Dec. 3, 2011

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The UC Davis women's swimming and diving team wrapped up its competition at the Missouri Invitational on Saturday while Liliana Alvarez and Kayleigh Foley met the NCAA qualifying B standard in the 200 breast (2:12.72) and 100 free (49.62) events, respectively.

The Aggies, who scratched a number of swimmers from events to focus on improved times in the finals, ended with 477 points and a sixth-place finish. The host school Missouri won the tournament in both the women's and men's fields.

UC Davis had 18 out of 19 swims in the finals that were faster that the respective preliminary times on Saturday. Alvarez's 200 breast time earned her the event win, her second win in breaststroke events on the weekend. Foley managed to finish third in the 100 yard free event.

The Aggies had other top finishes in A finals events from Karley Troup in the 200 yard fly (5th - 2:02.76), Megan Leung in the 200 yard fly (6th - 2:02.85) and Katie Edwards in the 200 yard breast (7th - 2:16.50).

Similar to Friday, the Aggies had eight players that entered into or moved up in the all-time UC Davis top-10 records.

For the divers, Katherine Gonsalves and Lauren Jesse competed in the platform diving event for UC Davis, tallying 178.40 and 166.15 scores, respectively.

Complete results can be viewed via the .

The Aggies will enjoy an extended break from competition over the holidays, before getting back into dual meet action on Jan. 14 at Pacific.

School Record Times

Cara Silvas:
6th 200 Back (2:05.28)
2nd 1650 Free (16:59.40)

Hilary Hunt:
3rd 200 Back (2:02.88)

Katie Edwards:
9th 100 Free (51.82)
3rd 200 Breast (2:16.50)

Sabrina Cochrane:
8th 200 Breast (2:21.72)

Sara Ramos:
8th 200 Fly (2:05.74)

Samantha Rados:
9th 200 Fly (2:05.90)

Karley Troup:
3rd 200 Fly (2:02.76) (moved up)

Marilyn Carey:
8th 1650 Free (17:17.09)