North Carolina
Duke
Swimming Teams Earn First Victories of the Season
June 21, 1999 | Swimming & Diving
October 29, 1998
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--North Carolina's nationally-ranked men's and women's swimming and diving teams earned their first victories of the 1998-99 season Wednesday afternoon, defeating arch-rival Duke at the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium in the Tar Heels' first home swimming meets of the campaign.
The 16th-ranked Carolina women recorded a 180-98 victory over the Blue Devils, while the 22nd-ranked Tar Heel men cruised to a 211-64 victory over the Blue Devils, winning all but one event in the meet. Balance led the Tar Heel women to the victory as freshman diver Beth Waldo won two individual events, while eight other Carolina women's swimmer, including five seniors, each captured one individual win during the meet. Duke captured five of the 16 events, led by senior Amy Armond, who won three individual events.
The Carolina men had 10 different swimmers claim individual championships. Freshman Mike Callahan of Raleigh, N.C., sophomore Brad Kline of Charlotte, N.C. and junior diver Christian Zuburg of Raleigh, N.C. each captured a pair of individual titles in the meet. Freshman Kert Johnson claimed wins in one individual event and on both winning Tar Heel relay squads.
The Tar Heel men have now defeated Duke in men's swimming dual-meet action 61 successive times. The Tar Heel women have never lost to the Blue Devils, winning 24 in a row.
With the victories, Carolina's men and women both evened their overall records at 1-1 and improved their Atlantic Coast Conference marks to 1-0.
Duke's men and women fell to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the ACC. UNC will return to action in the pool this Friday when Carolina plays host to the Tar Heel Invitational I at the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium at 5:00 p.m.
MEN'S MEET SUMMARY--#22 NORTH CAROLINA 211, DUKE 64
200-Yd. Medley Relay--1. North Carolina (Chris Jennings, Dave Meschke, Tucker Shade, Kert Johnson), 1:34.89; 2. North Carolina (Matt Lundgaard, Tim Tober, Kevin Erndl, John Spaziano), 1:36.99; 3. Duke (Brendan McGill, Mark Rotblat, Sean Gaiser, Clint McHugh), 1:40.30.
1000-Yd. Freestyle--1. David Slawinski (UNC), 9:32.60; 2. Mark Seidman (UNC), 9:33.04; 3. Jonah Turner (UNC), 9:46.95; 4. Andrew Biedrzycki (UNC), 9:47.21; 5. Sean Feeney (DU), 10:08.64.
200-Yd. Freestyle--1. Mike Callahan (UNC), 1:42.47; 2. Ted Brisson (UNC), 1:42.95; 3. Justin Rossi (UNC), 1:42.98; 4. David Green (UNC), 1:47.13; 5. Matt Lynch (DU), 1:48.38.
100-Yd. Backstroke--1. Tom Schmelzer (UNC), 51.89; 2. Chris Jennings (UNC), 52.81; 3. Chris Helin (UNC), 54.04; 4. Matt Lundgaard (UNC), 54.27; 5. Brad Forth (DU), 1:01.82.
100-Yd. Breaststroke--1. Brad Kline (UNC), 58.69; 2. Mark Rotblat (DU), 1:00.01; 3. Dave Meschke (UNC), 1:00.36; 4. Tim Tober (UNC), 1:03.04; 5. Brian Oles (DU), 1:03.83.
200-Yd. Butterfly--1. Seth Laughlin (UNC), 1:54.88; 2. Gregg Johnson (UNC), 1:56.99; 3. Willem Bok (UNC), 1:58.30; 4. Taylor Marks (UNC), 1:59.86; 5. Chris Wise (DU), 2:01.92.
50-Yd. Freestyle--1. John Spaziano (UNC), 20.92; 2. Kevin Erndl (UNC), 20.94; 3. Matt Baldwin (UNC), 21.66; 4. Kert Johnson (UNC), 21.69; 5. Clint McHugh (DU), 22.10.
One-Meter Diving--1. Christian Zuburg (UNC), 285.15; 2. Kevin Mangum (UNC), 244.05.
100-Yd. Freestyle--1. Mike Callahan (UNC), 47.49; 2. Clint McHugh (DU), 48.87; 3. Matt Lynch (DU), 49.28; 4. David Green (UNC), 49.84; 5. Tim Tober (UNC), 50.53.
200-Yd. Backstroke--1. Matt Baldwin (UNC), 1:53.76; 2. Matt Lundgaard (UNC), 1:57.10; 3. Brendan McGill (DU), 2:03.68.
200-Yd. Breaststroke--1. Mark Rotblat (DU), 2:11.14; 2. Dave Meschke (UNC), 2:13.41; 3. Brian Oles (DU), 2:21.10.
500-Yd. Freestyle--1. Tucker Shade (UNC), 4:39.48; 2. Chris Wise (DU), 4:48.22; 3. Jonah Turner (UNC), 4:48.92; 4. Andrew Biedrzycki (UNC), 4:48.98; 5. Willem Bok (UNC), 4:52.27.
100-Yd. Butterfly--1. Kert Johnson (UNC), 52.13; 2. Gregg Johnson (UNC), 54.36; 3. Sean Gaiser (DU), 54.83.
