The North Carolina swimming and diving team placed sixth and eighth, respectively, in the women and men’s competition at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Nov. 15 through 17.
What happened?
The Tar Heels ended Thursday with 160 total points for the women and 116 points for the men. North Carolina finished second in the women’s 200 free ‘A’ relay with a time of 1:29:2 to add 46 points to their score.
Grace Countie placed second in the women’s 50 freestyle with a time of 22.44. Brooke Bauer finished seventh with a time of 22.67 and Kate Boyer swam a personal best of 22.67, taking 10th place.
North Carolina racked up points in the men’s one-meter and women’s three-meter finals, with Sean Burston earning a runner-up title with a score of 346.50 points, and Emily Grund finishing fifth with 320.9 points.
The Tar Heels finished seventh in the men’s 200 freestyle and eighth in the men’s 400 medley ‘A’ to head into day two ranking eighth against nine, and the Tar Heel women ranking seventh out of 10 teams.
North Carolina moved up the rankings on day two of competition on Friday, with the women ranking fifth and the men ranking seventh. The Tar Heels started strong with top-five finishes in the men’s and women’s 200 medley relays.
North Carolina appeared in 31 individual finals, with Bryanna Cameron finishing 10th in the women’s 400 intermedley and Lilly Higgs and Caroline Hauder finishing seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 100-meter breaststroke.
The Tar Heels earned top-10 finishes in the women’s one-meter and men’s three-meter events. Mary-O Soule and Emma Cole placed 18th in the women’s 400 intermedley and women’s 100 fly, respectively, adding to the Tar Heels’ score. The Tar Heels ended the night with points coming from the 800 meter freestyle relays.
