Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 9 No. 6 | June 2017

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W O M E N ’ S
SWIMMI NG
FR.
ULLO, HUNGARY
REKA
GYORGY
Perhaps no freshman within the realm of
Virginia Tech athletics burst onto the scene in
the way that Reka Gyorgy managed to do so.
After all, within three months of her enrolling for
the spring semester, she managed to become a
school record holder, an ACC champion and an
All-American.
Gyorgy played a large role in helping the Tech
women’s swimming and diving program finish
fifth at the ACC Championships—the program’s
13th consecutive top-five finish. She won the gold
medal in the 400-yard individual medley, setting a
school record in the event with a time of 4:04.97.
She became Tech’s first champion since 2013
and just the third freshman in program history to
win an ACC title.
At the same meet, she came in fourth in the
200 IM. While doing that, she broke her own
school record in that event, swimming it in a time
of 1:57.22.
She continued that success at the NCAA
Championships, where she earned All-America
honors in the 400 IM. She came in eighth with
a time of 4:07.37 and became the first Tech
swimmer to earn All-America honors in the event
in seven years. She added more All-America
recognition to her resume when she swam as part
of the 800 freestyle relay team that also consisted
of Jessica Hespeler, Fiona Donnelly and Klaudia
Nazieblo. That quartet came in 16th, setting a
school record with a time of 7:03.10 and earning
honorable mention All-America honors.
Gyorgy’s return bodes well for a young Tech
women’s swimming and diving squad that
developed a lot this past season and will be looking
to continue that development starting next fall.