Swimming and Diving Edges West Virginia 156-144 on Saturday

Saturday, October 29

Morgantown, W.Va.

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James Madison University

156

144

West Virginia

Swimming and Diving Edges West Virginia 156-144 on Saturday

10/29/2011 6:51:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Oct. 29, 2011 – James Madison won seven events, including earning the top three positions in both diving events as it defeated West Virginia, 156-144 at the WVU Natatorium on Saturday. JMU added nine second-place finishes to help it edged by the Mountaineers.

The win improves the Dukes to 5-2 in dual matches this season as it prepares for its first conference action at the Colonial Athletic Association POD meet next weekend. West Virginia dropped to 0-1 in its first dual action of the season.

The diving trio of junior Kimberly Helfrich (Fort Belvoir, Va./West Springfield), senior Nicole Jotso (Suffern, N.Y./Suffern) and freshman Alex Savage (Carrolton, Texas/Lewisville Hebron) swept both diving events with Helfrich placing first twice. Helfrich scored a 307.80 to win the three-meter board while adding a 280.50 in winning the one-meter event. Jotso was second on the three-meter (295.09) and third on the one-meter (247.50). Savage scored a 273.00 to take second on the one-meter board and a 281.40 on the three-meter.

Freshman Susanne Gingher (Boalsburg, Pa./State College Area) finished first in the 50-yard freestyle while also participating on the 200-yard freestyle relay team that finished first. Gingher touched the wall in a time of 24.32 in the 50 free to narrowly edge senior teammate Catalina Mendieta (Parkland, Fla./Marjory Stoneman Douglas) who finished second in 24.68. Gingher and Mendieta were joined by senior Eva Hannesdottir (Seltjarnarnes, Iceland/Kvennaskolinn) and sophomore Shannon Dubay (South Windsor, Conn./South Windsor) to win the 200 free relay in a time of 1:36.49.

Other individual event winners included sophomore Kelsey Holmgaard (Roanoke, Va./George Mason) and freshman Sin Hye Won (Springfield, Va./West Springfield). Holmgaard won the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:23.52 with Won touching the wall at 1:05.24 in the 100 breaststroke to win that event.

Won, Mendieta, Hannesdottir and junior Andrea Criscuolo (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant) teamed up to win the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:47.22.

Holmgaard earned two of JMU's second-place finishes in the 200 free and the 200 individual medley. Hannesdottir was second in the 100 free, freshman Aimee Hooper (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) was second in the 500 free and sophomore Morgan Johnson (Woodstock, Ga./Woodstock) was second in the 1,000 free.