Feb. 23, 2008
ATLANTA - The final day of the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Swimming and Men's and Women's Diving Championships ended in a big splash for the University of Virginia, as the Cavaliers clinched their sixth championship title and first since 2004.
A total of 15 records fell (five conference, seven ACC meet and three pool) and seven student-athletes collected at least two individual titles at this year's championship, held at the Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. Clemson's Michelle Parkhurst and Miami's Brittany Viola the only pair to win three individual events each.
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| Most Valuable Diver Brittany Viola |
Parkhurst was selected ACC Most Valuable Swimmer by a vote of the 11 head coaches, becoming the first Tiger since Mitzi Kremer in 1989 to earn the honor. The senior from Vienna, Va., set four NCAA "A" marks, set a new conference and ACC meet mark in the 200 backstroke and shattered the conference and ACC meet records swimming the leadoff leg in the 800 freestyle relay on opening day of the league championship. Parkhurst also anchored the winning 200 freestyle relay team that set a new conference record with an automatic qualifying time of 1:30.60.
Diving competition concluded Saturday afternoon with platform diving being conducted for the first time in ACC history. Viola, a sophomore from Orlando, Fla., was named ACC Most Valuable Diver after becoming the league's first platform diving champion. In addition, she earned a place in the league record books also winning both the one- and three-meter springboard events to become the first to sweep all three diving championship events.
In the men's diving competition, Florida State's Terry Horner was tabbed ACC Most Valuable Diver. Earlier this week, the sophomore from Orlando, Fla., became the first Seminole since 2003 to sweep both the one- and three-meter diving events.
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| Most Valuable Diver Terry Horner |
Miami's JJ Kinzbach became the first men's platform champion, as the event was also held for the first time in league history. Florida State's Dan Frebel followed with a runner-up finish, while Virginia Tech's Mikey McDonald placed third.
The five other student-athletes to notch two individual gold medals at this year's Championship included Florida State's Terry Horner (men's one- and three-meter dive); North Carolina's Whitney Sprague (500 and 1650 freestyle); Virginia's Liz Shaw (200 individual medley and 200 butterfly); and Virginia Tech's Jessica Botzum (100 and 200 breaststroke) and Sara Smith (50 and 100 freestyle).
Botzum and Smith were also part of the Hokies' winning 200 medley relay squad that broke the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center pool record on the first day of competition.
Up next is the ACC Men's Swimming Championship, which takes place Wednesday-Saturday, February 27-March 1. Georgia Tech plays host for the second straight week at the Aquatic Center.
Raycom Sports, in a partnership with Turner Broadcasting, will produce the ACC Swimming & Diving Championships for broadband video streaming on www.ACCSelect.com, providing live coverage of the final events only.
Below are the final team standings, results and list of All-ACC performers at the 2008 ACC Women's Swimming and Men's and Women's Diving Championships.
| Team |
Standings |
Points |
| 1. |
Virginia |
800 |
| 2. |
North Carolina |
572 |
| 3. |
Florida State |
544.5 |
| 4. |
Virginia Tech |
362 |
| 5. |
Clemson |
350 |
| 6. |
Duke |
267 |
| 7. |
Georgia Tech |
261 |
| 8. |
NC State |
228 |
| 9. |
Maryland |
223.5 |
| 10. |
Miami |
182 |
| 11. |
Boston College |
52 |
2008 ACC Women's Swimming and Diving Event Winners
Wednesday, Feb. 20
200 Medley Relay (1:40.17#^) - Virginia Tech (Jordan McHorney, Jessica Botzum, Megan Newell, Sara Smith)
800 Free Relay (7:09.12*!+) - Virginia (Stephanie Glover, Jess Lewis, Jenna Harris, Megan Evo)
