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FIU Fall Classic
Women's Swimming & Diving Opens Season at TYR Fall Classic
10/4/2019 7:25:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Atherley, Burton & Torrez led Colonials Friday
MIAMI, Fla. - Gemma Atherley, Meghan Burton and Jackie Torrez posted individual third-place finishes Friday to lead GW women's swimming & diving on the first day of the season-opening TYR Fall Classic.
The Colonials sit fifth out of eight teams heading into the final day of competition at Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Atherley took third in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:52.93 and also led the Colonials in fifth in the 100-yard backstroke (:57.65).
- Burton's third-place finish came in the 100-yard butterfly in 56.75 seconds. The junior from Virginia was part of both GW relays, as well. The 400-yard individual medley relay team of Burton, Andrea Ho, Stine Omdahl Petersen and Rebecca Smolcic touched sixth (3:52.03), and the 200-yard freestyle relay squad of Burton, Atherley, Smolcic and Grace Olivardia also placed sixth (1:36.92).
- Torrez kicked off her final season in Buff and Blue by taking third in the 400-yard individual medley (4:27.59).
- Making her collegiate debut, Omdahl Petersen, a first-year from Norway, led the Colonials in the 100-yard breaststroke with a seventh-place finish in 1:05.90.
- Rachel Dickinson (206.85) led the Colonials in 3-meter diving.
UP NEXT: The TYR Fall Classic finishes Saturday with the action set to begin at 10 a.m.
WATCH THIS: Hear from head coach Brian Thomas and head diving coach Wesley Mattice after the opening day of competition at FIU.
Good start at the TYR Fall Classic! Hear from @GWCoachBThom, Head Diving Coach Wes Mattice and diver Peter Nachtwey after the opening day at FIU. #RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/5go97IChK4
— GW Swimming & Diving (@GWSwimDive) October 4, 2019
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