Cavs Capture Second Straight ACC Championship

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Feb. 26, 2000

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The ninth-ranked Virginia men’s swimming and divingteam won its second consecutive ACC Championship and fourth overallSaturday evening at Maurice J. Koury Natatorium on the campus of theUniversity of North Carolina. The Cavaliers scored 801points tooutdistance North Carolina (662.50) by 138.5 points for the title.Fourth-year Austin Ramirez (Brookfield, Wisc./Brookfield Central) was namedthe ACC Meet’s Most Valuable Swimmer after winning three individual eventsand capturing one relay title.

After Virginia (801) and North Carolina (662.50), N.C. State was third with507.5 points, followed by Florida State (488.5), Maryland (384.5), GeorgiaTech (289), Clemson (274) and Duke 116). The Cavaliers won 11 of the 20events during the three-day meet.

Ramirez capped off a terrific meet by winning the 1650 freestyle in an ACCMeet record time of 15:00.98. It marked the fourth consecutive year thatRamirez has won the 1650 free title at the ACC Championship and with it hebecame just the second swimmer to win four consecutive ACC titles in twodifferent events. On Thursday he won his fourth consecutive 500 freestyletitle. The only other ACC swimmer to accomplish the feat is UVa’s AndyWren, who won the 100 and 200 butterfly events from 1980 through 1983.Ramirez won his other individual title in the 200 free on Friday and alsohe swam a leg on UVa’s winning 800 free relay team Friday.

Fourth-year Doak Finch (Southern Pines, N.C./O’Neal) captured his secondindividual ACC title of the meet by winning the 200 butterfly with an ACCMeet record time of 1:43.54. With his time, Finch automatically qualifiedfor the NCAAs and fell just five hundredths of a second shy of breaking theVirginia school record. Finch won the 400 individual medley title onFriday and was also a part of two winning Cavalier relay teams at the ACCChampionship.

First-year Chris Mousetis (Newport News, Va./Woodside) capped off anoutstanding ACC Championship by winning the 200 backstroke title with apersonal best time of 1:45.65. Mousetis also won the 200 IM on Thursdayand finished second in the 100 back on Friday. He was also a member of twowinning UVa relay teams.

In addition to Ramirez winning the 1650 free, UVa took the second and thirdspots in the event. Third-year Jamie Grimes (Olney, Md./Sherwood) finishedsecond with an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 15:01.63, while first-yearDan DeMarco (Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck South) was third (15:11.48).Virginia had a total of four swimmers in the finals of the 200 butterfly.First-year Evan Taylor (Issaquah, Wash./Issaquah) earned runnerup honors toFinch as he posted a time of 1:46.57, while third-year Michael Fuller(Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) was fifth (1:48.33) and first-year DanielZurowski (Woodbridge, Va./Bishop Ireton) was seventh (1:48.66). TheCavaliers’ also had two other finalists in the 200 backstroke. First-yearGuy Yimsomruay (Bangkok, Thailand/Germantown) finished third (1:47.63) andclassmate Mike Wheeler (Lisbon, Md./McDonogh) was sixth (1:49.13). In the100 freestyle, third-year Troy Johnson (St. George, Utah/Dixie) placedthird with a time of 44.87.

In the 200 breaststroke, first-year Jonathan Baird (Nashville,Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) finished third, while third-year JustinCapuco (Burtonsville, Md./Good Counsel) was fifth. Baird clocked a time of2:00.68 and Capuco finished in 2:01.33. After being disqualified in theprelims, second-year Ed Moses (Burke, Va./Burke) swam a time trial andposted a school record time of 1:53.99. That time is the second fastesttime ever in a short course yards pool.

Virginia’s 400 free relay team of second-year Matt Lee (Munster,Ind./Munster), fourth-year Jared Felker (Yarmouth, Maine/MercersburgAcademy), Finch and Johnson finished sixth in a time of 2:59.19. It is thesecond-fastest 400 free relay in school history. In the three-meter divingcompetition, UVa first-year Matt LaConte (Chesire, Conn./Chesire) placedseventh with 429 points.

FINAL TEAM SCORES

1.  VIRGINIA            8012.  NORTH CAROLINA      662.503.  N.C. STATE          507.54.  FLORIDA STATE       488.55.  MARYLAND            384.56.  GEORGIA TECH        2897.  CLEMSON             2748.  DUKE                116

MOST VALUABLE SWIMMER OF THE 200 ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Austin Ramirez, Virginia

MOST VALUABLE DIVER OF THE 2000 ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Andy Johnson, N.C. State

