Dukes Drop Final Dual Meet to Marshall

Saturday, February 1

Huntington, W.Va.

2 p.m.

James Madison University

113

127

Marshall

2/1/2020 6:09:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- James Madison swim & dive fall to Marshall, 127-113, in the team's final dual meet of the season on Saturday afternoon.

To start the meet off, Julianna Jones dominated in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:09.24 followed by Sidney Whitfield placing second in the event. Jillian Santiago placed second in the 200 freestyle and first in the 500 freestyle. Bonnie Zhang placed second in the 50 freestyle and third in the 200 freestyle.

Mackenzie Lawson took the gold in the 100 breaststroke followed by fellow teammate, Jessica Pierce. The team of Kristie Darmody, MacKenzie Gring, Megan Marsh and Zhang took second in the 200 freestyle relay by less than a second to Marshall.

The James Madison divers dominated across the board, claiming the top-four spots in the 3-meter Emily Gross claimed first in the 1-meter dive and second in the 3-meter dive. Faith Anderson followed Gross in second in the 1-meter dive and took home the gold in the 3-meter dive. Sarah Strim placed third in the 3-meter dive followed by fellow Duke, Hope Bryum.

QUOTING COACH PERSON
"This meet wasn't all about the win or loss. While we always compete our hardest for JMU and proudly represent our university and program, we also had many other points of emphasis before our conference championship meet. We raced tired for the last time this season. Now it's time for the championship portion of our season and I can't wait to see what this team accomplishes.''

UP NEXT
James Madison swim will travel to Blacksburg, Va. for the Virginia Tech Invitational on Feb. 7-9, while the dive team will stay to defend Savage Natatorium in the JMU Diving Invitational on Feb. 8-9.