Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 6 | June 2018

32 Inside Hokie Sports The world, from your doorstep —with eight non-stop destinations and more than four hundred only a connection away. Begin your journey from the convenience of Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport. To learn more, visit FLYROA.COM. F L Y F R O M H O M E . M E N ’ S S W I M M I N G SZABO JR • BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Norbert T he Virginia Tech men’s swimming and diving team ran into some rather stiff competition in the ACC this past season, but individually, Norbert Szabo more than held his own. Szabo paced the Tech men at the ACC Championships by claiming the team’s only medal. He won a silver medal in the 200-yard individual medley, finishing the event in a time of 1 minute, 42.70 seconds—the second- fastest time in the event in school history. He also scored points in the 200 freestyle and 200 butterfly events, coming in fifth in the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:35.06 and 13th in the 200 butterfly in a time of 1:44.62. SzaboqualifiedfortheNCAAChampionships inthreeevents—the 200 IM, the 100 breaststroke and the 200 butterfly—and his best finish came in the 200 IM, where he wound up 18th. He was one of just three Tech swimmers to qualify for the Championships. Szabo returns for his senior season, looking to pace the men’s team to a resurgence under new head coach Sergio Lopez Miro. Given his performances over the past two years, Szabo should go into the 2018-19 season as one of the better swimmers in the ACC.