FAIRFAX, Va. - 38 events have concluded at the end of day two at the 2011 Patriot Invitational and Mason is in contention to win both the men's and women's divisions.  The men are currently second overall behind UMBC and the women are third, just behind UMBC and UNCW respectively.

Seniors Derrick Butts and Preston Wolter led the men on day two.  Butts won the 3-meter dive and set a meet record with his score of 372.20.  Yesterday Butts won the 1-meter dive, giving him a sweep of the male diving competitions in his fifth consecutive meet.   Wolter finished in first place in the 400-yard IM with his time of 3:56.25.

Senior Ali-Marie Murphy completed her sweep of the female diving competitions today as well. After winning the 3-meter dive yesterday, Murphy won the 1-meter dive today with a score of 224.85.  Fellow senior swimmer Ashley Danner won the 100-yard breaststroke with her meet record setting time of 1.00.80.  Danner has now won the 100 breast in every competition she has participated in this season.  The women were also helped this evening by freshman Julianne Phillips who came away with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle and a time of 1:50.58.

Tomorrow will be the final day of the Patriot Invitational.  The meet will begin with the preliminary round at 10am and conclude with the finals at 6pm.  Live stats will be available on the schedule of the swimming page on gomason.com.