ATLANTA, Ga. – The FGCU swimming and diving team (2-1, 1-0 CCSA) closed out Day 2 of the Georgia Tech Invitational in fourth-place with 399 points. The second day of the event for FGCU was highlighted by four NCAA qualifying times and two more top five finishes in relays.

No. 11 Florida continues to lead the women's meet by a wide margin with 878 points. Arkansas sits in second with 576.5 points followed by Florida State (491.5) and FGCU (399). Vanderbilt (299), Miami (260), FAU (252), Georgia Institute of Technology (245.5), Bowling Green (209) and Colorado State (201.5) round out the top 10 with Indian River (155), South Carolina (119), Campbell (90), Auburn (51), Clemson (23) and Utah (16) placing 11-16.

"Another good day of racing for us," head coach Neal Studd said. "Emma and Kira both got NCAA B cuts and again I'm happy with our relays. A bunch of lifetime best swims which is always great. We're looking for a strong last day and hopefully some more NCAA cuts."

In the final of the 200 yard Medley Relay the team of Kira Toussaint (Amstelveen, Netherlands/Keizer Karel College), Evita Leter (Paramaribo, Suriname/Doral Academy), Emma Svensson (Uppsala, Sweden/Celsiusskolan) and Becky Derogatis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Indian River/Cardinal Gibbons HS) placed third with a time of 1:39.26. In the 800 yard Freestyle Relay the FGCU faction of Cabrera, Toussaint, Niles and Svensson finished fourth with a time of 7:26.56 with Cabrera posting the top split in the group at 1:50.98.

Nina Schiffer (Dortmund, Germany/SG Dortmund) qualified for the 400 yard IM final and raced to 10th place finish with a time of 4:27.24 followed by Karen Vilorio (Tegucigalpa, Honduras/Elvel School) who touched in 18th place with a 4:28.15 time followed closely by Sammy Rahael (Trinidad & Tobago/The Bolles School), Caroline Hamilton (Davidsonville, Md./Archbishop Spalding HS), Yee Wong (Hong Kong, China/Dlocesan Girls' School) and Vanessa Rivas (White Rock, British Columbia, Canada/Earl Marriott Secondary School) who posted times of 4:28.50, 4:31.35, 4:35.42 and 4:38.02, respectively.
 
In the A-Final of the 100 yard Fly, Svensson posted an NCAA qualifying time of 54.46 which was good for a sixth-place finish. In the C-Final Wong touched in 22nd place overall with a time of 56.03. Lani Cabrera (Barbados/St. Ursala's Secondary School) placed 16th overall in the 200 yard Free with a time of 1:50.28 followed by Cassie Niles (Helotes, Texas/Sandra Day O'Connor) who touched in 1:52.38 and in 19th place.

Katie Armitage (Bushey, United Kingdom/Queens School Bushey) qualified for NCAA's in the A-Final of the 100 yard Breaststroke with a sixth-place finish and time of 1:02.33 while Leter and Rivas followed in 16th and 21st with times of 1:03.81 and 1:04.24, respectively. Toussaint posted an NCAA qualifying, program record time of 54.49 and a fifth-place finish in the 100 yard Breaststroke. Svensson also qualified for NCAA's in the same event, finishing just behind Toussaint in sixth, touching in 54.91 seconds. Vilorio placed three Eagles in the top 10 with a time of 56.28 while Marcella Marinheiro (Davie, Fla./West Broward HS) finished 27th with a time of 57.15.

The meet concludes tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. with finals once again taking place at 5 p.m.

NATIONALLY RANKED
The Eagles check in this week at No. 24 in the SwimSwam.com NCAA Women's Power Rankings which marks the third different FGCU program this fall to achieve a national ranking. Men's soccer reached as high as No. 24 in the NSCAA poll earlier this season while women's soccer garnered recognition as the No. 25 team in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer.com. Both men's and women's soccer advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

Leading the SwimSwam top 25 is Georgia, while Stanford, California, Texas A&M and Texas round out the top five. The Eagles ranked ahead of Kentucky and are chasing NC State, Florida State, Penn State and Notre Dame who rank 20-23, respectively.

The Green and Blue began the season with a third-place finish at the All Florida Invite, beating current No. 21 Florida State but finishing behind No. 6 Florida and No. 3 California. The Eagles 2-1 mark on the season is the result of wins over Incarnate Word and Miami and a loss to South Carolina.

RECEIVING VOTES
The second installment of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division I Team Rankings lists the FGCU as receiving votes. This is the first time in program history the Eagles have been represented in the poll.

Leading the national top 25 is Georgia, while Texas, Stanford, California and Southern California round out the top five. The Eagles are listed as receiving votes alongside Missouri, South Carolina and Arkansas.

The CSCAA Division I Team Rankings are compiled by nine CSCAA-member coaches and one media member. The rankings will be released on a weekly basis throughout the 2014-15 season, alternating weeks between a men's and women's team ranking.

The CSCAA DI Poll Committee will produce in-season rankings of the 25 best performing NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving teams in rank order at the time of each poll. The poll is not designed to predict the results of the NCAA Championship, but rather which teams would win head-to-head against other teams in the country. Ranking are based on performances that have taken place since the previous poll and include invites as well as dual meets. The committee does not consider teams that have yet to post official times in the current college season.

CONFERENCE HONOR QUEENS
The Eagles have earned five CCSA weekly honors, with the most recent being Toussaint's naming as Swimmer of the Week and Cayla Collins (Largo, Fla./Osceola HS) earning the Diver of the Week title a couple weeks ago to mark the Green and Blue's second sweep of the season. FGCU swept the first wave of CCSA weekly honors on Oct. 7 with Svensson named Swimmer of the Week and Collins Diver of the Week following their success at the season-opening All Florida Invite. Svensson continued on to earn another Swimmer of the Week title on Oct. 21 after three first-place touches in FGCU's 175-120 defeat of Incarnate Word.

Up next the Eagles will return home for a dual meet opposite North Florida on Dec. 16 at 10 a.m.

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FGCU is led by Neal Studd, who has garnered four CCSA Coach of the Year awards, won five CCSA Championships (2009-13) and guided the Eagles to a 25-1 CCSA all-time record since FGCU started its program in 2007. In just three years of postseason eligibility, Studd has coached NCAA Championship Meet qualifiers and competitors each of the three years, with 2014 yielding the best results to date as the Eagles claimed 32nd place and produced two CSCAA All-America honorees.

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