February 24, 2007

Results

ACC Championships Day Four
Complete Results

 

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The Virginia Tech men's swimming and diving team finished the 2007 ACC Championships in Chapel Hill, N.C., with a bang, Saturday. In the final event on the final day, the 400-yard freestyle relay won the ACC title in a school-record time. The win, along with two runner-up finishes, helped the Hokies finish fourth overall with 388 points. Florida State won the 2007 title with 714.

The Hokies and Florida State's squad were neck-in-neck through the entire 400-yard freestyle relay. Kaan Tayla opened the race for Tech with a four-lap time of 44.19. Jake Bova then took off from the block and swam his laps in 44.34. Zac Czaplicki shouldered the third leg and finished in 44.32. Scott Beard brought up the final spot in 43.82, racing FSU's Alex Kennon to the wall, with Beard hitting the finish first. Tech's quartet combined for a school record time of 2:56.67, surpassing the time of 2:58.86 set earlier this season. The time gave the Hokies a second NCAA "B" cut in the event.

Tayla, competing in the 100-yard freestyle, finished in second-place in 44.13. The time, an NCAA "B" cut, broke Tech's Christian Lindberg's 2004 program record of 44.14. Florida State's Ed Denton just out-reached Tayla, finishing in 44.09. Beard joined Tayla in the event finals. He earned a fifth-place finish after touching the wall in 44.83.

Ian deToll and Bova finished the race in tandem. deToll stopped the clock in 45.29 for 12^th-place, while Bova recorded a time of 45.41 for 13^th. Pete Cancila earned 19^th in the event, after finishing in 45.94, nearly one second faster than his preliminary time.

Gus Calado scored a second runner-up medal for the Hokies in the 200-yard butterfly. Recording an NCAA provisional time, Calado reached the wall in 1:45.59, only two-tenths of a second behind Virginia's Stefan Hirniak. Tech's Czaplicki finished the event with a 1:48.76 mark, nearly a half-second faster than his qualifying time, for eighth-place. Mike Lewis rounded out the trio of Hokies in the event, notching a time of 1:52.01 for 20^th.

In the 200-yard backstroke, Ben Prue recorded a time of 1:52.28 for 15^th, the Hokies' top finish in the event. Kevin Koehr swam in a time of 1:52.97 for 19^th. In the 1,650-yard freestyle, Griffin Lutterbein swam the fastest time of the Hokies. Finishing the mile in 15:49.80, Lutterbein earned 17^th place. Stephen Jensen and Scott Harkins represented Tech in the 200-yard breaststroke. Jensen had the top finish, taking 18^th in 2:04.72. Harkins earned a time of 2:06.93 for 21^st.

The Hokies' fourth-place team finish is two spots higher than last year's finish, and 53.5 more points. Tech won three ACC championships, broke two Koury Natatorium pool records and set three school records. The Hokies also recorded 16 "B" cut times and 18 season-best times.

For their efforts during the championships, six Hokies earned all-conference honors. Tayla earned four nods for his participation in the winning 200- and 400-yard freestyle relay teams and two runner-up performances in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle. Beard ended the championships with three honors - all for wins - in the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays and the 100-yard butterfly. Bova was named all-conference for his help with the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relay squads. Calado and Czaplicki each notched one all-conference award for the 200-yard butterfly and the 400-yard freestyle relay, respectively.

Up next, qualified divers travel to Athens, Ga., March 2-3, for the NCAA Zone Regional qualifier to compete for a spot at the national championships. Women who have qualified for the 2007 NCAA Championships are up first, venturing to Minneapolis, Minn., March 8-10. The men make their trip to Minneapolis and the NCAA event March 15-17.

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 20                   

1. Florida State University            	714   

2. University of Virginia            	616.5

3. University of North Carolina      	532.5   

4. Virginia Tech                       	388

5. Clemson University                	323.5   

6. Georgia Tech                      	267.5

7. North Carolina State                	258   

8. University of Maryland              	253

9. Duke University                     	128  

10. University of Miami                 73

11. Boston College                      68                                            

Virginia Tech Individual Results	Prelims Time	Finals Time

1,650-yard freestyle

17. Griffin Lutterbein			        	15:49.80

24. Ben Miller		                		15:59.27

28. Chip Hughes	                 			16.07.79

200-yard backstroke

15. Ben Prue		                1:50.86		1:52.28

19. Kevin Koehr		                1:52.44		1:52.97

100-yard freestyle

2. Kaan Tayla		                44.22		44.13

5. Scott Beard		                44.74		44.83

12. Ian deToll		                45.44		45.29

13. Jake Bova		                45.24		45.41

19. Pete Cancila		        46.58		45.94

200-yard breaststroke

18. Stephen Jensen		        2:04.69		2:04.72

21. Scott Harkins		        2:06.38		2:06.93

24. Neil Savage		                2:09.02		

200-yard butterfly

2. Gus Calado		                1:45.38		1:45.59

8. Zac Czaplicki		        1:49.08		1:48.76

20. Mike Lewis		                1:52.15		1:52.01

24. Ben Prue		                1:53.23		

400-yard freestyle relay

1. Virginia Tech				        2:56.67