Luci Plaxton Earns "A" Cut in 50 Free, IUP Takes Five Firsts at Davidson Invitational

Day 1 Results
Final Team Scores

Luci Plaxton posted a time of 24.05 in the 50 freestyle to earn an NCAA "A" cut to highlight IUP's opening day performance at the Davidson Invitational.

IUP claimed five first place finishes, including three meet records.  Bartosz Ostrowski won the men's 50 free (21.21) and Marek Malopolski took the 200 IM (1:54.99) to set new meet standards in those events.

Also setting a meet record was the men's 400 medley relay team of Malopolski, Ostrowski, freshman Pawel Glowiak and James Reed, which had a time of 3:28.07.

Glowiak, like Malopolski and Ostrowski a native of Poland, was second in the 200 IM in 1:56.18.  Fellow newcomer Joe Abbott won the 3m diving competition with a score of 142.75.

The IUP men have 260 points in the team standings, trailing only Davidson, which totaled 325.  In the women's standings, the College of Charleston leads with 319, followed by Davidson (274.5) and IUP (215). 

The three-day meet continues through the weekend.