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Youthful Virginia travels to ACC Championships

Just four weekends ago Virginia track and field began its outdoor season with the Virginia Cup in Charlottesville, but now the team already finds itself preparing for the start of the conference championships—such is the nature of track and field in the ACC. Beginning Thursday, the Cavaliers will compete for three days against their conference foes for this season’s title.


	Junior Payton Hazzard won both the 200 and 400-meter dashes Saturday, as well as running anchor on the first-place men’s 4×400-meter relay. His 46.93 mark in the 400-meter dash is among the top-five fastest national times this season.
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Virginia men, women place second in tri-meet

Saturday, Lannigan Field was the scene for a showdown between three of the nation’s finest public universities. Both the Virginia men’s and women’s track teams placed second in the tri-meet — a vast improvement from last year’s showing in Berkeley, Calif.


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Track and field hosts No. 24 California, Michigan

The showdown between Virginia, California and Michigan in a tri-meet this Saturday at Lannigan Field will mark the second leg of a three-year series between the top-flight public universities — an idea which can be traced back to the first meeting between University President Teresa Sullivan, the former Provost and Vice President at Michigan, and coach Bryan Fetzer.


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Cavs post strong showing at Texas, Raleigh Relays

Virginia track and field continued its season with two meets this weekend, the Texas Relays and Raleigh Relays. The Cavaliers set a slew of personal bests and put up solid results while facing some of nation’s best teams.


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Lavender, others shine against elite competition

Virginia track and field concluded a weekend of stiff competition at the “Doc” Hale Virginia Tech Elite Meet, competing among a field including two ranked men’s teams and three top-10 women’s teams. The meet featured several strong performances from Cavalier athletes, including a record-breaking effort in the 200-meter dash by junior Jordan Lavender.


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Cross Country teams qualify for NCAAs

The men’s and 11th-ranked women’s cross country teams both qualified for the NCAA Championships with strong performances at Panorama Farms. The women captured first place, beating No. 19 William & Mary while the men finished second with 96 points behind No. 17 Eastern Kentucky.


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Weekend Previews: November 15-17

Extensive previews for Virginia’s games in women’s soccer, field hockey, and men’s and women’s basketball this weekend ran in Thursday’s edition of The Cavalier Daily and remain available online.

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