Dukes Wrap Up at ECAC Championships

Saturday, March 1

Annapolis, Md.

All Day

James Madison University

ECAC Championships

3/2/2025 6:39:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – James Madison swim & dive sent six swimmers to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships, wrapping up two days of competing at Lejeune Hall on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy.

Seniors Suzanne Earnshaw and Abby Maguire, junior Ann Chappell Ellington, sophomores Riley Bridgman and Maddie Lehman and freshman Alli Straub all competed throughout the stay in Maryland on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday

Maguire qualified for the finals of the 100 Fly, taking fifth in the B finals with a time of 56.35.
Two Dukes qualified for the finals of the 100 Breast, as Earnshaw advanced to the A finals while Ellington moved on to the B finals. In the finals, Earnshaw placed sixth with a time of 1:03.37 while Ellington swam a time of 1:04.91 to take fourth in the B finals. Earnshaw's finals time put her eighth in the JMU record book for the event.
Earnshaw also qualified for the 100 Back finals, ultimately finishing fifth with a time of 57.24 in the B finals. Bridgman missed the cut by .24 seconds, dropping her entry time by 2.34 seconds as she swam a time of 58.07 to finish 18^th in the prelims.

Sunday

In the 1650 Free, Maguire finished second by swimming the mile in 16:54.34.
A pair of Dukes moved on to the finals of the 200 Free in Earnshaw and Lehman. Earnshaw came in fourth in the A finals behind a time of 2:03.72, while Lehman swam the top spot in the consolation heat with a time of 2:04.44.
In the 200 Fly prelims, Straub finished 14^th with a time of 2:09.12.