Nov. 4, 2000

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - In a battle between two teams tied for the #9 spot in the College Swimming Coaches Association of America rankings, the North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the UM Wolverines 207-163 Saturday afternoon at the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium. The Tar Heels improved to 2-1 in the season with the win over the Wolverines.

It was the third straight season in which Carolina has defeated the Wolverines in dual-meet competition. Carolina has an all-time record of 5-1 against UM. The win was UNC Head Coach Frank Comfort's 201st as the Tar Heels' head mentor.

Freshman Jessi Perruquet won the 200-yard freestyle event with a time of 1:48.37, earning her a place in the Carolina record books as the third fastest swimmer ever in the event. 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 winning time of 1:44.54.

Katie Hathaway won a trio of events for the Tar Heels, capturing the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events and the 400-yard individual medley.

UNC will return to action on Tuesday when the Tar Heels play host to the Duke Blue Devils at 5 p.m. at Koury Natatorium.

MEET SUMMARY

NORTH CAROLINA 207, UM 163

200 Yard Medley Relay: 1. North Carolina (Christy Watkins, Janna Turner, Summer Mack, Jessi Perruquet), 1:44.54, 2. UM A (Jennifer Crisman, Traci Valasco, Annie Weilbacher, Laura Kaznecki), 1:44.63, 3. UM B (Erin Abbey, Andrea Kurrle, Lindsay Carlberg, Jennfier Arndt), 1:48.45, 4. UNC B (Heather Stiles, Beth Colacurcio, Kelly Weeks, Charlene Wong), 1:49.37, 5. UNC C (Gena Bittner, JoAnn Overton, Melissa Fiss, Margie Witter), 1:51.68.

One Meter Diving: 1. Tealin Kelemen (UM), 271.85, 2. Amanda Crews (UM), 245.55, 3. Ashley Benner (UNC), 244.40, 4. Jennifer Rehm (UNC), 240.35, 5. Kelly Vander Kuyl (UM), 227.45, 6. Lindsey McElroy (UM), 224.10, 7. Jenny Goodman (UNC), 223.55, 8. Lindsay Waddell (UNC), 209.30, 9. Elizabeth Misiti (UNC), 208.85.

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

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

100 Yard Backstroke: 1. Summer Mack (UNC), 55.07, 2. Christy Watkins (UNC), 56.60, 3. Jennifer Arndt (UM), 56.93, 4. Lindsay Carlberg (UM), 57.52, 5. Erin Abbey (UM), 58.02, 6. Heather Stiles (UNC), 58.09, 7. Sara Johnson (UM), 58.80, 8. Laura Collier (UNC), x1:00.36, 9. Erica Vrana (UNC), x1:00.43, 10. Sarah Givan (UNC), l x1:01.05.

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

200 Yard Butterfly: 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), 2:05.83, 5. Andrea Kurrle (UM), 2:07.09, 6. Julie Kern (UM), 2:11.16, 7. Lori Eberwein (UM), 2:12.03, 8. Gena Bittner (UNC), 2:13.95.

50 Yard Freestyle: 1. Jennifer Crisman (UM), 23.10, 2. Laura Kaznecki (UM), 23.49, 3. Christy Watkins (UNC), 23.51, 4. Annie Weilbacher (UM), 24.31, 5. Stefanie Rulis (UNC), 24.38, 6. Charlene Wong (UNC), 24.40, 7. Erin Abbey (UM), 24.65, 8. Margie Witter (UNC), 25.46.

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

800 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. UNC A (Katie Hathaway, Katie Scoggins, Molly Freedman, Jessi Perruquet), 7:25.37, 2. UM A (Samantha Arsenault, Melissa Sugar, Emily Fenn, Jenay Karlson), 7:27.04, 3. UNC B (Molly Sullivan, Jennie Gardner, Kelly Weeks, CharleneWong), 7:37.17, 4. UM (Lori Eberwein, Jennifer Arndt, Mara Sveum, Julie Kern), 7:39.34.

400 Yard Medley Relay: 1. UNC A (Summer Mack, Katie Hathaway, Erika Acuff, Jessi Perruquet), 3:45.66, 2. UM A (Jennifer Arndt, Traci Valasco, Annie Weilbacher, Laura Kaznecki), 3:52.62, 3. UNC B (Heather Stiles, Becky Acker, Molly Freedman, Katie Scoggins), 3:54.93, 4. UM B (Erin Abbey, Andrea Kurrle, Lindsay Carlberg, Emily Fenn), 3:57.78.

