Dukes Cruise Past Richmond on Senior Day

Saturday, January 11

Harrisonburg, Va.

9:30 a.m.

James Madison University

186

Richmond

1/11/2020 12:32:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison swim & dive won 11 individual events on Senior Day to defeat Richmond, 186-90 in Savage Natatorium on Saturday morning.

JMU honored the eight seniors in a ceremony before the meet. With the victory, the Dukes (6-0, 5-0 CAA) remain undefeated on the season and the Richmond Spiders dropped to 2-4.

MEET NOTES

- JMU started the meet off on the right foot, taking the win in the 200 medley relay, thanks to the team of Paige Assaid, Megan Marsh, Morgan Whaley, and Mackenzie Gring.

- Four Dukes achieved NCAA Zone qualifying marks in both the 1- and 3-meter boards: Hope Byrum(299.03, 316.81), Faith Anderson (280.36, 296.10), Sarah Stim (278.55, 309.23), and Emily Gross(276.01, 286.20).

- Whaley (2:05.74), Hannah Lagod (2:09.55), and Sarah Gaudet (2:09.99) took the top three spots in the 200 butterfly.

- Bonnie Zhang notched three event wins on the day. Zhang clocked in at 55.80 in the 100 backstroke, 23.56 in the 50 freestyle, and 50.64 in the 100 freestyle.

- Jillian Santiago joined the JMU individual winners as she added two solo wins in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:52.19 and in the 500 freestyle finishing in 5:04.77.

- Senior Megan Marsh earned a win in the 100 breaststroke, clocking in at 1:05.29.

QUOTING COACH PEDERSEN

"I am happy that we were able to send the seniors out with a win today. I am proud of how they performed after a challenging joint practice with Richmond the night before. Looking forward to preparing for CAA Championship in a few weeks."

UP NEXT

The Dukes will travel to Lynchburg to compete against Liberty University on Jan. 25. Action begins at 11 am.