The Emory University Swimming and Diving Teams capitalized off a combined 89 NCAA Division III 'B' cut performances to finish in fourth place at the three day Miami Invitational in Oxford, Ohio.

The Emory women, who accumulated 53 total 'B' cuts during the meet (including 24 on the final day of competition), finished the meet with 1,374 points to place behind host Miami (2332), Illinois (1704.5), and Denison (1388).  The men registered a total of 36 provisional qualifying times, including 17 on the final day, to finish in fourth with 1,293.5 points behind Denison (2584.5), Miami (1468) and Wright State (1297.5).

Senior Courtney McDermott was the top finisher for the Emory women on the final day, winning the 500-yard freestyle with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 4:51.84.  Following her in the event were junior McKenna Newsum-Schoenberg (4:55.94) and sophomore Carolyn Bonfield (5:02.09) in fourth and 21^st-place, respectively, both good for NCAA provisional qualifying times.

Emory's 200-yard medley relay team started the day with a fifth-place finish and a 'B' cut time, with sophomore Ellie Thompson, freshman Annelise Kowalsky, junior Nina Zook and junior Nancy Larson recording a mark of 1:44.59.  The Eagles followed with four provisional marks in the 200-yard backstroke, with Thompson finishing in third place (2:01.83), senior Sadie Nennig in fourth (2:01.97) and sophomore Mikayla Carnley in 20^th (2:05.56).  Bonfield added a 'B' cut time of 2:05.69 in the preliminaries of the event.

The Eagles were also strong in both the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley, recording a combined 11 'B' cut times in the two events.  Sophomore Elizabeth Aronoff led all Eagles with a third-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.31), and was followed by senior Kylie McKenzie (sixth, 2:17.61), junior Megan Beach (eighth, 2:19.39) and Kowalsky (ninth, 2:19.68), while senior Brooke Woodward registered a 'B' cut time of 2:19.24 in the preliminaries.  In the 200-yard individual medley, Kowalsky paced the Eagles with a second-place finish in a time of 2:04.36, while Woodward placed sixth (2:05.91 in the preliminaries), Nennig eighth (2:05.30 in the preliminaries), Zook 10^th (2:04.82), and McKenzie 11^th (2:04.94).  Larson added a 'B' cut time of 2:07.11 in the preliminaries.

Zook also finished seventh in the 100-yard butterfly with a provisional qualifying time of 56.62 seconds in the preliminaries, while in the 100-yard freestyle, both Larson (second, 50.61 seconds) and freshman Marissa Bergh (14^th, 51.99 seconds in the preliminaries) each added 'B' cut times as well.

The Emory women rounded out the meet with a pair of provisional qualifying times in the 400-yard freestyle relay, as Bergh, freshman Claire Liu, senior Suzanne Lemberg and Larson finished third with a time of 3:26.50, and junior Dana Holt, Newsum-Schoenberg, Bonfield and McDermott finished seventh in a time of 3:29.80.

On the men's side, a pair of Eagles recorded individual first-place finishes.  Junior Hayden Baker claimed a win in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 48.80 seconds, and was followed in the finals of the event by senior Matt O'Brien in sixth place (50.05 seconds).  In the 200-yard breaststroke, sophomore Andrew Wilson was victorious with a time of 2:01.14 in the preliminaries, while junior Eric Ruggieri finished fourth in the finals with a time of 2:03.25.

The Emory men opened the Saturday evening session with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, as senior Ross Spock, Wilson, Hayden Baker and senior Ryan Bass recorded a provisional qualifying time of 1:29.03.  In the 200-yard backstroke, sophomore Jared Scheuer earned a second-place finish with a time of 1:48.79, while junior Colin Heil finished fourth with a mark of 1:50.23.  Spock (1:49.03) and freshman Christian Baker (1:50.65) each added 'B' cut times as well during the preliminaries of the event.

Christian Baker paced the Eagles in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:29.63, while sophomore Eagan Zettlemoyer finished fourth in the event (4:33.69) and freshman Mitchell Cooper claimed sixth (4:34.76).  Spock added a provisional qualifying mark in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing second in a time of 45.37 seconds, while senior Jake Stephens (sixth, 1:51.62 in the preliminaries), Cooper (ninth, 1:53.59 in the preliminaries), and Wilson (10^th, 1:53.08) all added 'B' cut times in the 200-yard individual medley.

The Emory men capped off the meet with a third-place finish from their 400-yard freestyle relay team of Stephens, Hayden Baker, Bass and Spock with a mark of 3:02.49.

The Eagles will be off from competition for the next month for winter break, returning to action on January 10^th, 2014 for a dual meet at Florida Southern College.