{"id":37770,"date":"2015-11-20T10:36:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T15:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=37770"},"modified":"2015-11-20T10:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T15:36:46","slug":"records-fall-for-no-24-fgcu_wswim-at-first-day-of-georgia-tech-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2015\/11\/records-fall-for-no-24-fgcu_wswim-at-first-day-of-georgia-tech-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"Records Fall for No. 24 @FGCU_WSwim at First Day of Georgia Tech Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The No. 24 FGCU swimming and diving team finished the first day at the Georgia Tech Invite in second place after turning in a pair of school records and finishing first in two other events at the McAuley Aquatics Center\u00a0on Thursday\u00a0night.<\/p>\n

“It was a great day one for the girls as they started fast and put themselves in a good position for the rest of the weekend,” said FGCU head coach\u00a0Neal Studd<\/strong>. “We had a number of girls achieve NCAA qualifying times and broke a couple school records with Barbara and Lani. Overall, we showed a lot of depth and are excited to keep it rolling\u00a0tomorrow.”<\/p>\n

The 200-yard freestyle relay of\u00a0Katie Latham (Deal, Kent, United Kingdom\/Sir Roger Manwood’s School), Kristin Julien (San Fernand, Trinidad & Tobago\/St. Stephen’s College), Barbara Caraballo (Ponce, Puerto Rico\/Indian River\/Newsome HS)<\/strong>\u00a0andKatie Armitage (Bushey, United Kingdom\/Queens School Bushey)<\/strong>\u00a0got the final events started as they edged quartets from nationally-ranked Arkansas and Alabama to win the event in a season-best time of 1:30.61.<\/p>\n

In the 500-yard freestyle,\u00a0Lani Cabrera (Bridgetown, Barbados\/St. Ursala’s Secondary School)<\/strong>\u00a0set a school record after touching the pads in 4:47.43, breaking Leah Daniel’s mark that had stood since 2011. She finished fourth and achieved a NCAA ‘B’ cut in the event. Earlier in the day,\u00a0Linda Shaw (Leeds, United Kingdom\/Roundhay HS)\u00a0<\/strong>set a personal-best time of 4:59.88 in the preliminaries, good for the third-fastest time in program history. Shaw finished fifth in the finals with a time of 4:50.16, while teammate\u00a0Melissa Marinheiro (Davie, Fla.\/West Broward HS)<\/strong>\u00a0finished eighth in 4:54.18.<\/p>\n

In the morning session, Caraballo set another FGCU school record and achieved a NCAA ‘B’ cut in the 200-yard IM after clocking a time of 2:00.53 in the preliminary event. In the finals, she finished eighth after touching the pads in 2:02.02. Armitage finished second in the ‘B’ final in a personal-best time of 2:01.94.<\/p>\n

Later, Latham notched the Eagles second win of the session as she finished first in the 50-yard freestyle in a personal- and season-best time of 22.32 seconds. The United Kingdom native not only achieved a NCAA ‘B’ cut and set a meet record in the event, but also turned in the fifth-fastest time in program history. Teammate\u00a0Sara Hamilton (Stonehaven, Scotland\/Mackie Academy)<\/strong>\u00a0placed eighth in a personal-best time of 23.29 seconds, while Julien set a personal record and won the ‘B’ final in a time 23.09 seconds.<\/p>\n

To cap off the swimming events for day one, the 400-yard medley relay of\u00a0Elise Haan (Naples, Fla.\/Gulf Coast HS)<\/strong>, Armitage,\u00a0Yee Ching Wong (Hong Kong, China\/Diocesan Girls’ School)<\/strong>\u00a0and Latham turned in yet another season-best time of 3:37.39 and finished second in the event behind the Crimson Tide.<\/p>\n

Entering day two\u00a0on Friday, the Green and Blue trail No. 21 Arkansas by 75 points and lead No. 18 Alabama and No. 46 South Carolina, among other prominent programs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

