FSU, Va. Tech run away from ACC

League champions dominate the field

For the second year in a row, the Florida State men and Virginia Tech women claimed conference titles at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships in Chapel Hill.

The Seminoles, who have won seven men's championships since joining the ACC and six in a row, totaled 135.5 points -- nearly 50 points more than second-place Georgia Tech.

Florida State took first place in five of Saturday's 12 events. The Seminoles won or placed in the top three in 12 of the three-day meet's 17 events.

Five meet records, two ACC indoor records and 10 Eddie Smith Field House building records were broken in the three-day event.

North Carolina finished fourth in the men's competition with 78 points, paced by Donte Nall's first place high-jump of 6-feet, 10.25 inches.

The N.C. State men tallied 67 points and finished sixth. John Martinez took second place in the 3,000 run with a time of 8:14.30.

Duke's men placed 11th with seven points.

Virginia Tech's women won their second title with 138 points. The Hokies bested second-place finishers North Carolina and Florida State by 49 1/2 points, the largest winning margin since 1998.

The Tar Heels' Tyra Johnson and Brie Felnagle earned two All-ACC honors after top-three finishes in the 200 and the mile, respectively.

N.C. State finished seventh with 43 points. Angelina Blackmon won the 800 meter run with a time of 2:13.27.

ALSO SATURDAY

SWIMMING AND DIVING

ACC MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Virginia claimed the school's 11th championship, culminating a week-long competition dominated by the Cavaliers.

Virginia rolled up 833 points, the fourth-highest total in ACC history. North Carolina was second with 560 points, while 2007 ACC champion Florida State finished third (524 points).

Virginia's Matthew McLean was named ACC Most Valuable Swimmer by a vote of the head coaches. The freshman shattered four of the six records this week and was also part of the ACC record-setting 800-yard freestyle relay squad.

North Carolina's second--place finish was the school's highest since 2001.

Tar Heels freshmen Joe Kinderwater (1,650 yard freestyle), Tyler Harris (400-yard individual medley) and Tommy Wyher (100-yard backstroke) won meet titles.

N.C. State finished seventh with 302 points. Jack Roney set a school record in the 200 yard breast with a 1:59.59. Stephen Mellor was named all-ACC after taking second in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 1:45.05.

Duke swimmers set three school records as the team placed ninth with 110 points.

Andrew Clark recorded a 9:29.19 for the 1,000 freestyle; Murillo Adrados finished the 200-yard backstroke in 1:48.39; and Packer, Nick Garvy, David Hahn and David Carlson swam the 400 free relay in 2:59.63.

BASEBALL

N.C. STATE 11, N.C. A&T 2: N.C. State jumped ahead 8-0 after three innings and cruised to victory in the first game of the Charleston, S.C. Firefighter Memorial Classic.

Ryan Pond drove in five runs including a three-run home run in the second inning for the Wolfpack (3-2).

Matt Payne and Devon Cartwright had two hits apiece. Payne drove in two runs on a second-inning single. Cartwright doubled twice and drove in a run.

Clayton Shunick (1-0) worked the final five innings to record his first win of the season. He allowed three hits and struck out six. Shunick did not issue a walk and retired 11 of the last 12 men he faced.

NORTH CAROLINA 6, ST. JOHN'S 2: Second baseman Kyle Seager drove in three runs for the third straight day, and reliever Colin Bates tossed six shutout innings to lead North Carolina (6-1) past St. John's (6-1) at the Coca-Cola Classic in Rock Hill, S.C.