Dukes Earn Pair of Wins in Tri-Meet to Start Season

PHILADELPHIA – James Madison swimming & diving started the season with a pair of wins, taking down La Salle, 177-122, and Drexel, 179-120, on Saturday at La Salle’s Kirk Pool.

JMU got here away with 5 particular person wins, 4 from swimming and one from diving, and received a relay.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen:

“Obviously coming away with two wins is a great way to start the season, but the coaches are really excited about what we saw: energy, positivity, application of things we’re working on in practice and the team generally had fun together. It was an awesome day all around.”

 

Diving

• The Dukes positioned two on the 1-meter board, as Natalie Jones got here in second with a rating of 279.30 and was adopted by Maddie O’Mera in third with a rating of 276.45. Both scores had been NCAA Zone qualifying scores.
• Jones then added a win on the 3-meter board with a rating of 266.65.

 
Individual Swimming

• Madison Wimmer earned a second-place end within the 1000 Free with a time of 10:32.38. She additionally got here in second place within the 500 Free, swimming a time of 5:07.96.
• Emma Durham received the 200 Free in her first collegiate particular person occasion, swimming a time of 1:56.30. Riley Nugent adopted her with a second-place end behind a time of 1:56.34.
• Emma Dougherty additionally received her first collegiate particular person occasion, swimming a time of 1:04.33 within the 100 Breast. Riley Bridgman took second behind Dougherty with a time if 1:06.43.
• The Dukes earned a third-place end within the 200 Fly, as Maddy Coombs swam a time of two:07.99. She later then completed second with a time of 58.38 within the 100 Fly.
• For the third time within the tri-meet, the Dukes completed within the first two positions in an occasion to win the 50 Free. Jamie Cornwell swam a time 24.02 and Alex Volk swam a time of 24.06, beating the third-place finisher by .01 seconds.
• Cornwell received her second particular person occasion of the day, taking first place within the 100 Free (52.23). Volk completed third .08 seconds after Cornwell (52.31).
• Nugent swam a time of two:08.03 within the 200 Back to complete second.
• In the 200 Breast, Dougherty completed in third place after swimming 2:26.97.
• To shut out the person occasions, Bridgman earned a second-place end within the 200 IM with a time of two:09.71.

 
Relay Swimming

• JMU took second and third within the first occasion of the day, because the workforce of Sarah Pauley, Bridgman, Ann Chappell Ellington and Cornwell had the second quickest time within the 200 Medley Relay (1:46.34).
• The workforce of Durham, Dougherty, Volk and Emory Hill claimed third place within the 200 Medley Relay (1:46.36).
• The Dukes received the 400 Free Relay, because the workforce of Wimmer, Maddie Lehman, Volk and Cornwell swam a time of three:29.36, over 4 seconds sooner than the second-place workforce.

 
Up Next
The Dukes are subsequent within the pool for the primary of two house twin meets this season, internet hosting Marshall on Saturday, Nov. 1 inside Savage Natatorium. The diving portion of the meet will start at 10 a.m. with swimming to start out afterwards at midday.