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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Charlie Higgins broke his own school record in the preliminary round of the 200 backstroke to highlight the Virginia Tech H₂Okies on the final day of competition at the NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships on Sunday.

Higgins, after competing in the 100 back yesterday, posted a season-best and personal-best time of 1:43.72 in the 200 backstroke event, bettering his school-record mark of 1:43.85, which he set in 2009.

Mikey McDonald and Logan Shinholser closed out the diving events with respective 24^th- and 25^th-place finishes in the platform event. McDonald finished with a score of 267.60, while Shinholsers’ final score was 245.05.

Higgins took 25^th in the 100 back on Saturday, while Shinholser and McDonald finished 25^th and 26^th, respectively, in the three-meter. McDonald also finished 18^th, and Shinholser 33^rd, in the one-meter event on Friday.

The H₂Okies didn’t send anyone to any final rounds of competition throughout the meet.

Tech finished 8-3 on the regular season and concluded with a 2-3 record in ACC competition, earning a fourth-place finish at the ACC Championships. They finished the season ranked 23^rd, their highest ranking of the season.

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