Dukes Take Down Marshall for First Dual Meet Win

Saturday, November 4

Harrisonburg, Va.

9:45 a.m. - Diving/Noon - Swimming

James Madison University

167.5

132.5

Marshall

11/4/2023 4:46:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison swim & dive won both diving events and both relay events while also winning for individual swimming events for its first dual meet win of the season as it took down Marshall, 167.5-132.5, on Saturday at Savage Natatorium.

Junior Alexa Holloway won both diving events with NCAA Zone qualifying scores while also recording the third highest 3-meter score in program history.

Senior Jess Pryne and sophomore Alex Volk each won individual events in addition to senior Madison Cottrell's two individual wins. The Dukes won the 200 Medley Relay by setting the pool record while also winning the 200 Free Relay.

Diving

JMU began the meet by sweeping the 3-meter board with all three Dukes recording NCAA Zone qualifying scores. Holloway earned first with a score of 326.03 and was followed by Kate Vitolo's 301.35 score and Maddie O'Mera's score of 290.78.
Holloway followed her 3-meter board performance by taking first on the 1-meter board with another NCAA Zone qualifying score of 300.98. Maddie Yager earned an NCAA Zone qualifying score as well, taking third place with a score of 283.13.

Swimming

In the 1000 Free, the Dukes took the second and third place finishes as Abby Maguire and Katelyn Fitzgerald swam times of 10:34.36 and 10:35.02, respectively.
Grace Bousum was the lone Duke to place in the 200 Free, swimming a time of 1:54.90 to claim second.
Cottrell earned wins in the 100 Back (56.36) and 100 Fly (56.34). Cameron Gring finished in third in the 100 Back with Cottrell with a time of 57.92 while Ann Chappell Ellington claimed third in the 100 Fly with a time of 59.00.
In the 200 Fly, Pryne finished second with a time of 2:06.46 with Angela Ritchie right behind her at 2:08.40.
The Dukes took the top two spots in the 50 Free with a .13 second difference in the times. Volk won with a time of 24.25 as Jamie Cornwell finished with a time of 24.38.
Riley Bridgman earned a pair of second place finishes in the 100 Breaststroke (1:04.33) and 200 Breaststroke (2:22.82).
In addition to the 200 Fly finish, Pryne earned another top-three finish. She took third in the 100 Free with a time of 52.94.
Taking second in the 200 Back with a time of 2:05.26 was Gring.
Bousum earned another second-place finish, this time in the 500 Free with a 5:11.28 time. Maguire earned third in the race with a time of 5:11.82.
JMU swept the 400 IM with Pryne winning behind a time of 4:29.88. Bridgman and Ritchie took the next two spots in order with times of 4:35.17 and 4:36.31.

Relays

JMU finished first and third in both the 200 Medley and 200 Free Relays.
The team of Gring, Bridgman, Cottrell and Volk won the 200 Medley Relay and set the pool record with a time of 1:42.95. Emily Drakopoulos led the third-place team, joined by Suzanne Earnshaw, Sydni Diehl and Cornwell, as they swam a time of 1:47.09.
The 200 Free Relay was won by the team of Diehl, Cornwell, Cottrell and Volk with a time of 1:35.33
Drakopoulos once again led the third-place team that included Maddie Lehman, Gring and Bousum as they swam a time of 1:37.51.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"We are happy with the progress and improvement being shown by our team. They are doing a great job applying the aspects of their training into competing. It was fun to have our first official Sun Belt meet against Marshall. They provided a great challenge and will surely test again at our conference championships in Orlando in February. We can't wait for the challenge."

Up Next
JMU is done with dual meets in the fall portion of the season. The divers will next head to Morgantown, W.Va. for the West Virginia Invitational on Nov. 16-18, hosted by West Virginia. The swimmers will head south to Charlotte for the Queens hosted Fall Frenzy, which takes place from Nov. 17-19.