Dukes Take Senior Day Victory Against Towson

Saturday, January 15

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

188

110

Towson

1/15/2022 6:09:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

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HARRIOSNBURG, Va. – The James Madison swimming & diving team avenged their season-opening loss to Towson as they defeated the Tigers, 188-110, on Saturday afternoon as part of Senior Day at Savage Natatorium.

The Dukes move to 4-2 overall and 4-1 in league meets, while Towson falls to 2-4 and 1-2 in league meets.

- The Dukes placed a swimmer in every event on the afternoon, picking up 12 first place finishes out of the 16 events.
- The team of Cameron Gring, Abby Zindler, Morgan Whaley and Jordyn Schnell began the meet with a first-place finish in the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 3:51.29.
- JMU picked up back-to-back sweeps in the 200 Free and the 100 Back. Emily Visscher (1:53.85), Grace Bousum (1:54.17) and Karen Siddoway (1:54.64) placed in the 200 Free while Sydni Diehl (58.30), Lauren Aylmer (58.34) and Emily Drakopoulos (58.36) placed in the 100 Back.
- In addition to the finishing first in the 400 Medley Relay, Gring added two more first-place finishes in the 100 Breaststroke (1:06.75) and 200 Backstroke (2:04.34) and a second-place finish in the 200 IM (2:07.59).
- Jess Pryne went three-for-three finishing first in all the events she competed in. She swam a time of 2:06.45 in the 200 Fly, a 5:00.46 in the 500 Free and a 2:07.20 in the 200 IM.
- Lexi Lehman took home a second-place finish in the 1-meter with a score of 276.83.
- The Dukes swept the 1-meter event, as Lindsey Hammar took first (277.05), followed by Maddie Yager (266.33) and Lexi Lehman (264.15). Hammar's score was a season-best and her second NCAA Zone qualifying score, while Yager's score was her third qualifying score of the season.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"I was really happy overall with the team's performance today. We were down a couple people on the swimming, diving and coaching sides so we had a couple of goals of focusing on who was here and the opportunities we had. It had been a break since the last time we competed so we talked about the things and lessons we had learned throughout the first semester and all of our meets to make sure we grow in those areas and I think we did a really good job. Our main points were high energy, consistent support of cheering for one another and executing a good race strategy and we executed those areas. It was nice to send our seniors out their last home meet with a win and I just want to thank the four of them and their families for everything they've given in their careers and still have to give as we continue the season. I'm happy about where we are in the training process about six weeks out from our championship meet. We have more work to do but I think we are in an appropriate spot for what's left to work on.

Up Next
The Dukes will be back in the pool on Friday, January 28 as they travel to the state's capital to take on Richmond. Diving will begin at 2 p.m. followed by swimming at 4 p.m.