
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, July 7, 1990                   TAG: 9007070299
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: NAPLES, ITALY                                LENGTH: Short

TECH'S ALLEVA WINS RACE IN ITALY

David Alleva, a graduate student at Virginia Tech, said he surprised himself Friday by winning the 20-mile Capri-to-Naples swim the first time he entered.

Alleva took the lead two hours into the race and finished in 6 hours, 57 minutes, 41 seconds. He finished more than eight minutes ahead of defending champion Diego Degano of Argentina.

It was the second long-distance victory for Alleva, who is studying cancer immunology at Virginia Tech. He won a race in Atlantic City, N.J., last year, but said, "I didn't think I could do it" in Italy. - Associated Press

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