Dukes Edged Out by Richmond

Friday, January 23

Richmond, Va.

2 p.m. - Diving/4 p.m. Swimming

James Madison University

148

151

Richmond

1/23/2026 6:15:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

RICHMOND, Va. – Coming down to the final event of the afternoon, James Madison swim & dive was edged out by Richmond, 151-148, in a Friday dual meet inside Robins Center Natatorium.

The Dukes capitalized on five individual swimming events and senior Maddie O'Mera swept both diving events.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"Great, tightly contested meet with Richmond. Disappointed we didn't come out on top but that doesn't discredit all the great things we did and accomplished. Looking forward to celebrating our seniors tomorrow."

Diving

O'Mera won the 3-meter board with her third consecutive showing in a dual meet of a 300-point score, scoring 314.33. Redshirt junior Natalie Jones followed her in second place with a score of 266.25.
On the 1-meter board, O'Mera became the fifth Duke in program history to score 320 points or better in six dives in the event as she won with a score of 320.33. Jones finished second with a score of 288.08.

Individual Swimming

Sophomore Madison Wimmer led off the individual swimming events with a win in the 1000 Free, swimming a time of 10:22.43.
In the 200 Fly, sophomore Maddy Coombs took first place by nearly four seconds with a time of 2:04.71. She beat out Richmond's Kaitlyn Martin's time of 2:08.59. In addition, Coombs finished third in the 500 Free with a time of 5:09.85.
JMU picked up wins in both the 50 Free and 100 Free thanks to senior Jamie Cornwell. The Gainesville, Va. native swam times of 23.77 and 51.57, respectively.
Senior Riley Nugent earned a victory in the 500 Free, narrowly winning behind a time of 5:06.22. She also added a third-place finish in the 200 Free (1:55.49).

Relay Swimming

JMU's top finishes in both relays during the meet was second place.
The team of freshman Maria Costa, classmate Emma Dougherty, senior Alex Volk and Cornwell swam a time of 1:45.53 in the 200 Medley Relay.
In the 400 Free Relay, Volk, freshman Emory Hill, Wimmer and Cornwell swam a combined time of 3:30.24.

Up Next
The Dukes return home tomorrow, Jan. 24 for a dual meet against Navy inside Savage Natatorium. The diving portion of the meet begins at 10 a.m. with swimming to follow at noon, as the meet will also feature Senior Day recognitions prior to swimming beginning.