ATLANTA, Ga. – The FGCU swimming and diving team (2-1, 1-0 CCSA) closed out the Georgia Tech Invitational in fourth-place with 573.5 points. The final day of the event for FGCU was highlighted by a program and CCSA record time in the 400 yard Freestyle Relay.

No. 11 Florida won the women's meet by a wide margin with 1359 points. Arkansas finished second with 861.5 points followed by Florida State (686) and FGCU (573.5). Vanderbilt (449), Georgia Tech (371), FAU (353.5), Miami (348), Bowling Green (286) and Colorado State (251.5) round out the top 10 with Indian River (213), South Carolina (151), Campbell (120), Auburn (93), Clemson (63), Utah (37) and Tulane (10) placing 11-17.

"I am really proud of how well the girls competed this weekend," head coach Neal Studd said. "We set three varsity records and two conference records. We had several NCAA consideration times and Emma's will be fast enough to qualify. The team had numerous lifetime bests and I am excited to see what we can do when we rest in the spring."

Lani Cabrera (Barbados, St. Ursala's Secondary School) began the finals appearances on Saturday for the Eagles with a ninth place finishing in the 1650 Free with a time of 16:51.83. Devon Robins (London, United Kingdom/The Grey Coat Hospital) finished 11th touching in 17:03.25. In the final of the 200 yard Back, Kira Toussaint (Amstelveen, Netherlands/Keizer Karel College) finished 11th with a time of 1:57.73 with Karen Vilorio (Tegucigalpa, Honduras/Elvel School) following close behind in 14th with a time of 2:00.56 and it was Marcella Marinheiro (Davie, Fla./West Broward HS) putting three Eagles in the top 20 with a time of 2:02.60.

Emma Svensson (Uppsala, Sweden/Celsiusskolan) picked up another Top 5 finish and program record time in the 100 Free, touching in 48.59 and in second place. Sara Hamilton (Stonehaven, Scotland/Mackie Academy) and Cabrera also picked up top 20 finishes with times of 50.69 and 52.83, respectively. In the 200 yard Breast it was Katie Armitage (Bushey, United Kingdom/Queens School Bushey) who paced the Eagles with a fourth place finish and a time of 2:14.96. Vanessa Rivas (White Rock, British Columbia, Canada/Earl Marriott Secondary School) posted a time of 2:18.89 which was good for 16th while Evita Leter (Paramaribo, Suriname/Doral Academy) finished 28th with a time of 2:22.30.

Yee Wong (Hong Kong, China/Dlocesan Girls' School) continued her hot weekend with a 10th place finish in the 200 yard Fly, touching in 2:03.44. Nina Schiffer (Dortmund, Germany/SG Dortmund) finished with a time of 2:03.84 and in 17th position with Christi Herfuth (Greenacres, Fla./John I. Leonard HS) following in 18th with a time of 2:04.22.

In the 400 yard Free Relay the FGCU team of Svensson, Toussaint, Armitage and Hamilton posted a program and CCSA record time of 3:18.06 which was good for second overall. In the 200 Free Relay the team of Derogatis, Toussaint, Armitage and Svensson finished third with a time of 1:30.89.

Cayla Collins (Largo, Fla./Osceola HS) paced the Eagles on the platform board with a score of 160.50 and a 24th place finish.

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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