March 30, 2002

ATHENS, GA. - University of North Carolina junior Sean Quinn earned the 10th seed Saturday morning in the preliminaries of the 200-yard breaststroke at the 79th annual NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Georgia's Gabrielson Natatorium.

Quinn will swim this evening in the consolation final of the event. His time in the preliminaries was 1:57.40.

UNC has one other swimmer competing this evening as sophomore Yuri Suguiyama will compete in the 1650-yard freestyle. That is a timed final event.