February 25, 2006

Complete Results

ACC Championships

 

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Junior Gus Calado (Recife, Brazil) earned Tech's second men's individual Atlantic Coast Conference Championship on Saturday. The 5-foot-10 junior won the 200 butterfly during the final day of the ACC Championships at Campus Recreation Center Natatorium on the campus of the University of Maryland as the Hokies placed sixth in the meet.

Tech scored 334.5 points in the meet to move up two spots from their regular-season conference standing. The University of Virginia won the championship with 694 points.

"Overall we were very pleased with our men's team's performance this weekend," Virginia Tech head coach Ned Skinner said. "Scott Beard and Gus Calado winning conference titles showed the ACC that we're a force to be reckoned with. The weekend that Zac Czaplicki and Pete Cancila had helped them emerge as strong competitors in our conference."

Calado joined teammate Scott Beard (Chesterfield, Va.) as the only two Hokie men to win individual ACC Championships. Calado's time of 1:44.38 in the day's prelims was a Virginia Tech record and the second NCAA 'A' cut time by the Hokie men this season. It earns him automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships.

The Hokies' 400 free relay team of Beard, Zac Czaplicki (North Haven, Conn.), Pete Cancila (Broomall, Pa.) and Tom Alberi (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) also set a school record Saturday. The team touched the wall fourth in their event with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 2:58.92. It marked the sixth school record broken by the Hokies this weekend.

Beard and Czaplicki also garnered seventh place finishes for Tech. Beard swam the 200 backstroke in 1:48.95 to earn a seventh-place finish, while Czaplicki's time of 44.75 in the 100 freestyle's prelims was a personal best for the sophomore.

Several other Hokies scored points during Saturday's competition. Freshman Ben Miller (Reston, Va.) placed 14^th in the 1,650 free with a time of 16:04.76. Alberi and freshman Ben Prue (Trumbull, Conn.) gave the Hokies three of the top 16 placers in the 200 back with 12^th and 16^th place finishes, respectively.

Cancila also added a 10^th-place finish in the 100 free with a finals time of 44.95 for a personal best as well. While freshman Chris Waldheim (Sugar Land, Texas) placed sixth in platform diving with a score of 160.60.

"We were proud to move up a spot and score many more points than we did last year," Skinner said. "This finish bodes well for us in the future."

The sixth-place finish in the ACC Championships was the team's best showing since joining the conference prior to the 2004-05 season. Last year, Tech placed seventh at the conference championships.

ACC Championships
Final Team Scores
Virginia 694; Florida State 685.5; North Carolina 496.5; Georgia Tech 371; NC State 362; Virginia Tech 334.5; Clemson 293; Maryland 222.5; Duke 99; Boston College 70; Miami 37