 | The Cavalier daily. Friday, February 28, 1969 |  |
Post-Season Tourneys Begin
Coach Ralph Law's mermen
coasted along last weekend to an
easy state championship, breaking
nine pool records and seven
Virginia records in the process. But
these credentials matter little to the
likes of North Carolina State, South
Carolina, Maryland, and North
Carolina as the ACC swimming
meet gets under way.
W.R. Reynolds Gymnasium pool
in Raleigh has been designated as
the site for this 16th annual ACC
Championships. The Cavaliers have
little chance of finishing any higher
than fifth place.
State has taken top honors for
four straight years, winning last
season with some 547 points. North
Carolina fell way short of equalling
the Wolfpack performance scoring
just 419 points.
Cavalier distance swimmer Alex
Shaw will be hard pressed indeed to
continue in his winning ways.
Opposing him in the 500 and
1,650-yard freestyle events are
Maryland's Dave Heim and the
Wolfpack's Tom Evans. Heim
placed first in both competitions in
last year's meet.
While the mermen are splashing
away in Raleigh this weekend,
Coach Lou Onesty's thinclads will
be in not so far away Chapel Hill
participating in the ACC track
.
Mike Harvey, the defending
champ in the indoor long jump, will
try to better his mark of 24′-¼″ for
the Cavaliers. Al Sinesky, who
pounded the gridiron turf at
Carolina this fall, will be trying to
heave the shot with equal success.
The ACC has forsaken the state
of North Carolina for College Park,
Maryland to hold its annual
grappling tourney. The Virginia
wrestling team has complied an
admirable 5-3 dual meet record this
season, and Coach George Edwards
is shooting for no less than a second
place finish in the ACC
competition.
Warren Clark, boasting a perfect
5-0 state, takes on all comers in the
123-pound class for the Cavaliers.
Other sporting
outstanding performances are
130-pound John Pitas (5-3),
137-pound John Pegues (6-1), and
152-pound Tom Moore (5-2-1).
| The Cavalier daily. Friday, February 28, 1969 | |