RICHMOND, Va. – Closing the 2016-17 dual season with a split at the JMU Invitational, junior
Quinn MacMillan and senior
Olivia Lehman of James Madison swimming and diving were named Colonial Athletic Association Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, the league announced Tuesday.
The recognition marks the second of MacMillan's career and Lehman's seventh weekly honor as the duo led the Dukes to a 157.0-12.0 victory over VMI during the JMU Invitational. James Madison fell to Marshall 190.5 to 179.5, closes the regular season with an 8-1 record in dual meets.
MacMillan was part of two-record breaking performances over the weekend. The junior set a new Savage Pool record in the 1650 freestyle, winning with a time of 17:05.78 to break the previous record set in 2007 by Towson's Meredith Budner. The New Britain, Pa. native was also part of the 800 freestyle relay team that posted an event-winning time of 7:32.27 to break a second pool record.
The junior earned her third victory of the meet as part of the 400 freestyle relay that touched with a time of 3:28.79. MacMillan rounded out the weekend with second-place finishes in the 100 freestyle (51.58), the 200 freestyle relay (1:35.67) and the 400 medley relay (3:51.91).
Lehman continued her dominance in diving competition as she sweep both the 1-meter and 3-meter events with scores of 291.45 and 311.40, respectively. Both marks were NCAA Zone qualifying scores of the senior.
The senior closes her career winning 19 out of 20 events over dual competition. Her only loss came during the first meet of her senior season when freshman
Carlyn McNeely took the top spot in the 3-meter dive against Liberty. Lehman has also earned NCAA Zone qualifying scores in every dual event this season.
James Madison diving will round out the regular season by hosting the JMU Diving Invitational inside Savage Natatorium on Feb. 4-5. JMU swimming will make the trek to Chapel Hill, N.C. to compete for the Janis Hape Dowd Nike Cup over Feb. 3-5.