The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams hosted their first meet of the season this past Friday and Saturday. The meet featured two ACC rivals -- Clemson and Virginia Tech -- as well as Penn State. The men finished out their season opener a strong 3-0 while the women came in 2-1 -- falling only to Penn State.
The men took five of nine events, allowing them to beat Penn State 229-124, Clemson 202-149 and Virginia Tech 206.5-146.5.
The five events included a lead-off victory from the 200 Medley Relay, as well as a one-two finish in the 200 meter breakststroke and 200 free style. Junior Ryan Hurley finished fist in the breaststroke at 2:01.57 while senior Vanja Rogulj finished with 2:03.33. In the 200 free style senior John Millen finished first in 1:39.31 followed by junior Stephan Hirniak with 1:40.39. Millen also took the 1000 free style in 9:19.30 and Pat Mellors was victorious in the 400 I.M. which he finished in 3:59.45.
The women's team won two events at the meet. Junior Stephanie Glover took the 100 butterly in 56.17 and was the only individual to finish first in a race for the Cavaliers. Fortunately the 400 Free Relay also picked up a victory for Virginia with a time of 3:27.17.
Virginia next hosts another ACC rival, Georgia Tech, this coming Saturday, November 4th at 1 p.m. in the AFC.
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