Lady Bulldogs First, Bulldogs Second In UGA Fall Invitational

Sunday, December 7

Athens, Ga.

3:00 PM

University of Georgia

UGA Fall Invitational (finals)

Lady Bulldogs First, Bulldogs Second In UGA Fall Invitational

December 07, 2014 | Swimming & Diving

It was the final day of the invitational and talked to Coach Humphries, Nick Fink & Olivia Smoliga

Dec. 7, 2014

ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia women's swimming and diving team placed first and the Georgia men came in second as the UGA Fall Invitational came to a close on Sunday at Gabrielsen Natatorium.

The Lady Bulldogs won the team title with 916 points, holding off California (907). On the men's side, California won with 921 points, followed by Georgia with 916.

"I am as happy as I can be," said Harvey Humphries, Georgia's Acting Head Coach. "We came into the weekend hoping for something pretty close to what we got. The main goals were to qualify some kids for nationals and to swim well on the last day. We were able to accomplish both of those. We wanted to treat today like an SEC or NCAA meet, when you're swimming for a championship on the last day. It was great to see the kids get up for today the way they did."

Chase Kalisz picked up his second A-cut time of the weekend as he won the 200 butterfly in 1:42.22. On Saturday, Kalisz qualified for the NCAAs in the 400 individual medley. Nicolas Fink notched an A-cut time of 1:53.45 as he won the 200 breaststroke. Matias Koski won the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 14:54.38. Michael Trice, who set the school record in the 50 freestyle earlier in the meet, came in first in the 100 freestyle, touching in 43.20. The 400 freestyle relay of Matias Koski, Fink, Gunnar Bentz and Trice set the school record and came in first with an A-cut time of 2:51.87.

Olivia Smoliga won the 100 freestyle, stopping the clock in 47.92. Brittany MacLean punched her ticket to the NCAAs with a second-place time of 15:51.73 in the 1,650 freestyle. The 400 freestyle relay of Maddie Locus, Smoliga, Hali Flickinger and Chantal Van Landeghem came in second with an A-cut time of 3:12.72.

Next up for Georgia is a swimming dual meet on Jan. 3 at South Carolina and the Tennessee Diving Invitational Jan. 3-5. The next home competition will be Jan. 10 against Texas.