Chapel Hill, N.C. – The University of North Carolina swimming and diving program despatched Tar Heels everywhere in the world final summer season. In complete, 13 Heels participated in varied world and regional competitions and produced 12 medals and 22 Top 10 finishes.
Ben Delmar led the best way with three gold medals, a bronze and a bunch of faculty data on the World University Games in Germany. Delmar set faculty data in each the 200 (2:09.50) and 100-meter (59.80) breaststroke, incomes gold and bronze respectively. He additionally swam the breaststroke leg to win golds within the 400 medley relay and 400 blended medley relay.
Both
Lanie Gutch and
Ellie Joyce claimed silver and bronze through the video games. Gutch and Joyce teamed up for silver within the 3-meter synchro competitors. Gutch claimed her bronze within the 10-meter synchro with Florida St.’s Kayleigh Clark, whereas Joyce nabbed bronze within the blended 3-meter with Purdue’s Maxwell Miller. Gutch was additionally a part of the staff 3-meter and 10-meter group that positioned fourth.
Sofia Knight earned a fourth-place end within the 10-meter synchro closing along with her teammate Hannah Smith.
Patrick Hussey made the finals of the 200-meter butterfly for Canada, incomes a seventh-place end, whereas
Georgia Nel was a part of South Africa’s 400 and 800 free relays that each completed seventh. Nel did seize bronze after swimming within the prelims of the 400 blended free relay.
Xavier Ruiz produced a wonderful summer season with Puerto Rico, profitable gold and bronze on the Junior Pan American Championships in Paraguay. Ruiz set the Junior Pan American document within the 100 breastroke en path to a gold medal within the occasion. He additionally claimed bronze within the 200 particular person medley.
Incoming freshman David Melnychuk earned a bronze for the US on the World Junior Championships in Romania. He clocked a 1:58.13 to take third within the 200-meter backstroke. Another incoming freshman, Addie Cloutier competed on the European Junior Championships in varied backstroke occasions.
Martin Kartavi, Nel and Aranza Vazquez Montano represented Carolina on the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Nel helped South Africa to a Tenth-place end within the 800 freestyle relay, whereas Vazquez Montano took ninth within the 3-meter springboard.
Louis Dramm represented Germany on the U23 European Championships in Slovakia. He positioned Tenth within the 200 IM and twenty first within the 100 butterfly.
WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Martin Kartavi – Israel twelfth (400 Freestyle Relay)
sixteenth (50 Freestyle)
Georgia Nel – South Africa Tenth (800 Freestyle Relay)
twelfth (400 Freestyle Relay)
Aranza Vazquez Montano – Mexico ninth (3M)
U23 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Louis Dramm – Germany Tenth (200 IM)
twenty first (100 Butterfly)
WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES FINALS PARTICIPANTS Ben Delmar – USA Gold (200 Breaststroke)
Gold (400 Mixed Medley Relay)
Gold (400 Medley Relay)
Bronze (100 Breaststroke)
Lanie Gutch – USA Silver (3M Synchro)
Bronze (10M Synchro)
Fourth (Team 3M/10M)
Patrick Hussey – Canada Seventh (200 Butterfly)
Ninth (400 Medley Relay)
Tenth (200 Freestyle)
eleventh (100 Butterfly)
twelfth (400 Freestyle Relay)
Sebastian Lunak – Czech Republic 14th (200 IM)
18th (100 Butterfly)
thirtieth (50 Butterfly)
Ellie Joyce – USA Silver (3M Synchro)
Bronze (Mixed 3M)
Sofia Knight – Australia Fourth (10M Synchro)
Georgia Nel – South Africa Bronze (400 Mixed Free Relay)
Seventh (400 Free Relay)
Seventh (800 Free Relay)
WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS David Melnychuk – USA Bronze (200 Backstroke)
JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN GAMES Xavier Ruiz – Puerto Rico Gold (100 Breastroke – Junior Pan Am Record)
Bronze (200 IM)
EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Addie Cloutier – Ireland twenty third (4×100 Mixed Medley Relay)
forty first (200 Backstroke)
forty eighth (100 Backstroke)
forty ninth (50 Backstroke)
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