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Cavaliers Enter ACC Action

By Ted McKean
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Photo By Gill

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Today marks the opening day of
the ACC Swimming Championships
in Chapel Hill. Coach Ralph
Law takes his 8-2 Virginia team
into the competition with hopes for
a fifth place finish.

Unfortunately, the Cavaliers can
only hope for a fifth place finish,
since they are encountering some of
the nation's top teams in North
Carolina State, North Carolina,
Maryland, and South Carolina.
Coach Law terms these teams the
"Haves" for they all offer athletic
scholarships for swimming, and
recruit heavily.

The "Have-nots" that do not
offer scholarships to swimmers are
Virginia, Wake Forest, Duke and
Clemson. The Virginians hope to
top the second division quartet.

Two Flights

The tournament is organized
into finals for each event consisting
of the six best times turned
by swimmers in the prelims, and
consolation finals, made up of the
next six swimmers closest to getting
into the finals.

Brian Fuller, according to Law,
stands the best chance of making
the top six in his speciality, the
200 breaststroke. Fuller broke the
school record in this event by over
six seconds in a regular-season
meet.

Co-captain Jack Wilson also
stands a chance for the finals in
the 100 backstroke, and perhaps
the 200 freestyle.

Mr. Law's hopefuls in the consolation
finals are Jim Sonneborn
in the breaststroke as well as
teammate Fuller, and Phil Ronniger
in the 100 butterfly. Co-captain
Terry Gromel is a question
mark in the 50.

Both John Shrum and Bob Sinnott
should have a chance to score
in the 500 and 1000 freestyles.
Pete Swart will be carrying the
Virginia hopes in the 400 individual
medley, while Van Nichols and
Rick Coupe will be looking to
score in the 100 backstroke, and
the 200 butterfly respectively.

However, Coach Law will once
again be counting heavily on the
performances of his four outstanding
divers. In dual meets throughout
the season, a combination of
two of the four best board men,
Ken Bishop, Jim Busch, Jay Wainwright,
and Steve Remine, have
recorded 1-2 finishes in nine of
the season's ten meets.

Credit To Hopson

Much of the credit for the divers'
success this season must go to
their coach, Bill Hopson, a second
year law student. Hopson, who
works four afternoons a week,
does so on a strictly voluntary
basis. In fact if he chooses to go
on road trips with the team, he
must pay his own way. Diver
Bishop has stated, "Prior to Bill's
arrival here, Jim Busch and I
were self-taught. With his coaching,
he has added 20 points to our
total score. He is a real
technician." Hopson came to the
University from Dartmouth, and is
a native of Richmond.

When the results of the Championship
come out, therefore, a
fifth place finish which the Cavaliers
are striving for will be anything
but a disgrace. Someday we
may be able to compete against
the "Haves."