The Auburn swim and dive team wrapped things up at the Georgia Invitational at Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Georgia as the men's team finished third overall and the women's team finished fourth Sunday.
Sophomore Joe Patching finished second overall with an NCAA automatic qualifying time in the 200-back, senior Fraser McKean posted a six-dive list of 413.70 to win the men's platform final and Auburn's men's 400 freestyle relay team picked up an `A' cut time of 2:52.47 to finish second overall in the final day of competition.
The Auburn men's and women's 200 freestyle relay teams finished with NCAA automatic qualifying times, while 15 swimmers earned `B' cuts in the first day of action on Friday.
The men's 200 free relay squad touched in at 1:18.04 to take second place, while the women's team, finished with a NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:28.41 in the 200 free relay for third place to conclude the first day.
On day two at the Georgia Invitational Auburn's men's and women's 200 medley relays recorded NCAA automatic qualifying times, while McKean won the 3-meter final.
Auburn's men finished in 1:25.45 for second overall, while the women's 200 medley relay took fourth place with 1:37.81.
McKean finished Saturday with a six-dive list of 379.45 in the 3-meter.
Day 1 results for men's team: 200 Free Relay: 2. Darmody, Duderstadt, Mendes, Molacek (1:18.02); 500 Free: 24. Samuelson (4:32.58); 200 IM: 9. Patching (1:44.76); 50 Free: Darmody (19.69); 1M Diving: McKean (369.40); 400 Medley Relay: 3. Patching, Duderstadt, Mendes, Darmody (3:10.11).
Day 1 results for women's team: 200 Free Relay: 3. Purcell, Fonteno, Ellzey, Hull (1:28.41); 500 Free: 12. Thatcher (4:43.28); 200 IM: 20. DeBever (1:59.80) 50 Free: 4. Purcell (22.24); 3M Diving: Calabretta (263.40) 400 Medley Relay: 4. Vitarius, Lloyd, Fonteno, Purcell (3:34.28).
Day 2 results for men's team: 200 Medley Relay: 2. Patching, Duderstadt, Mendes, Darmody (1:25.45); 400 IM: 13. J. Jones (3:53.01); 100 Fly: 3. Mendes (46.88); 200 Free: 23. McKee (1:41.53) 100 Breast: 3. Duderstadt (52.54); 5. Patching (47.10); 3M Diving: 1. McKean (379.45); 800 Free Relay: 4. Patching, Mendes, Browning, Hancock (6:26.88)
Day 2 results for women's team: 200 Medley Relay: 4. Vitarius, Lloyd, Fonteno, Purcell (1:37.81); 400 IM: 10. Thatcher (4:13.19); 100 Fly: 15. Fonteno (53.83); 200 Free: 17. Hull (1:47.67); 100 Breast: 2. Lloyd (1:00.66); 100 Back: 10. Vitarius (53.56); 1M Diving: 10. Scheper (257.40); 800 Free Relay: 8. Thatcher, Hull, Fonteno, Vitarius (7:21.92)
Day 3 results for men's team: 1,650 Free: 12. Schenk (15:44.44); Platform Diving: 1. McKean (413.70); 200 Back: 2. Patching (1:40.75); 100 Free: 4. Darmody (43.82); 200 Breast: 4. Duderstadt (1:55.06); 200 Fly: 6. Mendes (1:44.40); 400 Free Relay: 2. Mendes, Duderstadt, Molacek, Darmody (2:52.47)
Day 3 results for women's team: 1,650 Free: 7. Neidigh (16:20.17); Platform Diving: 8. Calabretta (232.00); 200 Back: 10. Vitarius (1:55.27); 100 Free: 4. Purcell (48.53); 200 Breast: 5. Lazor (2:10.88); 200 Fly: 15. Murslack (1:59.47); 400 Free Relay: 7. Purcell, Fonteno, DeBever, Hull (3:17.94)
Final scores for men's team: 1. California 921; 2. Georgia 916; 3. Auburn 641; 4. Virginia 526; 5. Penn State 331; 6. Florida State 311
Final scores for women's team: 1. Georgia 916; 2. Cal 907; 3. Virginia 748; 4. Auburn 405; 5. Penn State 363; 6. Florida State 214
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