, 299.93
2. Lanie Gutch, 298.80
3. Sofia Knight, 288.23

Men 1-Meter
1. Chris Booler, 346.35
2. Carter Loftin, 339.38
4. Rodolfo Vazquez, 312.00

Women 3-Meter
1. Lanie Gutch, 312.38
2. Ellie Joyce, 290.70
3. Sofia Knight, 287.33

Men 3-Meter
2. Chris Booler, 313.28
3. Carter Loftin, 293.18

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