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2011 VaSID University Division
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Carol Hudson, Old Dominion
July 14, 2011
 
 
Virginia Wins Fourth Straight All-Sports Championship
 
NORFOLK, VA— The University of Virginia won .660 percent of its intercollegiate athletic contests in 2010-11 to win the 33rd annual Virginia Sports Information Director’s Association Division I All-Sport championship. This is the Cavaliers 13th overall title, fourth straight and sixth in the last eight years.
 
James Madison was second overall at .645 followed by Liberty at .578.  Virginia won 74.2 percent of its men’s contests followed by JMU at .636.  On the women’s side
JMU won 65 percent of it’s contests, followed by Virginia at .578.
 
The Cavaliers men’s lacrosse team won the NCAA National Championship while men’s tennis won its fourth straight ITA National Indoor Championship and were runners-up at the NCAA national championships.  Baseball and field hockey reached the NCAA semi-finals, while women’s golf finished fourth and women’s rowing sixth at the NCAA Championships. Other national placing by Virginia schools included VCU men’s basketball squad reaching the NCAA Final Four, and Virginia Tech took fifth at the NCAA outdoor championships.
 
Individually, five from the commonwealth captured national crowns.  Liberty’s Sam Chelanga captured both the NCAA Cross Country and NCAA outdoor 5K championships.  He is only the 10th men’s runner to win back-to-back NCAA cross country titles. Chelanga was second in the 10K outdoor, and the 5K indoor national championships.  Virginia Tech’s Alexander Ziegler edged teammate Marcel Lomnicky to win the NCAA Hammer Throw and Dorotea Habazin won the women’s NCAA Hammer throw for the Hokies.  UVA swimmer Matt McLean won the NCAA title in the 500 freestyle and Robby Andrews of Virginia won the 800 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
 
Liberty led the state for the second straight year with eight conference championships, followed by Virginia, James Madison, and Richmond with five each.
Liberty won Big South titles in men’s cross country, football, men’s golf, men’s indoor track, men’s outdoor track, women’s cross country, softball, and women’s indoor track.
                                               
Overall, Virginia Division I schools compiled a 2387-2100-56 record for a winning percentage of .532. Men’s teams were 1154-914-36 for a .557 percentage while
the women’s teams were  at .510 with a 1233-1186-20 mark. There were 14 sports that won over 50 percent of their events led by men’s tennis (.592), men’s basketball (.583) and football (.574).
 
The survey began in 1978-79 and includes winning percentages of only those sports with NCAA sponsored championships. Virginia leads with 13 overall titles,
followed by Old Dominion with 12, James Madison with three, Hampton with two, and one crown each for George Mason, Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth.  The overall champion receives an award from the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.