Nov. 6, 2009

Tar Heels Take Down Terps In Dual Meet
The men and women's 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 men's team defeated Maryland 171 - 98 and the women won 166 - 117

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.

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H2Okie men and women post solid day to defeat Kentucky
The Virginia Tech swimming and diving teams combined for 19 first-place finishes, helping the H2Okies to a sweep of Kentucky at War Memorial Pool on Friday afternoon. The H2Okie men defeated the Wildcats, 161.5-136.5, while the Tech women earned a 176-122 victory. Both squads improved to 3-2 on the season.

The H2Okies continued their dominance in the men’s 200 medley relay to open the meet, earning their fourth title of the season as Charlie Higgins, Jonathan Huss, Gregory Mahon and Stephen Hawkins teamed to take first with their second-fastest finish of the year in 1:31.26.

Virginia Tech then swept both 1000 freestyle events, with Erika Hajnal and Blake Trabuchi-Downey earning victories. Hajnal’s victory in 10:18.87 marked her third of the season, as the women took the top four spots. Trabuchi-Downey’s first-place finish in 9:32.11 marked his first title of the season, as he would later take first in the 500 free. Laura Simon and Becky Flora rounded out the top three, respectively, for the women, while Caglar Gokbulut took second for the men, followed by Griffin Lutterbein in third.