RADFORD, Va. - Courtney Griffith (Westminster, Md./Westminster) finished second in the 50 free to lead the Mount St. Mary's women's swimming team to a sixth-place standing after the first day of competition at the Radford Invitational on Thursday.

Griffith, the current Northeast Conference Swimmer of the Week, finished second in the 50 free with a time of 24.47 while teammate Cat Coppler (Enfield, Conn./Enrico Fermi) finished fourth in the event with a time of 24.60. The duo each posted a Top-6 time among the NEC this season in the event.

The tandem helped the Mount take second in the 200-free relay with a program-record time of 1:39.65. Griffith and Coppler swam the first two legs of the relay before Mollie Walsh (Havertown, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) and Joanna Hale (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern) capped off the second-place finish. The time was also the second-best mark in the league this year.

Patricia Yam (Placenta, Calif./Rosary) finished third in the 500 "B" finals and 11th overall. Her time of 5:15.03 was the sixth fastest mark in the finals and a new school record. Walsh finished 13th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:17.07 to also set a new program standard.

Walsh, Molly Kristiniak (Oreland, Pa./Gwynedd Mercy Academy), Yam and Hale finished 10th in the 400-medley relay (4:13.77) while Murphy Alafoginis (Lawrenceville, Pa./Wellsboro Area), Jess Boegner (White Hall, Md./North Harford), Victoria Shaw (Malvern, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) and Jessica Gardner (Montgomery Village, Md./Watkins Mill) also picked up points in the event after finishing 14th (4:50.52).

Georgia Southern leads the three-day event with a score of 255, 55 points ahead of Campbell (200) while Youngstown State (179), Radford (118), Millersville (108), the Mount (96), Liberty (94) and North Carolina A&T (8) round out the eight-team field.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Friday in the second day of the Radford Invitational.