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Maryland Swimmers Face Daunting Challenge In Virginia

Feb. 1, 2000

College Park, Md. - Just a week after losing to North Carolina, the men's (6-3, 1-2 ACC) and women's (8-1, 2-1 ACC) swimming and diving teams travel to Charlottesville, Va., this Saturday to challenge the league powerhouse Virginia Cavaliers. The Cavalier women are ranked No. 7 by the College Swim Coaches Association of America and hold a 7-0 record and are undefeated in the conference at 4-0. Virginia's No. 9 men's team is 6-1 overall, and 3-1 in the ACC. Diving starts at noon with swimming starting at 2 p.m. The meet will signal the end of the regular season for both teams. ACC conference championship action kicks off with the men's championship meet on Feb. 17-19 and continues with the women's championships on Feb. 24-26.

1999 WOMEN'S SWIMMING SCHEDULE 

MARYLAND WOMEN (8-1, 2-1 ACC)
O22    at Howard           W 139-61.
O29    JOHNS HOPKINS       W,128-36.5
N5     at NC State *       W,139-104
N6     at Duke *           W,176-63
N13    UMBC                W,158-71
N17-18 FINA World Cup @ Maryland
J15    GEORGE WASHINGTON   W, 171-69
J21-22 at Pittsburgh       W, 215-133
J21-22 vs. Villanova       W, 259-89
J29    NORTH CAROLINA *    L, 119-181
F5     at Virginia *       Dive-Noon
                           Swim-2:00 p.m.
F24-26 ACC Championships
       at North Carolina
                Prelims- 11:00 a.m.
                Finals- 7:00 p.m.
F24-26 at Tar Heel Invitational
M23-25 NCAA Championships
       Indianapolis, Ind.    
                Prelims- 11:00 a.m.
                Finals- 7:00 p.m.

* ACC game, all times Eastern

Scouting the Cavaliers' Squad
Fresh off two landslide wins against Villanova, Virginia is indisputably one of the top teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, as well as the nation. The men's team is ranked ninth and the women's team is ranked seventh in the current CSCAA polls. Neither team has been ranked lower then eleventh the entire season. At 6-1 (4-1 ACC), the men suffered their only loss this season at Clemson by a 136-107 margin on Oct. 30. The women remained undefeated throughout last week's action with a 7-0 (4-0 ACC) record. Both Virginia's men's and women's teams won the ACC Championships last season. The Virginia women accumulated 766.5 points to crush the competition. North Carolina had the best chance to catch the Cavs but managed only a 699.5, finishing 67 points behind Virginia. The Cavalier men also won the ACC title in 1999. Their score of 704.0 was just enough to beat Florida State by 6.5 points.

Pacing For ACC's - The Long Road to Chapel Hill
With just one regular season meet remaining before the ACC Championships for both the men's and women's swimming teams. The start of spring classes this Tuesday will be the end of grueling two-a-day practices, which began in the beginning of January, and the beginning of the fine-tuning and rest that proceeds both the ACC Championships and the NCAA Championships.

"This meet signals the end of really hard training for team," said head coach Jim Wenhold after the meet against the Tar Heels. "They're swimming very, very tired right now. We're at the start of a period where we really need to get focused and fine tuned and rested for the ACCs."

The men's ACC Championship meet is scheduled for the weekend of Feb. 17-19 at North Carolina. The women's ACC Championship begins on Feb. 24, and ends with the finals on Feb. 26. It will also be held in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Top 25 North Carolina Takes Two From Maryland Swimmers
Bridget Mallon (Arlington, Va.) won two events for the Terp women's swimming team, and nearly qualified automatically for the NCAA meet with her times in both. Despite her performance. the team still suffered its first loss of the regular season to North Carolina 181-119 on Saturday afternoon at the Campus Recreation Center Natatorium. The Maryland men's team was also defeated by the Tar Heels by a 180-118 margin for their first home loss of the year. Ryan Walker (Havertown, Pa.), Greg Courtois (Saveuse, France), and Thomas Ehrhardt (Aschaffenburg, Germany) were all individual-event winners for the Terps.

