Team travels to North Carolina
It doesn’t get any bigger than Virginia versus North Carolina in Atlantic Coast Conference swimming and diving. The two schools historically have dominated the conference, and 2012 appears to be no different. The No. 11 Cavaliers (4-0, 1-0 ACC) and No. 15 Tar Heels (5-1, 4-0 ACC) are the only ACC women’s teams to appear [...]
Read moreSquads face top-notch foes
For two teams with similar expectations, the Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are veering in distinctly separate directions. While the No. 18 women swam past No. 14 Penn State and Indiana when the three teams met earlier this month, the No. 21 men continued their slow start to the season as they [...]
Read moreSquads face Big Ten pair
When the Virginia swimming and diving team heads north for a showdown against Penn State and Indiana this weekend, there will be no championships or major prizes on the line. The season is just underway, and the biggest meets remain well in the future. Nevertheless, a victory against the pair of Big Ten squads would [...]
Read moreSquad splits dual debut
The defending ACC-champion Virginia swimming and diving teams squared off against Navy Friday and came away with mixed results. The women’s squad defeated the Midshipmen 159-124, while the men fell 159-139. The meet marked the second go-around of the year for the Cavalier women (1-1), the season opener for the men’s team (0-1) and coach [...]
Read moreSquads seek to sink Navy
The defending ACC champion Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams hit the pool this weekend for their first dual meet of the season in a road matchup against Navy. Coach Mark Bernardino enters his 34th season leading two young groups — with a combined 17 new swimmers — looking to make an early [...]
Read moreVirginia finishes second-to-last in opener
The Virginia women’s swimming team opened its season placing fifth out of six teams at the Southern Methodist University Classic which was held in Dallas, Texas last weekend. The Cavaliers, who sent eight of their swimmers to the highly competitive meet, tallied 248 total points throughout the two-day event. Junior Christine Olson paced the Cavalier [...]
Read moreMcLean snags gold medal
Former Cavalier standout Matt McLean collected two first-place finishes while representing the United States at the 2011 World University Games. Photo by Thomas Bynum Former Virginia men’s swimmer Matt McLean continued his strong showing at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China by winning gold in the 200-meter freestyle Thursday. Representing the United States, [...]
Read moreSquad takes 8th at men’s NCAAs
The Virginia men’s swimming and diving team capped an impressive 2010-2011 season with a school-best performance at the Men’s NCAA Championships this weekend. Represented by 10 athletes, the Cavaliers finished eighth in the nation — the highest finish in program history — at the championship meet in Minneapolis. Virginia also amassed a school-record 200 points [...]
Read moreMen send 10 to NCAAs
Ten members of the Virginia men’s swimming team will represent the Cavaliers at the 2011 NCAA Championships March 24-26 in Minneapolis, Minn. Ten other swimmers qualified for individual events and all five Virginia relay teams also will compete at the meet. “I feel really good about how their preparations and their training and their mental [...]
Read moreVirginia women record top-20 finish at nationals
Nearly a month after winning its fourth consecutive ACC title, the Virginia women’s swimming team earned a 13th place finish at the NCAA Championship meet held in Austin, Texas this past weekend. The Cavaliers have notched top-20 finishes at the annual event in each of the last four seasons. Five Cavaliers collected honorable mention All-America [...]
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