The Virginia men's swimming and diving team won its fourth consecutive swimming and diving championship this weekend in College Park, Md. Sophomore Luke Anderson was named the meet's most valuable swimmer.
Anderson took first place in the 50-yard, 100 and 200 freestyle events and swam on winning relay teams in the 200, 400 and 800 free.
Sophomores Ian Prichard, Luke Wagner and Gary Marshall and freshman Bo Greenwood also won multiple events. Prichard took first place in the 50 and 1650 free, Wagner won the 100 and 200 backstroke, Marshall won the 100 and 200 breaststroke, and Greenwood won the 200 and 400 individual medley. Freshman Michael Raab rounded out the individual champions for the Cavaliers with his victory in the 200 butterfly.
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The Cavaliers pulled off a sweep of the top three positions in the 100 back with Wagner, sophomore Jonathan Haag and freshman Chad Barlow.
Virginia won 16 of 20 events and won the meet with a total of 872 points, far ahead of runner-up Georgia Tech with 580.5. North Carolina was third with 501.5 points, followed by Florida State.
Mason, Watson named second-team all-ACC
A pair of Virginia basketball juniors, guard Roger Mason Jr. and forward Travis Watson, were named second-team all-ACC yesterday.
The first team consisted of Jason Williams, Mike Dunleavy and Carlos Boozer of Duke, Juan Dixon of Maryland and Anthony Grundy of N.C. State.
Mason and Watson were joined on the second team by Maryland's Lonny Baxter, Wake Forest's Darius Songaila and Tony Akins of Georgia Tech.
- Compiled by Chip Knighton
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