Oct. 21, 2005
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Junior Tony Burkhardt and sophomore Elizabeth Stowe posted first-place finishes to lead the Georgia Tech men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams at the Atlantic Coast Conference Quad Meet on Friday night at Maryland’s Campus Recreation Center.
Burkhardt, a native of Phoenix, Ariz., tallied a season-best and NCAA Zone qualifying mark of 341.90 to win the men’s three-meter springboard tonight. Stowe, a native of Lawrenceville, Ga., clocked a time of 10:03.73 to finish first in the women’s 1000-yard freestyle.
Freshman Noah Copeland swam a season-best time of 1:40.82 in the men’s 200 free to finish second for the Yellow Jackets. Junior Ryan Bishop logged a runner-up finish in the men’s 200 IM (1:53.14) and the men’s 200 free relay team of Ryan Riebesell, Brian Huff, Mauricio Sousa and Teemu Kettunen finished second with a season-best time of 1:24.35.
Senior diver Laurissa Prystaj tallied a score of 240.95 on the women’s one-meter board to finish in second place. Sophomore Rob Miller clocked a season-best time of 9:29.17 in the men’s 1000 free to finish second for the Jackets.
Freshman Meghan Martinez finished third for the Rambling Wreck in the women’s 200 butterfly with a time of 2:07.41.
The ACC Quad Meet will conclude on Saturday in the CRC. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
Florida State University 126.00 59.00 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Florida State University 118.00 67.00 University of Maryland Florida State University 100.00 85.00 Virginia Tech Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 94.00 90.00 University of Maryland Virginia Tech 132.00 53.00 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Virginia Tech 120.50 64.50 University of Maryland
Men Florida State University 129.00 57.00 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Florida State University 136.00 50.00 University of Maryland Florida State University 133.00 53.00 Virginia Tech Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 125.00 61.00 University of Maryland Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 118.00 68.00 Virginia Tech Virginia Tech 107.00 79.00 University of Maryland
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