Swimming & Diving Drops Duals To NC State

Ben Delmar
100-yard breaststroke
University of North Carolina Swimming & Diving v NC State, NCSU, North Carolina State
Koury Natatorium
Chapel Hill, NC
Friday, January 16, 2026

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

January 16, 2026 | Swimming & Diving

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The North Carolina swimming and diving program dropped both dual meets versus NC State on Friday at Koury Natatorium in Chapel Hill. The men fell 179-108, while the women were defeated, 204-94.

Ben Delmar stood out on the men's side, winning three individual events, the 100 and 200 breast and the 200 IM, while posting an NCAA standard in the 200 breast. Diver Sofia Knight improved one spot in UNC's all-time top 10 in the 1-meter and 3-meter, one week after inserting her name on the lists, to win both events. Taylor Bloom moved to No. 6 all-time at UNC in the 200 fly and Mary Macaulay improved her personal best to remain at No. 10 all-time in the 200 breast.

Emma Karam and Sophia Frei notched NCAA standards in both the 100 and 200 back, while Macaulay and Sebastian Lunak swam under the marks in the 200 fly.

The Heels will return to Koury for the UNC Invitational Feb. 4-6. Swimming will begin at 5 p.m. each day and admission is free.

UNC vs. NC State

Women 200 Medley Relay
3. UNC A (E. Karam, S. Armand, M. Macaulay), 1:38.32
4. UNC B (S. Frei, O. Pope, C. Stinson, M. Chokureva), 1:38.80

Men 200 Medley Relay
3. UNC A (C. Whelehan, S. Setzer, N. Hohm, L. Dramm), 1:25.20
4. UNC B (JT Schmid, B. Delmar, S. Lunak, M. Kartavi), 1:26.38
6. UNC C (R. Miller, G. Martin, C. Freudenstein, J. Swiderski), 1:27.56
7. UNC D (A. Maraana, X. Ruiz, G. Bartee, D. Quaresma), 1:28.83

Women 1000 Freestyle
3. Lily Readyer, 9:47.97
5. Lexie Ward, 10:01.78
6. Emma Sayers, 10:10.09

Men 1000 Freestyle
4. Josh Parent, 8:59.17
5. Brady Begin, 9:14.43

Women 200 Freestyle
4. Maren Conze, 1:47.25
5. Ava Muzzy, 1:46.68
6. Lily Sawyer, 1:49.37
7. Tiffany Murillo, 1:50.95

Men 200 Freestyle
4. David Quaresma, 1:35.79
5. Julian Swiderski, 1:36.07 (PB)
7. Sam Huggins, 1:37.71

Women 100 Backstroke
2. Emma Karam, 52.24 (NCAA Standard)
3. Sophia Frei, 52.45 (NCAA Standard)
7. Tom Mienis, 54.47
8. Addie Cloutier, 55.12

Men 100 Backstroke
5. David Melnychuk, 47.81
6. JT Schmid, 47.95
7. Adam Maraana, 48.32
8. Granger Bartee, 48.46

Women 100 Breaststroke
3. Samantha Armand, 1:00.98
4. Olympia Pope, 1:02.50

Men 100 Breaststroke
1. Ben Delmar, 52.68
3. Xavier Ruiz, 53.65
4. Giulian Martin, 54.14
5. Carter Freudenstein, 54.35

Women 200 Butterfly
1. Taylor Bloom, 1:55.19 (PB) (NCAA Standard) (No. 6 All-Time at UNC)
3. Mary Macaulay, 1:56.83 (NCAA Standard)
4. Aislin Farris, 1:57.73 (PB)
8. Emma Sayers, 2:03.39

Men 200 Butterfly
1. Sebastian Lunak, 1:43.62 (NCAA Standard)
2. Colin Whelehan, 1:44.70
5. Josh Parent, 1:46.30

