{"id":624710,"date":"2025-10-18T07:17:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=624710"},"modified":"2025-10-18T07:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:17:03","slug":"duke-women-surge-to-win-over-north-carolina-while-tar-heel-men-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duke-women-surge-to-win-over-north-carolina-while-tar-heel-men-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Women Surge to Win Over North Carolina While Tar Heel Men Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke Women Surge to Win Over North Carolina While Tar Heel Men Triumph<\/strong><\/p>\n

The North Carolina Tar Heels made the short trip north to Durham Friday to take on Duke in dual-meet action. As expected, the UNC men won big by a 205-95 margin, but Duke’s women managed a 158-142 victory in the latest installment of this rivalry.<\/p>\n

The Duke women opened the meet with a dominant effort in the 200 medley relay.\u00a0Ali Pfaff<\/strong>,\u00a0Kaelyn Gridley<\/strong>,\u00a0Heather White<\/strong> and\u00a0Tatum Wall<\/strong> combined for a time of 1:36.02. Pfaff had the Blue Devils’ first individual win in the 100 backstroke, clocking 51.50 while teammate\u00a0Tierney Lenahan<\/strong> made it a 1-2 finish. Gridley finished two seconds clear of anyone esle in the 100 breaststroke with her time of 59.07 while Wall dominated the freestyle sprints, going 21.94 in the 50 and 48.24 in the 100.<\/p>\n

Pfaff again was victorious in the 200 back, touching in 1:52.49, and Gridley doubled up in the 200 breast (2:10.04). White took the win in the 100 butterfly (53.18), and Keira Lu<\/strong> topped 1-meter diving (331.13). Wall, Pfaff,\u00a0Clare Logan<\/strong> and White picked up the win in the 400 free relay by more than five seconds, clocking 3:14.32.<\/p>\n