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Jan. 29, 2001
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Virginia will host the 2001 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s and Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships at the UVa Aquatic and Fitness Center. The seven-team Women’s ACC Championship will be held Thursday, February 15 through Saturday, February 17 at the AFC, while the eight-team Men’s ACC Championship will be conducted Thursday, February 22 through Saturday, February 24. Admission to both championships is free.
Preliminaries for both events begin at 11:00 a.m. each day with finals commencing at 7:00 p.m. One-meter diving preliminaries will be held one hour after the conclusion of swimming prelims on the first day of competition (Thursday) for both the women’s and men’s meets with finals the same evening. Three-meter diving prelims will take place one hour after the second day of swimming prelims (Friday) with finals being held on the third and final night (Saturday) of the respective championships.
North Carolina, ranked ninth in the women’s Speedo College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) top 25 poll, is the defending ACC women’s champion. The Tar Heels won the 2000 ACC Championship, held in Chapel Hill, N.C., with 842.5 points, while Virginia was second with 693.5 points. The Cavaliers, who won the 1998 and 1999 ACC titles, are currently ranked 12th in the CSCAA poll. Maryland is also ranked in the poll as it holds the 16th spot.
The Virginia men are two-time defending ACC champions. The Cavaliers won the 1999 and 2000 ACC titles, and are ranked 11th in the CSCAA top 25 poll. UVa won the 2000 ACC title with 801 points, while host North Carolina was second with 662.5 points. North Carolina is currently ranked 14th in the CSCAA poll, while Georgia Tech is 25th.
Virginia hosted the ACC Swimming and Diving Championships at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in 1998 with both the men’s and women’s teams winning conference titles.