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Carolina Swimmers Return To Action With Sweep Of Clemson
January 8, 2000 | Swimming & Diving
Jan. 8, 2000
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The North Carolina men's and women's swimming and diving teams returned to the pool Saturday afternoon in a successful fashion, sweeping the Clemson Tigers in dual-meet action at Koury Natatorium. The Tar Heels, who had not competed since November 20, were dominant in the women's meet and the men won a tough battle against a previously undefeated Clemson side.
North Carolina beat Clemson in the women's meet by a score of 150-93, while the men's meet score was 142-101 in favor of Coach Frank Comfort's Tar Heels.
Sophomore Katie Hathaway was the swimmer of the meet as she captured three individual event titles, while junior Lauren Silva won two events for the Tar Heel women. Silva, a transfer from SMU swimming her first meet for the Heels, captured the 1000-yard freestyle and the 400-yard individual medley. Her time of 10:06.60 in the 1000 free was a season best time for UNC. Hathaway won both the 100 and 200 yard freestyles. Her time of 51.67 was a season best time in that event for Carolina.
On the men's side, junior tri-captain Brad Kline came up big for the Tar Heels, winning both the 200 and 500 yard freestyles. His time of 1:41.06 was the best time this season by a Tar Heel in the 200 free. The other double winner for UNC was sophomore Chris Helin, who captured both the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard breaststroke.
The 17th-ranked North Carolina women improved to 5-1 overall on the season with the win over Clemson. The Tar Heel women are now 2-0 in dual meet action. The 20th-ranked North Carolina men topped the .500 mark for the first time this season and stand at 3-2 overall. The Heels are 2-0 in ACC action.
Clemson's men saw their undefeated season ruined as the Tigers fell to 3-1 overll and 1-1 in the conference. The Tigers' women's team, which beat Carolina a year ago in Clemson, is now 3-3 overallo and 0-2 in the ACC.
The North Carolina men have now beaten Clemson 38 times in 42 dual meets during the series history. The UNC women improved their series lead over the Tigers to 17-5. The Tar Heel swimmers will be in action again this coming Wednesday afternoon when they play host to Kenyon College in dual-meet action at Koury Natatorium. Admission to the meet, which will start at 3:00 p.m., is free.
WOMEN'S DUAL MEET SUMMARY
Final Score: #17 NORTH CAROLINA 150, CLEMSON 93Event #1: 200-Yard Medley Relay--1. North Carolina (Christy Watkins, Janna Turner, Summer Mack, Stefanie Rulis), 1:45.45, 2. Clemson (Krystal Ball, Mandy Commons, Katie Mizell, Jenna Burtch), 1:47.07, 3. North Carolina (Heather Stiles, Beth Colacurcio, Ilana Kavadlo, Jennie Gardner), 1:47.92.
Event #2: 1000-Yard Freestyle--1. Lauren Silva (UNC), 10:06.60*, 2. Liz Dwors (CU), 10:10.16, 3. Molly Sullivan (UNC), 10:15.51, 4. Danley Stone (UNC), 10:18.06, 5. Leigh Sanders (UNC), 10:27.62.
Event #3: 200-Yard Freestyle--1. Katie Hathaway (UNC), 1:50.90, 2. Jennifer Strasburger (UNC), 1:51.75, 3. Katie Scoggins (UNC), 1:52.99, 4. Catherine Blaney (CU), 1:54.14, 5. Jennie Gardner (UNC), 1:54.22.
Event #4: 50-Yard Freestyle--1. Jenna Burtch (CU), 23.97, 2. Christy Watkins (UNC), 24.13, 3. Stefanie Rulis (UNC), 24.55, 4. Leslie Anderson (CU), 24.57, 5. Caroline Peterson (CU), 24.59.
Event #5: 400-Yard Individual Medley--1. Lauren Silva (UNC), 4:25.92, 2. Ginny Kirouac (CU), 4:26.67, 3. Kristin Lozeau (UNC), 4:29.83, 4. Kelly McLaughlin (UNC), 4:31.72, 5. Courtney Ellis (CU), 4:32.11.
Event #6: One-Meter Diving--1. Betsy Potter (CU), 252.22, 2. Ashley Benner (UNC), 234.81, 3. Aly Susterka (CU), 228.74, 4. Jenny Goodman (UNC), 215.40, 5. Amy Tolley (CU), 171.07.
Event #7: 200-Yard Butterfly--1. Ilana Kavadlo (UNC), 2:04.29, 2. Kelly McLaughlin (UNC), 2:05.40, 3. Melissa Fiss (UNC), 2:05.99, 4. Erin Combie (CU), 2:06.79, 5. Kristin Lozeau (UNC), 2:06.92.
Event #8: 100-Yard Freestyle--1. Katie Hathaway (UNC), 51.67*, 2. Jenna Burtch (CU), 52.10, 3. Jennifer Strasburger (UNC), 53.02, 4. Katie Scoggins (UNC), 53.10, 5. Catherine Blaney (CU), 53.23.
Event #9: 200-Yard Backstroke--1. Heather Stiles (UNC), 2:03.01, 2. Summer Mack (UNC), 2:03.55, 3. Laura Collier (UNC), 2:04.10, 4. Lauren Rafferty (CU), 2:05.61, 5. Krystal Ball (CU), 2:07.09.
Event #10: 500-Yard Freestyle--1. Liz Dwors (CU), 4:58.28, 2. Melissa Fiss (UNC), 5:01.77, 3. Molly Sullivan (UNC), 5:01.95, 4. Danley Stone (UNC), 5:03.89, 5. Lauren Silva (UNC), 5:05.28.
