Swimming & Diving Sweeps BC & UNCW

Friday, January 9

Chapel Hill, N.C.

1 PM: Diving | 2 PM: Swimming

North Carolina

Boston College and UNCW

Sofia Knight
1-meter dive
University of North Carolina Swimming & Diving v Boston College, UNC-W; Wilmington
Koury Natatorium
Chapel Hill, NC
Friday, January 9, 2026

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

January 9, 2026 | Swimming & Diving

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The North Carolina swimming and diving program swept Boston College and UNCW in double-dual meets at Koury Natatorium on Friday. The women topped the Eagles 222-66 and the Seahawks 209.50-84.50, while claiming all but one event. The men bettered BC 219-77 and blew past UNCW 232-66, winning every event on the program.

Diver Sofia Knight claimed her first victories on the springboard, claiming the 1-meter and 3-meter, while moving into the Top 10 at UNC in both. Her score of 306.70 on the 1-meter ranks ninth all-time at UNC, while her 331.25 on 3-meter in now No. 10. The women hit three NCAA standards and tallied two PRs on the day. Emma Karam went under the mark in the 100 back with a 52.06, while Mary Macaulay (1:56.36) and Taylor Bloom (1:56.72) did so in the 200 butterfly. Chloe Stinson equaled her personal best in the 50 free at 23.02 to claim victory, while Michaela Chokureva set a new mark of 49.29 to win the 100 free.

Ben Delmar led the way for the men with a victory in the 200 IM. He clocked a time of 1:44.85 to win the event. Sean Setzer claimed victories in the 50 free (19.66) and 100 free (44.04), while Nate Hohm won his first dual-meet event with a 47.49 in the 100 fly. Carter Loftin claimed victory on the 1-meter and Rodolfo Vazquez Montano took the 3-meter.

The Heels will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 16 for a dual meet with NC State at Koury. The meet will start at 4 p.m. with diving and swimming will begin at 5 p.m. Admission is free.

UNC vs. Boston College & UNCW

Women 200 Medley Relay
1. UNC A (S. Frei, S. Armand, K. Meskill, E. Goettsch), 1:38.24
3. UNC B (E. Karam, O. Pope, M. Macaulay, M. Headley), 1:40.24

Men 200 Medley Relay
1. UNC A (C. Whelehan, B. Delmar, N. Hohm, L. Dramm), 1:25.92
2. UNC B (JT Schmid, S. Setzer, S. Lunak, M. Kartavi), 1:26.61
5. UNC C (G. Bartee, G. Martin, R. Miller, D. Quaresma), 1:28.61
6. UNC D (D. Melnychuk, X. Ruiz, C. Freudenstein, J. Swiderski), 1:28.73

Women 1000 Freestyle
1. Lily Reader, 9:51.35
2. Lexie Ward, 9:54.76

Men 1000 Freestyle
1. Josh Parent, 9:07.57
3. Brady Begin, 9:16.97

Women 200 Freestyle
1. Maren Conze, 1:47.73
2. Ava Muzzy, 1:48.14
3. Lily Sawyer, 1:49.51
4. Marija Romanovskaja, 1:52.20

Men 200 Freestyle
1. Louis Dramm, 1:35.28
2. David Quaresma, 1:36.25
3. Julian Swiderski, 1:36.85
5. Sam Huggins, 1:38.08

Women 100 Backstroke
1. Emma Karam, 52.06 (NCAA Standard)
2. Kamryn Meskill, 53.96
4. Eden Goettsch, 55.14
6. Tom Mienis, 56.94

Men 100 Backstroke
1. JT Schmid, 47.90
3. David Melnychuk, 48.11
4. Granger Bartee, 48.55
6. Reid Miller, 49.57
-- Adam Maraana, 48.24

Women 100 Breaststroke
1. Samantha Armand, 1:00.73
3. Olympia Pope, 1:04.10

Men 100 Breaststroke
1. Xavier Ruiz, 54.05
2. Giulian Martin, 54.09
4. Carter Freudenstein, 54.49

Women 200 Butterfly
1. Mary Macaulay, 1:56.36 (NCAA Standard)
2. Taylor Bloom, 1:56.72 (NCAA Standard)
3. Aislin Farris, 1:59.16
4. Emma Sayers, 2:01.88

