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“I feel like each year I'm here I somehow progress in my training or my strength and I wanted to see what else I could accomplish this year,” Countie said.
Aside from Crawley's dominance, several other Tar Heels are playing well early on in the indoor season. Three additional Tar Heels were able to secure wins in their singles matches last week, and the reigning ITA team indoor champions are now preparing for the main draw of the first major ITA event of the season.
First-year Ryleigh Heck put her mark on the game, making the first goal just two minutes into the game off an assist from first-year Sietske Brüning. The goal was Heck’s third in four games so far this season.
Almost 20 years into her tenure at UNC, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development Cricket Lane still has the same enthusiasm that brought her into the profession.
USA Field Hockey's Senior Nexus Championship is set to take place this week. Twelve current UNC field hockey players are set to compete for selection for the 2022-23 U.S. Women’s National Team and Junior USWNT Selection Camps.
After ending the UNC swim and dive season together in a freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships in March, recent graduate Lilly Higgs and rising sophomore Olivia Nel traveled to Budapest, Hungary. The two swimmers competed for the Bahamas and South Africa, respectively, from June 18-25 in a variety of events.
Three UNC swimmers — recent graduate Lilly Higgs, rising junior Patrick Hussey and rising sophomore Olivia Nel — finished their competition in various events at the 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships this past week.
UNC track star Anna Keefer earned first-team All-America honors, set numerous personal records as a jumper and sprinter and was crowned the ACC Indoor Champion in the long jump in the 2022 season. These accomplishments, when paired with the five-time All-American’s road to recovery, are made even more impressive.
The Tar Heels may have suffered a season-ending loss on Tuesday evening, falling 3-2 to defending champions Pepperdine in the 2022 NCAA Championship, but senior Ryan Burnett ended the season on a high note. Burnett was UNC's leading scorer throughout the championship, and finished tied for second in stroke play.
The UNC men’s golf team finished its run in the 2022 NCAA Championship with a fifth-place finish on Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz, at Grayhawk Golf Club. This is the second consecutive year the Tar Heels have appeared in the NCAA Championship and ended in the top five.
