Dukes Fall in Dual Meet at Towson

Thursday, December 18

Towson, Md.

10 a.m. - Diving/12 p.m. Swimming

James Madison University

144.5

153.5

Towson

12/18/2025 4:55:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

TOWSON, Md. – James Madison swim & dive narrowly fell to Towson in a dual meet, 153.5-144.5, on Thursday inside of Burdick Hall.

The Dukes moved to 2-2 in dual meets this season, as they swept both boards in the diving portion of the event, before earning a relay win and seven individual wins in swimming.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"Having a competition this time of year is rare for us, so we didn't know what to expect. We learned a lot and really enjoyed competing today. We are all looking forward to a few more practices and then enjoying time with our families over the holidays before our training trip in Florida."

Diving

To begin the day, redshirt junior Natalie Jones and senior Maddie O'Mera went 1-2 on the 1-meter board, both scoring respected NCAA Zone qualifying scores of 302.18 and 289.13.
O'Mera then scored a career-best score of 317.63 on the 3-meter board secure the sweep of the boards for JMU. Jones finished third with a score of 302.78.

Individual Swimming

Sophomore Madison Wimmer began the individual portion of swimming by winning the 1000 Free by nearly eight seconds, recording a time of 10:30.80. She also earned a win in the 500 Free with a time of 5:05.41.
A pair of freshmen went top-three in the 100 Back, as Emma Durham (58.63) took home the win and Maria Costa (59.03) finished third.
Winning the first of two events, Emma Dougherty swam a time of 1:05.32 in the 100 Breast. She returned five events later in the 200 Breast to win the event by seven-hundredths of a second with a time of 2:24.65.
Sophomore Maddy Coombs and senior Jamie Cornwell respectively won the next two events following the 100 Breast to wrap up JMU's individual victories. Coombs swam a time of 2:05.80 in the 200 Fly, winning by almost five seconds, before Cornwell won the 50 Free with a time of 24.20.

Relay Swimming

JMU won the 200 Medley Relay, as the team of senior Sarah Pauley, Dougherty, senior Ann Chappell Ellington and Cornwell swam a time of 1:45.32.
The Dukes took second in the 200 Free Relay, swimming a time of 1:35.84 by the team of Wimmer, junior Maddie Lehman, Cornwell and Dougherty. They were edged out by Towson by .24 seconds.

Up Next
JMU has the rest of 2025 off before returning to action with three dual meets in January, beginning at Villanova on Jan. 17.