Three Meter Diving: 1. Tealin Kelemen (UM), 282.90, 2. Lindsay Waddell (UNC), 268.30, 3. Ashley Benner (UNC), 252.60, 4. Lindsey McElroy (UM), 231.30, 5. Amanda Crews (UM), 231.25, 6. Elizabeth Misiti (UNC), 225.65, 7. Jennifer Rehm (UNC), 219.50, 8. Jenny Goodman (UNC), 218.30, 9. Kelly Vander Kuyl (UM), 211.10.

200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. UM A (Jennifer Crisman, Jennifer Arndt, Melissa Sugar, Laura Kaznecki), 1,33.91, 2. UNC A (Christy Watkins, Erika Acuff, Summer Mack, Charlene Wong), 1:35.31, 3. UNC B (Stefanie Rulis, Jennie Gardner, Beth Colacurcio, Margie Witter), 1:38.28, 4. UM B (Annie Weilbacher, Erin Abbey, Sara Johnson, Mara Sveum), 1:38.79.

400 Yard Individual Medley: 1. Katie Hathaway (UNC), 4:18.40, 2. Lauren Silva (UNC), 4:21.37, 3. Samantha Arsenault (UM), 4:26.93, 4. Becky Acker (UNC), 4:28.74, 5. Emily Fenn (UM), 4:29.93, 6. Sara Johnson (UM), 4:32.33, 7. Whitney Smith (UNC), 4:34.35, 8. Andrea Kurrle (UM), 4:37.81, 9. Julie Kern (UM), 4:39.56.

100 Yard Freestyle: 1. Jessi Perruquet (UNC), 51.02, 2. Jennifer Crisman (UM), 51.20, 3. Christy Watkins (UNC), 52.08, 4. Melissa Sugar (UM(), 52.14, 5. Laura Kaznecki (UM), 53.19, 6. Charlene Wong (UNC), 53.20, 7. Katie Scoggins (UNC), 54.01, 8. Beth Colacurcio (UNC), 54.84, 9. Margie Witter (UNC), 55.15.

200 Yard Backstroke: 1. Lindsay Carlberg (UM), 2:00.50, 2. Jennifer Arndt (UM), 2:02.10, 3. Laura Collier (UNC), 2:03.92, 4. Erin Abbey (UM), 2:04.15, 5. Sara Johnson (UM), 2:06.59, 6. Kristin Lozeau (UNC), 2:07.25, 7. Heather Stiles (UNC), 2:07.53, 8. Erica Vrana (UNC), 2:09.76, 9. Sarah Givan (UNC), 2:12.96.

100 Yard Butterfly: 1. Erika Acuff (UNC), 55.61, 2. Annie Weilbacher (UM), 57.12, 3. Jennifer Crisman (UM), 57.13 4. Molly Freedman (UNC), 57.54, 5. Kelly Weeks (UNC), 59.06, 6. Gena Bittner (UNC), 59.63.

500 Yard Freestyle: 1. Samantha Arsenault (UM), 4:50.58, 2. Molly Sullivan (UNC), 4:52.31, 3. Melissa Fiss (UNC), 4:55.04, 4. Lori Eberwein (UM), 4:56.55, 5. Emily Fenn (UM), 4:57.03, 6. Jenay Carlson (UM), 4:59.96, 7. Melissa Sugar (UM), 5:00.43, 8. Lauren Silva (UNC), 5:02.47, 9. Jennie Gardner (UNC), 5:02.86, 10. Leigh Sanders (UNC), 5:03.33, 11. Julie Kern (UM), 5:04.18, 12. Mara Sveum (UM), 5:04.80, 13. Amanda Kline (UNC), 5:04.82, 14. Whitney Smith (UNC), 5:05.95.

200 Yard Breaststroke: 1. Katie Hathaway (UNC), 2:16.12, 2. Becky Acker (UNC), 2:19.20, 3. Traci Valasco (UM), 2:21.36, 4. Janna Turner (UNC), 2:24.68, 5. Kristin Lozeau (UNC), 2:25.53, 6. JoAnn Overton (UNC), 2:26.33, 7. Andrea Kurrle (UM), 2:26.51, 8. Beth Colacurcio (UNC), 2:28.70.

400 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. UM A (Jennifer Crisman, Laura Kaznecki, Melissa Sugar, Samantha Arsenault), 3:24.17, 2. UNC A (Erika Acuff, Christy Watkins, Katie Hathaway, Jessi Perruquet), 3:24.76, 3. UNC B (Stefanie Rulis, Charlene Wong, Katie Scoggins, Jennie Gardner), 3:32.61, 4. UM B (Emily Fenn, Sara Johnson, Lindsay Carlberg, Jenay Carlson), 3:35.76.