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Georgia Tech Invite Day 3
Swimming & diving recap: CSU finishes Georgia Tech Fall Invitational strong
11/22/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Complete Results
ATLANTA, Ga. - The Colorado State swimming & diving team showed it can hang with anyone over the weekend, finishing 10th out of 17 teams in the three-day Georgia Tech Fall Invitational. The Rams finished with 251.5 points, again earning several season-best performances on Saturday.
In the 200 Breaststroke, junior Cristina Bassani took 18th place for the Rams with a time of 2:20.35, a season best. Closely behind, sophomore Megan Lloyd placed 20th and senior Tess Simpson finished 22nd.
Freshman Katie Kicklighter continues to be a rising star on the team, earning another top time, this time placing 18th in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 51.16. Sophomore Karin Roh finished 22nd, with a season-best mark of 51.62.
Junior Jessica Shepard snagged a 22nd-place finish in the 200 Backstroke with a season-best time of 2:02.41 – more than three seconds better than her previous best. She competed with teammate Elizabeth Prasse, who finished 24th (2:03.24). Prasse’s time was more than six seconds better than her previous high.
In diving, junior Ariana Milone earned 188.05 points in Platform Diving, good for an 18th-place finish. Freshman Erin Taylor and sophomore Emily Williams also placed, finishing 22nd (165.15) and 23rd (161.75), respectively. Earlier in the weekend, Milone finished second on the 1-Meter boards and seventh in 3-Meter.
The meet closed with the 400 Freestyle Relay, in which a team of Roh, Simpson, Bassani and Kicklighter finished with a season-best time of 3:27.34. The three-day competition will help build confidence and endurance when the Rams compete in the Mountain West Championships in February.
CSU finished ahead of Indian River State College, South Carolina, Campbell, Auburn, Clemson, Utah and Tulane. Florida won the meet, followed by Arkansas, Florida State, Florida Gulf Coast, Vanderbilt, Georgia Institute of Technology, Florida Atlantic, Miami and Bowling Green.
The Rams closed their fall season 3-3 in dual meets, in addition to this weekend’s invitational. CSU will have the holiday seasons away from competition, but will continue to train in preparation for their spring season, which begins Jan. 17 at Moby Pool against New Mexico.
