Dec. 18, 2009

Clemson Swimming and Diving has Strong Day in Florida
The Clemson men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed against Florida Atlantic, Northwestern (women), Findlay and Florida International (women) in Boca Raton, FL Friday December 18. The men defeated Florida Atlantic 122-105 and Findlay 136-34 to improve to 5-1 (0-1 ACC), while the women defeated Florida Atlantic 174-66, Florida International 197-44 and Findlay 206-27 but fell to Northwestern 165-72 to move to 8-1 (2-0 ACC).

The men had a strong day winning eight events and had seven different winners. The Tigers started the day off with a top two finish in the 400 medley relay. Alex Carr followed up with a win in the 1000 free and then freshman Eric Bruck won the 50 free and Myles Oliver, Derek Barre and Marcus Elliott rounded out the top four. Chris Dart won the 200 IM and Matt Angelini made it a 1-2 finish for the Tigers in that event. Seth Broster also notched a win for the Tigers in the 100 free Myles Oliver and Chris Reinke finishing second and third respectively. Thomas Recko won the 200 back and Will Clark took first in the 500 free.

On the women's side, Sarah Smith and Mandy Snell finished third and fourth in the 1000 free. Maddie Tarantolo took third in the 50 free with Heather Savage, Meg Anderson and Alex Allen finishing fifth, sixth and seventh. Tori Cervone also notched a top five finish taking fourth in the 200 IM.

Georgia Tech Divers Finish off Action at Bama Diving Invite
Georgia Tech divers Hannah Krimm and Chris Khosravi represented the Yellow Jackets the last three days at the Christmas Diving Invitational held on the campus of the University of Alabama.

Krimm had a strong showing over at the meet, as she registered third place finished in the finals of both the one-meter and three-meter springboard dives. The senior posted a score of 278.5 in the finals of the one-meter, while putting up a 289.90 effort in the three-meter.

Khosravi earned spots in the finals of both the one and three meter springboard dives. The freshman finished sixth in the three-meter with a score of 315.00 and placed eighth in the one-meter with a 268.55 effort.