LANCASTER, Pa. - Placing first in three of five events, the Franklin & Marshall Men's Swimming enjoyed a successful first day at the F&M Invitational. 

With seven qualifiers for the 500-yard freestyle final, including three in the 'A' final, Matthew Hurford registered a top-three finish with a time of 4:42.74. He was followed by Matthew Tilghman, who was just a hundredth of a second behind Hurford. 

The Diplomats then had eight qualifiers in the 200-yard IM final in which Sean Conley topped the race with a time of 1:53.47. Evan Willertz finished sixth in the same heat with a time of 1:55.72.

Rounding out the individual events for the day with the 50-yard freestyle final, Ben Lockey placed in third with a time of 21.01. John Devaney and Henry Tavens also made the 'A' final and finished fifth and eighth, respectively. 

Amongst three F&M teams in the 200-yard freestyle relay, the 'A' team of Sam Kamdin, Hurford, Lockey and Devaney won the event with a time of 1:22.90. 

In the 400-yard medley relay, the 'A' team of Kamdin, Patrick Rooney, Willertz and Devaney finished first as well with a time of 3:22.13.

After the day's end, the Diplomats are in first place with a team score of 532.5. They will return to action tomorrow with preliminaries beginning at 10 a.m., followed by finals at 6 p.m. at the Alumni Sports and Fitness Center.