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UVa Finishes Ninth At NCAA Championships The Virginia men's swimming team placed ninth with 133 points Saturday at the 2009 NCAA Championships, the program's highest finish. The three-day event was held at the Student Rec Center Natatorium on Texas A&M's campus. Virginia's best showing at NCAA meet before this year was a 10th-place finish in 2003. Senior Ryan Hurley, swimming in his fourth and final NCAA Championships, won the consolation finals of the 200 breaststroke in 1:53.93. That time broke former NCAA champion Ed Moses' conference and school record time of 1:53.99, the winning time of the 2000 NCAA Championships. Sophomores Matt McLean and John Snawerdt both earned honorable mention All-America honors for their performances in the 1650 freestyle. McLean placed 12th overall in 14:51.44 while Snawerdt was 14th in 14:53.42. It was the second All-America nod for Snawerdt in the event after an eighth-place finish a year ago as a freshman. Sophomore Scot Robison also picked up honorable mention All-America accolades after finishing 14th in the 100 freestyle.Robison had two All-America performances after a fifth-place finish in the 200 freestyle on Friday. The 400 freestyle relay team of Robison, Peter Geissinger, John Azar and McLean capped the meet with an 11th-place finish, clocking a time of 2:53.29. The Cavalier foursome captured honorable mention All-America honors. The men's performance capped a strong season for Mark Bernardino's programs. The Virginia women's swimming team finished in 12th place, the highest since 2002 when the Cavaliers also placed 12th overall. Compiled from Virginia Athletics Media Relations news releases
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This Week In Recruiting In a literal and figurative sense, UVa hosted several big juniors last Friday. Fork Union Military Academy (VA) offensive tackle Mark Shuman, one of the top overall prospects in the state of Virginia's 2010 class, planned to attend UVa's spring practice last Friday. Virginia has an uphill battle in the race for the 6-6, 270-pound offensive tackle, who currently favors Virginia Tech over the Cavaliers and 14 other Division 1A programs that have offered. Shuman admits that the Cavs have "made up ground," especially since assistant Latrell Scott joined the coaching staff, but we'll see if the latest visit had any impact on the talented junior's decision. Besides Tech and Virginia, Shuman, the son of FUMA postgraduate head coach John Shuman, also expressed high interest in Georgia and North Carolina in a Sabre EDGE update posted last Friday. Today, be sure to check out an update on 6-7, 345-pound Linganore (Frederick, MD) offensive tackle Robby Havenstein. Havenstein was also on hand for Virginia's spring practice last Friday. He reflected on the experience and discusses where he may be on Virginia's recruiting radar. An all-state performer in 2008, Havenstein currently holds official offers from Kansas State, Maryland, N.C. State, Penn State, Stanford and West Virginia. Other offensive linemen on Virginia's 2010 class radar early on include St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, PA) star Seth Betancourt, Deep Run (Glen Allen, VA) standout Conner Davis and Lake Braddock (Burke, VA) star Khamrone Kolb. All three players have been offered and all three attended one of Virginia's two February junior days. Of the offensive linemen UVa has offered, the Cavaliers appear to be in the best position right now with Davis, a 6-5, 270-pound standout. In recent conversations, Davis has been very high on Virginia and Virginia Tech, but right now I'd give the edge to the Cavs. The Wildcats standout, who may decide this summer, expects to visit UVa again next month for a spring practice.
Chris Horne, our resident recruiting expert, provides updates throughout the week for Edge subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an Edge subscription, please check out the Sabre Edge Sign Up and Information Page. If you're already on board as an Edge subscriber, click the links below to catch up on recruiting. Sabre Edge recruiting updates from the past week ...
UVa Recruits Await New Coach
Offer Profile: Woodberry Forest S Ed Reynolds More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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NFL Hopefuls - Antonio Appleby Virginia linebacker Antonio Appleby is one of several Hoos hoping to hear their named called during April's NFL Draft. The Mile High Report has an up-close look at Appleby and how he might fit in with the Broncos:
Read the full rundown from the Mile High Report here. Have you seen reports about any other UVa players preparing for the NFL Draft? Send us the links!
