Nov. 3, 2000

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The North Carolina Swimming and Diving team leads the Minnesota Golden Gophers Men and the Michigan Wolverine Women at the midway point of a 2-day meet scheduled for Nov. 3-4 at The Maurice J. Koury Natatorium.

The #22-ranked Tar Heel men have built a commanding lead over the #10-ranked Gopher men, 112.50-73.50, going into tomorrows final events. Carolina men produced outstanding performances Friday night both in individual and relay events. Breaking a school record in the 1000-yard freestyle event, freshman Yuri Suguiyama swam a 9:09.59, .23 seconds faster than the record set in 1995. In the 800-yard freestyle relay, freshmen Yuri Suguiyama and Justin Donato, junior Justin Rossi and senior anchor Brad Kline beat the Gopher team by more than four seconds with a time of 6:44.96

On the women's side, the #9-ranked (tied) Tar Heels have the early lead over the #9-ranked (tied) Wolverines, 110-76. Freshman Jessi Perruquet won the 200-yard freestyle event with atime of 1:48.37, earning her a place in the Carolina record books as the third fastest ever. In an exciting 200-yard medley relay, the team of sophomores Christy Watkins and Janna Turner, senior Summer Mack and freshman anchor Jessi Perruquet edged the Wolverine team by .09 seconds, finishing with a time of 1:44.54.

NORTH CAROLINA MEN 112.50, MINNESOTA MEN 73.50, NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN 110, MICHIGAN WOMEN 76

ALL DISTANCES IN YARDS WITH EXCEPTION OF DIVING EVENTS IN WHICH BOARDS ARE MEASURED IN METERS

MEN'S MEET SCORESHEET

200 medley relay- 1. UNC A (Johnson, Quinn, Moity, Erndl), 1:31.16, 2. MINNESOTA B (Smolinski, Hackler, Krastins, Butler), 1:31.82, 3. UNC B (Owens, Helin, Hathaway, Cheneir), 1:33.43, 4. MINNESOTA A (Bartell, Malnik, Dillon, Atwood), 1:33.68, 5. UNC C (Vick, Meschke, Davidson, Thomas), x1:36.19, 6. MINNESOTA C (Plummer, Forrest, Porter, Carver) x1:39.01

1000 free- 1. Yuri Suguiyama (UNC), 9:09.59, 2. Justin Mortimer (MINNESOTA), 9:10.11, 3. Stephen Mohr (UNC), 9:17.93, 4. Judd Glasco (UNC), 9:31.52, 5. Adam Apprill (MINNESOTA), 9:32.30, 6. Karl Frisinger (MINNESOTA), 9:35.52, 7. Andrew Biedrzycki (UNC), x9:36.13, 8. Seth Laughlin (UNC), x9.41.73

3 mtr diving- 1. Dan Coaston (MINNESOTA), 333.60, 2. Stephen Krebs (UNC), 304.10, 3. Ben Herdt (MINNESOTA), 273.50, 4. Eric Portras (UNC), 261.40, 5. Rob McMillen (UNC), 256.55, 6. Adam White (MINNESOTA), 254.95, 7. Dan Kananen (UNC), x249.75, 8. David Heraly (MINNESOTA), x200.60

200 free- 1. Brandon Crook (MINNESOTA), 1:40.80, 2. Brad Kline (UNC), 140.82, 3. Justin Rossi (UNC), 1:41.17, 4. Justin Donato (UNC), 1:42.55, 5. Yuri Suguiyama (UNC), x1:43.34, 6. Aaron Shilt (MINNESOTA), 1:43.91, 7. Erik Esbjornsson (MINNESOTA), 1:45.68

100 back- 1. Todd Smolinski (MINNESOTA), 48.75, 2. Kert Johnson (UNC), 50.34, 3. Ben Bartell (MINNESOTA), 50.48, 4. Jimmy Owens (UNC), 52.54, 5. Judd Glasco (UNC), 52.79, 6. Ryan Plummer (MINNESOTA), 53.06, 7. Mark Seidman (UNC), x53.77, 8. Brian Porter (MINNESOTA), x57.39

