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Two Top-20 Finishes Highlight Tigers' First Night At Minnesota Grand Prix
November 12, 2011 | Women's Swimming and Diving
The Minnesota Grand Prix, the inaugural event of the 2011-12 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series, began Friday night at the University of Minnesota, and nine current or former Tigers took part in the prestigious event.
With every opportunity to race in long-course events during an Olympic year being an invaluable opportunity, Princeton joined some of the biggest names in American swimming. The likes of Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Ryan Lochte and Dara Torres were all at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center, along with eight current Princeton swimmers and Megan Waters '11, last year's Ivy League Championships Swimmer of the Meet.
All times and results can be found here.
Princeton's two biggest highlights both included junior Carter Stephens. She was the Tigers' lone individual finalist, taking 18th in the 100 fly in a time of 1:02.22. She also swam the anchor leg of the 400 free relay. The quartet of sophomore Lisa Boyce, freshmen Sarah Liang and Claire Loht, and Stephens finished in 4:01.58.
Freshmen Courtney Ciardiello and Damaris Iriondo also competed Friday night, while senior co-captain Meredith Monroe will begin her competition Saturday.