Ben Delmar, Samantha Armand Help North Carolina Sweep Duke
Four wins apiece from Ben Delmar, Sean Setzer and Samantha Armand led North Carolina to a pair of wins against archrival Duke on Friday night.
The men’s team claimed a decisive 220.5-79.5 decision at Koury Natatorium in Chapel Hill, while the women claimed a 179.5-120.5 result.
Delmar claimed the 100 breaststroke in a UNC podium sweep, going 52.57 to get to the wall first. He then won the 200 breast in another sweep, this time with a time of 1:53.31. (Xavier Ruiz and Giulian Martin filled the podium behind him in both.) Delmar added the win in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:46.71.
Delmar started the night by swimming breaststroke on the victorious 400 medley relay, the Tar Heels going 3:06.96 with Colin Whelehan, PJ Foy and Setzer.
Setzer outsprinted teammate Martin Kartavi by .13 seconds to win the 50 freestyle in 19.41. He was second to mate Julian Swiderski (44.20) in the 100 free by .09 seconds. Setzer’s 44.11 led off the victorious 400 free relay, the Tar Heels going 2:53.27. Nate Hohm, Kartavi and Foy joined him on that squad.
Whelehan captured the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:44.17. Foy prevailed in the 100 fly in 46.16. Josh Parent won the 1,000 free in 9:15.90. Granger Bartee won the 100 backstroke in 47.93, edging out David Melnychuk by .07 seconds.
Duke got wins from Charlie Kulp, who went 1:35.91 in the 200 free and 4:24.83 in the 500, and Cade Anderson with a 1:43.96 in the 200 back.
Armand led the way for the UNC women. She teamed with Sophia Frei, Lillian Sawyer and Michaela Chokureva to win the 400 medley relay by precisely two seconds in 3:32.01. Armand’s 1:00.03 in the 100 breast was tops in a UNC sweep of the top four spots, and it was a 1-2 with Raya Mellott in the 200 breast led by Armand’s time of 2:12.87. Armand also won the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.88.
UNC opened with a 1-2-3 in the 1,000 free led by Lexie Ward’s time of 9:48.70. Ward was second in the 500 free, just .04 seconds off a second victory. Sawyer won the 200 free in 1:46.47 with Maren Conze second and clocked in at 52.31 to register the win in the 100 fly. Mary Macaulay (1:56.74) and Taylor Bloom went 1-2 in the 200 fly.
Duke finished the meet by winning the 400 free relay in 3:16.54, with the team of Ali Pfaff, Sidney Arcella, Clare Logan and Tierney Lenahan.
Pfaff claimed the 100 back in 51.57 – with Lenehan tying UNC’s Sophia Frei for second – before Pfaff’s 1:52.24 edged Frei in the 200. Duke made headway in the sprints, with Riley Anderson (22.51) and Heather White (22.64) taking the top two spots in the 50 free, then White’s 48.55 prevailed in the 100 free. Quinn White went 4:49.31 to win the 500 free.
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