PRINCETON, New Jersey, December 2. ANOTHER win for Alicia Aemisegger and a strong second-place showing by Tim Ruse were among the highlights for Princeton during a strong night of swimming at the 2006 Big Al Invitational Saturday night. Virginia leads both fields, while both the Princeton men and women are battling Pittsburgh for third place.<\/p>\n
The night started with the 200 medley relay, where the women finished fourth in 1:45.04 and the men finished ninth in 1:33.17.<\/p>\n
The first individual event of the night belonged to Aemisegger, who claimed her third event of the weekend by winning the 400 IM, a specialty of hers, in a Princeton record time of 4:09.27. It was the third time she set the Princeton record in this event already this season. Teammate Lisa Hamming placed seventh in the event in 4:28.25.<\/p>\n
Ruse came up strong in the next race, taking second place in 3:57.56. He edged out senior teammate and 2006 All-America Meir Hasbani, who took third in 3:58.81. Virginia's Pat Mellors was the class of the event, winning in 3:51.98.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Justina DiFazio had a strong pair of finishes in the next two events. She placed ninth in the 100 fly in 57.37 seconds, and she added a fifth-place finish in the 200 free in 1:50.42. A pair of male classmates topped all Princeton finishers in the same events; Doug Lennox placed eighth in the fly in 50.09 seconds, and distance specialist Robert Griest recorded an impressive 10th overall in the 200 free in 1:41.91.<\/p>\n
Both Hamming and Kelly Hannigan reached the final of the 100 breast, and it was the latter who placed third in a time of 1:04.82. Hamming took eighth in 1:08.29. The men's top breaststroke finisher on this night was Easton Chen, who placed 12th in 58.53.<\/p>\n
Mike Zee ended the final individual event of the evening, the 100 back, with a fifth-place finish in 50.80. For the women, Kristen Arey finished 14th in 1:00.07. The women's 800 free relay team placed third in 7:26.94, while the men's team took 6th in 6:53.20.<\/p>\n
With Sunday's 6 p.m. finals session remaining, both Princeton teams are battling for third-place finishes. The women are currently in fourth overall with 415 points, 72 behing Big East rival Pittsburgh. Princeton is comfortably ahead of Brown, which it will likely also claim a dual-meet win over. Virginia holds a 70-point lead over Rutgers, with those two likely being the only championship contenders for the final session.<\/p>\n
On the men's side, Virginia leads Tennessee by 47 points, and third-place Princeton is nearly 300 points behind Tennessee. Thus, the Tigers will look to hold on to their current spot. With 331 points, Princeton carries a 54-point lead over Pittsburgh into the final session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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