Dukes Edged Out by Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. – Coming right down to the ultimate occasion of the afternoon, James Madison swim & dive was edged out by Richmond, 151-148, in a Friday twin meet inside Robins Center Natatorium.

The Dukes capitalized on 5 particular person swimming occasions and senior Maddie O’Mera swept each diving occasions.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen

“Great, tightly contested meet with Richmond. Disappointed we didn’t come out on top but that doesn’t discredit all the great things we did and accomplished. Looking forward to celebrating our seniors tomorrow.”

 

Diving

• O’Mera received the 3-meter board along with her third consecutive exhibiting in a twin meet of a 300-point rating, scoring 314.33. Redshirt junior Natalie Jones adopted her in second place with a rating of 266.25.
• On the 1-meter board, O’Mera grew to become the fifth Duke in program historical past to attain 320 factors or higher in six dives within the occasion as she received with a rating of 320.33. Jones completed second with a rating of 288.08.

 
Individual Swimming

• Sophomore Madison Wimmer led off the person swimming occasions with a win within the 1000 Free, swimming a time of 10:22.43.
• In the 200 Fly, sophomore Maddy Coombs took first place by practically 4 seconds with a time of two:04.71. She beat out Richmond’s Kaitlyn Martin’s time of two:08.59. In addition, Coombs completed third within the 500 Free with a time of 5:09.85.
• JMU picked up wins in each the 50 Free and 100 Free because of senior Jamie Cornwell. The Gainesville, Va. native swam instances of 23.77 and 51.57, respectively.
• Senior Riley Nugent earned a victory within the 500 Free, narrowly profitable behind a time of 5:06.22. She additionally added a third-place end within the 200 Free (1:55.49).

 
Relay Swimming

• JMU’s prime finishes in each relays throughout the meet was second place.
• The group of freshman Maria Costa, classmate Emma Dougherty, senior Alex Volk and Cornwell swam a time of 1:45.53 within the 200 Medley Relay.
• In the 400 Free Relay, Volk, freshman Emory Hill, Wimmer and Cornwell swam a mixed time of three:30.24.

 
Up Next
The Dukes return house tomorrow, Jan. 24 for a twin meet towards Navy inside Savage Natatorium. The diving portion of the meet begins at 10 a.m. with swimming to observe at midday, because the meet will even characteristic Senior Day recognitions previous to swimming starting.