JMU Swimmers Compete at Cavalier Invitational

Friday, February 6

Charlottesville, Va.

11 a.m.

James Madison University

Cavalier Invitational

2/6/2026 5:12:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The James Madison swimmers competed on the second day of the Cavalier Invitational, hosted by the University of Virginia, on Friday inside the Aquatic and Fitness Center.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"There is a multifaceted purpose for attending one session of a six-session meet: routine and format of racing, race off-events, race main events, test out possible third events, and fine tune and practice details in race suits. Everyone was doing at least one or more of these in this session and we were successful in accomplishing our goals that we put in front of us today."

100 Butterfly

Sophomore Maddy Coombs finished in the top eight, swimming a time of 55.66.
Five Dukes finished places 9-16, with freshman Emory Hill ninth (56.08), senior Alex Volk 11^th (56.68), freshman Maria Costa 12^th (56.74), sophomore Madison Wimmer 13^th (57.27) and freshman Tiffany Folcomer 15^th (58.57).

200 Freestyle

Junior Riley Bridgman was the top Duke in the 200 Free, swimming a time of 1:51.30 to finish sixth.
Finishing in 15^th place was freshman Emma Dougherty with a time of 1:56.02.

100 Breaststroke

Placing seventh in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:05.05 was senior Ann Chappell Ellington.
JMU placed three more swimmers in the top 16, with Folcomer finished 10^th (1:07.71), senior Riley Nugent claiming 12^th (1:08.39) and Volk taking 14^th (1:09.80).

100 Backstroke

Three Dukes finished each in places 1-8 and 9-16.
Senior Sarah Pauley (55.53), freshman Emma Durham (55.69) and senior Jamie Cornwell (55.76) finished one after another fourth through sixth.
Hill finished ninth with a time of 57.32, ahead of sophomore Zoey Lusk's 10^th-place time of 57.40. Freshman Lily Moore finished 15^th with a time of 1:00.17.

Up Next
The swimmers will be back in the pool on Feb. 18-21 when they are rejoined by the divers to compete at the American Conference Championship in Greensboro, N.C.