Cavaliers Finish NCAA Swimming Championships In 16th Place

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March 17, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS, Monn. – he Virginia men’s swimming and diving team completed competition at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the Minnesota Aquatic Center on Saturday night. The Cavaliers finished with 60.55 points at the meet for a 16th place finish.

The highlight of the final day for Virginia came in the first final of the evening. In the 1650 free, senior John Millen (Lilburn, Ga.) made his final swim as a Cavalier a strong one, finishing in 15:00.86 for a eighth place finish.

Stefan Hirniak (Highland Park, N.J.) closed out his collegiate career on Saturday with a tenth place finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:44.89 in the finals.

Vanja Rogulj (Zagreb, Croatia) took 14th in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:57.26 in the final.

Pat Mellors (Pittsburgh, Pa.), who earned first-team All-America honors twice earlier in the meet, completed his meet with a 25th place finish in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:44.71.

Auburn won the 2007 national championship with a score of 566 points. Virginia’s 16th place finish was the highest finish for an ACC school.