Feb. 27, 2008

Results

ATLANTA, Ga. - The Terrapin men's swimming and diving team opened the 2008 ACC Championships in seventh place at the Georgia Institute of Technology, scoring 48 points.

The Terrapins opened the day with a seventh place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. Junior Dong Kim led off the race with a 22.79, while junior Eric Cullen, freshman Nick Cordes and junior Andy Dilz finished with a qualifying NCAA-B cut time of 1:28.79 to give Maryland 24 points. This was the Terps' fastest relay time since before the 2001 ACC Championships.

The Terps added another 24 points in the 800-yard freestyle relay for the Terps' second seventh place finish of the day. Sophomore Aleksandar Damjanic, freshman Kirk Jackson, sophomore Chris Rouchard and sophomore Brian Honore cut off nearly a second from last year's relay team for a time of 6:40.21.

Day two of the ACC Championships resumes Thursday with preliminaries beginning at 11 a.m. and finals starting at 7 p.m.

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 diving and final events each evening through Saturday, Mar. 1.

Below are the team standings and results from the first day of competition at the ACC Championships.

Team Standings Points 1. Virginia 80

2. Georgia Tech 66

3. Florida State 60

North Carolina 60

Virginia Tech 60

6. Clemson 54

7. Maryland 48

8. Duke 40

9. NC State 22

10. Boston College 18

Wednesday's Final Results

200-yard Medley Relay

1st - Virginia (^1:27.11 - Bryan Stahl, PJ Sullivan, Lee Robertson, Scot Robison)

2nd - Florida State (^1:27.62 - Ian Powell, Matt Shead, Corey Swanson, Scott Baker)

3rd - Georgia Tech (^1:27.68 - Matthew Tang, Mickey Malul, Onur Uras, Mauricio Sousa)

800-yard Freestyle Relay

1st - Virginia (*!^6:22.93 - John Azar, Scot Robison, Darren Ankosko, Matthew McLean)

2nd - Georgia Tech (^6:31.97 - Noah Copeland, Onur Uras, Ralph Long, Travis Wagner)

3rd - Virginia Tech (^6:34.20- Zac Czaplicki, Chip Hughes, Kaan Tayla, Scott Beard)

+Denotes NCAA "A" mark

^Denotes NCAA "B" mark

* Denotes conference and meet record

# Denotes Georgia Tech Aquatic Center record