COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland men's and women's swimming teams both captured team titles at the Terrapin Cup Invitational Saturday at the Campus Recreation Center Natatorium. The Terrapin women's team cruised to the team championship with 1,395 points while the men's team scored 1,202 points to finish first.

The NC State women's team finished second with 928 points while Illinois finished third with 845 points. James Madison and Old Dominion rounded out the field, with 381 and 284 points, respectively.

On the men's side, James Madison placed second with 1,033 points. NC State finished third with 955 points and Old Dominion came away with fourth place by scoring 436 points.

Maryland freshman Elizabeth Lavell (Annapolis, Md.) was the story of the invitational by rewriting the Maryland record books. After breaking two school records in the first two days of the invitational, Lavell smashed the school record in the 1650-free Saturday for her third school record in as many days. Lavell finished in a time of 16:23.56, breaking the school record by more than 25 seconds while also shattering the pool record by more than nine seconds. The mark also was an NCAA "A" standard for the rookie swimmer. Lavell now owns four school records as a freshman in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 1000-free and the 1650-free.

Other winners for the Terps included Kelly Bowman (Hauppauge, N.Y.) in the 100-free (51.62) as the Terps swept the top six places in the event. Junior Bridget Mallon (Arlington, Va.) also had a good night, as she won the 200-fly in a time of 2:01.22 (NCAA ?B? Standard time).

On the men's side, Maryland senior Thomas Ehrhardt (Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany) set a new school record in the 100-fly (1:48.22). Two other Terrapins won events as senior Michael Malchak (Columbia, Md.) finished first in the 1650-free (15:56.98) and junior Brian Luoma (New Castle, Del.) won the 100-free (46.57).