Cavaliers Win Seventh-Straight ACC Title

ATLANTA  – The Virginia ladies received their seventh-consecutive ACC Swimming & Diving Championship workforce title on Saturday (Feb. 21) on the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Ga.

The Cavalier ladies tallied 1410.5 factors. Stanford completed in second place with 1039 factors.

Junior Claire Curzan was named the Most Valuable Swimmer of the Meet. She received two particular person occasions (100 and 200 Back) and three relays (200 Free, 400 Free, 400 Medley) and took silver within the 100 Fly.

Curzan had a powerful ultimate day of the meet, breaking her personal NCAA and American file within the 200 Back (1:46.09) after which serving to the 400 Free Relay win gold in an NCAA-record time of three:05.30 within the ultimate occasion of the meet.

The Virginia males completed in seventh place, closing out the competitors with two podium finishes, together with a gold for sophomore David King within the 200 Back (1:38.14). King additionally took bronze alongside Maximus Williamson, Thomas Heilman and Jack Aikins within the 400 Free Relay (2:47.51).

The Cavalier ladies opened Saturday’s finals session with two podium finishes within the 1650 Free. Sophomore Katie Grimes collected her second distance gold of the meet (15:45.20) with Cavan Gormsen ending third (15:56.76).

Sophomore Anna Moesch received the 100 Free (45.71) with freshman Sara Curtis putting third (46.03).

Senior Aimee Canny completed second within the 200 Breast, knocking 2.6 seconds off her private finest time to publish a 2:02.97.

The Cavalier ladies received 11 titles within the meet, 4 relay and 7 particular person occasions.

This was the Cavalier’s seventh-consecutive workforce title and 22^nd total.

The males had 5 podium finishes with Maximus Williamson incomes silver within the 200 IM and Thomas Heilman silver within the 100 & 200 Back  along with King’s 200 Back gold and the bronze within the 400 Free Relay.

Other Notes

FROM HEAD COACH TODD DESORBO

“Gold never gets old.”

“This year has really been about a lot of people stepping up into new roles and really blossoming. It started really early on in the year. We have seen it just continue to build and build. It’s been really impressive and really exciting to have a whole new group of people, and, you know, a fantastic team.”

“There’s always a lot of surprises. Sophia Umstead, one of our first years, really had a breakout meet. There were some records that were broken that we really weren’t expecting, like Claire’s 200 backstroke and that relay there at the end.”

SMITHFIELD COMMONWEALTH CLASH

• The ACC Championship additionally served because the competitors to resolve the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash factors between the Cavaliers and Virginia Tech. The two applications cut up factors because the UVA ladies picked up the purpose for the Hoos whereas the Hokie males’s workforce completed forward of UVA within the males’s standings. UVA at the moment leads the Clash 7.5-3.5

Women’s ACC Titles (11)

50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 500 Free, 1650 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay

 Men’s ACC Titles (1)

200 Back

ACC Champions (by swimmer)

• Aimee Canny: 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
• Sara Curtis: 50 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
• Claire Curzan: 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
• Cavan Gormsen: 800 Free Relay
• Bryn Greenwaldt: 200 Free Relay
• Katie Grimes: 500 Free, 1650 Free
• Madi Mintenko: 800 Free Relay
• Anna Moesch: 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
• David King: 200 Back

 All-ACC Performances:

• Aimee Canny: 500 Free, 400 IM, 200 Breast, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
• Sara Curtis: 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
• Claire Curzan: 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
• Cavan Gormsen: 500 Free, 1650 Free, 800 Free Relay
• Bryn Greenwaldt: 200 Free Relay
• Katie Grimes: 500 Freestyle, 400 IM
• Tess Howley: 200 Fly
• Madi Mintenko: 200 Free, 800 Free Relay
• Anna Moesch: 50 Free, 200 Free, 200 Free, 800 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
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• Thomas Heilman: 100 Fly, 200 Fly
• David King: 200 Back
• Maximus Williamson: 200 IM