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Duke Women Lead, Men Are Fourth After First Day Of Patriot Invite
11/18/2005 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
FAIRFAX, VA. ? The Duke swimming and diving team wrapped up the first day of the three-day Patriot Invitational at George Mason University Friday with the women holding a seven-point lead over UMBC for the top position and the men in fourth place.
Senior Katie Ness swam a season-best 2:04.4 to win the 200 IM finals, and Ness, junior Jackie Rodriguez, freshman Emily Kelly and senior Julia Lewis teamed up to claim the 400 medley relay title in 3:54.19. Freshman Nick Campisano finished fourth on the one-meter diving board, and Kelly and Rodriguez both claimed top-five finishes in the 500 freestyle.
Sophomore Danielle Spearman and senior Nora Stupp swam close fourth and fifth place races, respectively, to join Ness as three Blue Devils in the top five of the 200 IM. After setting a career-best 1:54.75 in the 200 IM preliminaries, sophomore Scott Champagne went on to finish fifth in the event finals. Overall, Duke had eight individuals advance to the finals of the seven events that had final competitions Friday.
Action resumes Saturday with preliminaries starting at 10 a.m. and finals beginning at 6 p.m. at George Mason's Aquatic and Fitness Center.
2005 Patriot Invitational - 11/18/2005 to 11/20/2005
Team Rankings - Through Event 12
Female Team Scores
Place School Points
1 DUKE 206
2 UMBC 198
3 YALE UNIVERSITY 171
4 UNCW 147
5 GEORGE MASON 133
6 SHIPPENSBURG 57
7 GEORGE WASHINGTON 45
7 SETON HALL 45
9 HOWARD UNIVERSITY 33
10 GEORGETOWN 28
11 AMERICAN 22
Total 1,085.00
Male Team Scores
Place School Points
1 YALE UNIVERSITY 293
2 UMBC 221
3 UNCW 210
4 DUKE 130
5 GEORGE MASON 105
6 GEORGE WASHINGTON 82
7 SETON HALL 73
8 SHIPPENSBURG 40
9 GEORGETOWN 39
10 AMERICAN 38
11 HOWARD UNIVERSITY 9
Total 1,240.00
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