Clemson Swimming and Diving Completes First Day in Atlanta

Nov. 20, 2009

CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams finished the first day in with both teams currently sitting in third place at the Georgia Tech Invitational after Friday’s action.

The men’s 200 free relay team of David Gordon had a seventh place finish in the 500 free and sophomore Chris Dart took sixth in the 200 IM with a lifetime best 1:50.28.

Freshman David Giambra took eighth on the three-meter boards.

On the women’s side, the relay group of Heather Savage and Sarah Smith took tenth in the 500 free with a time of 4:59.85. Then sophomore Maddie Tarantolo took tenth in the 200 IM. The Tigers had a trio of finalist in the 50 free as Meg Anderson took fifth with a lifetime best of 23.34, Alex Allen finished seventh with a time of 23.50 and Maddie Tarantolo eighth with a 23.55.

The women’s group of Kelli Kyle, Katrina Obas, Maddie Tarantolo and Meg Anderson finished the night with a third place finish in the 400 medley relay.

The Tigers will return to action on Saturday with preliminaries starting at 10:00 a.m. and the finals at 6:00 p.m.