Bulldogs Best Tar Heels in Sweep

Friday, October 25

Chapel Hill, N.C.

3:00 PM

University of Georgia

North Carolina

Photo by: Ryan Luparello

October 25, 2019 | Swimming & Diving

Final Results

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – With seven swimmers posting multiple-win outings, University of Georgia swimming and diving returned from a three-week hiatus to sweep the University of North Carolina Friday afternoon at Koury Natatorium. The Lady Bulldogs (2-0, 1-0 SEC) improved to 25-1 all-time against the Tar Heels with a 176-124 result, while the Bulldogs (2-0, 1-0 SEC) pulled away late for a 163-137 win.

The Lady Bulldogs were powered by freshman Zoie Hartman, who followed up her terrific debut at Alabama with a team-leading three victories, including a second-consecutive breaststroke sweep (100: 1:00.84 / 200: 2:12.32) along with the 200 IM (1:59.50). In the 200 breaststroke, Hartman led a clean sweep of the race, as Danielle Della Torre, Sofia Carnevale and Ashley McCauley followed just behind.

Sophomore Dakota Luther also swept the butterfly events with a mark of 54.59 in the 100 and 1:57.39 in the 200, using a dramatic final burst to take the 100 by .31 seconds. Junior Courtney Harnish was victorious in the 200 freestyle (1:48.55) and 500 freestyle (4:51.44) for the second-straight meet, while fellow junior Olivia Anderson took the 1,000 free with a personal-best time of 9:51.38.

Senior Veronica Burchill posted a winning time of 49.72 in the 100 free and junior Gabi Fa'amausili took first with a 22.90 in the 50 free, giving the Lady Bulldogs a complete sweep of the individual freestyle events. Additionally, Della Torre provided a consistent presence with three top-three finishes in the 50 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 IM.

At the diving well, senior McKensi Austin earned her first victory of the season in the 1-meter springboard, finishing with a zone-qualifying score of 277.58, while also placing fourth in the 3-meter with a mark of 263.10. Senior teammate Freida Lim performed solidly as she finished fourth in the 1-meter (249.38) and third in the 3-meter (265.28).

On the men's side, sophomore Andrew Abruzzo reached the Georgia record books for the second time as an individual with his winning time of 9:01.71 in the 1000 freestyle, placing him ninth in school history. Abruzzo later closed out the afternoon with a meet-sealing win in the 200 IM (1:48.78). Junior Grant Norgan was impressive with two wins: a career-best 1:37.86 in the 200 freestyle and a dominant three-second victory in the 500 freestyle. Norgan was joined by teammates Greg Reed, Walker Higgins and Kevin Miller in sweeping the top four in the 500.

Junior Camden Murphy remained unbeaten this season in the butterfly as he grabbed the 200 with a time of 1:48.35, followed by a 49.04 in the 100. In the 200, Murphy combined with Clayton Forde, Caleb Harrington and Ananda Lim to post one of the Bulldogs' four top-four sweeps of the day. Georgia's freshmen continued to impress with three wins: two by Harry Homans in both backstroke events (100: 49.49 / 200: 1:46.27) and one by Zach Hils in the 100 freestyle (45.07), with Hils just over a tenth of a second behind in the 100 backstroke.

The Bulldogs will quickly return to action as they stay on Tobacco Road for a meeting with Duke (No. 17 in the CSCAA women's rankings) Saturday morning at the Taishoff Aquatics Center in Durham. The diving competition will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the full meet at 11 a.m. Live results are available at https://sportstiming.com/event/duke-university-vs-university-of-georgia/.

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