FAIRFAX, Va. - After two days of competition, the George Mason men's swimming and diving team retain their second place standing from yesterday with 541 points and the women currently hold third place with 384.5 points in the Patriot Invitational.

The women trail just 9.5 points behind the University of Richmond, who are currently in second place. The men are 38 points behind defending Colonial Athletic Association champion UNC Wilmington, who currently holds the lead in the men's meet.

Mason got off to a strong start in the preliminaries this morning with Paige Impink breaking the team record in the 100 Fly with a 55.64 mark. Impink would go on to take second in the 100 Fly (55.75) final and in the 100 Backstroke final (56.59). Melissa Davis finished just behind Impink in the 100 Back (57.18) in third.

Megan DeJong also had an impressive performance for the women taking first in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:53.95.

For the men, senior David Kiss took first-place and matched the meet record in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:39.27. Fernando Rubio also had a first-place finish for the Patriots in the 400 IM finishing with a mark of 3:58.14. Kyle Sockwell finished just behind Rubio in the 400 IM taking second with a time of 3:59.05.

In the last event of the day, the men's 800 Freestyle Relay team comprised of Joey Kelly, Sockwell, Rubio and Kiss, took first-place with a 6:49.46 mark. Mason will look to continue the momentum moving into the final day of competition tomorrow.

Saturday's preliminaries are set to begin at 10 a.m. with the finals at 6 p.m.