Nov. 10, 1999

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina's men's and women's swimming teams opened up their 1999-2000 Atlantic Coast Conference seasons Wednesday evening, stroking to easy victories over Duke. The Tar Heel women defeated the Blue Devils 144-73, while the Carolina men were victorious by a 157-61 margin.

Carolina's women improved to 4-1 with the victory and the Tar Heel men evened their record at 2-2. Freshman Janna Turner led the Tar Heel women with a pair of individual victories in the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard backstroke. Sophomore Kevin Erndl led the Tar Heel men's team with wins in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke.

The Carolina teams will take a week off before playing host to the 14th annual Nike Cup November 18-20 at Koury Natatorium.

WOMEN'S MEET SUMMARY-#18 NORTH CAROLINA 144, DUKE 73
EVENT WINNERS
200-Yard Medley Relay-North Carolina (Summer Mack, Janna Turner, Christy Watkins, Beth Colacurcio), 1:48.71, 1000-Yard Freestyle-Molly Sullivan (UNC), 10:15.44, 200-Yard Freestyle-Christy Watkins (UNC), 1:55.99, 50-Yard Freestyle-Katie Hathaway (UNC), 24.68, 200-Yard Individual Medley-Janna Turner (UNC), 2:07.79, 100-Yard Butterfly-Kelly McLaughlin (UNC), 58.58, 100-Yard Freestyle-Ilana Kavadlo (UNC), 54.35, 100-Yard Backstroke-Janna Turner (UNC), 59.28, 500-Yard Freestyle-Katie Scoggins (UNC), 5:03.86, 100-Yard Breaststroke-Laura Downey (DU), 1:09.66, 200-Yard Freestyle Relay-Duke (Susan Keeler, Jamie Fleming, Lauren Dudley, J. Gauger), 1:42.10.
Records: Duke 1-3, ACC 0-3, UNC 4-1, ACC 1-0

MEN'S MEET SUMMARY--#23 NORTH CAROLINA 157, DUKE 61
EVENT WINNERS
200-Yard Medley Relay-North Carolina (Kert Johnson, Brad Kline, Warren Perry, John Spaziano), 1:35.48, 1000-Yard Freestyle-Justin Rossi (UNC), 9:38.37, 200-Yard Freestyle-Jarrod Schwarz (DU), 1:45.11, 50-Yard Freestyle-Kevin Erndl (UNC), 21.47, 200-Yard Individual Medley-Sebastien Moity (UNC), 1:54.72, 100-Yard Butterfly-Drew Hathaway (UNC), 51.74, 100-Yard Freestyle-Kert Johnson (UNC), 47.74, 100-Yard Backstroke-John Spaziano (UNC), 52.37, 500-Yard Freestyle-Taylor Marks (UNC), 4:45.23, 100-Yard Breaststroke-Kevin Erndl (UNC), 1:00.28, 200-Yard Freestyle Relay-North Carolina (Drew Hathaway, David Green, Ben Davidson, Taylor Marks), 1:28.67.
Records: Duke 1-3, ACC 0-3, UNC 2-2, ACC 1-0