UNC Sweeps Maryland

The men and women¹s swimming and diving teams remain
undefeated in the ACC after swimming past the Maryland Terapins Friday
afternoon. The Tar Heels improved their records to 3-0 in the conference.
The UNC men¹s team defeated Maryland 171 - 98 and the women won 166 ­ 117

³We put in a hard week of training and we have a few people battling
injuries, but I am very pleased with the win,² said head coach Rich DeSelm.

³Having Tommy Wyher step up and go 48.19 in the 100 back is awesome. Kane
showed she has great talent and is ready to race,² said DeSelm about the two
swimmers who achieved NCAA-B qualifying times.

The Tar Heel men dominated the meet with top performances in 14 out of 15
events, including exhibition swims.

Junior Tommy Wyher led the men to a quick start with a win in the 100-yard
backstroke followed in second by Junior Josh Hafkin and in third, Sophomore
Jim Flannery. Wyher finished with an NCAA-B qualifying time of 48.19.

Senior Jason McLaughlin went a season best time of 50.01 in the 100-yard
butterfly taking first with Freshman Tom Luchsinger in second and Sophomore
Brad Hamilton in third.

The Tar Heels continued to dominate sweeping the 200-yard butterfly. Jason
McLaughlin claimed his second victory of the afternoon followed in second by
Tyler Harris and in third, Robert Grimmett-Norris.

The women also had a successful afternoon having top performances in 9 out
of the 15 events.

The Tar Heel women went 1-2-3 in the 100-yard breaststroke with Sophomore
Laura Moriarty taking first followed by teammates Layne Brodie and Katie
Keel.  Moriarty also won the 200-yard breaststroke.

³Laura is a great racer and competitor, she doesn¹t like to lose. She was an
NCAA qualifier last year and would like to score this year. She has been
working on the little things to improve her races,² said DeSelm.

The 200-yard freestyle was a close race, but Junior Katura Harvey got her
hand on the wall first with a season best time of 1:50.95 followed by
teammate Ashley Howard.

It was an exciting afternoon for Junior Rebecca Kane who won the 50-yard
freestyle finishing with an NCAA-B qualifying time of 23.00.  Kane also won
the 100-yard freestyle.

The Tar Heel women distance swimmers dominated the 500-yard freestyle going
1-2-3-4. Katura Harvey took first followed by teammates Ashley Miller in
second, Stephanie Eisenring in third and Katelyn Martin in fourth.

The Tar Heel men divers placed 1-2-3 on 1-meter. Senior David Solarz took
first followed by Freshman Jake Kinzbach and Sophomore David MacDonald.  The
men also dominated 3-meter with a first place finish by David Solarz, Ryland
Jones in second and David MacDonald in third.

³Solarz had a great afternoon winning both boards. He is our leading senior
diver. He is a fierce competitor and wants to win,² said head diving coach
Kevin Lawrence.

³We are a young squad, but Solarz has been a great leader for the
underclassmen. It has become a very competitive group of guys,² said
Lawrence.

The Tar Heels will be competing again in Colombia, S.C. in two weeks at the
Gamecock Invitational.

Individual Event Winners:
Women¹s 100-yard Backstroke: Annie Fittin (UMD) 56.83
Men¹s 100-yard Backstroke: Tommy Wyher (UNC) 48.19
Women¹s 100-yard Breaststroke: Laura Moriarty (UNC) 1:03.86
Men¹s 100-yard Breaststroke: Flynn Jones (UNC) 56.61
Women¹s 100-yard Butterfly: Jen Vogel (UMD) 55.43
Men¹s 100-yard Butterfly: Jason McLaughlin (UNC) 50.01
Women¹s 1000-yard Freestyle: Ashley Miller (UNC) 10:02.49
Men¹s 1000-yard Freestyle: Chip Peterson (UNC) 9:13.60
Women¹s 200-yard Freestyle: Katura Harvey (UNC) 1:50.95
Men¹s 200-yard Freestyle: Evan Reed (UNC) 1:39.74
Women¹s 50-yard Freestyle: Rebecca Kane (UNC) 23.00
Men¹s 50-yard Freestyle: Tommy Wyher (UNC) 20.88
Women¹s 200-yard IM: Jen Vogel (UMD) 2:04.97
Men¹s 200-yard IM: Wil SIngley (UNC) 1:52.22
Women¹s 1-meter Diving: Alisa Kurbatova (UMD) 297.75
Men¹s 3-meter Diving: David Solarz (UNC) 326.70
Women¹s 200-yard Butterfly: Katie Nolan (UNC) 2:03.35
Men¹s 200-yard Butterfly: Jason McLaughlin (UNC) 1:50.36
Women¹s 100-yard Freestyle: Rebecca Kane (UNC) 50.62
Men¹s 100-yard Freestyle: Steve Cerbertowicz (UNC) 45.81
Women¹s 200-yard Backstroke: Ginny Glover (UNC) 2:01.40
Men¹s 200-yard Backstroke: Andrew Relihan (UMD) 1:50.79
Women¹s 500-yard Freestyle: Katura Harvey (UNC) 4:59.70
Men¹s 500-yard Freestyle: Tom Luchsinger (UNC) 4:37.53
Women¹s 1-meter Diving: Alisa Kurbatova (UMD) 269.85
Men¹s 1-meter Diving: David Solarz (UNC) 366.38
Women¹s 200-yard Breaststroke: Laura Moriarty (UNC) 2:16.54
Men¹s 200-yard Breaststroke: Flynn Jones (UNC) 2:03.23
Women¹s 400-yard Freestyle Relay: UNC 3:25.63
Men¹s 400-yard Freestyle Relay: UMD 3:11.81

FINAL SCORE MEN: UNC 171 - UMD 98
FINAL SCORE WOMEN: UNC 166 ­ UMD 117