Thursday, Feb. 21
500 Freestyle - Whitney Sprague, North Carolina (4:42.80+)
200 Individual Medley - Liz Shaw, Virginia (1:58.63*+)
50 Freestyle - Sara Smith, Virginia Tech (22.52+)
1M Dive - Brittany Viola, Miami (324.65 points)
200 Freestyle Relay (1:30.60*#+) - Clemson (Rachel Regone, Lauren Sindall, Alex Allen, Michelle Parkhurst)
Men's 3M Dive - Terry Horner, Florida State
Friday, Feb. 22
400 Individual Medley - Claire Crippen, Virginia (4:11.50!+)
100 Butterfly - Lauren Sparg, Florida State (53.50+)
200 Freestyle - Michelle Parkhurst, Clemson (1:46.49+)
100 Breaststroke - Jessica Botzum, Virginia Tech (1:00.98+)
100 Backstroke - Michelle Parkhurst, Clemson (53.58+)
3M Dive - Brittany Viola, Miami (340.55 points)
400 Medley Relay (3:38.27!#^) - Virginia (Mei Christensen, Ellie Freeman, Liz Shaw, Jess Lewis)
Men's 1M Dive - Terry Horner, Florida State
Saturday, Feb. 23
1650 Freestyle - Whitney Sprague, North Carolina (16:02.76+)
200 Backstroke - Michelle Parkhurst, Clemson (1:55.33*!+)
100 Freestyle - Sara Smith, Virginia Tech (49.57^)
200 Breaststroke - Jessica Botzum, Virginia Tech (2:12.82+)
200 Butterfly - Liz Shaw, Virginia (1:56.07*!^)
Platform Diving - Brittany Viola, Miami (332.50 points)
400 Freestyle Relay (3:18.69*!^) - Virginia
Men's Platform Dive - JJ Kinzbach, Miami
+Denotes NCAA "A" mark
^Denotes NCAA "B" mark
* Denotes conference record
! Denotes ACC meet record
# Denotes Georgia Tech Aquatic Center record
2008 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships All-Conference Performers
Women's Most Valuable Swimmer
Michelle Parkhurst, Clemson
Women's Most Valuable Diver
Brittany Viola, Miami
Men's Most Valuable Diver
Terry Horner, Florida State
50 Freestyle
Sara Smith, Virginia Tech
Rachel Regone, Clemson
Rebecca Kane, North Carolina
100 Freestyle
Sara Smith, Virginia Tech
Kelsey Morrissy, North Carolina
Agatha Kwasnik, Georgia Tech
200 Freestyle
Michelle Parkhurst, Clemson
Agatha Kwasnick, Georgia Tech
Jess Lewis, Virginia
500 Freestyle
Whitney Sprague, North Carolina
Ashley Twichell, Duke
Katura Harvey, North Carolina
1650 Freestyle
Whitney Sprague, North Carolina
Ashley Twichell, Florida State
Jenn Narum, Virginia
100 Butterfly
Lauren Sparg, Florida State
Stephanie Glover, Virginia
Sara Smith, Virginia Tech
200 Butterfly
Liz Shaw, Virginia
Claire Crippen, Virginia
Megan Evo, Virginia
100 Breaststroke
Jessica Botzum, Virginia Tech
Lowri Tynan, Florida State
Georgia Holderness, Florida State
200 Breaststroke
Jessica Botzum, Virginia Tech
Ellie Freeman, Virginia
Georgia Holderness, Florida State
100 Backstroke
Michelle Parkhurst, Clemson
Mei Christensen, Virginia
Megan Steeves, North Carolina
200 Backstroke
Michelle Parkhurst, Clemson
Mei Christensen, Virginia
Holly Mills, Florida State
200 Individual Medley
Liz Shaw, Virginia
Claire Crippen, Virginia
Megan Evo, Virginia
400 Individual Medley
Claire Crippen, Virginia
Liz Shaw, Virginia
Katya Bachrouche, Virginia
200 Medley Relay
Virginia Tech - Jordan McHorney, Jessica Botzum, Megan Newell, Sara Smith
400 Medley Relay
Virginia - Mei Christensen, Ellie Freeman, Liz Shaw, Jess Lewis
200 Freestyle Relay
Clemson - Rachel Regone, Lauren Sindall, Alex Allen, Michelle Parkhurst
400 Freestyle Relay
Virginia - Hannah Davis, Stephanie Glover, Megan Evo, Jess Lewis
800 Freestyle Relay
Virginia - Stephanie Glover, Jess Lewis, Jenna Harris, Megan Evo
3-Meter Dive
Brittany Viola, Miami
Julie Brummond, Duke
Stephanie England, Georgia Tech
1-Meter Dive
Brittany Viola, Miami
Hannah Krimm, Georgia Tech
Dani Kazilionis, Clemson
Platform Dive
Brittany Viola, Miami
Stephanie England, Georgia Tech
Kristin Davies, NC State
Men's 3-Meter Dive
Terry Horner, Florida State
Dan Frebel, Florida State
Ryan Funderburk, North Carolina
Men's 1-Meter Dive
Terry Horner, Florida State
JJ Kinzbach, Miami
Mikey McDonald, Virginia Tech
Platform Dive
JJ Kinzbach, Miami
Dan Frebel, Florida State
Mikey McDonald, Virginia Tech
