North Carolina left Christiansburg with a clean sweep and a statement win Thursday, as both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams handled Virginia Tech at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center.
The 19th-ranked UNC men beat No. 12 Virginia Tech, 160-140, while the 15th-ranked Tar Heel women rolled past the No. 23 Hokies, 177-123.
On the men’s side, Ben Delmar and Martin Kartavi powered the Tar Heels all night. Delmar won the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM, and he also helped UNC’s 200 medley relay take first.
Kartavi claimed the 50 free and contributed to wins in both the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay. Seb Lunak added a win in the 200 fly, and PJ Foy took the 100 fly.
The women got big production from Sophia Frei and Mary Macaulay, who each picked up two individual victories. Frei won the 100 back and 200 back and led off the winning 200 medley relay.
Macaulay took the 100 fly and 200 IM. Lily Sawyer won the 100 free with a personal best, while Taylor Bloom finished first in the 200 fly and Lexie Ward won the 1000 free.
UNC’s diving group delivered one of the night’s biggest moments. Ciro Mejia broke his own school record on platform with a 429.90.
Christopher Booler and Juliet Radich each climbed to No. 5 all-time at UNC on platform. Sofia Knight won platform and moved to No. 6 all-time at UNC on 1-meter, while Rodolfo Vazquez Montano moved up to fourth all-time at UNC on 1-meter.
The Tar Heels now turn to the Tennessee Invitational in Knoxville, set for Nov. 17-20.
UNC also piled up wins throughout the event sheet. The women’s 200 medley relay team of Frei, Samantha Armand, Sawyer and Eden Goettsch won in 1:37.49, while the men’s quartet of Colin Whelehan, Delmar, Foy and Kartavi took the 200 medley relay in 1:24.44.
Ward won the women’s 1000 free in 9:50.83, and Josh Parent was second in the men’s 1000 free in 9:11.27. Sawyer added another win in the women’s 200 free in 1:46.81, and Julian Swiderski finished second in the men’s 200 free in 1:36.37.
Frei won the women’s 100 back in 51.75, and Delmar took the men’s 100 breast in 51.58. Bloom’s 1:56.45 won the women’s 200 fly, while Lunak went 1:44.00 to win the men’s 200 fly.
Sawyer’s 49.13 won the women’s 100 free, and Kartavi’s 19.38 topped the men’s 50 free. Macaulay won the women’s 100 fly in 53.39, and Foy won the men’s 100 fly in 46.48.
Macaulay also won the women’s 200 IM in 1:58.49, and Delmar took the men’s 200 IM in 1:44.28. UNC closed the swimming portion with wins in both 200 free relays, as the women’s A team of Stinson, Headley, Sawyer and Goettsch finished in 1:30.69 and the men’s A team of Setzer, Kartavi, Foy and Hohm won in 1:16.57.
On the women’s diving board, Knight won 1-meter with a 321.68 and also took platform at 317.10. Radich finished third on 1-meter and second on platform, where her 290.93 placed her No. 5 all-time at UNC. Lanie Gutch was second on 1-meter.
For the men, Vazquez Montano won 1-meter with a 391.05, and Mejia won platform with his record-setting 429.90. Booler finished fourth on 1-meter and third on platform.
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