North Carolina State University Athletics
Men's Swimming Continues at GT Invite
11/22/2009 12:00:00 AM | Swimming
ATLANTA, Ga. – Anna Linkenauger hit an NCAA “B Cut” qualifier and the NC State women’s swimming team posted five top-10 all-time marks as action continued on day two of the Georgia Tech Invitational.
Both the men’s (236 points) and women’s (237 points) squads remain in fifth-place overall.
Gaites Brown, Dan Forsythe, Mike Seiferth and Conor Brennan placed fifth in the 200-medley relay with a 1:33.11, while Kevin Woodhull-Smith took eighth in the 400 IM finals after swimming a 4:04:33 in the prelims. Daniel Basler finished 13th in the 100 butterfly with a 50.59, while Sean Reams (50.48) and Seiferth (50.94) also competed.
Mason McGee (1:38.74), Brown (1:41.04), Brennan (1:42.29), Nick Britts (1:43.33) and Andrew Keenan (1:44.44) all took part in the 200 freestyle, as Forsythe (56.64) and Baskwell (58.55) took fourth and ninth respectively in the 100 breaststroke.
Mechak (51.50), Brown (51.43) and Basler (53.01) had solid showings in the 100 backstroke, and Woodhull-Smith, Mechak, Brittis and McGee placed third in the 800-freestyle relay with a 6:43.95.
Morgan Robertson, Linkenauger, Patrice Dason and Ashley Richter used a 1:44.58 for fifth-place in the 200-medley relay to get the night started. Linkenauger then hit a “B Cut” for second overall in the 400 IM with a 4:19.14, while Jen Kopenitz (4:22.79), Maresa Like-Mathews (4:25.35), Sarah Merritt (4:28.39), Jessica McBroom (4:28.98), Jessica Ward (4:32.31) and Christina McCann (4:36.55) also competed. Like-Mathews time marks the ninth-fastest in school history.
Dason swam a 55.50 in the 100 butterfly prelims, while Meg Thompson (57.14) and Alli Hagan (57.60) also contributed. Marifrances Henley (1:50.95), Richter (1:51.37), Brianna Grover (1:53.79), Allison Hendren (1:52.92) and Erica Waters (1:54.45) all took part in the 200 freestyle. Linkenauger then recorded the third-fastest time in school history in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:04.34, while Tracy Rorer’s 1:04.98 is ninth-fastest all time.
Robertson’s 56.41 in the 100 backstroke prelims is the third-fastest Wolfpack swim in school history, while Jen Kopenitz’s 57.39 is the eighth-fastest. Henley, Hendren, Richter and Grover closed things out with a 7:34.63 in the 800-freestyle relay.
NC State’s stay at the Georgia Tech Invitational will end tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 22.
