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

inside.hokiesports.com 33 W O M E N ’ S S W I M M I N G GYORGY SO • ULLO, HUNGARY Reka T he Virginia Tech women’s swimming and diving team once again finished in the top half of the ACC Championships standings, and once again, several student-athletes performed well at the NCAA Championships. Though only a sophomore, Reka Gyorgy has shown that she knows how to compete with the nation’s best. Best known for her prowess in the individual medley events, Gyorgy was the lone Tech swimmer—male or female—to win a gold medal at this year’s ACC Championships. She took home gold in the 400-yard IM for the second consecutive year, winning in a time of 4 minutes, 4.42 seconds and breaking her own school record. Gyorgy also swam in two relay events at the ACC Championships, helping the women’s team finish in seventh place in the team standings. Both the 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay teams came in fifth at the meet, adding to the team’s total. Gyorgy went on to qualify in both the 200 and 400 IM at the NCAA Championships, and she earned honorable mention All-America honors in the 400 IM. She finished 16th out of more than 50 entrants, swimming the event in a time of 4:12.02. The Hokies lose seven seniors off this year’s women’s team, meaning that some of the younger swimmers and divers need to emerge next season under new coach Sergio Lopez Miro. At the least, a talented swimmer like Gyorgy gives him a great foundation from which to start building his own program.