Men 200 Butterfly
1. Colin Whelehan, 1:45.36
3. Sebastian Lunak, 1:46.37
5. Ben Delmar, 1:46.84

Women 50 Freestyle
1. Chloe Stinson, 23.02 (T-PB)
T3. Mackenzie Headley, 23.16
4. Michaela Chokureva, 23.18
7. Marija Romanovskaja, 24.04

Men 50 Freestyle
1. Sean Setzer, 19.66
2. Louis Dramm, 19.75
3. Martin Kartavi, 19.78
4. Nate Hohm, 20.13

Women 100 Freestyle
1. Michaela Chokureva, 49.29 (PB)
2. Mackenzie Headley, 50.16
4. Eden Goettsch, 51.08
8. Marija Romanovskaja, 52.82

Men 100 Freestyle
1. Sean Setzer, 44.04
2. Julian Swiderski, 44.28 (PB)
5. David Quaresma, 44.73
11. Martin Kartavi, 47.43

Women 200 Backstroke
1. Sophia Frei, 1:53.02 (NCAA Standard)
2. Maren Conze, 1:56.82
4. Ava Muzzy, 2:00.06
8. Tom Mienis, 2:05.17
-- Aislin Farris, 1:57.93
-- Addie Cloutier, 2:00.69

Men 200 Backstroke
1. David Melnychuk, 1:44.14
3. Colin Whelehan, 1:45.29
4. Adam Maraana, 1:46.59
5. Granger Bartee, 1:46.61

Women 200 Breaststroke
1. Samantha Armand, 2:12.24
2. Mary Macaulay, 2:12.35
5. Olympia Pope, 2:20.92

Men 200 Breastroke
1. Giulian Martin, 1:57.18
2. Carter Freudenstein, 1:58.38
3. Xavier Ruiz, 1:58.99

Women 500 Freestyle
1. Lily Reader, 4:50.49
2. Lexie Ward, 4:50.77

Men 500 Freestyle
1. Sam Huggins, 4:26.95
3. Brady Begin, 4:30.12

Women 100 Butterfly
2. Taylor Bloom, 53.89
3. Chloe Stinson, 54.84
4. Lily Sawyer, 54.89
6. Emma Sayers, 57.37

Men 100 Butterfly
1. Nate Hohm, 47.49
2. Sebastian Lunak, 47.58
3. JT Schmid, 47.93
4. Reid Miller, 48.23

Women 200 Individual Medley
1. Mary Macaulay, 1:58.21
3. Aislin Farris, 2:03.17
5. Lexie Ward, 2:04.73
-- Emma Karam, DQ

Men 200 Individual Medley
1. Ben Delmar, 1:44.85
3. Carter Freudenstein, 1:46.81
4. Colin Whelehan, 1:47.31
11. Xavier Ruiz, 1:56.63
-- Giulian Martin, 1:51.57

Women 400 Freestyle Relay
1. UNC A (K. Meskill, M. Chokureva, M. Conze, M. Headley), 3:18.57
2. UNC B (S. Armand, M. Romanovskaja, S. Frei, E. Karam), 3:22.47
4. UNC C (C. Stinson, L. Reader, L. Sawyer, T. Mienis), 3:26.38

Men 400 Freestyle Relay
1. UNC A (S. Setzer, D. Quaresma, M. Kartavi, L. Dramm), 2:53.18
3. UNC B (J. Swiderski, S. Huggins, A. Maraana, N. Hohm), 2:58.23
4. UNC C (R. Miller, S. Lunak, JT Schmid, D. Melnychuk), 2:58.45

Women 1-Meter
1. Sofia Knight, 306.70 (No. 9 All-Time at UNC)

Men 1-Meter
1. Carter Loftin, 326.15
2. Conrad Eck, 299.10
3. Ciro Mejia, 290.05
4. Chris Booler, 289.30

Women 3-Meter
1. Sofia Knight, 331.25 (No. 10 All-Time at UNC)

Men 3-Meter
1. Rodolfo Vazquez Montano, 377.50
2. Ciro Mejia, 371.15
3. Chris Booler, 356.65
T4. Conrad Eck, 329.70
T4. Carter Loftin, 329.70

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