PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Courtney Griffith (Westminster, Md./Westminster) finished 13th in the 50 free to lead the Mount St. Mary's women's swimming team to a 12th-place standing after the first day of the ECAC Open Swimming & Diving Championships on Friday.

Griffith finished fifth in the "B" final to place 13th in the 50 free with a time of 24.64. Cat Coppler (Enfield, Conn./Enrico Fermi) ended two places behind Griffith in 15th place with a time of 25.05.

Griffith and Coppler also helped the Mount win the "B" final and place ninth overall in the 200-free relay (1:39.20). The duo swam the first two legs before Mollie Walsh (Havertown, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll) and Patricia Yam (Placenta, Calif./Rosary) concluded the relay.

Walsh, Molly Kristiniak (Oreland, Pa./Gwynedd Mercy Academy), Yam and Victoria Shaw (Malvern, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) finished 16th in the 400-medley relay (4:19.85).

New Hampshire leads the three-day competition with a score of 184, two strokes ahead of Harvard (182) while Marist (109), Rider (97) and Central Connecticut State (88) round out the Top-5 teams in the 19-team field. The Mountaineers currently sit in 12th place with 25.5 points.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action with the second day of the ECAC Open Swimming & Diving Championships on Saturday. Events on the day include the 200-medley relay, the 400 IM, the 100 fly, the 200 free, the 100 breast, the 100 back and the 800-free relay. Preliminaries start at 10 a.m. and final begin at 6 p.m.