During halftime of the Virginia women’s basketball team’s home game against Georgia Tech, the school will honor star senior swimmer and 2012 London Olympics gold medalist Lauren Perdue as part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Sunday, Feb.
The No. 10 Virginia women’s swimming and diving team announced its 2013-14 recruiting class last week.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams completed the 2012 portion of their seasons this weekend with impressive showings at the Georgia Fall Invitational. The No.
Fall competition culminates this weekend for the Virginia swimming and diving teams as they compete among the nation’s best at the Georgia Fall Invitational in Athens, Ga.
The No. 10 Virginia women’s swimming and diving team defeated Penn State and No. 14 Indiana in this weekend’s tri-meet in Bloomington, Ind.
Saturday morning, before the swimming portion of the Virginia swim and dive team’s dual meet against South Carolina, Olympic gold-medalist and former Cavalier Matt McLean swam a 100-yard freestyle time trial.
The Virginia swim & dive team hosts its last home meet until January this weekend, as diving welcomes South Carolina Friday and swimming competes in a dual meet against the Gamecocks Saturday. While Virginia swept its first two opponents easily, South Carolina has floundered against a slate of strong opponents this fall. The Gamecocks’ women’s swimming team is still searching for its season’s first win after losing lopsided contests against No.
The Virginia swimming and diving teams eviscerated their season-opening competition this weekend, capturing all 32 events against Navy on Friday before sweeping Pittsburgh on the road Sunday. The women cruised past the Midshipmen 168-118 and earned the top four finishes in 11-of-16 races.
The Virginia swim and dive team opens its 2012-2013 season with a celebration befitting the five-time defending ACC champions.
Current Virginia swimmer Lauren Perdue and former Cavalier Matt McLean are London-bound.
Though the Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams race at the same regular season meets, share the same coaches and divvy up the pool to hold practices at the same time, their similarities end when championship season arrives.
The No. 11 Virginia women's swimming and diving team Saturday in Blacksburg captured the first ACC crown won by any Virginia athletic program since last spring.
Meredith and Lauren Perdue were born to swim for Virginia. The sisters not only serve as a dynamic duo for the Cavaliers' swimming and diving team, but they're also carrying on a family legacy in the process. Their father, Phil Perdue, swam for Virginia during his time at the University.
The last regular season meet of the 2011-2012 campaign is in the books, and the Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams look as strong as they have all year.
If last weekend's mighty victories against Pittsburgh were any indication, the Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams are hitting their strides at just the right time of the year.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams took to the pool at home Saturday for their first meet at the Aquatic and Fitness Center since last January.
The home team in almost any sport undoubtedly benefits from competing in a familiar environment with an adoring crowd of spectators.
[caption id="attachment_49050" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior Lauren Perdue paced the Cavaliers' Tobacco Road victories with individual wins in the 50 and 100 freestyle, two NCAA 'B' cut events.