"It's not very fun losing, and it's certainly not our main objective, but North Carolina is an excellent team," commented Maryland head coach Jim Wenhold after Saturday's meet. "Carolina's been at the top of the ACC for 20 years. We've come a long way, but we have a long way to go."

North Carolina won all but five events against both the men's and women's teams from Maryland. Mallon led the Terp women with two firsts, one in the 10 fly (54.50) and one in the 200 fly (2:00.34). Katy Novotny (Bel Air, Md.) won the 100 free for the third straight meet in a time of 51.91, with Sarah Solomon (Silver Spring, Md.) taking the 50 free with her season-best 23.51. The Terrapins also won the 400 free relay to end the meet with a time of 3:30.22, also a season-best.

For the men's team, Walker took the 100 back (51.34), Courtois won the 100 free (46.14) and Ehrhardt won the 100 fly (50.45). Both of Maryland's relay teams were also victorious to begin and end the men's meet with a Terrapin win. The 200 medley relay won in a time of 1:30.70 and the 400 free relay team won in 3:04.17. Both were season-bests for the Terps.

1999 MEN'S SWIMMING SCHEDULE 

MARYLAND MEN (6-3, 1-2 ACC)
O22    at Howard           W, 136-64
O29    JOHNS HOPKINS       W, 128-37.5
N5     at NC State *       L, 104-137
N6     at Duke *           W, 164-59
N13    UMBC                W, 136-90
N17-18 FINA World Cup @ Maryland
J15    GEORGE WASHINGTON   W, 150-78
J21-22 at Pittsburgh       L, 188-148
J21-22 vs. Villanova       W, 263-60
J29    NORTH CAROLINA *    L, 180-118
F5     at Virginia *       Dive-Noon
                           Swim-2:00 p.m.
F17-19 ACC Championships
       at North Carolina
                Prelims- 11:00 a.m.
                Finals- 7:00 p.m.
F24-26 at Tar Heel Invitational
M23-25 NCAA Championships
       Minneapolis, Minn.    
                Prelims- 11:00 a.m.
                Finals- 7:00 p.m.

* ACC game, all times Eastern

Childs Tops in Conference
Junior Drew Childs (Wallingford, Pa.) leads the Terps' ACC charge, topping the conference charts in two events this week. Childs' 45.17 in the 100 freestyle, and 50.11 in the 100 back are the league-leading marks going into this week's action against North Carolina. The Pennsylvania native also holds the second-best time in the 50 free (20.44). Aaron Peterson (Fredericksburg, Va.) has also charted in three events, the 50 free (fifth-20.89), the 100 free (fourth-45.81), and the 100 fly (sixth-50.25). Greg Courtois is the only other Terp to hit on three charts, the 50 free (seventh-20.93), the 100 free (ninth-46.13), and the 200 free (fifth-1:40.84). P.J. Stojadinovic (Belgrade, Serbia) makes the Top 10 times list twice, entering this week fourth in the 200 free (1:40.84) and fourth in the 500 free (4:29.97). Michael Malchak (Columbia, Md.), Ryan Walker, and Jason Ward (Midlothian, Va.) have also made the Top 10 conference list. Malchak is currently sixth in the

500 free (4:31.62), Walker is seventh in the 100 back (51.36), and Ward is fourth in the 100 breast (56.17).

Mallon, Bowman Among ACC Best
Bridget Mallon hits the ACC charts with the fastest time in the 100 fly (55.05), with Kelly Bowman (Haupaugge, N.Y.) sitting at the top of the 200 free (1:50.10). Mallon also has the second-fastest time in the 200 fly (2:00.54). Jill Martin (Orlando, Fla.) hits the ACC top 10s twice, once in the 100 breast (fifth-1:05.14) and once in the 200 breast (third-2:19.51) while Jill Thomas (Baton Rouge, La.) is eighth in the 200 I.M. (2:06.51) and ninth in the 400 I.M. (4:27.85).

Rachel Handshu (Ellicott City, Md.) is seventh in the 200 breast (2:21.61).

