The following is a press release courtesy of George Washington swimming & diving:
Jan. 8, 2015
WASHINGTON – GW men’s and women’s swimming begins 2015 action with its first competitive meet in more than a month at the two-day Rhode Island Invitational in Kingston, R.I. from Jan. 9–10.
The event begins on Friday at 5 p.m. inside the Rams’ Tootell Aquatics Center and concludes Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The women’s squad will take on conference foe Massachusetts in addition to host URI. The men’s team will take on the Minutemen as well as the Rams’ men’s club swimming team.
GW hits the pool following its week-long training trip in Puerto Rico and returns to competition for the first time since concluding the fall portion of its season at the Patriot Invitational hosted by nearby George Mason in late November. Junior Madison Reinker placed second in the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:29.10) and sophomore Carly Whitmer was runner-up in the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.12) to lead the women to a third-place finish out of nine teams. On the men’s side, senior Goran Koprivnjak paced the Colonials to a fifth-place finish out of eight teams with his first-place effort in the 200-yard butterfly (1:50.20), while sophomore Liam Huffman earned runner-up honors in the 1,650-yard freestyle (15:54.41).
Fans can follow live results throughout the Invitational by downloading the Meet Mobile application on smartphone and iPad devices.