100 breast- 1. Jeff Hackler (MINNESOTA), 56.21, 2. Chris Helin (UNC), 56.30, 3. Sean Quinn (UNC), 56.98, 4. Dov Malnik (MINNESOTA), 57.09, 5. David Slawinski (UNC), 57.32, 6. Dave Meschke (UNC), x57.95, 7. Chris Forrest (MINNESOTA), 58.01, 8. Kristopher Carver (MINNESOTA), x1:00.67, 9. Sinisa Haberle (UNC), x58.44

200 fly- 1. Casey Coble (UNC), 1:51.00, 2. Chad Krastins (MINNESOTA), 1:51.11, 3. Stephen Mohr (UNC), 1:51.95, 4. Sebastien Moity (UNC), 1:52.35, 5. Tim Sheely (MINNESOTA), 1:54.54, 6. Drew Hathaway (UNC), x1:54.63, 7. Mark Dillon (MINNESOTA), 1:56.11, 8. Gregg Johnson (UNC), x1:54.48, 9. Taylor Marks (UNC), x1:57.67, 10. Andrew Biedrzycki (UNC), x1:59.27

50 free- 1. Kevin Erndl (UNC), 20.37, 2. Mark Atwood (MINNESOTA), 21.11, 3. Grant Butler (MINNESOTA), 21.11, 4. Ian Thomas (UNC), 21.19, 5. Michael Cheneir (UNC), 21.24, 6. Ben Bartell (MINNESOTA), 21.24, 7. Brian Gettelfinger (MINNESOTA), x21.44, 8. Dan Vick (UNC), x21.56

200 IM- 1. Chris Helin (UNC), 1:50.72, 2. David Slawinski (UNC), 1:52.65, 3. Justin Rossi (UNC), 1:54.24, 4. Ryan Plummer (MINNESOTA), 1:54.62, 5. Todd Smolinski (MINNESOTA), 1:54.94, 6. Dov Malnik (MINNESOTA), 1:55.21, 7. Kristopher Carver (MINNESOTA), x1:55.69, 8. Mark Seidman (UNC), x1:56.42, 9. Casey Coble (UNC), x1:57.29, 10. Taylor Marks (UNC), x2:03.23, 11. Sebastien Moity (UNC), x2:07.54

800 free relay- 1. UNC A (Suguiyama, Donato, Rossi, Kline), 6:44.96, 2. MINNESOTA B (Crook, Mortimer, Dillon, Shilt), 6:49.18, 3. UNC B (Quinn, Johnson, Glasco, Mohr), 6:51.57, 4. MINNESOTA A (Sheely, Apprill, Esbjornsson, Frisinger), 7:03.20, 5. UNC C (Vick, Biedrzycki, Coble, Slawinski), x7:03.90

WOMEN'S MEET SCORESHEET

200 medley relay- 1. UNC A (Watkins, Turner, Mack, Perruquet), 1:44.54, 2. MICHIGAN A (Crisman, Valasco, Weilbacher, Kaznecki), 1:44.63, 3. MICHIGAN B (Abbey, Kurrle, Carlberg, Arnet), 1:48.45, 4. UNC B (Stiles, Colacurcio, Weeks, Wong), 149.37, 5. UNC C (Bittner, Overton, Fiss, Witter), 1:51.68

1000 free- 1. Samantha Arsenault (MICHIGAN), 9:52.33, 2. Molly Sullivan (UNC), 9:53.88, 3. Lauren Silva (UNC), 10:01.36, 4. Jenay Karlson (MICHIGAN), 10:06.15, 5. Lori Eberwein (MICHIGAN), 10:10.39, 6. Whitney Smith (UNC), 10:11.50, 7. Julie Kern (MICHIGAN), x10:12.22, 8. Leigh Sanders (UNC), x10:24.56

