Although the season resumed last weekend for the North Carolina swimming and diving teams, Wednesday's meet against Brown resembled something out of the preseason, as both the men's and the women's squads cruised to easy victories at Koury Natatorium.
Chris Helin, Stephen Krebs and Sean Quinn each were double winners for the UNC men, who took nine of 16 events to beat Brown 164-120.
Meanwhile, the UNC women built on Sunday's victory over the Tigers, defeating the Bears 169-129.
Yuri Suguiyama and Michael Chenier also notched individual victories for the men's team, which evened its season record to 3-3 and rebounded from last Sunday's home loss to Clemson.
"I feel better about how the team performed," said Quinn, winner of the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes. "I executed a few small things today that I wasn't able to do Sunday. Coach always points out there's a few small things that I am lacking right now, but they'll come with time."
On the women's side, Becky Acker led the Tar Heels (5-1) with victories in the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes and the 400-yard individual medley. Lindsay Waddell and Jessi Perruquet had two wins apiece.
Acker downplayed her three victories after the meet, pointing to the absence of UNC senior Katie Hathaway as a reason for her success.
"I swam better than I did on Sunday, but I think I won the events because (Hathaway) wasn't here," Acker said. "That's good because she's not going to be here next year, so maybe it shows that I can fill her shoes. But those are some big shoes to fill."
Despite the absence of Hathaway, who was in class, the meet against the Bear women (2-2) often resembled a test run for more important meets. UNC swam several of the later races as exhibition heats.
