The William and Mary women's swimming team opened competition at the Hokie Fall Invitational Thursday morning, advancing 11 swimmers to tonight's finals in three events.  Of 28 total performances, the Tribe set 26 season-bests and had 10 athletes achieve collegiate-best times.

Live Results

500 Free
In the prelims of the 500 free, senior Caylyn Tate (Sterling, Va.) led the way with a 10th-place 5:00.65.  She'll be joined in the B-final by junior Jen Bentley (Jamestown, N.Y.), with a time of 5:03.23, and freshman Hannah Vester (Cincinnati, Ohio), who finished 15th overall in 5:04.70.

200 IM
W&M had four athletes advance out of the 200 IM, with two each in the B-final and C-final.  Freshman Lindsey Winston (Henrico, Va.) led the way with a 2:07.01 performance for 11th place, and was followed closely by junior Devin Henry's (Roanoke, Va.) 2:07.87 for 13th.  Rookie Courtney Mizerak (Manassas, Va.) was 18th overall in 2:08.70, and senior Emily Bart (Cherry Hill, N.J.) was 21st in 2:09.26.

50 Free
The Tribe also advanced four in the 50 free, including its two A-finals qualifiers on the day.  Sophomore Megan Howard (McLean, Va.) had the fourth-fastest time of the morning with her 23.48 showing, and junior Sara Shaner (Clarendon Hills, Ill.) stopped the clock in 23.73 to earn the sixth seed.  Sophomore Greta Schneider (Moorestown, N.J.) and freshman Sara Schad (North Yarmouth, Maine) will swim in the C-final, after timing 24.38 and 24.41, respectively.

Thursday's finals session, which includes competition in the 200 free relay and 400 medley relay, will get underway at 6 p.m.