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Depth Biggest Asset

Maryland is strong and has
good depth in all events. Whereas
Virginia has good depth, her quality
is not nearly as high as the
Terrapins'. Along with seven ACC
runner-ups from last year's team,
Maryland also has the ACC champs
in the 100 butterfly and
breaststroke, 200 freestyle and
breaststroke, and the Championship Medley Relay team returning.

Over the Christmas break, while
Maryland was capturing the Penn
Relay crown, the Virginia team had
little time to journey to
Pennsylvania since they came back
to Charlottesville two days after
Christmas and, except for New
Year's, has been working out twice
a day to be prepared for her
toughest meets of the year. For the
Maryland meet they will not be
suffering at all from the break.
They are in top condition, if not
shape, for this meet. Even Maryland
will not run away for the Cavaliers
who will be taking the meet a race
at a time to do their best against
their first good competition of the
season. School records will fall in
the meet, which will definitely be
the best home meet this year for
the Cavaliers. A good crowd and a
definite home pool advantage will
help the team immensely.

Maryland's best events are the
freestyle ones, all five events and
the relay in which she can enter
three ACC runner-ups, the
runner-up relay, and the ACC 200
free champ Gary Goodner. In the
other strokes Maryland has an ACC
runner-up in each and the
Championship ACC Medley Relay.