Swimming and Diving Wrap Up Day 1 at Patriot Invitational

Day 1 Team Standings
Day 1 Swim Finals Results
Day 1 Dive Results
Day 1 Prelims

FAIRFAX, Va. – Florida Atlantic University swimming and diving kicked off day one of three at the Patriot Invitational Thursday at Jim McKay Natatorium. After one day of competition, the Owl women are sitting in third with a score of 204, while the men are currently in fourth with 171 points. The Owls did not shy away from bringing the Florida heat to snowy Virginia, combining for five first-place finishes, two second-place titles and three third-place times. Twelve different Owls set personal-best times in the preliminary and final rounds.

Notables:
Women

Spence Atkins claimed the first individual finals win for the Owls, and that came in the 500-yard freestyle (4:39.35) with Natalie Clausen following in second (4:54.33)
Danica Garbett delivered her fastest time in the 200-yard IM finals, touching the wall first with a time of 2:03.15
Fatimah Westbrook claimed another top individual finish in the 50-yard freestyle (23.59) with third place
Malvina Catalano came up with her first individual win of the season, which came in the 3-meter dive (265.80), where Kaleigh Dundov captured fifth (221.80)
The Owl women finished things up in the pool with a third-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay with Westbrook, Atkins, Abby Marshall and Kelsey Witkay finishing with a time of 3:48.53

Men

Josh Fountain captured a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle finals (4:29.80) and Will Smith followed in third (4:32.70)
In the 200 IM finals, Calvin Lillo touched the wall ninth (1:52.58), while Alex Taber came in 12th (1:53.99)
In the 1-meter finals, Logan Downey scored his way to a first-place title (319.70) with Wiley Schmidt coming right behind him in second (296.05)

Personal Best Times

Rebecca Battles – 500 free prelims (5:12.10)
Phillip Crouch III – 50 free prelims (22.21)
Caitlin Dunne – 500 free prelims (5:09.85)
Fountain – 500 free finals (4:29.80)
Garbett – 200 IM finals (2:03.15)
Skyler Hamilton – 50 free prelims (21.99)
Lillo – 200 IM finals (1:52.58)
Haley O'Meara – 200 IM finals (2:09.28)
Madison Rizzo – 500 free finals (5:02.23)
Smith – 500 free finals (4:32.70)
Taber – 200 IM finals (1:53.99)
Westbrook – 50 free finals (23.59)

Quotable:
"We had a great start of the meet on both sides for both our men and women swimmers and divers, said head coach Lara Preacco. "If we continue having that focus for the next two days, we will have a successful mid-season meet."

Up Next:
The Owls will take on day two of the Patriot Invitational tomorrow, Nov. 16. Prelims will begin at 10 a.m., followed by diving at noon and finals at 6 p.m. For complete coverage from the invite and other FAU swimming and diving news, follow along on Twitter (@FAUSwimDive), Instagram (@FAUSwimDive) and Facebook.

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Players Mentioned

Spence Atkins

Rebecca Battles

Malvina Catalano

Natalie Clausen

Phillip Crouch III

Logan Downey

Kaleigh Dundov

Caitlin Dunne

Josh Fountain

Danica Garbett

Skyler Hamilton

Calvin Lillo

Abby Marshall

Haley O'Meara

Madison Rizzo

Wiley Schmidt

Will Smith

Alex Taber

Fatimah Westbrook

Kelsey Witkay

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