The UNC men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams swept the UNCW Seahawks with a men’s score of 195-100 and a women’s score of 188-107.
What happened?
The men’s and women’s teams picked up their second dual meet victory of the season at David B. Allen Natatorium, boosting their dual meet record to 2-0 on the season. The Seahawks are now 1-4 for the season.
The Tar Heels won 27 out of the total 32 events, and won each of the four diving events.
Who stood out?
Fifth-year senior Anton Down-Jenkins led the way for the men’s side of the diving competition, winning both the one and three-meter events with scores more than 20 points above the second-place finisher. On the women’s side, junior Aranza Vazquez had the same winning result in both events, earning a score of 367.20 on the three-meter event; this was more than 90 points higher than the second-place finisher.
On the swim side, the men and women both split the relay events with UNCW, with the Tar Heels winning both the men’s and women’s 200-yard medley relay.
Sophomore Nick Radkov placed first in both of his individual events, with wins in both the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. Sophomore Dylan Citta also had a great meet, with two out of three of his individual events resulting in a victory (100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke).
First-year Louis Dramm came away with two victories in both the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle events. Dramm had a dominating win in the 1,000-yard, beating out UNCW sophomore Sam O’Brien by over three seconds.
