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Carolina Women Win Through More Than Just Championships

UNC's FORevHER Tar Heels campaign launched four years ago and is making a strong impact on women student-athletes, their coaches, and our community. The initiative, started in 2019 by The Rams Club and Carolina Athletics, celebrates and supports women student-athletes at UNC and after they leave. The program has raised $144 million. (GoHeels.com)

Aranza Vazquez Montaño Claims Second Medal At World Aquatic Championships

UNC rising senior Aranza Vazquez Montaño claimed her second medal of the 2023 World Aquatic Championships on Tuesday, winning silver in diving's mixed three-meter and 10-meter team event. Former Tar Heel diver Anton Down-Jenkins helped New Zealand to a 13th-place finish in the event. Vazquez earned her first world championship medal Saturday. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Diver Aranza Vazquez Moñtano Wins Bronze At World Championships

UNC diver Aranza Vazquez Moñtano, a member of the Mexico swimming and diving team, won bronze in the one-meter springboard competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships on Saturday. It was the first world championship medal for Vazquez, who represented Mexico at the 2020 Tokyo Games and likely will participate in the 2024 Olympics. (GoHeels.com)

Four Tar Heels Headed To World Aquatic Championships

Four members of the North Carolina swimming and diving program will represent their respective countries at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, beginning Friday, July 14. Anton Down-Jenkins, Alex Hart, and Aranza Våzquez Montaño will compete in the diving well, while Patrick Hussey will participate in the swimming events. (GoHeels.com)

UNC Swimmers Skyler Smith, Boyd Poelke To Compete At National Championship Meet

Rising senior Boyd Poelke and rising junior Skyler Smith will represent UNC at the 2023 Phillips 66 National Championships, which begin Tuesday, June 27, and conclude Saturday, July 1, at the Indiana University Natatorium. Prelims begin at 10 a.m. ET, with finals at 7 p.m. ET. Coverage starts at 6:30 p.m. on USASwimming.org and 7 p.m. on Peacock. (GoHeels.com)

Top 5 Highs And Lows Of UNC's 2022-23 Sports Season

With the 2022-23 UNC sports season in the books, it’s time to look ahead to 2023-24 and look back on the year that was. Tar Heel teams across nearly 30 sports competed in various NCAA championships, with results ranging from the top of the mountain to the depths of despair. I’m taking a look back at the Top 5 and Bottom 5 moments of the season. (Chapelboro.com)

Wrestler O'Connor, diver Vazquez take top honors at UNC's Rammy Awards; Maye makes Top Play

Two national champions — wrestler Austin O’Connor and diver Aranza Vazquez — earned Athlete of the Year honors at the Rammy Awards on Monday at Memorial Hall. The awards recognize excellence in UNC athletics over the previous year. Women’s basketball center Malu Tshitenge and football defensive lineman Kaimon Rucker were hosts for the event. (Tar Heel Tribune)

UNC Ranked Sixth Nationally In Directors' Cup Standings Following Winter Sports Championships

UNC leads the ACC and ranks sixth in the nation in the 2022-23 Learfield Directors' Cup standings after the conclusion of winter sports. Eight Tar Heel teams added 341.00 points in the winter to the 382.50 points, which led all schools, from the fall. The women's swimming and diving team placed 10th. That was UNC's highest team finish in the winter. (GoHeels.com)

Aranza Vazquez Montano, Yaidel Gamboa Named ACC Women's Diver and Coach of the Year

North Carolina junior Aranza Vazquez Montano has been named ACC Women's Diver of the Year and Yaidel Gamboa has been named Women's Diving Coach of the Year. This marks the second ACC Diver of the Year award for Vazquez Montano, who also earned the award as a freshman in 2020-21. It's the first award for Gamboa as head diving coach. (GoHeels.com)

UNC diver Aranza Vazquez reflects on two national titles

UNC's Aranza Vazquez took a moment to shake off all the feelings that had been circling in her head. "I started crying because I couldn't believe it happened. Last year was hard, so finally being able to perform the way I used to made me so happy and I just cried." Soon after earning her first NCAA title, Vazquez took home another gold in the three-meter. (Daily Tar Heel)

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