Nov. 21, 2004

Results

Fairfax, Va.--Duke University's women's swimming & diving team maintained its lead and closed out the three-day Patriot Invitational as the winner with 863 points Sunday evening at the Aquatic & Fitness Center, while Yale University's men's team claimed the title with 797.50 after sitting in second for the first two days. Mason's women's team closed out the competition in fifth place (365), while the men's team finished in sixth (316).

Jackie Rodriguez placed first in the 200 yard breaststroke for the Blue Devils in a time of 2:19.52 and continues to hold the meet record as she set it during last year's Patriot Invitational on Nov. 23 (2:17.74). Duke's 400 freestyle relay team of Katie Ness, Alison Sundberg, Nora Stupp and Julia Lewis placed first (3:31.33), while the Blue Devils captured the second through fifth spots in the 100 free with Lewis placing second in a time of 52.05.

Geof Zann of Yale set a new meet record in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:49.81, while the Bulldogs 400 freestyle relay team of Kieran Locke, Geof Zann, Quinn Fitzgerald and Andrew Foss finished first (3:05.07).

Christy Anderson garnered a seventh place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:25.09) for the Patriots, while Liz Ouzts finished in 11th with a time of 2:25.93. The women had a strong showing in he 1-meter diving event as Amanda Fielding placed second (435.75), Colleen Flack third (432.85) and Mary Campioli finished in fourth place (428.60) for the Patriots. On the men's side, Tim Norton placed second in the 200 backstroke (1:50.88) and Joe Houchin placed second in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:51.14.

The Patriots will return to the Aquatic & Fitness Center on Jan. 15 when both teams will compete against Towson in dual meet competition at 1 p.m.