CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, November 6. THE men and women's swimming and diving teams remain undefeated in the ACC after swimming past the Maryland Terapins Friday afternoon. The Tar Heels improved their records to 3-0 in the conference. The UNC menšs team defeated Maryland 171-98 and the women won 166-117.
"We put in a hard week of training and we have a few people battling
injuries, but I am very pleased with the win," said head coach Rich DeSelm.
"Having Tommy Wyher step up and go 48.19 in the 100 back is awesome. Kane
showed she has great talent and is ready to race," said DeSelm about the two swimmers who achieved NCAA-B qualifying times.
The Tar Heel men dominated the meet with top performances in 14 out of 15
events, including exhibition swims.
Junior Tommy Wyher led the men to a quick start with a win in the 100-yard
backstroke followed in second by Junior Josh Hafkin and in third, Sophomore
Jim Flannery. Wyher finished with an NCAA-B qualifying time of 48.19.
Senior Jason McLaughlin went a season best time of 50.01 in the 100-yard
butterfly taking first with Freshman Tom Luchsinger in second and Sophomore
Brad Hamilton in third.
The Tar Heels continued to dominate sweeping the 200-yard butterfly. Jason
McLaughlin claimed his second victory of the afternoon followed in second by Tyler Harris and in third, Robert Grimmett-Norris.
The women also had a successful afternoon having top performances in 9 out
of the 15 events.
The Tar Heel women went 1-2-3 in the 100-yard breaststroke with Sophomore
Laura Moriarty taking first followed by teammates Layne Brodie and Katie
Keel. Moriarty also won the 200-yard breaststroke.
"Laura is a great racer and competitor, she doesn't like to lose. She was an NCAA qualifier last year and would like to score this year. She has been
working on the little things to improve her races," said DeSelm.
The 200-yard freestyle was a close race, but Junior Katura Harvey got her
hand on the wall first with a season best time of 1:50.95 followed by
teammate Ashley Howard.
It was an exciting afternoon for Junior Rebecca Kane who won the 50-yard
freestyle finishing with an NCAA-B qualifying time of 23.00. Kane also won
the 100-yard freestyle.
The Tar Heel women distance swimmers dominated the 500-yard freestyle going
1-2-3-4. Katura Harvey took first followed by teammates Ashley Miller in
second, Stephanie Eisenring in third and Katelyn Martin in fourth.
The Tar Heel men divers placed 1-2-3 on 1-meter. Senior David Solarz took
first followed by Freshman Jake Kinzbach and Sophomore David MacDonald. The
men also dominated 3-meter with a first place finish by David Solarz, Ryland Jones in second and David MacDonald in third.
"Solarz had a great afternoon winning both boards. He is our leading senior
diver. He is a fierce competitor and wants to win," said head diving coach
Kevin Lawrence.
"We are a young squad, but Solarz has been a great leader for the
underclassmen. It has become a very competitive group of guys," said
Lawrence.
The Tar Heels will be competing again in Columbia, S.C. in two weeks at the
Gamecock Invitational.
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