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Oct. 8, 1999
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Virginia women’s and men’sswimming teams are ranked 11th in the Preseason College Swimming CoachesAssociation of America (CSCAA) Top 25 Polls as selected by the CSCAA. TheVirginia women are ranked 11th with 217 points, while the Cavalier men’steam received 190 points and is tied for 11th place with Minnesota.Stanford and Georgia are the top ranked men’s and women’s teams,respectively.
Virginia’s men’s and women’s teams, under the direction of 22nd-year headcoach Mark Bernardino, are coming off outstanding 1998-99 campaigns.
The men’s team placed 14th at the 1999 NCAA Championships, the highestfinish ever for the UVa men’s program. The Cavaliers won the 1999 ACCChampionship, their third overall, after placing second in 1998. In dualmeet competition, the ‘Hoos were 7-3 overall and 4-2 in the ACC.
The women’s team finished 10th at the 1999 NCAA Championships, thesecond-highest showing in school history. In 1988, Virginia was seventh atthe NCAAs. The Cavaliers also won the Women’s ACC Championship in 1999,their second straight and third title overall. Virginia was perfect indual meet competition as well, posting a 9-0 overall mark and a 6-0 recordagainst ACC foes.
The entire men’s and women’s polls follow.
| Men | Women | ||||
| Rank | Team | Points | Rank | Team | Points |
| 1. | Stanford | 360 | 1. | Georgia | 368 |
| 2. | Auburn | 358 | 2. | Arizona | 350 |
| 3. | Texas | 354 | 3. | Stanford | 327 |
| 4. | Arizona | 314 | 4. | Southern Cal | 318 |
| 5. | California | 312 | 5. | California | 314 |
| 6. | Southern Cal | 303 | 6. | Southern Methodist | 290 |
| 7. | Tennessee | 278 | 7. | Michigan | 271 |
| 8. | Georgia | 254 | 8. | Auburn | 270 |
| 9. | Michigan | 253 | 9. | Florida | 268 |
| 10. | Texas A&M | 204 | 10. | Northwestern | 241 |
| 11. | Virginia | 190 | 11. | Virginia | 217 |
| tie | Minnesota | 190 | 12. | Nebraska | 210 |
| 13. | Florida | 184 | 13. | Texas | 203 |
| 14. | Nebraska | 179 | 14. | UCLA | 166 |
| 15. | Arizona State | 175 | 15. | Wisconsin | 143 |
| 16. | Hawaii | 127 | 16. | Minnesota | 134 |
| 17. | Penn State | 126 | 17. | Tennessee | 128 |
| 18. | LSU | 120 | 18. | North Carolina | 118 |
| 19. | Florida State | 104 | 19. | Kentucky | 81 |
| 20. | Miami, Ohio | 86 | 20. | Nevada | 76 |
| 21. | Southern Methodist | 84 | 21. | Villanova | 64 |
| 22. | Indiana | 54 | 22. | Arizona State | 56 |
| tie | North Carolina | 54 | l23. | Miami, Ohio | 54 |
| 24. | Harvard | 50 | 24. | Notre Dame | 43 |
| 25. | Iowa State | 23 | 25. | LSU | 24 |