UNC Swimming & Diving

Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Swimming & Diving.

Future Tar Heels To Swim For Team Israel At Olympic Games

Months before they will represent the Tar Heels in the pool during the NCAA season, incoming freshmen Martin Kartavi and Adam Maraana will represent their home country of Israel at the 2024 Olympic games in Paris. Kartavi, a sprint specialist, will compete in the 50-meter freestyle, while Maraana will race in the 100-meter backstroke. "It's life-changing." (GoHeels.com)

ACC Among Dominant Conferences With Most Athletes In Summer Olympics

Two new ACC members, Stanford (51 athletes), and California (39), rank among the five biggest NCAA-based producers of participants at this year’s Summer Olympics. Among ACC schools, Duke (18), Florida State (17), Virginia (16), Notre Dame (14), NC State (11), Louisville (10), and North Carolina (10) are represented by 10 or more athletes in France. (Chapelboro.com)

Carolina Blue Tint To 2024 Paris Summer Olympics

Carolina Olympians include Crystal Dunn, Emily Fox, and Katie Bowen (New Zealand) in soccer and Ashley Hoffman, Meredith Sholder, and Cassie Sumfest in field hockey. Rinky Hijikata (Australia) in tennis, Ethan Ramos (Puerto Rico) in wrestling, and Kristen Siermachesky (Canada) in rowing. Four members of UNC swimming and diving will compete. (GoHeels.com)

Here is Every Tar Heel Heading to Paris for the Summer Olympics and Paralympics

A sizable contingent of current and former Tar Heel standouts is headed to Paris for the Summer Olympics, which begin July 24. Former NCAA champions Ashley Hoffman and Meredith Sholder will take the field with Team USA in field hockey. Former UNC tennis star and Australian Open doubles champion Rinky Hijikata will represent his native Australia. (Chapelboro.com)

UNC diver Aranza Vazquez prepares for second Olympic appearance

After placing sixth in the 3-meter springboard competition at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, UNC diver Aranza Vazquez has one personal goal left to check off before her time at UNC ends — medaling at the Olympics. "Being on the podium, I think that’s my biggest dream," Vazquez said. "At that point, I don’t care about the color, as long as it’s metal, I want it." (Daily Tar Heel)

Lucas: Born and Bred - The Long Way Back

UNC's best individual medal hope at the Paris 2024 Olympics was discovered at a hair salon. Aranza Vazquez was just a four-year-old in La Paz, Mexico, when she was spotted by her future coach. Vazquez’s aunt had a hair salon where Aranza would sometimes pass the afternoons. On one of those days, she was spotted by diving coach Yuniesky Hernandez. (Rams Club)

UNC incoming freshman swimmer Martin Kartavi headed to Olympics

Years ago, Martin Kartavi made a deal with his childhood friends: If any of them qualified for the Olympics, they would go together and get matching tattoos. Now their flights are all booked for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Kartavi, 20, will compete for his home country, Israel, in the 50m Freestyle before joining UNC Swimming & Diving this fall. (Daily Tar Heel)

Four UNC Swimming & Diving members set to compete in Paris Olympics

Four members of the UNC swim & dive team are set to compete in the 2024 Olympics. Aranza Vazquez is familiar with the Olympics. In 2021, the senior competed in the Tokyo Olympics for Team Mexico and made history as the first UNC women's diver to compete in the Games. While in Tokyo, Vazquez finished sixth in the 3-meter springboard competition. (Daily Tar Heel)

UNC Swimming & Diving Boasts 17 CSCAA Scholar All-Americans

Seventeen UNC swimmers were named to the 2023-24 College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America Team. Louis Dramm, Boyd Poelke and Noah Rutberg earned first-team honors on the men's side as Georgia Nel, Greer Pattison, Lily Reader, Madeline Smith, Skyler Smith and Elizabeth Sowards on the women's. (GoHeels.com)

Best and Worst Moments of the 2023-24 UNC Sports Season

The 2023-24 UNC sports season has officially come to an end. In a little more than a month, the next season will be underway with the first official practices for the football program. But before then, let’s look back and reflect on the season that was, and its best and worst moments. Best: Erin Matson Leads UNC Field Hockey to 11th National Title. (Chapelboro.com)

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