Event #14: 1650-Yard Freestyle
Timed Finals: 1. Austin Ramirez (UVA), 15:00.98+#, 2. Jamie Grimes (UVA), 15:01.63+, 3. Dan DeMarco (UVA), 15:11.48@, 4. Stephen Mohr (UNC), 15:18.23@, 5. Shilo Ayalon (GT), 15:21.11@^, 6. Michael Fuller (UVA), 15:22.75@, 7. Judd Glasco (UNC), 15:23.23@, 8. Michael Malchak (UMD), 15:28.41^, 9. Danny Chocron (FSU), 15:34.80, 10. Leo Salinas (GT), 15:35.60, 11. Bill Schultz (FSU), 15:38.19, 12. Stephen Matthews (NCSU), 15:40.55, 13. Mark Eberlie (NCSU), 15:44.33, 14. Richard Culberson (NCSU), 15:44.93, 15. Kevin Chipman (NCSU), 15:49.31, 16. Greg Johnson (UNC), 15:52.87, 17. Randy Tyner (NCSU), 15:54.53, 18. Justin Rossi (UNC), 15:57.96, 19. Andy Meek (CLEM), 16:00.70, 20. Brendan McLaughlin (DUKE), 16:22.03, 21. Hank Longmire (GT), 16:23.82, 22. P.J. Stojadinovic (UMD), 16:27.76, 23. Drew Disnick (DUKE), 16:46.36.Non-Scoring Participants: Andrew Biedrzycki (UNC), 15:49.25, Jeff Atteberry (CLEM), 16:10.87, Adam Tepe (CLEM), 16:24.83, David Slye (UMD), 16:26.58, Derek Young (UMD), 16:40.25, Paul Tzur (DUKE), 16:52.34.

Event #15: 200-Yard Backstroke
Championship Final: 1. Chris Mousetis (UVA), 1:45.65@, 2. Braden Holoway (NCSU), 1:46.26@^, 3. Guy Yimsomruary (UVA), 1:47.63, 4. Chris Helin (UNC), 1:48.18, 5. Scott Lenyk (GT), 1:48.74^, 6. Mike Wheeler (UVA), 1:49.13, 7. Mark Seidman (UNC), 1:49.26, 8. Greg Main-Baillie (FSU), 1:50.23.Consolation Final: 9. Matt Baldwin (UNC), 1:49.61, 10. Ryan Walker (UMD), 1:49.83, 11. Richard Culberson (NCSU), 1:49.92, 12. James Salazar (GT), 1:50.00, 13. Adam Porter (CLEM), 1:50.59, 14. Patrick Morrow (NCSU), 1:51.11, 15. Jorge Oliver (GT), 1:51.45, 16. Carl Nylander (GT), 1:51.95.Bonus Consolation Heat: 17. Brian Best (UVA), 1:49.61, 18. Phil Maher (UMD), 1:51.26, 19. Chris Fleizach (DUKE), 1:51.41, 20. Joe Tighe (CLEM), 1:52.07, 21. Justin Ward (DUKE), 1:53.67, 22. Dominic Ebenbichler (UMD), 1:53.88, 23. Ryan Harsch (DUKE), 1:56.25, 24. Jonathan Fry (FSU), 2:03.18.

Event #16: 100-Yard Freestyle
Championship Final: 1. Matt Brado (NCSU), 44.71@, 2. Kevin Flanagan (FSU), 44.76@, 3. Troy Johnson (UVA), 44.87@, 4. Greg Solt (NCSU), 44.98, 5. Ryan Brannan (UMD), 45.10, 6T. Aaron Peterson (UMD), 45.17, 6T. Valter Magnusson (NCSU), 45.17, 8. Kevin Erndl (UNC), 45.40.Consolation Final: 9. Drew Childs (UMD), 45.17, 10. Will Rogers (CLEM), 45.22, 11. Jared Felker (UVA), 45.24, 12. Nnamnse Ammons (FSU), 45.29, 13. Josh Hersko (GT), 45.58^, 14. Kenny Roberts (CLEM), 45.74, 15. Greg Courtois (UMD), 45.78, 16. Brian Luoma (UMD), 46.30.Bonus Consolation Heat: 17. Matt Stone (CLEM), 46.27, 18. Ben Davidson (UNC), 46.30, 19. Will McReynolds (FSU), 46.38, 20. Joey Marshburn (FSU), 46.50, 21T. Brett Walker (CLEM), 46.63, 21T. Chris Moro (CLEM), 46.63, 23. Jeff Horner (UMD), 46.89, 24. David Silver (GT), 46.98.

