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2009-2010 TOP TIMESLAND SWIM TIMES
(As of Feb. 6, 2010)

c-Indicates times converted from meters to yards

GIRLS 200 FREE

1:55.27 – Ali Horn (Cave Spring)
1:57.43 – Lauren Gray (Hidden Valley)
2:00.90 – Katie Young (Hidden Valley)
2:00.94 – Devin Henry (Hidden Valley)
2:01.71 – Victoria Mesner (Northside)
2:02.42 – Maddie Kennedy (Cave Spring)
2:04.15 – Katie Campbell (Hidden Valley)
2:05.32 – Jane-Anna Caldwell (Salem)
2:05.78 – Katherine Moles (Hidden Valley)
2:05.96 – Sami Norman (Hidden Valley)

TIMESLAND RECORD: Sasha Malanina, William Byrd, 1:51.52 (2003)
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From Virginia's office of athletic media relations:

CHARLOTTESVILLE—The Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball game between Wake Forest and Virginia will be played as scheduled at John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday (Feb. 6). The game is scheduled to begin at noon and will be televised by Raycom.
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They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, which is a good reason for Virginia to take the first step in welcoming former men's basketball coach Pete Gillen back into the Cavalier community.

Now would not be a good time to hold a welcome-home bash for Al Groh.

UVa fans have to be curious about the process involved in cornerback Louis Young from Our Lady of Good Counsel signing with Georgia Tech earlier this week. Read more »

November will be huge for Virginia Tech's hopes of winning a third ACC football title.

The ACC released the 2010 league schedule today and the Hokies' menu is loaded in the season's final month.

Tech will play Coastal Division rivals Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Miami in a span of 16-day span in November.

The Hokies will face defending league champion Georgia Tech in an ESPN Thursday night game on Nov. 4 at Lane Stadium. Coach Frank Beamer's club will travel to UNC on Nov. 13 before making the long haul to Miami on Nov. 20. Tech then wraps up the regular season with a Nov. 27 home date with Virginia.

Tech's other ACC dates include a trip to Boston College on Sept. 25, a trip to North Carolina State on Oct. 2, and home games against Wake Forest (Oct. 16) and Duke (Oct. 23).

As previously announced, the Hokies will face Boise State on Labor Day evening (Sept. 6) at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. The rest of the nonconference schedule includes home games against James Madison (Sept. 11), East Carolina (Sept. 18) and Central Michigan (Oct. 9).

The slate includes seven games at Lane Stadium, four road games and the neutral field contest with Boise.

-- RANDY KING

Following is Virginia Tech's 2010 incoming freshmen class, which the athletic department released:

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Here's the list of players that the University of Virginia released for it's 2010 signing class: Read more »

According to Virginia Tech's athletics Web site, the Hokies have had 15 players as of 10:30 sign and send in their national letters of intent to play football at Tech starting this fall. In addition, there are three others -- Hargrave Academy offensive lineman Laurence Gibson, Loundon County linebacker Chase Williams and H.D. Woodson quarterback Ricardo Young -- who enrolled in January and will be participating in spring drills.

At the end of a news release on the hiring of Scott Wachenheim as  tight-ends coach, Virginia clarified some position assignments on Mike London's new staff.

Anthony Poindexter, who coached the UVa secondary under Al Groh last year, will be in charge of safeties and special teams under London. Chip West will coach the cornerbacks.

Also, Brennan Schmidt, a defensive end when London was coaching the UVa defensive line, will return to UVa as a graduate assistant. Other graduate assistants will include UVa grads Ron Mattes, Gordie Sammis and Josh Zidenberg.

This has just been released by The Associated Press:

BOISE, Idaho — Boise State's national profile keeps rising.

The Broncos announced Tuesday that they have moved their game this fall against Virginia Tech to Labor Day. The nationally televised showcase will match the kings of the Western Athletic Conference and the perennial contenders for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. Both teams finished last season in the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25.
The game will begin in prime time at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., home of the Washington Redskins. It had been scheduled for Oct. 2.
Boise State is returning 21 of its 22 starters from last season's undefeated Fiesta Bowl champions, including quarterback Kellen Moore.
The Broncos' upgraded nonconference schedule for 2010 also includes a September home game against Pac-10 runner-up Oregon State.

Scott Wachenheim, most recently the tight ends coach for the Washington Redskins, has accepted an offer to join the staff of new Virginia football coach Mike London.

Wachenheim, formerly the offensive coordinator at Division I-A Rice and Division I-AA Liberty, will oversee UVa's tight ends once London gets the go-ahead from the school's human relations office.

London went ahead with the offer to London after a Monday interview with Bob Price, the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator under Al Groh.

Price is expected to take another position inside the athletic department or with the UVa football program.