The meet began last night, with 11 ACC teams competing (or at least represented if not really competing). Live stats at www.theacc.com/.../
And from the Georgia Tech (host team, GO TECH!!!!!!!!) web site:
3 School Records Go Down As Jackets Sit In 2nd Place After Day 1 Of ACC Championships
Yellow Jackets break school records in both relays tonight; Noah Copeland's leadoff time in the 800-free was also a new record.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Tech men's swimming team broke school records in both relay events and is in second place after the first night of the ACC Swimming championships at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center on Wednesday. The Jackets broke school records in both the 200-medley relay and the 800-free relay. In addition, junior Noah Copeland set a school record of 1:35.79 for his 200-free leadoff time.
Virginia won both events tonight and leads the way with 80 points. Tech is second with 66 points, while Florida State, North Carolina and Virginia Tech all have 60 points.
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The ACC Men's Championship runs through Saturday at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. Prelims begin daily at 11:00 a.m. while finals will get underway each night at 7:00 p.m. Thursday's events include the 500-free, 200-IM, 50-free and 200-free relay. Friday will feature the 400-IM, 100-fly, 200-free, 100-***, 100-back and the 400-medley relay while the 1650-free, 200-back, 100-free, 200-***, 200-fly and 400-free relay will take place Saturday.
Admission will be free for all fans. For those who can't make it, live streaming video and live stats will be available through ACC Select.
I dislike the Hokies immensely in football, but there are local swimmers on the H2Okies team. So, I'll have to root for them now. Did you notice that Kaan Tayla went .02 seconds faster than the winner of the Big 12 meet. I think there were 82 Longhorn swimmers competing in the 50 free, 3 Aggies and 1 guy from Missouri.:laugh2: Just kidding of course, but Texas has an awfully impressive team.
Congratulations to Noah. That time would be good enough to make our 4 x 200 free relay at Louisville. Rob, are you sure he is your son? That is a lot of fast twitch considering you are his father.
I've always been impressed with Maryland's sports programs, very admirable for a JC commuter college.
Thanks, Geek. Did our performance in the UMD/UNC Men's Basketball game back Jan. 19 leave a bad taste in your mouth? Or is it our back-to-back reigning national champion competitive cheer squad, who, btw, has only been around for 5 years now? :banana::angel:
:lmao::lmao::lmao:I need a new keyboard. Go Heels!
Anyway, since SLKnight mentions the heels, local stud freshman heel Josh Hafkin clocked a 48.49 in his 100bk this morning, just ahead of UMD stud backstroker Dong Kim. :weightlifter:
I'm very interested to see how President Rob's sprinting offspring fares in the 200 finals this evening. His relay split would be the top time, but the UVA dude w/ the top time clocked a 1:33 anchoring his relay. I think it will be a really great battle for the top three places. :bolt:
Did our performance in the UMD/UNC Men's Basketball game back Jan. 19 leave a bad taste in your mouth?
Not really, since we are 11-2 in conference play and guaranteed a 1 or 2 NCAA seed. Just out of curiosity, is 8-6 your conference record or the number of hamburgers-twinkies that Coach Fridge eats as a mid-morning snack?
I won't even bother with your competitive cheer squad, that's sad.
I'm very interested to see how President Rob's sprinting offspring fares in the 200 finals this evening. His relay split would be the top time, but the UVA dude w/ the top time clocked a 1:33 anchoring his relay. I think it will be a really great battle for the top three places.McLean, the freshman from UVA, is swimming extremely well (darn). I hope it shapes up to be a great race. It looks like 2 or 3 swimmers will break the oldest ACC record (set in 1990).
It seems that Masters status doesn’t curry any special favors for offspring. I guess it is up to the swimmers to settle it in the pool.
I’m hoping this is a phase Noah is going through and that some day he will come back over from the dark (sprint) side.
ACC Men's 200 Free Finals
1:fish2: Azar
2:fish2: Smith
3:fish2: Copeland
4:fish2: McLean
5:fish2: Robison
6:fish2: McGee
7:fish2: Czaplicki
8:fish2: Owen
Is there anyway to make the fish in lane 3 go faster?
Just out of curiosity, is 8-6 your conference record or the number of hamburgers-twinkies that Coach Fridge eats as a mid-morning snack?
Zing! Good one! :rofl:
I think after the game in Durham, Gary's under a bit of pressure to get our kids' graduating, so we're starting to sacrifice practice time for study hall.
Actually, they're doing their darndest to underachieve and finish low so that we'll have to play Penn State next year in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge.
