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Georgia Fall Invitational (finals)
Smoliga, Britt, Kalisz Post More A Cuts
December 04, 2016 | Swimming & Diving
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ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia's Olivia Smoliga, Chelsea Britt and Chase Kalisz earned NCAA qualifying standards on Sunday during the final races of the UGA Fall Invitational at Gabrielsen Natatorium.
The NCAA Championships are slated for March in Indianapolis.
Both Georgia squads came in second to California during the three-day meet. The Bulldogs rolled up 710 points to trail Cal's 859, while the Lady Bulldogs had 821 points behind Cal's 914.
`We were really pleased with the performances all weekend," Georgia senior associate head coach Harvey Humphries said. "We learned a lot about both teams. We were anxious to see where all the times fell during the meet, and we were happy across the board."
Smoliga claimed the 100 freestyle with an A-cut time of 46.95. That was her third NCAA automatic qualifier of the weekend. Chantal Van Landeghem came in fourth in 48.00, while Veronica Burchill was fifth in 48.44.
Britt posted her first A cut of the year in the 200 butterfly as she placed fourth in 1:53.93. Caitlyn Casazza won the consolation for ninth in 1:57.14, followed by Meg Finnon in 12th in 1:59.93.
Kalisz earned his third A cut of the session as he won the 200 butterfly in 1:40.38. Gunnar Bentz and Mick Litherland tied for fourth in 1:43.95, while Powell Brooks took 12th in 1:46.03 and Blake Atmore was 13th in 1:46.53.
The Lady Bulldogs also had an A-cut time of 3:11.19 in the 400 freestyle relay with Smoliga, Burchill, Meaghan Raab and Van Landeghem winning. The B relay of Kylie Stewart, Jordan Stout, Meryn McCann and Emily Cameron took seventh in 3:19.65.
Rachel Zilinskas came in third in the 1,650 freestyle as she reached the wall in 16:13.48. Finnon placed fourth in 16:15.78, while Stephanie Peters was fifth in 16:25.52 and Sandra Scott took 16th in 17:20.45.
In the 200 backstroke, McCann posted a time of 1:53.47 to come in third. Stewart followed in fourth with a time of 1:54.00, while Katherine Parker was 12th in 1:57.75 and Zilinskas claimed 13th in 1:58.77.
Raab placed fifth in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.87 and Cameron claimed eighth in 2:12.36.
In platform diving, Kelly Thatcher came in 14th with 185.90 points.
In the 200 backstroke, Jay Litherland finished in 1:41.65 to come in second. Taylor Dale was fourth in 1:41.95, while Aidan Burns finished 11th in 1:45.68.
James Guest touched the wall in 1:56.09 to take fifth in the 200 breaststroke. Basil Orr came in 15th in 2:00.14.
Burns took seventh in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 15:17.64. Walker Higgins placed eighth in 15:25.19, followed by Kevin Litherland in ninth in 15:26.14 and Clayton Forde in 15th in 15:35.04.
The 400 freestyle relay of Dale, Kalisz, Jay Litherland and Bentz came in second with a time of 2:53.10. Mick Litherland, Kevin Litherland, Higgins and Alex BeMiller came home in 2:59.37 for 14th.
Georgia's teams will be idle until the first week of January.
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