Greenville, North Carolina – James Madison Swim & Dive dominated in both diving events and won a total of five events, but lost to East Carolina State 181.5-118.5 on Saturday afternoon at Minguez Natatorium.
new student Kate Vitolo He earned his second NCAA zone qualifying score on the 3-meter board, winning with a score of 307.13.Senior Maddie Yeager He earned a score of 279.38 on the 1-meter board to qualify for the Zones competition in March, while Vitolo also qualified for the Zones competition in March with a score of 267.75.
jamie cornwell and Madison Cottrell He also won as an individual with swimming times of 24.44 seconds for the 50 free and 57.20 seconds for the 100 fly. JMU also won the 200 medley relay.
diving
- Those who lined up within 3 meters of Vitolo were: Alexa Holloway He took 3rd place with 273.15 points.
- Dukes also took first and third in the 1-meter, with Jaeger first and Vitolo third. Vitolo earned NCAA zone qualifying scores on all four of his dives this season.
swimming
- Individual swimming events have also begun, Abbey Maguire He placed third in the 1000 free, just 0.09 seconds behind second place ECU Daniel McCarthy.
- 3rd place in the 200 free was Caitlin Fitzgerald His time was 1:55.05, which was his second top-three finish in this tournament as a freshman.
- Madison Cottrell He followed this in the 100 back with a time of 56.60 seconds, taking second place. Cameron Gring The time was 58.28 seconds.
- in both the 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke. Riley Bridgeman They took second place with a time of 1:04.85 and 2:21.41, respectively. He also placed third in the 200 IM with a time of 2:10.09.
- Cornwell took first place in the 50 free, beating Laura Kjellberg by 0.01 seconds.
- JMU placed third in the 100 free. alex volk He recorded a time of 53.37 seconds.
- He finished in the top three in the 200 back with a time of 2:06.36. Lauren Aylmerwon 3rd place.
- We picked the top 3 finishing pairs as follows: jess puddingplaced second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:08.79 and third in the 500 free with a time of 5:11.08.
- Cottrell won her first individual victory of the season in the 100 fly with a time of 57.20 seconds. Gring was in third place with a time of 58.23 seconds.
relay
- JMU had two teams take first and third place in the 200-meter medley relay, with Gring, Bridgman, Cottrell and Cornwell winning in 1:44.86. Aylmer finished with a time of 1:48.87. Suzanne Earnshaw, Anne Chapel Ellington And Volk.
- To conclude the competition, the following teams will Grace BothamVolk, Pring and Cornwell took second place in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:33.34.
head coach’s words Dane Pedersen
“Today was a great test against a difficult opponent. At the end of the day, today is a data point of data points in the progression of the season. There is a lot to learn and apply in practice.”
next
The Dukes host Marshall on Saturday, Nov. 4 at Savage Natatorium. The competition will be streamed on ESPN+, with the diving portion beginning at 9:45 a.m. and the swimming portion continuing at noon.