Collegiate Times

Swimming and diving finishes fifth in ACC

March 2, 2009 | by Ryan Trapp, CT sports staff writer

Tech posted a fifth-place finish in the ACC Championships this weekend.


Following up the impressive showing by the women's team just a week earlier, the H2Okie men broke 11 school records.

Charlie Higgins gave a spectacular performance, breaking three team records. The freshman posted a Tech record time of 1:43.85 in the 200-meter backstroke.

Tech had three different swimmers score a total of 14 points in the 1650-meter freestyle event. Ben Miller led the team with a time of 15:16.28 while setting a new team high for the event.

A duo of freshmen rounded out the scoring as Bryan Uncur and Blake Trabuchi-Downey finished 12th and 14th, respectively.

The team's most successful event for the day was the 200-meter butterfly, as a trio of freshmen totaled 30 points. After finishing the race in 1:45.76, Trey Stewart garnered 15 H2Okie points. Trabuchi-Downey (eighth) and Matt Baumler (13th) combined for the other 15.

With their respective 10th and 13th place finishes in the 200-meter breaststroke, the junior pair of Jonathan Huss and Scott Harkins totaled 11 points for the H2Okies.

In the 100-meter freestyle, sophomore Stephen Hawkins recorded a time of 44.26, while senior Ian deToll touched in with a mark of 44.17.

In relay action, the team of deToll, Holmes, Ulatowski and Hawkins posted a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter free relay. The squad touched in with a time of 2:55.4, which was also good enough for a team record -- the fourth established by the relay team on the weekend.

Next up for Tech, the divers, who competed last weekend alongside the H2Okie women, will be in action on March 13-15 at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships in Knoxville, Tenn.

Tech junior Mikey McDonald, sophomore Daniel Martin and freshman Trevor Michalak will compete for the men. For the women, it'll be sophomore Sarah Milto and freshmen  Cara Murnan and Natalie West.


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