The University of Maine men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams competed at the Dartmouth Invitational this past weekend. The men’s team finished fifth overall with a score of 122, while the women’s team finished sixth with a score of 249.

On the men’s side, senior Caleb Hoffman, freshman John Carlucci, sophomore Shane Kinnon and sophomore Matt England took ninth place during the men’s 200-meter medley relay with a time of 1:40.13.

Carlucci finished eighth in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:17.82. He also finished eighth in the 200-meter fly with a time of 2:00.41.

Junior David Vittori placed 22nd in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 49.70 seconds. England finished 12th during the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 54.90 seconds, and Hoffman finished 10th in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:16.24.

On the women’s side, sophomore Taylor Sharp placed 14th during the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:02.94, freshman Kailey Dowd finished in eighth place during the 1650-meter freestyle with a time of 18:03.01, and senior Shannon Bender placed finished 11th in the 400-meter with a time of 4:45.88. Bender would also place seventh in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:11.87.

The women’s 200-meter medley relay — comprised of junior Naja Harvey, senior Erica Smrcina, freshman Katerina Mosquera-Cardi and senior Lauren Dwyer — placed fourth with a time of 1:51.54.

Senior Kara Capossela snagged ninth place during the 1-meter dive and seventh in the 3-meter dive.

Harvey finished in third place during the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:06.73 while junior Abby Linn and Smrcina finished 18th and 19th, respectively.

Smrcina finished in eighth place in the 100-meter fly with a time of 59.20 seconds, while Dwyer followed up in 16th place with a time of 1:00.23.

The women’s team will host the University of New Hampshire in a conference meet Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. The men’s side doesn’t get back into action until Feb. 28 for the ECAC championships.