Women 50 Freestyle
4. Michaela Chokureva, 22.93
5. Mackenzie Headley, 22.99
6. Chloe Stinson, 23.08
7. Marija Romanovskaja, 23.59

Men 50 Freestyle
3. Martin Kartavi, 19.53
4. Sean Setzer, 19.74
T6. Nate Hohm, 19.95
8. Reid Miller, 20.32

Women 100 Freestyle
3. Michaela Chokureva, 48.93 (PB)
6. Mackenzie Headley, 50.51
7. Lily Sawyer, 51.08 (PB)
8. Marija Romanovskaja, 51.87

Men 100 Freestyle
4. Louis Dramm, 43.64
5. Sean Setzer, 43.89
6. David Quaresma, 43.97
8. Julian Swiderski, 44.55

Women 200 Backstroke
3. Sophia Frei, 1:52.63 (NCAA Standard)
4. Emma Karam, 1:53.43 (NCAA Standard)
6. Aislin Farris, 1:56.80
8. Lexie Ward, 2:03.11

Men 200 Backstroke
3. JT Schmid, 1:44.37
4. David Melnychuk, 1:44.50
7. Granger Bartee, 1:46.56 (PB)
8. Adam Maraana, 1:48.65

Women 200 Breaststroke
2. Mary Macaulay, 2:11.07 (PB) (NCAA Standard) (No. 10 All-Time at UNC)
4. Samantha Armand, 2:13.49
6. Olympia Pope, 2:15.33

Men 200 Breastroke
1. Ben Delmar, 1:54.09 (NCAA Standard)
2. Xavier Ruiz, 1:56.42
3. Carter Freudenstein, 1:57.49
5. Giulian Martin, 1:57.66

Women 500 Freestyle
1. Maren Conze, 4:44.82 (PB)
3. Lily Reader, 4:46.23 (PB)
6. Ava Muzzy, 4:53.18
8. Tiffany Murillo, 4:57.96

Men 500 Freestyle
5. Josh Parent, 4:26.17
6. Sam Huggins, 4:30.28
7. Brady Begin, 4:31.10

Women 100 Butterfly
5. Taylor Bloom, 53.63
6. Emma Karam, 53.97
7. Lily Sawyer, 54.57
8. Chloe Stinson, 54.89

Men 100 Butterfly
3. Sebastian Lunak, 46.68
5. Colin Whelehan, 47.56
6. Nate Hohm, 47.89
8. Reid Miller, 48.81

Women 200 Individual Medley
2. Mary Macaulay, 1:57.90
4. Aislin Farris, 2:00.52
7. Taylor Bloom, 2:02.92

Men 200 Individual Medley
3. Ben Delmar, 1:46.00
5. Carter Freudenstein, 1:46.78
7. JT Schmid, 1:48.29

Women 400 Freestyle Relay
3. UNC A (M. Chokureva, M. Headley, M. Conze, S. Armand), 3:18.80
5. UNC B (C. Stinson, M. Romanovskaja, L. Reader, S. Frei), 3:22.82
6. UNC C (L. Sawyer, A. Muzzy, A. Cloutier, T. Murillo), 3:25.74

Men 400 Freestyle Relay
2. UNC A (S. Setzer, M. Kartavi, D. Quaresma, N. Hohm), 2:54.13
4. UNC B (J. Swiderski, C. Whelehan, S. Lunak, S. Huggins), 2:56.37
6. UNC C (D. Melnychuk, G. Bartee, A. Maraana, R. Miller), 3:01.39

Women 1-Meter
1. Sofia Knight, 312.45 (PB) (NCAA Standard) (No. 8 All-Time at UNC)

Men 1-Meter
1. Carter Loftin, 306.45

Women 3-Meter
1. Sofia Knight, 333.38 (PB) (NCAA Standard) (No. 9 All-Time at UNC)

Men 3-Meter
1. Carter Loftin, 328.50
2. Ciro Mejia, 314.48
3. Chris Booler, 276.00

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