Swimming and Diving | Virginia Girls Advance to Sunday’s Championship Dual

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –  The Virginia ladies’s swimming and diving staff superior to the championship of the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge with a 43-1 victory in opposition to Michigan on the second day of the three-day meet being held Nov. 21-23 in Knoxville, Tenn.

The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association is placing on this first-of-its-kind occasion showcasing high collegiate swimming applications in an revolutionary, four-team, double-elimination match with a head-to-head format. Participating groups embrace one staff representing every of the Power 4 conferences: Tennessee (SEC), Michigan (Big Ten), Arizona State (Big 12), and Virginia (ACC).

The meet options six swimmers per race, every in two-swimmer head-to-head match-ups. Teams obtain one level per head-to-head match-up gained. The winner of every particular person race earns a bonus level. Relays are two factors per head-to-head match-up.

The top-seeded Virginia ladies confronted 2-seed Michigan in a winner’s bracket match-up, with the Cavaliers sweeping each head-to-head match-up besides one within the 200 Freestyle.

The fourth-seeded UVA males’s staff swam a a lot nearer twin in opposition to third-seeded Michigan, with the Wolverines topping the Cavaliers 24-20.

The Michigan males jumped out to a 6-0 lead after ending 1-2 within the opening relay. The Cavaliers chipped away on the deficit and took a 12-10 lead after sweeping the head-to-head match-ups within the 200 Butterfly, however Michigan moved again forward with a sweep within the 500 Free. Virginia moved again into the lead within the second-to-last particular person occasion, sweeping the 200 Back to go up 18-16, however Michigan swept the ultimate particular person occasion, the 200 Breast, to guide 20-18 heading into the ultimate relay. The Wolverines gained the 200 Free relay by .09 seconds to safe their 24-20 victory.

The Cavalier males gained six of the eight particular person races and set two program information. Freshman Thomas Heilman set the UVA document within the 200 Fly (1:39.09), and freshman Maximus Williamson set the usual within the 200 IM (1:41.61).

The males will swim within the third/fourth place twin on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. The ladies will swim within the championship twin at 12:45 p.m.