Mark Rotblat and David Tonini each scored points in two events for the men's swim team this weekend at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in Charlottesville.
Duke finished eighth out of eight teams at the University of Virginia Aquatic & Fitness Center over the three-day meet with a total of 130 points. Capturing its sixth-straight title was North Carolina, with 735.5 points.
Tonini, a senior co-captain, came in 14th in the 200-yard backstroke on Saturday with a time of 1:52.23, his fastest time of the season by more than three seconds. He added a 16th-place finish in the 400 individual medley on Sunday, posting a 4:06.56. Tonini's best time this year entering the weekend had been 4:20.04.
Rotblat scored in both breaststroke events. He took 15th in the 100 breast on Saturday with a time of 57.77 seconds, trimming more than two seconds off his previous season's-best. On Sunday, he was again 15th, this time in the 200 breast. His 2:05.67 bested the 2:08.43 he had posted earlier in the year. Both of his times were faster than the ones he posted at ACCs in 1997.
The Blue Devils, who had beaten Georgia Tech in a dual meet on Jan. 31, finished ahead of the Yellow Jackets in three of four relays but not in the final standings. In the 200 freestyle relay on Thursday, Brendan McGill, Rotblat, Jack Newhouse and Matt Lynch came in seventh with a time of 1:25.76. Later that day Tonini, Rotblat, Marshall Preston and Lynch took sixth in the 400 medley relay in 3:26.42.
Lynch, McGill, Newhouse and Preston finished sixth in the 400 free relay on Sunday with a 3:07.49.
This weekend's meet marked the final competition for Duke's five senior swimmers: Tonini, co-captain Marshall Preston, Kevin Karpinski, Jeremy Strauss and Paul Bamert.
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