Nov. 16, 2007

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Navy swimmers won a trio of consolation finals Friday during the second day of competition at the Terrapin Cup Invitational, being held this week at the Eppley Center Natatorium in College Park.

"Friday was a much better day for us than Thursday was," said Navy head coach John Morrison. "We came out a lot stronger during the morning session, which put us in better shape going into the evening."

Kelly Zahalka (Jr., Richmond, Va.) tallied a pair of the Navy event victories Friday night. She posted a time of 4:28.53 to win the 'B' level final of the 400 individual medley, then recorded a clocking of 1:07.01 to win the consolation final of the 100 breaststroke. Her 400 IM time ranks fifth in the event Navy history.

Tara Chapmon (So., Virginia Beach, Va.) recorded the third event victory for the Mids Friday by winning the 200 freestyle consolation final in a time of 1:51.38. It was the third-fastest clocking in the event in Navy history and was the fourth-fastest time recorded in the event Friday.

Also placing well in the 200 free was Allison Ranzau (Fr., Alpharetta, Ga.), who finished immediately behind her teammate with a time of 1:51.93, the sixth-best time posted in the event by a Mid.

Navy's two relay teams placed sixth in the 200 medley relay and seventh in the 800 free relay.

The three-day Terrapin Cup Invitational concludes Saturday.