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North Carolina v. Duke
October 16, 2026 Koury Natatorium, Chapel Hill, NC SCY (25 yards) Results Final Scores Women: UNC 179.5, Duke 120.5 Men: UNC 220.5, Duke 79.5The Tar Heels and Blue Devils are one of the most bitter rivalries in all of collegiate sports. That feeling stands true in the pool, as Duke traveled to Chapel Hill, only about eight miles from Duke’s campus in Durham, to take on their ACC rivals North Carolina in an early-season bout on Friday, with the Tar Heels standing tall at home, picking up a pair of wins as the women topped Duke 179.5 to 120.5, with the men rolling to a dominant win 220.5 to 79.5.
These wins extend UNC’s dominance over Duke in the pool, with the Tar Heel women leading the all-time series 48-4, while the men grow their already massive series advantage to 86-5 in dual-meet competition.
UNC has several swimmers bring in multiple wins on the day; the Tar Heel women’s team had three athletes notch two or more event wins on the day. Samantha Armand led the way for UNC, sweeping the 100 and 200 breast in season-best times of 1:00.03 and 2:12.87, respectively. She also added another win in the 200 IM, touching in 2:00.88.
Lily Sawyer notched two individual wins, taking the 100 fly in 52.31 and the 200 free crown in 1:46.47; both swims were the fastest of her career. Sofia Knight was untouchable for the Tar Heel women on the boards, sweeping the 1-meter and 3-meter events in 312.90 and 327.83. Lexi Ward was UNC’s top female distance swimmer on Friday, winning the 1000 free in a season-best 9:48.70 and later taking runner-up in the 500 free in another season-best 4:49.35.
Another one of the meet’s top performers overall came on the men’s side in the form of Ben Delmar, who capped off his strong early season showing with three individual event wins; identical to Armand, Delmar was a double breaststroke winner, clocking 52.57 in the 100 breast (season best) and 1:53.31 in the 200 breast. Delmar also notably split 51.29 on the 400 medley relay as the breaststroke leg, helping lead the Tar Heels to an early relay win in 3:06.96.
Sean Setzer won the 50 free for the Tar Heel men in 19.41, then finished behind teammate Julian Swiderski (44.20) in the 100 free in 44.29. Setzer was also a key leg in both the 400 medley relay and 400 free relay, anchoring the opening medley relay in 42.76 and leading off the meet-closing 400 free relay in a season-best 44.11, contributing to both relays’ wins.
Colin Whelehan won the 200 fly in 1:44.17, though he swam the leadoff leg of the 400 medley relay, clocking a season-best 47.21 in the 100 back. Rodolfo Vazquez was another key scorer for the North Carolina men on the boards, winning the 1-meter with a score of 332.18, and finishing runner-up on the 3-meter with a score of 371.85.
Ali Pfaff picked up two wins for Duke, making her the Blue Devil women’s top performer on the road, with wins in the 100 and 200 back. She clocked 51.57 in the 100 back, which led Duke to a 1-2 finish in the event, with Tierney Lenahan tying for 2nd with Sophia Frei of North Carolina in 51.79. Pfaff was the fastest performer by more than three quarters of a second in the 200 back, stopping the clock in 1:52.24. Heather White notched a lifetime best in her 100 free win for Duke in 48.55; she also took 2nd in 22.64 and finished 3rd in the 100 fly, swimming a new career best in 53.02.
Charlie Kulp was a strong performer for Duke, earning two wins for the Blue Devils; notably, he clocked a lifetime best in his 200 free win in 1:35.91. He later added a 500 free win for the Duke men in 4:24.83, lowering his season best time. The Duke men didn’t win easily, with Charlie Berman and Cade Anderson taking the only other two event wins for the Blue Devils at the meet.
Berman notched a tight win on the 3-meter board, scoring less than two points better than Vazquez with 373.35 points. Anderson won the 200 back by over a full second in 1:43.96.
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