AU's Swimming and Diving teams placed eighth and 10th, respectively, in the George Mason Invitational this past weekend, in Fairfax, Va.
The men's team placed eighth in the 11-team tournament, while the women finished 10th. The highlights for the teams were junior Valery Fomenko's seventh-place finish in the 200-meter backstroke, and Joe Eberhart's 12th-place finish in the 200-meter breaststroke.
For the women, Erin Devlin and Alexandra Kinzer placed 18th and 20th in the 200-meter breaststroke, and Kaitlyn Moughty placed 11th in the 200-meter butterfly.
Duke swept the invitational, winning both the men's and women's events with scores of 589.5 and 608. Other regional teams competing in the tournament included George Mason, University of Baltimore-Maryland County, George Washington, Georgetown and Howard.
AU's women's team scored 56 points, and the men scored 81.5.
The Eagles now turn their focus to the Princeton Invitational on Dec. 3 to 5.
