GW Women's Swimming Finishes Fourth at URI Invitational

Saturday, January 14

Kingston, RI

All Day

George Washington University

at Rhode Island with UMass, La Salle

The GW women's swimming team landed fourth place at the Rhode Island Invitational this past weekend.

1/17/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Jan. 17, 2012

Final Results

KINGSTON, R.I. - After a month-long break from competition and a winter training trip in Puerto Rico, the George Washington women's swimming team was back in action this weekend at the Rhode Island Invitational. The Colonials finished fourth of four teams with a total of 314 points.

The invitational, held at the Ram's Tootell Aquatics Center, was an Atlantic 10 quad-meet with GW, La Salle, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Sophomore Caroline Myers paced GW with a team-high three first-place finishes while the Colonials as a whole earned 18 top-five finishes on the weekend.

Myers opened action with a winning time of 5:00.75 in the 500-yard freestyle. She then cruised to victory in the 1,000 free with a time of 10:19.70, 21.03 seconds ahead of URI's second-place finisher. Myers' final victory came in the 400-yard individual medley when she touched the wall in 4:34.33.

Freshman Morgan Zebley earned a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 59.95 seconds. Sophomore Emily Kane swam a time of 2:14.19 in the 200 fly for a fourth-place finish.

Freshman Janica Lee claimed second in the 200 individual medley in 2:12.07, followed by Kane in fifth place with a time of 2:13.87. Lee also finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:26.41 and fourth in the 100 breast in 1:08.44.

Sophomore Lindsay Moore earned a third-place finish in the 200 back, clocking in at 2:11.20. Sydney Saunders swam a time of 25.26 seconds in the 50 free for a seventh place finish, while Sloan Saunders landed ninth place with a time of 25.39 seconds.

The 200-yard medley relay team of Moore, Lee, Zebley and sophomore Melissa Fernandez claimed second place with a time of 1:52.41. The 200 free relay team of Lee, Myers, Sloan Saunders and Sydney Saunders earned a fourth-place finish with a time of 1:40.77.

Myers, Fernandez, Sloan Saunders and Sydney Saunders swam a time of 3:37.71 in the 400 free relay for a third-place finish, just 1.4 seconds behind Massachusetts' top finisher.

GW returns to the pool on Saturday, Jan. 21 when the Colonials host cross-town rival Georgetown at Charles E. Smith Center Pool. Action is set for 11 a.m.