Minnesota Men, Host Women Win Georgia Invitational Team Titles -- December 6, 2004

ATHENS, GA, December 6. MINNESOTA’S men outscored second place Florida State by over 350 points while Georgia likewise dominated the women’s competition, outpointing California by nearly 400.

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FINAL SCORES ::
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Men:
Minnesota, 1215.5
Florida State, 860.5
Georgia, 673
Harvard, 492
Michigan State, 275
Emory, 267
California (divers only), 60
Virginia Tech (divers only), 29

Women:
Georgia, 1288
California, 893
Minnesota, 597
Florida State, 472
Notre Dame, 272
Michigan State, 247
Emory, 90
Virginia Tech (divers only), 48

The final night featured a great race in the men’s 1650 between a couple of seniors, Harvard’s John Cole and Minnesota’s Justin Mortimer, with Cole getting the touch 15:11.05 to 15:12.79, both just off the “A” standard of 15:05.87.

Laura Conway, Georgia, didn’t have the same type of race but had a better individual result finishing over 15 seconds under the “A” cut in the women’s 1650 at 16:07.69, winning by nearly 40 seconds. Conway also swim 4:48.11 in the 500 on opening night.

The women’s 800 free relay on day two was the equal of the Cole-Mortimer 1650 race, with Cal edging Georgia 7:10.10 to 7:10.73, both “A” standards. Mary DeScenza lead off the Bulldogs with an automatic 200 free standard of 1:47.43 and had an anchor leg from Kara Lynn Joyce at 1:45.77 but even with those legs they were not able to surpass the consistent legs from the Golden Bears (Ashley Chandler, 1:48.15; Erin Reilly 1:46.60; Emily Silver, 1:48.62; Lauren Medina, 1:46.73).

Top swims from invitational included:

Mary DeScenza, Georgia 200 back 1:56.06
200 fly 1:56.37
100 fly :53.48
200 IM 2:00.70
Helen Silver, California 200 back 1:57.58
Emily Silver, California 100 free :49.69
50 free :22.93
Terry Silkaitis, Minnesota 100 free :43.27
Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia 100 free :48.88LO
200 free 1:47.36
50 free :22.41
Erin Reilly, Cal 200 free 1:47.58
500 free 4:46.16
Lauren Medina, Cal 200 free 1:47.17
Lindsey Ertter, Georgia 100 breast 1:01.35
Anne Babicz, Cal 100 breast 1:01.77
Minnesota Men’s 4 x 100 free relay 2:54.86
University of Georgia Women 4 x 50 free relay 1:31.26
22.84; 22.84; 22.88; 22.70
Ashley Chandler, Cal 500 free 4:47.05
Elizabeth Hill, Georgia 500 free 4:46.08
Adam Mitchell, Minnesota 200 IM 1:46.59
Katie Yevak, Georgia 200 IM 2:00.94
Andrea Georoff, Georgia 50 free :22.93

Results: 2004 Georgia Invitational, day one

Results: 2004 Georgia Invitational

Results: 2004 Georgia Invitational, Day two