After three days of dominating its competition, the Virginia men's swimming and diving team won its second straight ACC Championship Saturday night. The No. 9 Cavaliers scored 801 points in their triumph as they outdistanced runner-up North Carolina, who scored 662.5.
The team was led by senior Austin Ramirez, who was named the ACC Meet's Most Valuable Swimmer after capturing three individual championships and one relay title.
The Brookefield, Wis. native won his fourth consecutive ACC Championship in the 1650-yard freestyle Saturday with an ACC Meet record time of 15:00.98. Ramirez also won his fourth consecutive 500 freestyle title Thursday and the 200 free title as well as the 800 free relay Friday.
Senior Doak Finch captured his second individual title of the meet when he won the ACC title in the 200 butterfly. He recorded an ACC Meet record time of 1:43.65. The Southern Pines, N.C. native also won the 400 individual medley title Friday and was part of two winning relay teams.
Freshman Chris Mousetis concluded the exciting competition in the 200 backstroke, edging N.C. State's Braden Holloway by 0:00.54 to capture his second individual championship. His time of 1:45.65 was a personal best.
Sophomore Ed Moses swam a record-breaking time in the 100-yard breaststroke prelims Friday. He set school, Conference and ACC Meet records with his time of 52.60 seconds, the fastest collegiate time this season. Moses went on to win the event with a time of 52.82 seconds.
Ramirez, Finch and junior Jamie Grimes, who finished second right behind Ramirez in the 1650 free, and Finch all recorded automatic NCAA qualifying times in their events.
The win Saturday evening also marked the fourth overall championship won by the Cavaliers.
Track runs in Last Chance
The Virginia track and field teams delivered some fine performances at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet Saturday in Blacksburg.
Continuing her strong rookie season, Elise Mitchell captured the title in the shot put. Her toss of 17.03 meters was long enough to defeat her nearest opponent by more than a meter. Asst. Coach Kim Graham also was a victor in the 400 dash, recording a time of 52.25 seconds.
Rob Pearce recorded a personal best in the 800 with a time of 1:52.78, finishing 15th overall in the meet. Jarrett Hagwood's blazing time of 8.01 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles Saturday was the best of the Cavaliers this season. Marion Mason recorded a time of 8.19 seconds in the high hurdles competition.
Both Hagwood and Mason also participated in the long jump. Mason leaped 7.19 meters into 8th place and Hagwood went 7.16 for 10th.
Softball battles Tigers, Irish
The Virginia softball team concluded play in the Morning News Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas over the weekend as they played doubleheaders against Missouri and Notre Dame.
The Cavaliers (2-11) split a pair of games with Missouri Saturday, losing the first game 5-3 and bouncing back for a 7-6 victory in the second contest. In the second game, the Cavs trailed 4-0 before coming back in the bottom of the fourth with five runs.
Virginia senior pitcher Chrissy Quinn picked up the win and allowed only three earned runs, striking out seven and walking three.
Virginia dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Notre Dame 1-0 and 6-1, the final day of competition. Left-hander Jennifer Sharron threw a two-hitter to lead the Irish to a 1-0 victory in the first game. In the second game, the Cavaliers trailed 6-0 before scoring their lone run of the game in the top of the fifth.
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