Event #11: Three-Meter Diving--1. Aly Susterka (CU), 261.60, 2. Betsy Potter (CU), 258.75, 3. Jenny Goodman (UNC), 240.97, 4. Ashley Benner (UNC), 238.20, 5. Amy Tolley (CU), 149.09.
Event #12: 200-Yard Breaststroke--1. Katie Hathaway (UNC), 2:17.69, 2. Janna Turner (UNC), 2:23.19, 3. Courtney Ellis (CU), 2:23.80, 4. Lauren Rafferty (CU), 2:24.59, 5. JoAnn Overton (UNC), 2:24.71.
Event #13: 400-Yard Freestyle Relay--1. Clemson (Carolina Douglas, Leslie Anderson, Charli Reasons, Catherine Blaney), 3:31.79, 2. North Carolina (Stefanie Rulis, Christy Watkins, Summer Mack Jennifer Strasburger), 3:31.89, 3. North Carolina (Jennie Gardner, Katie Scoggins, Beth Colacurcio, Heather Stiles), 3:35.45.
Updated Records: #17 North Carolina 5-1 overall, ACC 2-0, Clemson 3-3 overall, ACC 0-2.
*Season Best Time for UNC
MEN'S DUAL MEET SUMMARY
Final Score: #20 NORTH CAROLINA 142, CLEMSON 101Event #1: 200-Yard Medley Relay--1. Clemson (Will Rogers, Alejandro Dubreuil, Matt Stone, Brett Walker), 1:33.29, 2. North Carolina (Hal Wansley, David Slawinski, Sebastien Moity, John Spaziano), 1:34.41, 3. North Carolina (Kert Johnson, Sean Quinn, Drew Hathaway, Ben Davidson), 1:35.13.
Event #2: 1000-Yard Freestyle--1. Stephen Mohr (UNC), 9:32.81, 2. Judd Glasco (UNC), 9:34.56, 3. Rob Amos (CU), 9:45.59, 4. Jeff Atteberry (CU), 9:45.60, 5. Mark Seidman (UNC), 9:46.06.
Event #3: 200-Yard Freestyle--1. Brad Kline (UNC), 1:41.06*, 2. Chris Moro (CU), 1:42.50, 3. Kenny Roberts (CU), 1:42.91, 4. Justin Rossi (UNC), 1:43.34, 5. Andy Meek (CU), 1:43.42.
Event #4: 50-Yard Freestyle--1. Brett Walker (CU), 21.20, 2. Kevin Erndl (UNC), 21.28, 3. Mike Pridemore (CU), 21.29, 4. Rob Etheridge (CU), 21.47, 5. Matt Stone (CU), 21.51.
Event #5: 400-Yard Individual Medley--1. David Slawinski (UNC), 3:59.04, 2. Chris Helin (UNC), 4:00.88, 3. Stephen Mohr (UNC), 4:03.26, 4. David Weeks (UNC), 4:06.90, 5. Matt Wilson (CU), 4:08.79.
Event #6: One-Meter Diving--1. Craig Thomas (CU), 256.94, 2. Christian Zuburg (UNC), 251.69, 3. Stephen Krebs (UNC), 245.70, 4. Nate Spice (CU), 233.02, 5. Rob McMillen (UNC), 230.25.
Event #7: 200-Yard Butterfly--1. David Weeks (UNC), 1:52.89, 2. Sebastien Moity (UNC), 1:54.00, 3. Wesley Morrow (CU), 1:54.59, 4. Warren Perry (UNC), 1:55.52, 5. Mike Pridemore (CU), 1:56.72.
Event #8: 100-Yard Freestyle--1. Will Rogers (CU), 46.47, 2. Rob Etheridge (CU), 46.82, 3. Michael Chenier (UNC), 47.14, 4. Kenny Roberts (CU), 47.15, 5. Kevin Erndl (UNC), 47.74.
Event #9: 200-Yard Backstroke--1. Chris Helin (UNC), 1:51.28, 2. Drew Cleveland (CU), 1:54.29, 3. Matthew Baldwin (UNC), 1:54.70, 4. Joey Tighe (CU), 1:55.47, 5. Mark Seidman (UNC), 1:55.51.
Event #10: 500-Yard Freestyle--1. Brad Kline (UNC), 4:36.60, 2. Judd Glasco (UNC), 4:36.83, 3. Stephen Mohr (UNC), 4:39.56, 4. Justin Rossi (UNC), 4:41.01, 5. Andy Meek (CU), 4:42.76.
Event #11: Three-Meter Diving--1. Christian Zuburg (UNC), 275.25, 2. Craig Thomas (CU), 274.95, 3. Stephen Krebs (UNC), 267.60, 4. Rob McMillen (UNC), 247.49, 5. Nate Spice (CU), 241.50.
Event #12: 200-Yard Breaststroke--1. Chris Helin (UNC), 2:0.20, 2. David Slawinski (UNC), 2:04.10, 3. Sean Quinn (UNC), 2:05.14, 4. Sean Wallace (CU), 2:07.70, 5. Matt Norman (CU), 2:09.55.
Event #13: 400-Yard Freestyle Relay--1. Clermson (Kenny Roberts, Will Rogers, Rob Etheridge, Mike Pridemore), 3:05.79, 2. North Carolina (John Spaziano, Kevin Erndl, Kert Johnson, Michael Chenier), 3:07.89, 3. Clemson (Chris Moro, Brett Walker, Ryan Pizagno, Matt Stone), 3:10.93.
Updated Records: #20 North Carolina 3-2 overall, ACC 2-0, Clemson 3-1, ACC 1-1.
*Season Best Time for UNC
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