Swimming & Diving: Hill Named Female ACC Swimmer of the Week

Posted on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, 7:38 pm

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Courtesy UVA Sports Media Relations

Junior Morgan Hill (Olney, Md.) was named the female ACC Swimmer of the Week as announced by the league office on Monday, after leading the Cavaliers and setting a school record in the 100-yard freestyle at the Georgia Fall Invitational.

Hill set a school record with a time of 47.83 in the 100-yard freestyle, which placed her fourth in the event. The performance was one of four individual top-five finishes for Hill, who finished third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.47), fourth in the 100-yard butterfly (52.16) and fifth in the 50-yard freestyle (22.18).

Competing with the Cavalier relay teams, Hill led the 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:29.03) to a third-place finish with a leadoff time of 22.05 and the 400-yard freestyle relay team to a fourth-place finish (3:16.90) with a leadoff time of 48.37. She also aided the 200-yard medley relay team (1:37.66) to a third-place finish and the 400-yard medley relay team (3:35.23) to a fourth-place finish.

Additionally, Hill’s performance in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle ranks 10th nationally,  while her performance in the 200-yard freestyle ranks 12th and 100-yard butterfly ranks 15th.

Hill earned All-ACC honors for the second time this season.

The Cavaliers will return to action on Jan. 4 as the diving team competes at the UGA Fall Invite.