FGCU SEASON-BEST TIMES\u00a0THURSDAY<\/strong>
\n200 Free Relay: 1:30.61 (Latham, Julien, Caraballo, Armitage)
\n500 Free: 4:47.43 (Lani Cabrera) –<\/strong>\u00a0NCAA ‘B’ cut<\/strong>
\n200 IM: 2:00.53 (Barbara Caraballo; prelim) – NCAA ‘B’ cut<\/strong>
\n50 Free: 22.32 (Katie Latham) – NCAA ‘B’ cut; meet record
\n400 Medley Relay: 3:37.39 (Haan, Armitage, Wong, Latham)
\nBold –\u00a0<\/strong>indicates program record<\/p>\n

WOMEN’S TEAM STANDINGS<\/strong>
\n1. Arkansas – 338
\n2. FGCU – 263<\/strong>
\n3. Alabama – 258
\n4. South Carolina – 253
\n5. UNLV – 151
\n6. Georgia Tech – 92
\n7. Indian River – 80
\n8. Minnesota – 70
\n9. Carson-Newman – 66
\n10. Campbell – 63
\n11. FAU – 62
\n12. Georgia Southern – 57
\n13. UNC Asheville – 52
\n14. Hawaii – 37
\n15. Stanford – 29
\n16. Auburn – 9<\/p>\n

SCHEDULE OF COMPETITION (FGCU SEASON BESTS)<\/strong>
\nFriday\u00a0– Prelims:\u00a010 a.m.; Finals:\u00a06 p.m.<\/em>
\n200 Medley Relay (Haan, Armitage, Wong, Latham – 1:41.19)
\n400 IM (Barbara Caraballo<\/a>\u00a0– 4:26.62)
\n100 Fly (Yee Ching Wong<\/a>\u00a0– 55.98)
\n200 Free (Elise Haan<\/a>\u00a0– 1:49.26)
\n100 Breast (Katie Armitage<\/a>\u00a0– 1:01.73)
\n100 Back (Elise Haan<\/a>\u00a0– 54.41)
\n800 Free Relay (Latham, Shaw, Burdge, Jamison – 7:35.44)
\n3M Diving (Ashley Wright<\/a>\u00a0– 276.75)<\/p>\n

Saturday\u00a0– Prelims:\u00a010 a.m.; Finals:\u00a06 p.m.<\/em>
\n1650 Free (Melissa Marinheiro<\/a>\u00a0– 17:27.18)
\n200 Back (Elise Haan<\/a>\u00a0– 2:00.26)
\n100 Free (Katie Latham<\/a>\u00a0– 50.14)
\n200 Breast (Katie Armitage<\/a>\u00a0– 2:15.69)
\n200 Fly (Christina Kaas Elmgreen<\/a>\u00a0– 2:01.88)
\n400 Free Relay (Burdge, Caraballo, Latham, Armitage – 3:24.29)
\nPlatform Diving (Mikaila Buening<\/a>\u00a0– 126.55)<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/strong>
\nThe three-day meet in Atlanta is FGCU’s last of the fall season. The Green and Blue will resume competition as they host Rice at the FGCU Aquatics Center on\u00a0Sunday, Jan. 3 at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

FOLLOW ALONG<\/strong>
\nFor up-to-date coverage of FGCU women’s swimming and diving, follow us on Twitter @FGCU_WSWIM and visit\u00a0www.FGCUAthletics.com<\/a>\u00a0where full recaps and results will be available.<\/em><\/p>\n

HEAD COACH NEAL STUDD<\/strong>
\nNeal Studd<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has garnered five CCSA Coach of the Year awards, won six CCSA Championships (2009-13, 2015) and guided the Eagles to a 29-1 (.967) CCSA all-time record since FGCU started its program in 2007. In just four years of postseason eligibility, Studd has coached NCAA Championship Meet qualifiers and competitors each of the four years, with 2015 yielding the best results to date as the Eagles finished a mid-major best 26th and produced four CSCAA All-America honorees.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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