{"id":496164,"date":"2022-01-28T18:41:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T01:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=496164"},"modified":"2022-01-28T18:41:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T01:41:56","slug":"north-carolina-defeats-duke-in-rivalry-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/north-carolina-defeats-duke-in-rivalry-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Defeats Duke in Rivalry Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Carolina Defeats Duke in Rivalry Showdown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several of the dual meets between Tobacco Road rivals North Carolina and Duke have come down to the wire over the past several years, and this year’s showdown was another classic. North Carolina ended up winning by just eight points on the women’s side, 154-146, as the Tar Heels trailed the Blue Devils before finishing 1-2-3 in the 400 freestyle relay. The UNC men won by a greater margin with a final score of 168-132.<\/p>\n

In the women’s meet, UNC was led by Ellie VanNote<\/strong>, who won the 100 fly (52.66) and 200 fly (1:57.29), and\u00a0Grace Countie<\/strong>, who topped the field in the 100 back (52.61) and 100 free (48.41). However, Duke nearly stole the meet as\u00a0Yi Xuan Chang<\/strong> won the 200, 500 and 1000 free and\u00a0Sarah Foley<\/strong> won the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM, only for UNC to come out on top with its relay heroics.<\/p>\n