The North Carolina men’s swimming and diving team finished seventh place in the ACC Championships, which concluded on Thursday. The event saw the Tar Heels break school records in five different events and tie a record for a sixth event.
What happened?
UNC got off to a solid start on Monday, as the team of Jorden Merrilees, Henry Campbell, Phillip Perdue and Michael Mayer placed third in the 800-yard freestyle relay and breaking a school record by more than three seconds.
The 3-meter diving scores were added into team stats on day one, even though the divers competed with the women’s teams two weeks ago at the conference championships.Jack Nyquist finished third in the event and Sean Burston took home 11th place.
On Tuesday, three UNC swimmers scored top-five finishes, including Campbell’s second-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle that broke the UNC record for the second time that day, which he already owned.
Meyer finished fifth in the 200-yard individual medley, earning the two fastest times in school history during the prelims and ultimately the final.
The Tar Heels took home third-place in the 1-meter diving competition thanks to Nyquist. Sean Burston finished 12th in the event.
Wednesday saw three more top-five finishes for the Tar Heels, as Campbell broke his own school record and finished second in the 400-yard medley.
Craig Emslie broke another school record in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing eighth in the process, Merrilees tied a school record in the 200-yard freestyle that he originally set on Monday during the 800-yard relay, and finished fourth.