Event #17: 200-Yard Breaststroke
Championship Final: 1. Sean Quinn (UNC), 1:57.90+^, 2. Dave Slawinski (UNC), 1:58.95@, 3. Jonathan Baird (UVA), 2:00.68@, 4. Tomonori Tsuji (GT), 2:00.74@^, 5. Justin Capuco (UVA), 2:01.33@, 6. Jason Ward (UMD), 2:01.71@, 7. Gregor Govse (CLEM), 2:02.36, 8. Sean Wallace (CLEM), 2:02.71.Consolation Final: 9. Brett Petersen (FSU), 2:01.09@, 10. Brad Kline (UNC), 2:01.97@, 11. Jesse Rademacher (NCSU), 2:03.16, 12. Suha Akman (NCSU), 2:03.70, 13. Justin Betts (FSU), 2:04.00, 14. Brad Bowser (NCSU), 2:04.15, 15. Matt Norman (CLEM), 2:04.69, 16. Travis McQuinn (GT), 2:05.36.Bonus Consolation Heat: 17. Mark Cullinan (UMD), 2:04.39, 18. Robert Foster (GT), 2:07.86, 19. Luis Emilio (UMD), 2:08.10, 20. Ross Dye (GT), 2:09.17, 21. Justin Suszko (DUKE), 2:11.40, 22. Steve Misuraca (DUKE), 2:13.11, Matt Wilson (CLEM), Disqualified, Alejandro Dubreuil (CLEM), Disqualified.

Event #18: 200-Yard Butterfly
Championship Final: 1. Doak Finch (UVA), 1:43.54#+, 2. Evan Taylor (UVA), 1:46.57@, 3. David Weeks (UNC), 1:47.39@, 4. Tim Haley (NCSU), 1:48.00@, 5. Michael Fuller (UVA), 1:48.33@, 6. Madison Snyder (NCSU), 1:48.41@, 7. Daniel Zurowski (UVA), 1:48.66@, 8. David Laitala (GT), 1:50.32.Consolation Final: 9. Nelson Mora (FSU), 1:49.54, 10. Mauricio Cavalcante (NCSU), 1:49.69, 11. Thomas Ehrhardt (UMD), 1:50.11, 12. Devin Crock (FSU), 1:52.06, 13. James Salazar (GT), 1:52.10, 14. Brady Skaggs (GT), 1:52.25, 15. Wesley Morrow (CLEM), 1:52.32, 16. Greg Johnson (UNC), 1:53.48.Bonus Consolation Heat: 17. Steven Forson (FSU), 1:50.91, 18. Mark Baxter (UMD), 1:51.60, 19T. Drew Hathaway (UNC), 1:52.14, 19T. Sebastiern Moity (UNC), 1:52.14, 21. Charles Gersbach (GT), 1:52.65, 22. Matt Mailloux (DUKE), 1:57.57, 23. Ed Eng (DUKE), 1:58.59, 24. Jarrod Schwarz (DUKE), 2:00.12.

Event #19: Three-Meter Diving
Championship Final: 1. Andy Johnson (NCSU), 537.00, 2. Stephen Krebs (UNC), 522.30, 3. Brent Burkman (FSU), 508.95, 4. Christian Zuburg (UNC), 507.30, 5. Glen Gonzales (FSU), 496.60, 6. Craig Thomas (CLEM), 467.30, 7. Matt LaConte (UVA), 429.00, 8. Ben Nuttall (FSU), 413.50.Consolation Awards: 9. Rob McMillen (UNC), 420.10, 10. Joe Piorkowski (UVA), 418.55, 11. Chris Roddy (UMD), 414.80, 12. Chris Anderson (CLEM), 394.65, 13. Lou Dondero (FSU), 387.75, 14. Nate Spice (CLEM), 385.45, 15. Jason Danforth (UNC), 376.55, 16. Andy Garrett (CLEM), 375.35, 17. Mike Harris (CLEM), 329.45, 18. Brendon Firestone (NCSU), 308.80, 19. Ben Danneman (GT), 306.85, 20. Jonathon Folds (CLEM), 305.45, 21. Dustin Thorne (GT), 235.80.

Event #20: 400-Yard Freestyle Relay
Timed Finals: 1. N.C. State (Matt Brado, Braden Holloway, Greg Solt, Valter Magnusson), 2:58.21@, 2. Maryland *Ryan Branna, Drew Childs, Aaron Peterson, Greg Courtois), 2:58.77@^, 3. Virginia (Matt Lee, Jared Felker, Doak Finch, Troy Johnson), 2:59.19@, 4. Florida State (Greg Main-Baillie, Kevin Flanagan, Nnamnse Ammons, Joey Marshburn), 3:00.81, 5. North Carolina (Brad Kline, Kevin Erndl, Kert Johnson, Michael Chenier), 3:01.56, 6. Clemson (Kenny Roberts, Mike Pridemore, Rob Etheridge, Matt Stone), 3:03.37, 7. Georgia Tech (David Laitala, Josh Hersko, Jorge Oliver, Shilo Ayalon), 3:05.26, 8. Duke (Brendan McGill, Clint McHugh, Brian Clark, John Samotyj), 3:10.17.

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#ACC Meet Record
^School Record
@NCAA Consideration Qualifying Standard
+NCAA Automatic Qualifying Standard