Swimmers Take Fifth at TYR '85 Invite

Friday, November 22

Lynchburg, Va.

All Day

James Madison University

Liberty Invitational

11/24/2019 9:51:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Complete Meet Results

LYNCHBURG, Va. - James Madison swimming closed out its fall season with a fifth-place finish on Sunday evening, as the Dukes wrapped up the final day of competition at the TYR '85 Invitational, hosted by Liberty University.

The JMU swimmers kept their hold on fifth at the nine-team competition, finishing just 35.5 points behind fourth-place Marshall after racking up 411 points on the final evening for a final total of 1,204.5. JMU did not include its divers in the three-day meet.

MEET NOTES
- Juniors Julianna Jones (16:59.98) and Bailey Butler (17:01.28) and senior Kristie Darmody (17:10.24) opened the evening in strong fashion, capturing third, fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 1650 freestyle.
- Senior Bonnie Zhang grabbed a bronze medal in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:58.78, while freshman Isabel Anbar posted a 2:01.13 to finish sixth.
- Junior Mack Lawson clocked a 2:21.44 in the 200 breaststroke to take home eighth place.
- Sophomore Morgan Whaley took third in the 200 butterfly with a 2:01.72.
- Zhang, sophomore Jillian Santiago, senior Sydney Kirsch and freshman Karen Siddoway capped the meet with a fourth-place finish in the 4x100 freestyle relay, touching in 3:25.27.

QUOTING COACH PEDERSEN
"This weekend was an opportunity to get a lot of racing done with tired bodies from hard training. The format of this meet is the same as our CAA championships in February and, overall, our team did a great job applying their efforts from practice into racing situations. They hopefully learned and continued to move forward, progressing toward championships.

UP NEXT
The Dukes have closed the fall portion of their 2019-20 schedule and will be back in action on Jan. 4, 2020, when they travel to Miami, Fla. to take part in the FIU Sprint Invite.