Moments of Excellence: Virginia Tech women take home multiple podium spots and school records after ACC ChampionshipsMoments of Excellence: Virginia Tech women take home multiple podium spots and school records after ACC Championships
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Moments of Excellence: Virginia Tech women take home multiple podium spots and school records after ACC Championships

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As the 2022 calendar year comes to a close, Virginia Tech Athletics will spend the month of December celebrating the Hokies' standout achievements from the past 12 months in a campaign called "Moments of Excellence."

The "Moments of Excellence" campaign will serve as a look back to the historic highlights and memorable accomplishments in Tech Athletics during 2022. Each varsity sport program will have an outstanding moment featured during December on the official Virginia Tech Athletics website and @HokieSports social media properties. Fans can visit the Hokies' social media directory to stay in contact with Tech Athletics and their favorite sports teams.

The women's swim and dive team had many podium finishes and broke multiple school records during the 2022 ACC Championships serving as their Moment of Excellence. 



Meet Recap: Swimming & Diving 2/20/2022 3:20:00 PM

ATLANTA – The ACC Championships have come to an end in Atlanta. Virginia Tech had one of its strongest performances in program history over the past week. The Hokies are bringing home 14 medals and 12 school records. Tech finished with a combined 65 finalists over the five-day competition. 

On the last day of competition the Chase Travis earned silver in the 1650 free and Emma Atkinson won bronze in the 200 back to add two more medals to the women's total.
 
FINAL SCORES WOMEN

  1. Virginia – 1418.5 | 2. NC State – 1347 | 3. Louisville – 1136.5 | 4. North Carolina – 760 | 5. Duke – 709 | 6. Notre Dame – 651 | 7. Virginia Tech – 636 | 8. Florida State – 549 |   9. Miami – 411 | 10. Georgia Tech – 407 | 11. Pitt – 328 | 12. Boston College – 178

 
HEAD COACH SERGIO LOPEZ MIRO
"We had some awesome performances. We had many finalists and podium finishes on the men's and women's side. We broke multiple school records and a few swimmers have already qualified for NCAA's. It was a very exciting meet for us. We talk a lot about sustainable success, and we are creating that. We are right there. I am very happy with everyone. Youssef won MVP, which is awesome. We have our last chance meet next week and hopefully we can take a great group to NCAA's."
 
TECH WOMEN
The No. 22 ranked women's team finished seventh overall totaling 636 points. Emma Atkinson was a two-time podium finisher in the 200 free and 200 back. She was also a member of each of the school record breaking relays for the women. Chase Travis dropped nine seconds from her previous best time to win silver for the Hokies in the 1650 free. 



New School Records
800 Free Relay – Atkinson, Shackelford, Pouch, and Gyorgy – 7:01.32
200 Free Relay – Landon, Shackelford, Bentz, and Atkinson – 1:27.96
Anna Landon – 50 Free – 22.21
 
Podium Finishes
Emma Atkinson – 200 Free
Chase Travis – 1650 Free 
Emma Atkinson – 200 Back
 


 Gallery: (2-20-2022) S&D: 2022 ACC Championships Day 5