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ATLANTA ­- The Virginia Tech men’s swimming and diving team finished the first day of the ACC Men’s Championships in first place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center on Wednesday. Tech earned a bronze medal and a fifth-place finish in the two relay events of the opening day of action.

“Very solid start for us,” head coach Ned Skinner said. “I could have prepared the medley relay better, but they still raced very well. The 800 free relay was a strong effort and getting on the podium was a needed lift to end the day. We are excited for Thursday’s events.”

In the opening race of the championships, Tech’s 200 medley relay team of Brandon Fiala, C.J. Fiala, Morgan Latimer and Drake Becksted finished in fifth with a time of 1:25.82.

In the other event of the day, Tech won the bronze medal in the 800 free relay after Owen Burns, Lucas Bureau, Latimer and Michal Szuba hit the wall in an NCAA A-cut time of 6:21.48. After finishing within the A standard, the relay quartet automatically qualifies for the NCAA Championships.

The first day team scores revealed the 17th-ranked H₂Okies with 172 points holding a slim lead over No. 15 North Carolina with 170 points. Notre Dame is in third with a score of 144. The highest ranked competitor in the field, No. 7 NC State, finished the day in fifth with 128 points. No. 10 Louisville finished the day in seventh with 112 points.

Day one team scores included the day’s two swimming event points and the 1-meter diving points, which came from last Wednesday’s 1-meter competition during the women’s ACC Championships. 1-meter diving scores from last week were added to Wednesday’s swimming points, 3-meter scores will be added after Friday’s events, and platform scores will be added after Saturday’s events.

Tech’s added diving points in the 1-meter came from Kyle Butts, who finished fourth, Thomas Shinholser, who finished eighth, Logan Stevens, who finished 14th, and Mauro Castro-Silva, who finished 18th.

Thursday’s action will begin at 10 a.m. with the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free prelims. Finals will begin at 6 p.m. and can be watched live on ESPN3. A full schedule of events can be found here and live results can be found here.

There is no charge for admission to the 2015 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships. Parking is available for $10 for a single day or for $36 for a four-day pass. Details on parking can be found here.

Please visit the official championship website for all championship information including a full event schedule and live results.

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