RELEASE DATE: 11/19/06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tricia Learn, Abbe Tipton and Tamar Maloney Post Top Five Finishes in Final Day of IUP Invitational

NDIANA, PA – Tricia Learn (Mansfield), Abbe Tipton(Elmira,NY/EFA) and Tamar Maloney (Fleetwood/Brandwine Heights) all posted top five individual performance for the Mansfield University women’s swimming team in the final day of the IUP Invitational Sunday afternoon.

Mansfield finished fourth overall with 382 points. IUP won the competition with 1141.5 points.

Learn was fourth in the 1650 free with a time of 19:45.96 with teammate Mary Tucker (Corning,NY/East) finishing sixth (20:08.73).

Tipton finished fifth in the 200 back with a PSAC qualifying time of 2:18.18. She also finished fifth in the 100 back Saturday evening.

Freshman Tamar Maloney also posted PSAC qualifying time with a fifth place finish in the 100 free (56.35) while teammate Sarah Koontz (York/William Penn) earn team points with a 18^th place finish (1:02.18).

Freshman Amanda Oecler (Montoursville/Montoursville )was eighth in the 200 fly (2:28.74) while Maureen Maikner (Zionsville/Emmaus)was 10^th I the 200 breaststroke (2:48.65) with Koontz 11^th (2:52.30).

The 400 free relay team of Learn, Koontz, Tipton and Maloney was fourth