ATHENS, Georgia, December 3. THE Georgia Invitational produced a handful of automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Championships on Saturday. The Cal Berkeley women\u2019s 200 medley relay was the first to grab an \u2018A\u2019 cut with a time of 1:39.36. The Georgia women came up just short of that standard posting a quick 1:39.86.<\/p>\n
Georgia\u2019s Mary DeScenza blazed the 100 butterfly in a very swift 52.55. UCLA\u2019s Kim Vandenburg just missed the \u2018A\u2019 standard with a 53.94. The women\u2019s 200 freestyle saw a strong race from Cal\u2019s Erin Reilly, posting an extremely fast 1:46.85. Jessica Cole also posted a solid time of 1:47.18 in that race.<\/p>\n
The 100 breaststroke produced three very fast times from some of the best breaststrokers in the world. Jessica Hardy popped her first sub-minute performance of the year with a 59.51. Sarah Poewe from Georgia finished second at 1:01.18. Hardy\u2019s teammate from Cal, Annie Babicz also achieved an \u2018A\u2019 time with a 1:01.26. <\/p>\n
Three women posted qualifying times in a close 100 backstroke race. Brielle White from UVA dominated the event with her 53.63. DeScenza popped a solid 54.10 to get second. Cal\u2019s Helen Silver also got her cut with a 54.40. Missing the \u2018A\u2019 standard by one one-hundredth of a second, was UCLA\u2019s Katie Arnold with a 54.48, a time that should easily get pulled in.<\/p>\n
Cal Berkeley\u2019s 800 free relay of Ashley Chandler, Erin Reilly, Lauren Rogers and Emily Silver slid under the cut-off time en route to winning with a 7:11.48. <\/p>\n
On the men\u2019s side there weren\u2019t as many \u2018A\u2019 standards achieved. The Georgia duo of Peter Verhoef and Jonathon Schmidt rocked the 100 butterfly. Verhoef won the event in 47.12, but went 47.02 in prelims. Schmidt produced a 47.58 in finals for a solid \u2018B\u2019 cut effort. Verhoef\u2019s time was the only \u2018A\u2019 standard achieved on Saturday by any of the men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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