Women Finish 10th At NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships

Saturday, March 18

Knoxville, Tenn.

10 a.m.

North Carolina

NCAA Women's Championships

March 18, 2023 | Swimming & Diving

Complete Results (PDF)

By: UNC Athletics Communications

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The UNC women's swimming and diving team finished in 10th place at the 2023 NCAA Championships on Saturday capturing the program's first top 10 finish since 2001 and sixth overall.

North Carolina placed ninth at the 2001 NCAA Championships, but hadn't cracked the top 10 until tonight. It's best finish occurred in 1982 when UNC placed third. The Tar Heels placed among the top 10 four times in the 1980s.

Four Tar Heels advanced from the preliminaries into the consolation finals on the last day of competition.

Aranza Vazquez, who swept the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events, finished second on the platform in the consolation finals and 10^th overall with a score of 273.45.

Ellie VanNote placed fourth in the consolation finals and 12^th overall in the 200 fly as did Sophie Lindner in the 200 back. Grace Countie finished seventh in the100 free consolation finals and 15^th overall.

All four ladies earned honorable mention All-America honors for finishing among the top 16.

All-America Rundown
Grace Countie - 200 medley relay (First Team), 50 Freestyle (First Team), 100 backstroke (Honorable Mention), 100 Freestyle (Honorable Mention)
Greer Pattison - 200 medley relay (First Team)
Skyler Smith - 200 medley relay (First Team), 100 breaststroke (Honorable Mention)
Ellie VanNote - 200 medley relay (First Team), 200 Butterfly (Honorable Mention)
Aranza Vazquez - 1-meter diving (First Team), 3-meter diving (First Team)
Sophie Lindner - 200 Backstroke (Honorable Mention)

Podium Finishes
200 medley relay - Grace Countie, Greer Pattison, Skyler Smith, Ellie VanNote (8th, 1:35.01)
50 freestyle - Grace Countie (6th, 21.67)
1-meter diving - Aranza Vazquez (1st, 358.75)
3-meter diving - Aranza Vazquez (1st, 385.80)