Three-Meter Diving--1. Christian Zuburg (UNC), 326.25; 2. Kevin Mangum (UNC), 289.65.
200-Yd. Individual Medley--1. Brad Kline (UNC), 2:00.45; 2. Chris Wise (DU), 2:04.64; 3. Brad Forth (DU), 2:13.33; 4. Paul Tzur (DU), 2:15.75.
200-Yd. Freestyle Relay--1. North Carolina (John Spaziano, Ted Brisson, Kert Johnson, Christian Weber), 1:26.59; 2. Duke (Clint McHugh, Mark Rotblat, Brendan McGill, Sean Gaiser), 1:29.43.
Records: Duke 0-1, ACC 0-1; North Carolina 1-1, ACC 1-0
WOMEN'S MEET SUMMARY--#16 NORTH CAROLINA 180, DUKE 98
200-Yd. Medley Relay--1. North Carolina (Kelsey Durkin, Beth Schlessman, Summer Mack, Erika Acuff), 1:49.03; 2. Duke (Betsy Stewart, Emily Voelker, Paige Dommerich, Jamie Fleming), 1:53.70; 3. North Carolina (Erica Vrana, Katie Coates, Hilary Hoskins, Tracey Rankin), 1:54.45.
1000-Yd. Freestyle--1. Amy Armond (DU), 10:15.95; 2. Karen Krysiewski (UNC), 10:24.96; 3. Allison Terrill (UNC), 10:40.82; 4. Catherine Frock (UNC), 10:45.10.
200-Yd. Freestyle--1. Jennifer Strasburger (UNC), 1:53.86; 2. Molly Sullivan (UNC), 1:54.46; 3. Stefanie Rulis (UNC), 1:57.74; 4. Elizabeth Bursiek (UNC), 1:58.08; 5. Jennifer Lee (DU), 1:58.09.
100-Yd. Backstroke--1. Kelsey Durkin (UNC), 58.67; 2. Sarah Givan (UNC), 1:00.28; 3. Betsy Stewart (DU), 1:00.82; 4. Hilary Hoskins (UNC), 1:01.58; 5. Erica Vrana (UNC), 1:03.91.
100-Yd. Breaststroke--1. Beth Schlessman (UNC), 1:08.02; 2. JoAnn Overton (UNC), 1:09.88; 3. Emily Huber (UNC), 1:10.07; 4. Paige Dommerich (DU), 1:10.95; 5. Katie Coates (UNC), 1:12.12.
200-Yd. Butterfly--1. Erika Acuff (UNC), 2:06.19; 2. Kelly McLaughlin (UNC), 2:06.48; 3. Molly Sullivan (UNC), 2:07.70; 4. Heather Winter (DU), 2:13.09; 5. Lindsey O'Connell (DU), 2:19.40.
50-Yd. Freestyle--1. Summer Mack (UNC), 23.99; 2. Tracey Rankin (UNC), 24.51; 3. Stefanie Rulis (UNC), 24.66; 4. Betsy Stewart (DU), 24.98; 5. Leslie King (DU), 26.13.
One-Meter Diving--1. Beth Waldo (UNC), 228.52; 2. Kristy Guenther (DU), 227.47; 3. Holly Mills (UNC), 212.40; 4. Ilana Morgan (DU), 172.65.
100-Yd. Freestyle--1. Tracey Rankin (UNC), 53.75; 2. Kelsey Durkin (UNC), 54.09; 3. Jennifer Lee (DU), 55.46; 4. Elizabeth Bursiek (UNC), 55.72; 5. Karen Krysiewski (UNC), 56.40.
200-Yd. Backstroke--1. Amy Armond (DU), 2:08.16; 2. Sarah Givan (UNC), 2:08.72; 3. Erica Vrana (UNC), 2:16.11.
200-Yd. Breaststroke--1. Katie Coates (UNC), 2:35.02; 2. Heather Winter (DU), 2:36.24; 3. Emily Huber (UNC), 2:37.10.
500-Yd. Freestyle--1. Karen Krysiewski (UNC), 5:08.79; 2. Jill Spitzfaden (DU), 5:09.42; 3. Allison Terrill (UNC), 5:15.94; 4. Liz Boswell (DU), 5:17.95; 5. Catherine Frock (UNC), 5:18.06.
100-Yd. Butterfly--1. Paige Dommerich (DU), 1:00.56; 2. Jennifer Strasburger (UNC), 1:01.41; 3. Lindsey O'Connell (DU), 1:02.24; 4. Emily Voelker (DU), 1:04.85; 5. Lauren Nathan (DU), 1:05.55.
Three-Meter Diving--1. Beth Waldo (UNC), 259.95; 2. Holly Mills (UNC), 238.80; 3. Kristy Guenther (DU), 226.50.
200-Yd. Individual Medley--1. Amy Armond (DU), 2:09.45; 2. Jamie Fleming (DU), 2:19.88; 3. Emily Huber (UNC), 2:20.40.
200-Yd. Freestyle Relay--1. Duke (Betsy Stewart, Paige Dommerich, Lindsey O'Connell, Jill Spitzfaden), 1:41.99.
Records: Duke 0-1, ACC 0-1; North Carolina 1-1, ACC 1-0
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