Swim Meet Dives Into Waynesboro

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 | SECTION B MLB Tim Lincecum throws a no-hitter for San Francisco. » B2 Business/Entertainment, B3 Comics, B4 Classifieds, B5 Sports section: 932-3563 SPORTS [ THE NEWS VIRGINIAN ] Swim meet dives into Waynesboro SMAC to host Pool in Waynesboro’s Ridgeview Swimming goals of personal best times and Over 900 hours of volunteer ef- Park this Friday through Sunday. high place fi nishes, some SMAC fort are required to run the three- Commonwealth Games The three-day competition Rappahannock Raiders Swim swimmers will be attempting to day meet, in addition to many will feature nearly 500 swim- Club from Dahlgren, Richmond qualify for championship level hours of planning and prepara- BY LAUREN BERG mers aged seven to 18 from 15 Racers, Stafford Aquatic Team, meets later in the long course tion. Virginia Swimming officials [email protected] different teams around the state, Tri-City Aquatic Club from Vir- season. and SMAC parents provide the including Battlefield Area Star ginia Beach, Virginia Gators Coaches representing all of the bulk of volunteers with addition- This weekend, the Shenan- Swimmers from Madison, Coast from Charlottesville, Winchester teams, Virginia Swimming of- al assistance from the Waynes- doah Marlins Aquatic Club will Guard Blue Dolphins from York- Swim Team and the Sanford fi cials, and swimmers’ families boro Generals, the Waynesboro host one of the largest outdoor town, Fluvanna Aquatics Sports Squids from Sanford, N.C. will also attend the meet, bring- Rotary Club, and parents from swim meets in Virginia. The 2014 Team, NOVA of Virginia Aquat- Fifty-nine swimmers from ing a large influx of activity to visiting swim teams. Subway Commonwealth Games ics from Richmond, Piedmont SMAC will also compete in the Waynesboro and the surround- will be held at the War Memorial Family YMCA from Earlysville, challenging meet. In addition to ing area. See SWIMMING, Page B2

Virginia Men’s Basketball COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Draft status up in the air for ’Hoos

BY WHITELAW REID The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Back in 1992, Tony Bennett thought he saw his future. Bennett was going to be picked in the ﬁ rst round of the NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. He was going to play for a Hall of Fame coach, Jerry Sloan, and be the understudy to a Hall of Fame point guard, John Stockton. Bennett believed all this be- cause in the days leading to the draft Sloan had called his father and told him that if he was still on the board when it was the Jazz’ turn to pick, they were Harris taking him. Then came draft night. Just a few minutes in, former NBA commis- sioner David Stern stepped to the Mitchell podium and said, “We have a trade.” The Jazz elected to ship their pick to the Milwaukee Bucks, who used it to take former Arkan- sas star Lee Mayberry. Bennett fell to the second round, where he was selected by the Charlotte Hornets. So when you ask the Virginia coach about where Joe Har- ris and Akil Mitchell might be picked in the draft, forgive him if he sounds a little wish-washy. “It ﬂ uctuates,” Bennett said.

See DRAFT, Page B2 OMAHA WORLD-HERALD/BRENDAN SULLIVAN NBA Draft Cavaliers, Commordores play into the night for title » When: Today, 7 p.m. Virginia’s Brandon Downes reacts after striking out to end the second inning of Game 3 of the College World Series on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb. » Where: New York The game did not end in time for this edition. Vanderbilt led, 3-2, after the top of the seventh inning. The winner is the national champion. » TV: ESPN

Argentina beats Nigeria, wins group Nigeria also moves on World Cup slamming in the rebound after Roundup Angel Di Maria’s shot bounced to the knockout round off the post. Nigeria replied World Cup so far, scoring twice within a minute as Musa cut in The Associated Press in the fi rst half to boost his tour- from the left and beat Sergio nament total to four goals, and Romero with a curling shot to- PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Ar- repeatedly cutting up Nigeria’s ward the far post. gentina beat Nigeria 3-2 in the defense with dazzling runs and The second half started at the last World Cup Group F match clever passes. same furious pace as the fi rst, on Wednesday, with Lionel Messi “We played against a team with two goals within the fi rst fi ve and Ahmed Musa scoring two that wanted to play,” Messi said. minutes. First Musa took advan- goals each before Marcos Rojo “I think we saw a good Argen- tage of confusion in the Argentine kneed in the winner. tina. We need to continue on this defense to score his second. Then Argentina topped the group and path.” Rojo made it 3-2 as he got his Nigeria also advanced despite the The Argentina captain needed right knee on a corner kick three THE ASSOCIATED PRESS loss, becoming the fi rst African less than three minutes to fi n- minutes later. Argentina’s Lionel Messi (left) is carried by teammates Angel di Maria (7) and team in the Round of 16 in Brazil. ish Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Marcos Rojo after scoring his side’s fi rst goal during Wednesday’s match. Messi had his best match of the Enyeama’s clean sheet in Brazil, See CUP, Page B2