UNC sweeps ACC weekly swimming and diving awards

uncswimcapNorth Carolina captured all four ACC Swimming and Diving weekly awards, as the Tar Heels took down Tennessee this past weekend in Chapel Hill. Ben Colley, Jack Nyquist, Hellen Moffitt and Michole Timm were all recognized for their strong showings.

Colley, who earned ACC Male Swimmer of the Week honors, won two individual events and swam on the victorious 400-yard freestyle relay. Colley swam away from the field in both butterfly events, winning the 100-yard event in 47.54 and the 200-yard event in 1:45.67, both times ranking No. 1 in all of NCAA Division I. Colley also anchored the Tar Heels’ relay with a leg split of 44.26, the fastest split of any swimmer in the event.

The ACC Male Diver of the Week, Nyquist easily won the 1-meter diving competition with 371.63 points, finishing more than 17 points ahead of the runner-up in the event. Nyquist finished second in the 3-meter diving competition with 412.43 points, being edged by just .22 of a point by Mauricio Robles of Texas, who was a first-team All-American last year.

Moffitt grabbed ACC Female Swimmer of the Week after posting three individual wins and swimming on one winning relay as she helped power the Tar Heels over the Volunteers. Moffitt met NCAA B qualifying times in all three of her individual events; the 100-yard backstroke (53.49), the 200-yard backstroke (1:57.79) and the 100-yard butterfly (53.73). She also led off the victorious 200-yard medley relay with a 50-yard backstroke time of 24.90.

The ACC Female Diver of the Week, Timm, a transfer from the University of New Mexico, scored 319.20 points on the 1-meter board, being edged by her own teammate, Elissa Dawson by just 1.2 points. Later in the meet, Timm set the school record in the three-meter diving event with a score of 352.55 points. The redshirt senior’s score was more than 20 points more than the previous university record of 331.45 points scored by Jenna Moore in 2011.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.