Dukes Win 9 Occasions, Fall Brief in Battle with Navy

HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison swim & dive got here away with 9 wins throughout 16 occasions to battle Navy, however fell brief 153-146, on Saturday inside Savage Natatorium.

The Dukes swept each diving occasions and each relay occasions, including 5 wins in particular person swimming occasions. Senior Maddie O’Mera received the 2 diving occasions, whereas sophomore Madison Wimmer additionally received a number of occasions within the pool.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
“Great meet against Navy. We’re so thankful for them and providing us with such great competition. It was also a thrill to honor our seniors who have given this program and university so much.”

Diving

• Continuing her spectacular exhibiting from the day earlier than at Richmond, O’Mera swept each boards starting with a 295.43 rating on the 3-meter. She then received the 1-meter board with a rating of 278.63.
• Redshirt junior Natalie Jones completed second behind O’Mera on each boards, recording scores of 273.38 and 264.15 on the 3-meter and 1-meter, respectively.

 
Individual Swimming

• Wimmer started the person swimming occasions with a win within the 1000 Free, recording a time of 10:26.21. She then swam a time of 5:06.16 within the 500 Free to win that occasion as effectively.
• Sophomore Maddy Coombs swam a time of two:04.14 for a win within the 200 Fly.
• The Dukes swept the 50 Free, as seniors Jamie Cornwell (23.66) and Alex Volk (23.85) took the primary two locations, respectively, and had been adopted by freshman Emory Hill (24.22) in third place.
• In the 100 Free, Volk earned the victory with a time of 52.06 forward of Cornwell’s time of 52.19.

 
Relay Swimming

• JMU earned victories within the two relays – the 200 Medley Relay and the 200 Free Relay.
• The 200 Medley Relay started the swimming portion of the day, with the crew of freshman Maria Costa, junior Riley Bridgman, Volk and Cornwell swimming a time of 1:45.10.
• Just lacking out on the pool file by 28 hundredths of a second, the crew of Cornwell, Wimmer, junior Maddie Lehman and Volk received the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:34.20.

 
Up Next
The Dukes will take a two-week break earlier than the crew splits aside for various invitationals contained in the Commonwealth. The swimmers will head to Charlottesville for the Cavalier Invitational on Feb. 5-7, whereas the divers journey to Blacksburg for the Virginia Tech Invitational on Feb. 6-8.