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Magnus Cup Invitational
Women's Swim & Dive Takes Sixth at Magnus Cup
11/20/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Complete Results
CLEVELAND - The George Washington women's swimming and diving team took sixth place out of 14 teams at the three-day Magnus Cup Invite that concluded Sunday at Cleveland State.
Akron won the meet with 1,709 points, followed by Duquesne (1,355), Xavier (884), Cleveland State (800.5), and Youngstown State (567). GW amassed 453.5 points and finished ahead of Saginaw Valley State University (229.5), Colgate (201), Saint Francis (149), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (142), California University of Pennsylvania (87.5), Fairmont State University (77), West Virginia Tech (35) and Cumberlands (16).
The Colonials saw 15 different individuals return for evening finals, while freshmen Lynn Zhang, Elisabeth Vogel, Gemma Atherley, Kimberly White, Alli Lapps and Jackie Torrez, and junior Abigail Fusco each competed in two individual finals.
"I'm very happy here with our ladies' performance over three days in Cleveland," said second-year head coach James Winchester. "We had some good performances on the boards and some great performances in the pool. A lot of freshmen stepped up as well as a lot of upperclassmen."
Torrez continued her stellar weekend with a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly, clocking in at 2:04.08 to jump into second on GW's all-time top-10 list. Senior Lauren Law took 17th in the event in 2:09.14.
Torrez came close to GW's program record in the 200 breaststroke, posting a time of 2:20.41 in the preliminaries - just .35 seconds off the school mark - to earn a spot in the A final. The rookie returned to take sixth in 2:20.94. Vogel placed 31st in 3:20.48.
"Jackie Torrez definitely had a great weekend across the board with many top-10 swims in our program history and knocking on the door of our 200 breaststroke school record as well," said Winchester. "She's working hard in the pool and the results are definitely showing. She's definitely having a great start to her Colonial career."
Sophomore Lucy Castro led a strong GW pack in the 1,650 freestyle, touching the wall sixth in 17:30.02, just ahead of senior Selin Ozturk in 10th (17:38.42) and freshman Emily Hample in 16th (17:51.74).
Atherley posted her best performance of the day in the 200 backstroke, taking eighth in 2:04.28 - good for fourth on GW's all-time list. Fusco took 18th in the event in 2:08.90, while White and Lapps finished in 35th (2:11.94) and 39th (2:16.13), respectively.
The Colonials were best represented in the 50 back, led by Fusco's ninth-place time of 27.48. Competing in the B final, sophomore Isobel Walker took 13th (28.00) and Lapps took 20th (29.02) overall. Junior Hannah Kopydlowski (24th, 28.85) and White (27th, 29.52) rounded out GW's 50 back performances.
Emily Zhang led a trio of Colonials in the 100 free with her 12th-place finish in 52.02. She was followed by Atherley in 20th (52.82) and Lynn Zhang in 33rd (53.56).
Lynn Zhang also competed in the 100 IM final, placing 23rd in 1:02.28 ahead of Vogel's 33rd-place performance (1:04.36).
Freshman Shanna Colyar rounded out GW's individual finalists, taking 27th in the 50 fly (28.51).
The Buff and Blue concluded the meet with a strong, fifth-place performance in the 400 free relay as the team of Fusco, Athlerley, Ozturk and Emily Zhang clocked in at 3:28.64.
"We definitely put a lot of investment into this meet, suited up and rested up and the results definitely showed," said Winchester. "Hopefully we can get back and get some hard work done and hopefully go a little quicker at the end of the year."
The Colonials will close fall semester competition on Dec. 3, when Richmond visits the Charles E. Smith Center.
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