200 free- 1. Jessi Perruquet (UNC), 1:48.37, 2. Melissa Sugar (MICHIGAN), 1:49.92, 3. Katie Scoggins (UNC), 1:52.91, 4. Emily Fenn (MICHIGAN), 1:53.50, 5. Jennie Gardner (UNC), 1:53.68, 6. Molly Sullivan (UNC), x1:53.84, 7. Mara Sveum (MICHIGAN), 1:55.26, 8. Amanda Kline (UNC), x1:55.95

100 back- 1. Summer Mack (UNC), 55.07, 2. Christy Watkins (UNC), 56.60, 3. Jennifer Arnet (MICHIGAN), 56.93, 4. Lindsay Carlberg (MICHIGAN), 57.52, 5. Erin Abbey (MICHIGAN), 58.02, 6. Heather Stiles (UNC), 58.09, 7. Sara Johnson (MICHIGAN), x58.80, 8. Laura Collier (UNC), x1:00.36, 9. Erica Vrana (UNC), x1:00.43, 10. Sarah Givan (UNC), l x1:01.05

100 breast- 1. Katie Hathaway (UNC), 1:02.64, 2. Erika Acuff (UNC), 1:04.09, 3. Becky Acker (UNC), 1:04.75, 4. Traci Valasco (MICHIGAN), 1:05.16, 5. Annie Weilbacher (MICHIGAN), 1:05.78, 6. Janna Turner (UNC), x1:06.75, 7. Beth Colacurcio (UNC), x1:06.79, 8. JoAnn Overton (UNC), x1:10.77

200 fly- 1. Molly Freedman (UNC), 2:02.66, 2. Melissa Fiss (UNC), 2:03.91, 3. Kelly Weeks (UNC), 2:04.56, 4. Kristin Lozeau (UNC), x2:05.83, 5. Andrea Kurrle (MICHIGAN), 2:07.09, 6. Julie Kern (MICHIGAN), 2:11.16, 7. Lori Eberwein (MICHIGAN), 2:12.03, 8. Gena Bittner (UNC), x2:13.95

50 free- 1. Jennifer Crisman (MICHIGAN), 23.10, 2. Laura Kaznecki (MICHIGAN), 23.49, 3. Lindsay Waddell (UNC), 23.51, 4. Annie Weilbacher (MICHIGAN), 24.31, 5. Stephanie Rulis (UNC), 24.38, 6. Charlene Wong (UNC), 24.40, 7. Erin Abbey (MICHIGAN), x24.65, 8. Marjorie Witter (UNC), x25.46

200 IM- 1. Erika Acuff (UNC), 2:02.65, 2. Samantha Arsenault (MICHIGAN), 2:03.95, 3. Lindsay Carlberg (MICHIGAN), 2:07.48, 4. Becky Acker (UNC), 2:07.62, 5. Janna Turner (UNC), 2:07.67, 6. Sara Johnson (MICHIGAN), 2:07.78, 7. Andrea Kurrle (MICHIGAN), x2:10.71, 8. Heather Stiles (UNC), x2:12.79

800 free relay- 1. UNC A (Hathaway, Scoggins, Freedman, Perruquet), 7:25.37, 2. MICHIGAN A (Arsenault, Sugar, Fenn, Karlson), 7:27.04, 3. UNC B (Sullivan, Gardner, Weeks, Wong), 7:37.17, 4. MICHIGAN (Eberwein, Arnet, Sveum, Kern), 7:39.34

1 mtr diving- 1. Tealin Kelemen (MICHIGAN), 271.85, 2. Amanda Crews (MICHIGAN), 245.55, 3. Ashley Benner (UNC), 244.40, 4. Jennifer Rehm (UNC), 240.35, 5. Kelly Vander Kuyl (MICHIGAN), 227.45, 6. Lindsey McElroy (MICHIGAN), x224.10, 7. Jenny Goodman (UNC), 223.55, 8. Lindsay Waddell (UNC), x209.30, 9. Elizabeth Misiti (UNC), x208.85