Wenhold Reaches 100 Total Wins
Maryland head coach Jim Wenhold reached his 100 total win at Maryland when the Terps were on enemy territory at Trees Pool at the University of Pittsburgh. Wenhold's women's wins over Pittsburgh (206-147) and Villanova (259-89) and men's win over Villanova (263-60) pushed the Maryland grad to 100 wins exactly. Wenhold, just the fifth coach overall at Maryland, entered the 1999-2000 season with a 38-17 men's record and a 48-17 women's record. Overall, Wenhold heads to Virginia with a 44-19 (.698) men's record and a 56-18 (.875) women's record.

Terps in CSCAA Poll
The Maryland women's team is currently receiving votes in the College Swim Coaches Association of America poll for the week of Jan. 24. The Terrapins have been on the list of teams receiving votes for the past three weeks. Georgia leads the women's poll with Arizona and Stanford trailing the Bulldogs in the two and three positions.

The ACC is represented by both No. 7 Virginia and No. 17 North Carolina in the women's Top 25. The men's CSCAA Top 25 includes three ACC teams. Virginia comes in at No. 9, North Carolina is No. 20 and Florida State is No. 22.

Last year marked the first time in the history of the women's swimming and diving program that Maryland was ranked in the Top 25. The Terrapins finished 24th in the final CSCAA poll of the season after a school-record four swimmers qualified for the NCAA meet.

1. 	Georgia	                371
2. 	Arizona                 356
3. 	Stanford	        344
4. 	Southern California	327
5. 	California	        323
6. 	Auburn	                285
7. 	Virginia	        276
8. 	Michigan	        252
9. 	Southern Methodist	244
10. 	Northwestern	        229
11. 	Florida	                225
12. 	Texas	                206
13. 	Wisconsin	        187
14. 	Minnesota	        172
15. 	UCLA	                159
16. 	Nebraska	        145
17. 	North Carolina	        118
18. 	Arizona State	        108
19. 	Tennessee	         84
20. 	Nevada-Reno	         82
21. 	Kentucky	         77
22. 	Texas A&M	         66
23. 	Notre Dame	         57
24. 	Louisiana State	         27
25.	Villanova	         17
25.	Princeton	         17

Other teams receiving votes: Illinois, Hawaii, Clemson, Penn State, Columbia, Maryland,
UNLV, Indiana, Miami (Fla.), Florida State, South Carolina,
Purdue, Kansas, Washington State, North Carolina State, Washington.

TERPS BY THE NUMBERS

2
Events that Drew Childs leads the ACC in (the 100 free with a time
of 45.17 and the 100 back with a time of 50.11).

2
Number of Terp practices per day during their intensive January of training.

3
Jason Ward's World Cup finish in the 50 breast. His time- a 28.34.

3
Returning honorable mention All-Americans for the Terrapin women.
Sophomore Kelly Bowman, junior Katy Novotny, and senior Sarah Solomon all return for Maryland after finishing 15th in the 200-yard freestyle relay for the Terrapins at the 1999 NCAA Championships.

3
Number of ACC Champions in Maryland's women's swimming history:
Kim Piotro (200 free, 1998 and 1999), Courtenay Carr (1-meter dive, 1986 and 1987, and the 3-meter dive in 1988), and Patty Corson (200 backstroke, 1986).

6
Number of ACC Championship men's swimming teams at the University
of Maryland (1960, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, and 1970).

7
The 1999-2000 season is head coach Jim Wenhold's seventh season at Maryland. He is Maryland's fifth head coach.

8
Number of men's school records broken during Maryland's 1999-2000 season.

13
Number of school records broken by the Terrapin women's team last season. They're 429 points at the ACC Championships was the school's best ever. The previous best was 391 points in 1998.

44 and 56
Number of wins, men's and women's, respectively, for head coach Jim Wenhold at Maryland, and in his career.

100
Total number of wins for head coach Jim Wenhold at Maryland, 44 men's wins and 56 women's wins.

135
Program wins for the Terrapin women.

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