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Cross Country tops competition

By JOHN ZHANG | September 19

Saturday's Carolina Challenge at Ranson-Hamrick Course posed no challenge to the North Carolina cross country team - the opponents just could not keep up. The Tar Heel women's and men's teams dominated with team wins. Pablo Durana and Megan Kaltenbach each won individually. Seven UNC men finished in the top ten. The Tar Heels scored a perfect 15 points, followed by South Florida's 52 and East Carolina's 76. The women had six of the top 10 finishers in the 5k race. They scored 18 points, beating out USF's 45, ECU's 76, and Virginia Commonwealth's 98.

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Cross country teams hopeful at start of season

By JOHN ZHANG | September 16

One side will build upon youth for the future. The other side expects youth to contribute to an ACC Championship this season. Both the North Carolina men's and women's cross country teams will feature young runners in the 2005 season, which kicked off Sept. 2 at the Wake Forest Relays and continues Saturday at the Carolina Challenge - the team's only home meet of the season.

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Frustrated Tar Heels blank Charlotte

By JOHN ZHANG | February 21

At one point in North Carolina’s Raian Luchici’s match against Charlotte’s Roy Sichel on Saturday, Luchici slammed his racket against the court, frustrated that he was down 3-0 in the second set. But Luchici, who ranks No. 66 in the nation in singles, came back strong. He took six of the next seven games to win the match in straight sets. Much like Luchici, the No. 29 Tar Heels (7-2) seemed frustrated and faced stiff competition, but still handed Charlotte (4-4) a 7-0 sweep at the Cone-Kenfield Indoor Tennis Center.

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Tar Heels cruise in the pool

By JOHN ZHANG | January 13

UNC’s swimming and diving teams blew past Bucknell and Brown on Wednesday, cruising to a double dual victory. The men started off by winning 14 straight events, defeating Brown 158 to 124 and Bucknell 167 to 124. On the women’s side, the Tar Heels posted a 151 to 145 victory against Brown and a 180 to 116 score against Bucknell. The women had the fastest times in 14 of the 16 events. Eleven different women posted victories.

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UNC has victory over Duke in swimming and diving

By JOHN ZHANG | November 10

Whenever North Carolina takes on Duke in any competition, it is considered a bitter rivalry. In the case of men's and women's swimming and diving, UNC clearly came out on top. The Tar Heels coolly cruised to a dominating 213 to 84 win for the men, and a 199 to 94 win for the women Tuesday night against their arch rivals at Koury Natatorium. The victory was the 68th straight on the men's side against the Blue Devils and the 31st straight on the women's side.

JOHN ZHANG

Cross Country tops competition

Cross country teams hopeful at start of season

Frustrated Tar Heels blank Charlotte

Tar Heels cruise in the pool

UNC has victory over Duke in swimming and diving

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