It doesn't get any bigger than Virginia versus North Carolina in Atlantic Coast Conference swimming and diving.
[caption id="attachment_48675" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="During the Cavaliers' double dual meet against Indiana and Penn State last month, sophomore Rachel Naurath collected four individual first-place finishes and recorded NCAA 'B' times in three races.
[caption id="attachment_48400" align="alignleft" width="245" caption="Senior David Wren leads an inexperienced unit of Cavalier men, who lost their top-two 2010-11 leaders to graduation.
[caption id="attachment_47616" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore Rachel Naurath paced the Cavalier women in their 159-124 win against Navy with three individual first-place finishes.
[caption id="attachment_47448" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Kelly Flynn, who placed fourth during the 200 breaststroke event at last weekend's SMU classic, is one of only four seniors on the Cavalier women's squad this season.
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 contingent with a first-place finish during the B Final of the 200 breaststroke at 2:14.90, which ranked as the second-fastest time of the entire event. [caption id="attachment_47317" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Junior Christine Olson recorded a first-place finish by touching the wall at the 2:14.90 mark during the B Final of the 200 breaststroke at the SMU Classic.
Former Cavalier standout Matt McLean collected two first-place finishes while representing the United States at the 2011 World University Games.
[caption id="attachment_42372" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Matt McLean made the most of his final chance to swim for Virginia by winning his first-ever individual NCAA championship in the 500 freestyle.
[caption id="attachment_42181" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Scot Robison is seeded at No.
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.
After earning its fourth-consecutive ACC title last month, the No. 11 Virginia women's swimming team will begin competing this afternoon for a national crown at the NCAA Championship meet in Austin, Texas. For the fourth-straight year, more than 10 Virginia swimmers will represent the Cavaliers on the national stage.
[caption id="attachment_41796" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Claire Crippen, a team captain, is one of seven seniors who has left an indelible mark on the Virginia program during her four years.
For the fourth consecutive year - and for the 12th time in the last 13 years - the Virginia men's swimming and diving team won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Saturday in Atlanta, Ga. The Cavaliers collected 820 points during the four-day event to top second-place North Carolina's 588 points and leave Florida State's 511.5 points as a distant third. The Virginia men entered the meet ranked No.
Just four days after the Virginia women's swimming and diving team made history by winning its fourth consecutive ACC Championship, the men's squad heads to Atlanta, Ga.
The Virginia women's swimming and diving team collected its fourth consecutive ACC title this past weekend, becoming the first women's team in the history of the program to earn four titles in as many years. Virginia did not face an easy road to repeating as conference champions.
The No. 11 Virginia women's swimming and diving team hopes to earn its fourth-straight conference title at the ACC Championship meet in Atlanta, Ga., this week. The senior members of the Cavaliers' women's squad have won the ACC Championship every season since they arrived on Grounds in the fall of 2007.
[caption id="attachment_40509" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Several members of the Virginia women's swimming and diving teams earned individual victories Saturday in College Park, Md.
[caption id="attachment_40283" align="alignleft" width="136" caption="Coach Mark Bernardino will finalize his championship roster Saturday.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams brought their dual meet schedule to a victorious close this weekend, collecting road wins against N.C.
[caption id="attachment_39824" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior All-American Matt McLean notched two personal victories in the Cavs' most recent conference meet.
