Pirates Have Strong Showing At Georgia Tech Invitational

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Georgia Tech Invitational

Pirates Have Strong Showing At Georgia Tech Invitational

November 20, 2017 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving

Complete Results

Complete Results (PDF)

ATLANTA, Ga. --- The ECU swimming and diving teams compete alongside some the nation's top teams over the weekend at the 2017 Georgia Tech Invitational, posting eight NCAA swimming championship provisional qualifying times and three NCAA regional zone diving championship scores. The women finished in sixth-place behind four Top 20 teams, while the men placed fifth trailing four Top 13 programs.

Final Standings
Women: 1. No. 19 Auburn, 2. No. 4 Alabama, 3. No. 9 Florida State, 4. No. 18 Georgia Tech, 5. South Carolina, 6. ECU, 7. Campbell, 8. Georgia Southern.
Men: 1. No. 6 Florida State, 2. No. 4 Alabama, 3. No. 10 Georgia Tech, 4. No. 13 South Carolina, 5. ECU, 6. Auburn.

Coach's Quotes
"We put forth a great effort this past week in Atlanta. Going into this meet our focus was on our individual performances, and personal improvement for better seeding at The American Championship meet and that's exactly what we did.

"In a long meet like this one you can sometimes run out of gas by the last day, especially without any rest going into the meet, but I didn't see that this week. I was really proud of the way our coaches prepared the team to be ready for each session. I saw a team that seemed to get stronger as the meet went on. They never stopped competing, performed at a high level and that was really awesome to see." – ECU Head Coach Matt Jabs

NCAA Provisional Qualifiers

Senior Julie Lajoie registered NCAA 'B' qualifying times in the women's 400 IM (4:18.90) and the 200 Backstroke (1:58.82).
Senior Vendela Norrman posted a third-place finish in the women's 200 Breaststroke with an NCAA provisional time of 2:11.72.
Freshman Jacek Arentewicz recorded NCAA "B' qualifying times in the men's 100 (54.63) and 200 Breaststroke (1:58.95), finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
Sophomore Gustavo Santos logged an NCAA provisional time of 48.11 in the 100 Butterfly.
Senior Alicia Roueche qualified for the NCAA Zone B Regional Championships on the one-meter and three-meter springboard, while Sarah Blank earned a spot at the regional championships on the three-meter springboard.

News & Notes

A total of 15 ECU swimmers and divers competed in the 'A' finals of the meet led by Lajoie's four final swims, collecting a team-best 68 points.
Lajoie set the ECU varsity record in the 200 Backstroke.
Norrman posted the 28^th fastest time 200 Breaststroke time in the country this season.
Blank and Roueche each competed in the finals of the one-meter, three-meter and platform diving competitions. Roueche set the ECU varsity record on the platform (199.25).
Freshman Devin Nugent competed in the 'A' platform diving final and finished eighth (248.50).

Up Next
The Pirates return to action Jan. 13, 2018 against South Carolina at Minges Natatorium.