Dukes Sweep Huskies and New Hampshire At Northeastern Tri-Meet

Saturday, October 22

Boston, Mass.

Noon

James Madison University

163.0

136.0

Northeastern

Dukes Sweep Huskies and New Hampshire At Northeastern Tri-Meet

10/22/2016 9:20:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

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BOSTON – James Madison swimming and diving remained perfect on the season, improving to 3-0, after sweeping both the host Huskies and New Hampshire at the Northeastern Tri-Meet Saturday afternoon inside Barletta Natatorium.

The Dukes made easy work of New Hampshire with a 203.0-97.0 triumph over the Wildcats. JMU and Northeastern were knotted at 122.0 points heading into the final three events before the Dukes edged out the Huskies 163.0-136.0. JMU racked up eight event wins, including a sweep of the diving competition and closing the meet with three consecutive victories.

Quinn MacMillan notched the first JMU victory of the meet as the junior won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:24.70, finishing six seconds ahead of Northeastern's Kerry Treusdell. Junior Katie Parker swept the breaststroke events with times of 1:05.26 in the 100 and 2:22.26 in the 200.

Junior Abby Ortman earned her second consecutive victory in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:05.22. Freshman Bonnie Zhang tallied strong individual performances with three second-place finishes in the 50, 200 and 500 freestyle.

Olivia Lehman swept the diving competitions as the senior recorded top scores in the 3-meter (258.10) and the 1-meter (249.90) dives.

The Dukes powered past Northeastern with a sweep of the final three events, which began with Lehman's 1-meter dive victory. Parker racked up her third event win of the meet in the 200 individual medley, finishing with a time of 2:07.33. JMU closed the meet with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay as Zhang, freshman Mackenzie Gring, senior Shannon Harper and MacMillan edged out Northeastern with a time of 3:29.70.

QUOTING COACH PEDERSON
"It was very exciting to travel to Boston and be able to race Northeastern and UNH. Roy [Coates] and his staff go a great job at Northeastern, and they challenged us all the way to the end. It was a great back-and-forth meet. The coaching staff is pleased where we are at this time of the season, but we still have plenty to work on and harder training ahead."

TOP PERFORMANCES – VIEW FULL RESULTS
200 Medley Relay – Abby Ortman, Katie Parker, Jennifer Vieni, Mackenzie Gring (1:46.50 – 2nd)
200 Freestyle – Bonnie Zhang (1:52.96 – 2nd)
100 Backstroke – Abby Ortman (57.47 – 2nd)
50 Freestyle – Bonnie Zhang (24.14 – 2nd)
500 Freestyle – Bonnie Zhang (5:04.50 – 2nd)

PARKER'S STRONG START
Through the first two meets of the season, Katie Parker had tallied five individual event wins to lead the Dukes. The Millersville, Md. native has been dominate in the breaststroke, sweeping both events over JMU's first two meets of the year. The junior has also racked up three second-place finishes this season and has not finished an event outside of the top two spots.

UP NEXT
JMU returns to Savage Natatorium on Nov. 5-6 to host the 2016 Colonial Athletic Association POD Meet. The Dukes will battle UNCW, Eastern Carolina, Delaware and William & Mary over the two-day event.