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| Dec. 5-7 | Gabrielsen Natatorium | Athens, Ga. | |
Results | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | FINAL Team Score: 336.0 pts (5th Place) | |
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ATHENS, Ga. - Melissa Rodriguez (Chihuahua, Mexico), Alyson Ackman (Montreal, Quebec) and Megan Siverling (Chester Springs, Pa.) all earned Penn State crucial points in their `A' finals, Sunday, helping the Lions finish fifth at the Georgia Fall Invite with 363 total team points. Rodriguez's 2:10.07 time in the 200 breast was the fastest on the team this season and her fourth place finish netted 15 points, which combined with Ackman's 13 in the 100 free, and Siverling's baker's dozen in the 1650 free, gave their team all the cushion they needed to finish ahead of sixth place Florida State.
Ackman finished sixth with a 48.82 time, which was also the fastest on the squad this year, while teammate Cameron Taylor (Burlington, Ontario) also earned a Top 10 finish, just six slots behind Rodriguez in the 200 breast with a career best 2:14.11 time, earning her team another nine points.
Siverling placed sixth in the 1650 with a NCAA `B' standard time of 16:13.73, while Katelyn Sowinski (Severna Park, Md.) was awarded five for her 12th place, 16:29.70 performance, also good enough for a `B' standard. Sophomore Casey Francis (East Meadow, N.Y.) added a pair of points in the event, finishing 15th with a 16:33.84 time.
Other swimmers earning Penn State points on Sunday was Carolyn Fittin (Sea Girt, N.J.) who scored five in the 100 free with her 49.20 time and 12th place finish as well as Casey Fazio (Washington Twp., N.J.) and Sowinski, who were each awarded one with their 16th place finishes in the 200 back and 200 fly respectively.
The Penn State relay teams racked up the majority of the points for head coach Tim Murphy on Sunday, as two squads combined for a total of 34 with their eighth and 14th place performances. The `A' quartet of Ackman, Fittin, Caitlyn Karr (Reading, Pa.) and Kaitlin Jones (Midlothian, Va.) finished with a season fastest time of 3:17.96, while the `B' relay team of Katie Saloky (Bloomsburg, Pa.), Haley Sinatro (West Hartford, Conn.), Sarah Baxter (Canandaigua, N.Y.) and Tommie Dillione (Newtown, Pa.) swam at a 3:23.22 pace.
In all, Penn State swimmers scored a total of 120 points on the championship style meet's final day to finish 149 ahead of FSU. PSU is now finished with its 2014 portion of the 2014-15 schedule and will next take part in its annual training trip to Naples, Fla., before getting back in the pool for a double-dual meet versus Yale and Rutgers, scheduled for Jan. 16-17 in New Brunswick, N.J.