Dukes Topple Huskies In Season Opener

Saturday, October 21

Harrisonburg, Va.

11 A.M.

James Madison University

163

137

Northeastern

10/21/2017 3:01:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Meet Results @JMUSwimDive

HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison swimming and diving doused Northeastern 163-137, in the Dukes' 2017-18 season opener Saturday afternoon in the Savage Natatorium. The Dukes recorded its first victory of the season, while Northeastern fell to 1-1.

JMU claimed the top spot in eight of the 16 events, highlighted by a sweep on the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions.

MEET NOTES

Julianna Jones earned the first top finish of the day in the 1,000-yard freestyle, clocking in a 10:31.69.
Senior Quinn MacMillan finished three seconds ahead of a Northeastern opponent in the 200-yard freestyle, to give the Dukes their second event win of the day. The New Britain, Pa. finished in a time of 1:52.81.
In her freshman debut, Paige Assaid claimed the third consecutive top finish of the day for the Dukes with a 56.94 finish in the 100-yard backstroke. JMU also took the 2^nd and 3^rd in the event as Bonnie Zhang and Abby Ortman out touched Northeastern to seal the sweep.
JMU won the top five spots in the 3-meter diving competition, led by Carlyn McNeely who topped the leaderboard with a 290.33 mark.
Bonnie Zhang claimed a first place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing with a time of 51.38.
In the next event, Abby Ortman clocked in at a time of 2:05.45 in the 200-yard backstroke.
Katie Parker took home the Dukes seventh first place finish of the day with her 2:23.72 finish in the 200-yard breaststroke.
The last first place finish came in the 1-meter diving event, as the Dukes grabbed the top three finishes, again led by Carlyn McNeely with a 270.15 mark.

MCNEELY, ANDERSON & BYRUM POST ZONE A QUALIFYING SCORES
The reigning CAA Rookie Diver of the Year, Carlyn McNeely, picked right back up where she left off last season, posting NCAA Zone A qualifying scores in both the 3-meter (290.33) and the 1-meter (270.15) dives. Freshman, Faith Anderson made a splash in her James Madison debut, posting a NCAA Zone A qualifying score of 267.98. Sophomore Hope Byrum also picked up a NCAA Zone A qualifying score with her 265.42 1-meter diving performance.

QUOTING COACH PEDERSEN
"Overall, we are really happy to get a win against a conference opponent who is a very tough team to swim against. Northeastern has a lot of talent and they are going to win events and relays, which they did today, and that put a lot of pressure on us to perform well. It was nice to open up with a win and open the season at home, because we don't get that chance every year. I enjoyed watching all of our freshman compete collegiately for the first time today. You never really know what you have until you see them compete. The girls did a great job of supporting each other throughout the match and we had a lot of energy as a team. We did a lot of good things today but today also helped show us what we need to work on."