For the second consecutive season in which she's been in competition, javelin thrower Inge Jorgensen earned all American honors, taking eighth place with a throw of 161 feet, 6 inches at the NCAA Championships Friday in Austin, Texas.
I was named after my father, the third to his junior. But I've never gone by that name except for tax purposes.
It was about a week before the NCAA Championships, and something was just not right with Virginia's Varsity Four Crew. The quartet of talented rowers, who all happened to be freshmen, were nagging each other during practice, and their inner-boat rivalry was reaching a head.
As a team, the Virginia women's rowing team placed sixth at the NCAA Championships at Rancho Cordova, Ca., May 30, but the Varsity Four boat won the NCAA title in their event, edging out Washington by three seconds. Virginia's championship boat was made up of four freshman rowers: Kerry Maher, Renee Albers, Libby McCann and Ashley Jones.
A number of streaks were on the line in the 2004 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse championship game between No.
June 6, 2004: This was the day that officially marked the halfway point of my college career. It had nothing to do with when I finished my last exam.
The Virginia men's tennis team ended its best season in school history on May 22 with a 4-3 loss to Ohio State in the Cavaliers' first-ever NCAA Sweet 16 appearance.
Virginia (44-17) hosted its first baseball Regional in school history this past weekend and faced a number of ups and downs throughout what became their final four games of the season.
Redemption, revenge -- call it what you want, but at this season's NCAA women's lacrosse championships in Princeton, Virginia got its share of it. That's right: A Virginia lacrosse team is champion again -- only this time it's the women instead of the men.
Pitchers Andrew Dobies and Jeff Kamrath along with pitcher/first baseman Joe Koshansky and shortstop Mark Reynolds were all picked during the first two days of this week's Major League Baseball First Year Player draft. Dobies was selected in the third round by the Boston Red Sox (95th overall) is the fourth highest a Virginia player has ever gone in the draft.
The Class of 2004 has been there for everymoment of former Virginia quarterbackMatt Schaub's roller coaster career.
The Virginia softball team plays a doubleheader this Saturday at home against N.C. State, two games which will greatly affect the team's seeding in the upcoming ACC tournament. A sweep this weekend would bring the Cavaliers to 4-4 in conference and extend their current winning streak to seven games.
During the 2003-04 season, five separate Cavalier athletic squads won conference championships, the highest number the school has ever attained in an athletic year.
When describing the type of season the Virginia women's lacrosse team has enjoyed so far this year, parallels to a racehorse outfitted with blinders exist -- quick, fast, focused and charging.
The members of the Virginia women's gymnastics team may be small and incredibly athletic, but if you happen to be enjoying a pleasant dinner out, and a group of them sit down at a table near you, be prepared for a little surprise. "Always at the end of the competitions we go out and have a big meal," senior Christine Diffell said.
The men's lacrosse team looks to resurrect its chances of an NCAA bid at this weekend's ACC tournament by revenging previous losses against conference foes. The quest begins with a semifinal matchup against the host, No.
The Virginia baseball team has been finding ways to win games. Whether through an offensive explosion like the Cavaliers had against Virginia Tech Wednesday, an extra-innings win over Maryland on April 17, or a late comeback like on April 3 against Duke, Virginia (34-7, 14-4 ACC) has managed to end up on the winning side of the fight. "We're finding a way to win," pitcher/first baseman Joe Koshansky said.
A number of relay teams and several individuals will compete for Virginia at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia this weekend.
T he best advice I have ever received about my column-writing was absurdly simple: Put a little honest piece of yourself into every column you write.
Freshman basketball player T.J. Bannister was one of seven people arrested early last Sunday morning during a fight in the Beta Bridge area of Rugby Road, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
