Dukes Roll Past Campbell, Clemson on Senior Day

Saturday, January 31

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

123

Campbell (swim)

1/31/2015 5:15:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

HARRISONBURG, Va. - The James Madison swimming and diving teams took home a pair of wins on Senior Day, with the swimmers downing Campbell, 123-76, while the divers earned a 27-11 win over Clemson on Saturday afternoon at Savage Natatorium.

"We had a lot of different objectives and goals going on in this meet but our girls did a great job focusing while supporting each other and having fun," Head Coach Dane Pedersen said. "This was our last dual meet of the season, and it was great to finish with a win."

The Dukes started the day on the right foot, with sophomore MaryElizabeth Warhol (Yorktown, Va./York), senior Sin Hye Won (Springfield, Va./Springfield), junior Kacy Edsall (Roanoke, Va./William Byrd) and senior Susanne Gingher (Boalsburg, Pa./State College Area) taking first place in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:45.40.

Sophomore Claire Adkins (Martinsville, Va./Carlisle) kicked off a stretch of eight straight individual wins for JMU with a 10:28.67 win in the 1000 freestyle, while freshman Quinn MacMillan (New Britain, Pa./Central Bucks West), senior Aimee Hooper (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) and junior Cameron Martin (Holly Springs, N.C./Holly Springs) earned a 1-2-3 sweep of the 200 freestyle in 1:53.67, 1:54.07 and 1:55.03, respectively.

Freshman Katie Barney (Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial) grabbed a win in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.56, before freshman Katie Parker (Millersville, Md./Severna Park) wrapped up the opening swimming session by touching the wall in 2:07.48 to take first in the 200 individual medley.

At the first diving break, sophomore Taryn McLaughlin (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) captured her first win of the afternoon with a score of 331.80 in the three-meter event, taking the win by 70.30 points. Junior Carly Alexander (Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas) took third place for the Dukes with 259.15 points, while sophomore Olivia Lehman (Dayton, Ohio/Centreville) finished seventh with 245.55.

Freshman Courtney Clarke (Newark, Del./St. Marks) re-opened the swimming action with a 58.11 win in the 100 butterfly, while Martin grabbed the win in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.58. Freshman Abby Ortman (North Caldwell, N.J./Mount Saint Dominic Academy) clocked a 57.94 to take first in the 100 backstroke before Parker notched her second win of the day with a 5:03.35 in the 500 freestyle.

McLaughlin completed her diving sweep in the one-meter, taking home the win with a score of 323.75, while Alexander took runner-up honors with 274.50. Lehman tallied a score of 264.30 to take fourth in the event.

Prior to the meet, the Dukes honored five seniors for their contributions to the program: Sin Hye Won, Susanne Gingher, Melissa Criscuolo, Aimee Hooper and Alex Savage.

"In addition to the meet, today was about our seniors," Pedersen said. "We wanted to honor and recognize them as they competed in Godwin for the last time in their very successful careers. I know [Coach] Becky [Benson] agrees when I say we are so indebted to these great women. We will sorely miss Sue, Sin Hye, Alex, Aimee and Missy but are so grateful they were a part of our swimming and diving family. They will leave a big footprint when they depart, but they aren't finished just yet."

JMU will be back in the pool next weekend, as the squad splits for a pair of events hosted by Atlantic Coast Conference opponents. The swimmers will head to Chapel Hill, N.C. for the College Cup, hosted by North Carolina on Feb. 7-8, while the divers travel to the Cavalier Invitational in Charlottesville, Va. on the same days.