{"id":654250,"date":"2026-09-26T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T20:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=654250"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T20:49:57","slug":"university-of-south-carolina-tops-unc-wilmington-as-delaney-franklin-william-carrico-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/university-of-south-carolina-tops-unc-wilmington-as-delaney-franklin-william-carrico-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"University of South Carolina Tops UNC-Wilmington as Delaney Franklin, William Carrico Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of South Carolina Tops UNC-Wilmington as Delaney Franklin, William Carrico Shine<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of South Carolina swim and dive teams took care of business in their season-opening contest at UNC-Wilmington. The Gamecock women triumphed 250-50 while the men won a much tighter meet by a score of 165-135.<\/p>\n

South Carolina’s women opened with a 200 medley relay time of 1:40.55, with\u00a0Tori Abruzzo<\/strong>,\u00a0Elizabeth Goodwin-Berine<\/strong>,\u00a0Taylor Grimley<\/strong> and\u00a0Kara West<\/strong> on the squad. Abruzzo touched first in the 100 backstroke (54.78). Emma Reiser<\/strong> topped the 1000 freestyle for SC in 9:54.95, followed by Ellery Ottem<\/strong> winning the 200 free in 1:47.70.<\/p>\n

Alexis Dalton<\/strong> picked up a come-from-behind win in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.44) before\u00a0Delaney Franklin<\/strong> used another furious finish to win the 200 butterfly (2:00.23). In the sprint freestyle events,\u00a0Kate Murray<\/strong> won the 50 (23.34), and\u00a0Sofia Luper<\/strong> took first in the 100 (50.26). Later, Farrah Klein<\/strong> of the Gamecocks topped the 200 back (1:58.20) before Franklin’s second win in the 200 breast, this one wire-to-wire in 2:12.10.<\/p>\n

In the final portion of the meet, Reiser won the 500 free (4:52.13), and\u00a0Samantha Chan<\/strong> led the way in the 100 fly (53.76). The final individual event, the 200 IM, saw Franklin get to the wall first yet again with a mark of 2:00.30. Luper,\u00a0Lilly Robertson<\/strong>, Dalton and Ottem took the win in the 200 free relay in 1:33.03 while diving wins went to\u00a0Reagan Patterson<\/strong> (1-meter 296.48) and\u00a0Kyleigh Kidd<\/strong> (3-meter, 267.30).<\/p>\n