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North Carolina vs Virginia Tech
November 5, 2026 Christiansburg, VA SCY (25 Yards) Full Meet Results Women: #14 UNC 177 — Virginia Tech 123 Men: #19 UNC 160 — #12 Virginia Tech 140The University of North Carolina and Virginia Tech raced in a dual meet on Thursday, and the UNC Tar Heels swept Virginia Tech in both meets.
Women’s Recap
The UNC women swept most of the individual events at the meet along with both relays.
They opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay with Sophia Frei (24.04), Samantha Armand (28.03), Lily Sawyer (23.54), and Eden Goettsch (21.88) stopping the clock in 1:37.49.
Sawyer and Goettsch reappeared on the 200 freestyle relay at the end of the meet. Chloe Stinson (23.31), Mackenzie Headley (22.75), Sawyer (22.31), and Goettsch (22.32) swam 1:30.69 to finish just four tenths ahead of Virginia Tech’s 1:31.08 in 2nd.
Sawyer also won an individual event, the women’s 100 freestyle for UNC. She swam 49.13 to finish four tenths ahead of Virginia Tech’s Eliza Tan, who took 2nd in 49.58.
The Tar Heels had a few multi-event winners as well. Sophia Frei won both backstroke events. In the 100 back, she swam a season best time of 51.75 to stop the clock two seconds ahead of Virginia Tech’s Natalia Ewa Janiszewska, who swam 54.18. In the 200 back, she swam 1:53.58 to finish almost five seconds ahead of Virginia Tech’s Isabella Budnik.
Their final dual-swimming event winner was Mary Macaulay, who swam a season best 53.39 to win the 100 butterfly. She finished a little ahead of teammate Taylor Bloom‘s 54.01 in 2nd.
In the 200 IM, Macaulay swam 1:58.49 to be the only athlete sub-2:00 in the event, three seconds faster than Virginia Tech’s Amanda Barnard, who swam 2:01.99 for 2nd.
Sofia Knight swept the diving events for the Tar Heels. She scored 321.68 on the 1-meter and 317.10 on the platform event.
Virginia Tech also had two multi-event winners. Chiara Klein set the top time in the 200 free of 1:45.99 and in the 500 freestyle of 4:46.43. In the 200 free, she took down UNC’s Sawyer, who swam 1:46.81, and in the 500 free, she finished two seconds ahead of Maren Conze‘s 4:48.19 in 2nd.
Emily Santos swept the breaststroke events for the Hokies, setting personal best times in both. In the 100 breast, she set a personal best 59.50 to drop a second from her previous best of 1:00.50 and mark her first time under 1:00 in the event. In the 200 breast, she swam 2:10.71 to take about a second off the 2:11.51 she swam at the Tennessee Last Chance Invite.
Other Individual Event Winners:
1000 freestyle — 9:50.83, Lexie Ward (UNC) 200 butterfly — 1:56.45, Taylor Bloom (UNC) 50 freestyle — 22.30, Alexandra Hrncarova (VT)Men’s Recap
The UNC men won most of their events as well, also including both relays.
The first event of the meet, the 200 medley relay saw Colin Whelehan (21.94), Ben Delmar (23.55), PJ Foy (20.05), and Martin Kartavi (18.90) swim 1:24.44 to finish about a tenth ahead of the Virginia Tech ‘A’ team of 1:24.56.
They wrapped up the meet with a win in the 200 freestyle relay courtesy of Sean Setzer (19.42), Martin Kartavi (18.93), PJ Foy (18.79), and Nate Hohm (19.43) swimming 1:16.57 to stop the clock seven tenths faster than Virginia Tech’s 1:17.26.
Ben Delmar won three individual events for the Tar Heels, including both breaststroke events. In the 100 breast, he swam a season best 51.58 to finish half-a-second ahead of Eli Martin‘s 52.01 in 2nd.
Shortly after, he won the 200 breaststroke, stopping the clock in 1:51.88, again beating Martin, who swam 1:52.87 for 2nd. This was another season best for Delmar, dropping from the 1:53.31 he set against Duke last month.
He wrapped up his meet with an individual event win in the 200 IM, finishing in another season best 1:44.28, two seconds faster than Connor Johnson‘s 1:46.94 in 2nd place.
Virginia Tech had a few dual-event winners as well. Jakub Poliacik swept the distance freestyle events for the Hokies. In the 1000 free, he swam 9:03.91 to earn the win by a little under eight seconds ahead of Josh Parent‘s 9:11.27 in 2nd for UNC.
In the 500 free, Poliacik swam 4:23.14 to finish two seconds ahead of Hayden Annan‘s 4:25.95 in 2nd for Virginia Tech.
Andy Roose swept the backstroke events for the Hokies, swimming 46.42 in the 100 backstroke and 1:41.23 in the 200 backstroke. His 100 back time was a new season best, dropping from the 46.59 he swam at the first meet of the season.
Brendan Whitfield (200 free — 1:34.95), and Javier Nunez (100 free — 43.61) were the other individual event winners for Virginia Tech.
Other Individual Event Winners
200 butterfly — 1:44.00, Seb Lunak (UNC) 50 freestyle — 19.38, Martin Kartavi (UNC) 1-meter diving — 391.05, Rodolfo Vazquez (UNC) 100 butterfly — 46.48, PJ Foy (UNC) platform diving — 429.90, Ciro Mejia (UNC)Up Next
UNC’s next meet is the Tennessee Invite starting on November 17, and Virginia Tech’s swimmers will race next at the NC State Invite on November 18.
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