4The Daily Tar HeelMonday, February 27, 1984
Swim team
takes 2nd
in ACCs
State nips UNC gymnasts in ACCs
. By PETE FIELDS
SUff Writers
N.C. State held on to edge surging North Carolina, 175.25
174.65, for the inaugural ACC Gymnastics Championship Satur
day in Carmichael Auditorium.
Favored Maryland finished third, with 173.85 points, and
Duke last, ,with 170.20.
, Despite a terrible start in the uneven parallel bars and average;
routines in the balance beam, North Carolina put together
school-record performances in the final two events, the floor ex
ercise and the vault, to keep the 1,500 spectators on the edges of
their seats in anticipation of the final results.
Now "wait a minute We're talking about gymnastics here.
Beauty? Yes. Grace? OK. Skill? Certainly. But thrilling, down-to-the-wire,
hold-your-breath finishes? And spectators on the
edges of their seats? You .bet.
After a horrendous start in the uneven parallel bars, where the
only bright spot was Sue Tonietto's 9.00, North Carolina found
itself solidly in last place, trailing third-place N.C. State by
almost two points, (a wider margin than that which separated
the top three teams after all four of the meet's events).
"After bars, we knew it was going to take everything we
had," UNC coach Derek Galvin said. "I just told them there
was nothing we could do to change what happened on bars, and
we have to really go after it now. We've got three events left."
A hint of consistency started to surface in the balance beam,
where Barbi Callahan began with an inspiring routine and an
8.80. Elizabeth Boulton contributed an 8.75, and Susie Van
Slyke, competing in her first event, got off to an excellent start
with an 8.90.
"Still, falls on the beam cost us two whole points, points we
really couldn't afford," Galvin said.
Then Kathy Dickinson, competing in her only event of the
day, inspired her teammates and netted an 8.95 in an energetic,
go-for-broke floor-exercise routine. Excited teammates greeted
Dickinson with hugs and smiles as she left the floor.
Karen Kaiser followed with an 8.90, and Callahan drew ooohs
and aaahs from the crowd on her way to tying the school record,
9.20. Tonietto, in a strong routine, then claimed a 9.05.
But Van Slyke saved the best for last and drew ovations from
spectators, competitors, teammates, coaches and even the
judges with an exciting, school-record-setting routine that was
awarded a 9.25.
The team score for the floor exercise totalled 45.35, shattering
North Carolina's old school record by 1.4 points.
UNC finished with the vault, winning the event with a 44.70,
one tenth of a point under the school record.
Boulton and Callahan got the Tar Heels off to a good start
with scores of 8.80 and 8.90, respectively.. Chris Thome, Tam
my Gilbert and Van Slyke followed, all hitting their vaults with
reckless abandon and minimal errors, and all receiving 9.00s.
The final results brought mixed emotions. The team score,
which tied a school record set two weeks ago at Jacksonville
State, brought satisfaction, but there was obvious remorse at
having finished second in a meet the Tar Heels said should have
been their own.
"The bars denied us the championship we really deserve,"
Galvin said. "You hate to lose a meet where you really should
have won," he said. "We really should be the ACC champions,
but the bars took it away.
"State was just the best team on the floor for four events to
day. I don't guess we really deserved it or earned it, but on
another day..."
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RALEIGH When a team is the
champion of the conference for 12
straight years, it isn't too pleased when
a challenger takes it's championship
away.
N.C. State's men's swimming team
had won the ACC championship from
1971 to 1982, but last year UNC took
the title away from the Wolfpack.
Saturday, however, N.C. State took
back the championship, scoring 467
points and beating both UNC and
Clemson, who tied for second with 423
points.
"We knew it was going to be close,"
said North Carolina coach Frank Com
fort. "I thought our team was absolute
ly outstanding, and we had a tremen
dous team performance."
The meet was indeed close as the Tar
Heels had a four-point advantage over
the Wolfpack with only two events to
go. Those next two events, however,
were strengths for the State team, and
the Wolfpack left the Tar Heels and
Tigers behind in each.
The N.C. State diving team turned
that four-point deficit into a 36-point
lead as Glenn Barroncini, Tom Neun
singer and David Wilson had a one, two
three sweep in 3-meter diving. Garth
Gasse came in sixth for UNC, but that
was not enough to offset State's big vic
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N.C. State avenged last year's loss in the ACC swimming champion
ships, its first in 12 years, with a win this weekend.
After the State sweep in diving, the
400-yard freestyle relay team of Rocco
Aceto, Jon Randall, Matt Dressman
and Todd Dudley defeated teams from
Clemson and North Carolina and rap
ped up State's victory with a time of
2:59.64.
Despite the loss, the Tar Heels' swam
well and won seven of the 18 events.
North Carolina was led by Eric
Ericson's victories in the 100-yard and
200-yard backstrokes. Ericson was
named ACC swimmer of the year at the
meet.
"I was a little surprised to win swim
mer of the year," Ericson said. "That
really made me happy. It was a good
way to end my career."
Ericson helped make his teammates
happy when he, Scoft Hammond, Dirk
Marshall and Geoff Cassell won the
400-yard medley relay in 3:20.12. That
victory gave UNC a two-point lead in
the meet after two days of competition.
The second day of competition was a
good one for the Tar Heels as Marshall
and Hammond won individual events.
Marshall won the 100-yard butterfly in
48.59, and Hammong won the 100-yard
breaststrokc in 57.23.
The other two winners for UNC were
Todd Deckman in the 50-yard freestyle
and Danny Flack in the 1,650-yard
freestyle. Clay Wellborn finished se
cond behind Flack to help the Tar Heels
in the 1,650.
Six of UNC's swimmers will go on to
the NCAA championships, to be held
March 22-24 in Cleveland.
"We were pretty disappointed with
the loss," Ericson said. "It was our goal
to win, and when you don't reach your
goal you're disappointed. We still swam
' well though, and everybody going to the
NCAAs has improved. "
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CHANCELLOR'S UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS CEREMONY
Wednesday, April 25, 1904
Morchead Building 3:00 p.m.
Nominations are now being accepted from all members of the University community for the
following student activities awards:
Name of Award Nature of Recipient Primary Area of Achievement
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Senior one man, one woman humanitarian contribution
Award
John Johnston Parker, Senior man or woman student self-governance
Jr. Medal
Frank Porter Graham Award Senior man or woman improving quality of life of University
. community through principles of
equality, dignity, and peace among
men.
Irene F. Lee Award Senior woman character, scholarship, leadership
William P. Jacocks Senior man versatility
Memorial Award
Jane Craige Gray Junior woman character, scholarship, leadership
Memorial Award
Ernest L. Mackie Award Junior man character, scholarship, leadership
Robert B. House any undergraduate unselfish commitment through ser-
Distinguished Service Award vice to the University and the sur
rounding community
International Leadership any undergraduate international awareness and under-
Award standing
Jim Tatum Memorial Award any undergraduate athletics plus extracurricular ac
tivities
Ernest H. Abernethy Prize any undergraduate student publications
Ferebee Taylor Award Senior man or woman recognizes the principle of honor as
one of the University's most hal
lowed ideals
Delilah Neville Hayes Award Senior man or woman preservation and enhancement of
loyalty and good will between the
University, its students, alumni and
friends.
Nomination forms are available at the Union Desk, Y Building and the Office of Student Affairs
(01 Steele Building). The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 1, 1983. For further informa
tion contact Sharon Mitchell, Office of Student Affairs, 966-4041.