Mark Gangloff

Winter Juniors Finalist Benton Grutter to Swim for UNC Chapel Hill Starting Next Fall (2025)

A sprint freestyler and stroke specialist, Grutter initially made his verbal commitment to swim for North Carolina back in January.

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UNC Ready To Make Waves In The Fight Against Cancer

The Tar Heels are hosting their third annual Swim Across America event on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Koury Natatorium in Chapel Hill.

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UNC Chapel Hill Gains Israeli Paris Olympic Qualifier Adam Maraana

Maraana will be heading to Paris as the first Arab-Israeli swimmer to represent Israel at the Olympics before joining UNC Chapel Hill this fall.

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Soon-To-Be Israeli Olympian Martin Kartavi Commits to North Carolina for 2024

The 20-year-old Kartavi punched his ticket to Paris with a personal-best 50 free time of 21.90 in January, just under the Olympic ‘A’ cut of 21.96. 

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UNC Adds Olympian Juan Estevez To Staff As Assistant Diving Coach

A 2000 Cuban Olympian, Estevez will join the Tar Heels having spent the last three years as an assistant diving coach at Orlando Dive Academy.

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Freestyler Sam Huggins Sends Verbal To UNC (2025)

Sam Huggins of State College, Pennsylvania, has announced his verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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UNC Women Rally Past Duke on Final Relay With Rivalry Meet At Stake

Elizabeth Sowards erased a half-second deficit on the final leg of North Carolina’s 400-yard freestyle relay to clinch a 152.5-147.5 victory over Duke.

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UNC Swim & Dive Announces 2023-24 Schedule

The schedule includes the Tar Heels kicking off the 2024 spring semester with a tri-meet against Virginia and NC State in Charlottesville, Jan. 19 -20.

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Hasty Awards Team of the Month: Opelika Swim Team

Tyler McGill (pictured), an Olympic gold medalist at London 2012, is in his fifth year leading the growing Opelika Swim Team group.

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Indiana, Louisville Women Tie Program-Best NCAA Championship Finishes

Louisville’s 30 All-America honors were a new program record, and led the team to a 7th top 10 finish at the last 8 NCAA Championship meets.

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David Quaresma to Remain In-State With Commitment to the University of North Carolina

David Quaresma from Wake Forest, North Carolina has announced his decision to remain in-state and swim for the University of North Carolina the fall.

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North Carolina Hires Team Elite Coach Javier Sossa as New Assistant

Javier Sossa, who has spent the last three years working with the pro group Team Elite Aquatics in California, has re-entered the college coaching ranks.

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UNC To Host Swim Across America Event

With two weeks remaining, the community has nearly reached its goal of $50,000. All funds go to the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center.

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Nic Fink Hits 26.45 American Record, Becomes First US Man to Win 50 Breast

Nic Fink became the first American man to win this event at a World Championships, hitting a new American record of 26.45.

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UNC Hires Kirk Kumbier As New Assistant Swim Coach, Replacing Kirk Grand

Kirk Kumbier spent last season at LSU as a volunteer assistant. Prior to that, he was a sprint coach at UCSD. He replaces Kirk Grand, who led UNC’s sprint group.

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