Blog Banter: 7OT?!?! Glad I Was There! From The Good Ol' Blog And you thought the coaching search had a lot of plot twists. Virginia and Maryland dueled for nearly four hours in men's lacrosse Saturday afternoon and there were enough storyline shifts and momentum turns to make any soap director jealous. In the end, the Cavaliers won the 7-overtime thriller 10-9 thanks to some high heat from Brian Carroll on a left-handed game-winning shot. The game is the longest in Division I men's lacrosse history; UVa previously played a 4OT game with John's Hopkins in 2001. Here are a few of the memorable moments ... Maryland scores almost immediately in the first overtime only to see the goal waved off because the officials awarded the Terps a timeout. Both teams had said to the referee after regulation that if they won the face-off and got the ball into the box, then they wanted to call a timeout (a common practice in these situations and something we saw duplicated throughout the overtimes Saturday). As chance would have it, Maryland created a quality shot opportunity in seconds so the sideline didn't call timeout immediately but the referee anticipated that the timeout call was coming. The result was a waved-off goal without a charged timeout. Virginia had to fight off three separate Extra Man Opportunities in the overtimes, including one where goalkeeper Adam Ghitelman (22 saves) was the guilty party (he cross-checked a Maryland player in order to prevent an almost certain sudden death goal). Enter back-up keeper Mark Wade to play in goal for penalty-killing mode. Wade, who had 13 career saves entering the game, turned away a low rocket to keep the Cavaliers in it. The Klockner crowd ... Read the full post on The Good Ol' Blog!. Advertise With The Sabre! TheSabre.com has come a long way since its conception in 1996. We are the #1 media source and community covering UVa athletics, producing an average of 95,000 unique viewers and over 4 million page views each month. We reach a coveted demographic (you know Hoo you are) 24/7, 12 months out of the year. Rooting for their team clearly represents one of the big passions in the life of our Sabre community members. This site greatly enhances this never-ending passion through information, analysis, and most importantly through communal dialog/networking.Our advertising approach is different in that we make it abundantly clear in a direct and honest way that your company's commitment of sponsorship dollars is what enables the site to continue existing and improving into the future. To learn more, please contact [email protected]. The Sabre is a vital part of a unique collegiate sports network that reaches nearly 2 million individuals per month. Like the Sabre, each site in the SportsWar network is an organically grown community and the emotional home for its fans. To learn more about SportsWar network sponsorship opportunities, please contact [email protected] and visit the SportsWar media guide www.sportswar.com To view a list of our sponsors, please visit our Sponsors Page.
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Issue No. 17 - December 27, 2001
Kwakou Robinson Speaks with TheSabre.com Kwakou Robinson, a 6-4, 315-pound defensive lineman from Polytechinic Prep in New York, committed to the Hoos in mid-December. He's listed as the best player in the state of New York, and one of the best defensive linemen in the country. We spoke with Kwakou last night to get his impressions of his visit, and find out why the SuperPrep All-American chose UVa over Ohio State. "I chose UVa because of their great academics and great coaching staff with Al Groh," Robinson said. "Virginia's in a great conference for defensive linemen. It's a pass rush conference. And, I just loved my visit to Virginia." It must have been really good visit, since Kwakou had been leaning heavily to Ohio State just days prior. "The school is beautiful and my mom loved it. There are no words for it. It was just big and beautiful." Robinson also said that the staff played an important role in his decision. Coach Danny Rocco was his recruiting coach, and Robinson was impressed with him and the rest of the staff. "Coach Rocco's a great guy. Ron Prince, the offensive line coach, also another great guy - just the whole staff - Al Golden, Mike London - all great guys." So where would Robinson play once he gets into the system? Many believe that he'll play defensive tackle, but Robinson said on CavTalk radio last week that he could possibly play defensive end. "Coach Golden said I would fit in well there. As long as I'm on the defensive line, I don't really care what position I play. I wouldn't have any problems playing defensive tackle. They can move me inside or outside."
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Coming Soon The Sabre has you covered when it comes to Hoo news. Here are a few of the articles to expect on the site soon:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
Quick Take: Matt Kelly On Maryland
Cavs Hope To Avoid Déjà Vu Against Terps
Deep Backfield Adds To Cavs' Weapons
Patience Needed
D-Line Depth Provides Options
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