Blue Devils Drop Dual Meet at North Carolina

Friday, October 16

Chapel Hill, N.C.

4 p.m.

Duke University

North Carolina

Blue Devils Drop Dual Meet at North Carolina

10/16/2026 9:39:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Results (PDF)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Duke swimming and diving fell to North Carolina on Friday evening inside Koury Natatorium. The No. 21 Duke women's team dropped a 179.5-120.5 decision to the Tar Heels, while the North Carolina men won 220.5-79.5.

SCORES
Women: No. 16 North Carolina 179.5, No. 21 Duke 120.5
Men: No. 19 North Carolina 220.5, Duke 79.5

Women's Swimming Notables
Individual Events

Ali Pfaff had a big night for Duke, recording a women's team-high 18 points. She recorded individual wins in the 100-yard backstroke (51.57) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:52.24). She was also part of Duke's 400-yard free relay team that finished first and the second place 400-yard medley relay team.
Heather White recorded a win in the women's 100-yard freestyle at 48.55. She finished in the 50-yard freestyle and third in the 100-yard butterfly. She finished the night with 16 points for Duke.
Riley Anderson had a strong 14-point performance for Duke, as she won the 50-yard freestyle race with a time of 22.51. She finished second in the 100-yard butterfly and fifth in the 100-yard freestyle.
Duke's fourth double-digit point finisher was Quinn White, who tallied 11 points for the Blue Devils. The freshman won the 500-yard freestyle at 4:49.31. In the 200-yard freestyle, she finished fourth.
Sidney Arcella finished third in the 200-yard freestyle, clocking in a time of 1:47.84.
Tierney Lenahan finished second, behind Pfaff, in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 51.79.
Neala Klein recorded a third-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:00.10.
Alexa Conner finished second in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:01.24. In the 200-yard backstroke, Conner finished third with a time oof 1:56.02.
Gracyn Kehoe posted a 2:15.07 to finish third in the 200-yard breaststroke.

Relays

Duke finished first and third in the 400-yard free relay. The Blue Devils 'A' team, consisting of Pfaff, Arcella, Clare Logan and Lenahan, finished in 3:16.54 to record the win. Duke's 'B' team, made up of White, Molly Donland, Emoery DeGuenther and Kehoe, placed third with a time of 3:22.10.
In the 400-yard medley relay, Duke's top team of Pfaff, Reese Reilly, Anderson and White finished second at 3:34.01.

Diving

Keira Lu finished in second in the 3m dive with a score of 324.0. In the 1m dive, Lu also finished second with a mark of 288.75.
Josie Zillig finished fourth in the 3m at 281.70 and fifth in the 1m at 250.20.

Men's Swimming Notables
Individual

Charlie Kulp led Duke with 18 points on the night. He finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.91) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:24.83). He was also a member of Duke's third place 400-yard free relay team.
Cade Anderson tallied 10 points for the Blue Devils, as he finished first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:43.96. He also finished fifth in the 200-yard IM.
Yavuz Ömer Aga had a good showing in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing second with a time of 46.87.
Raphael Wang put together a time of 1:47.56 in the 200-yard IM to finish second.
Ryan Griffith finished third in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking in at 48.25.
Owen Waibel recorded a third-place result in the 50-yard freestyle at 20.15.
Freshman Ethan Bathala swam to a third-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke at 1:45.28.

Relays

In the 400-yard medley relay, Duke's quartet of Griffith, Jack Smith, Ömer Aga and Milo Shue finished fourth with a time of 3:11.99.
Shue, Waibel, Kulp and Ömer Aga finished third in the 400-yard free relay with a time 2:56.64.

Diving

Charles Berman recorded an impressive win in the 3m dive with a score of 373.35. In the 1m dive, Berman finished second with a score of 324.00.

Up Next
Duke will make its 2026-27 home debut next Saturday, as it welcomes Virginia Tech to the newly renovated Taishoff Aquatic Center. Action is set to get underway at 11 a.m.