{"id":598299,"date":"2024-10-27T08:27:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T15:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=598299"},"modified":"2024-10-27T08:27:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T15:27:09","slug":"tar-heels-swim-teams-dominate-battle-of-the-carolinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tar-heels-swim-teams-dominate-battle-of-the-carolinas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tar Heels Swim Teams Dominate Battle of the Carolinas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tar Heels Swim Teams Dominate Battle of the Carolinas<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of North Carolina swimming and diving teams finished out a busy weekend of competition with a sweep of South Carolina Saturday. The UNC women bounced back from a tight loss against Auburn Friday to win 187.5 to 112.5 while the men followed up their win against the Tigers<\/a> with a 184-108 triumph against the Gamecocks.<\/p>\n

The North Carolina women started off the meet with an almost-three-second win in the 400 medley relay.\u00a0Greer Pattison<\/strong>, Skyler Smith<\/strong>,\u00a0Lillian Sawyer<\/strong> and\u00a0Georgia Nel<\/strong> combined for a time of 3:33.83.<\/p>\n

Lilian Reader<\/strong> topped the 1000 freestyle in 9:48.63, overtaking South Carolina’s\u00a0Madison Kolessar<\/strong> with a blazing final 50 split of 27.08. Nel won the 200 free (1:45.63) and 100 free (48.81), and Emma Karam<\/strong> took first in the 100 backstroke (52.26) and 200 back (1:54.67). Smith was the winner of the 100 breaststroke (1:00.77), and Pattison topped the 50 free (22.48).<\/p>\n

Maren Conze<\/strong> claimed the top spot in the 500 free, clocking 4:50.62 to beat out South Carolina’s\u00a0Breckin Gormley<\/strong> by 19-hundredths after the two were neck-and-neck most of the race. UNC’s\u00a0Mary Macaulay\u00a0<\/strong>topped the 400 IM (4:12.41), and the team of Pattison, Nel,\u00a0Elizabeth Sowards<\/strong> and Smith closed out the meet with a 200 free relay win, clocking 1:29.56.<\/p>\n

South Carolina’s first win came from\u00a0Greta Pelzek<\/strong> in the 200 butterfly (1:56.16), and Sophie Verzyl<\/strong> took diving wins in 1-meter (336.30) and 3-meter (364.43). Delaney Franklin<\/strong> finished first in the 200 breast (2:11.52), and Pelzek won again in the 100 fly. She beat teammate\u00a0Aubrey Finn<\/strong> by one hundredth, 52.99 to 53.00.<\/p>\n