Dukes Finish Fourth at Fall Frenzy

Friday, November 19

Charlotte, N.C.

9:30 a.m. / 5 p.m.

James Madison University

Fall Frenzy

11/21/2021 8:49:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – James Madison swimming capped off its fall season, finishing fourth at Fall Frenzy over the weekend at Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.

The Dukes finished with a score of 1158 in the ten-team field, behind hosts Queens University of Charlotte, Wingate University, and UNC Asheville

Day One
- The team of Cameron Gring, Madison Cottrell, Emily Drakopoulos and Jordyn Schnell recorded a time of 1:35.58 for fifth in the 200 freestyle relay, while the team of Alaina Park, Grace Bousum, Sydni Diehl and Abby Zindler snagged a time of 1:36.85 for eighth place.
- Sophomore Jess Pryne then took third with a 4:54.70 500 freestyle time, the best time on the season for JMU. Emily Visscher and Abby Maguire both posted career-bests in the 500 freestyle, recording times of 4:59.43 and 4:59.76, respectively.
- Pryne one-upped her 500 freestyle finish by swimming a 2:02.74 200 IM to take second. The time landed her in the JMU record books, as it was the sixth fastest time in program history.
- Schnell swam a 23.66 in the 50 freestyle to finish ninth, coming up with the fastest time in the event on the season for the Dukes.
- JMU capped off Friday by taking fourth and eighth in the 400 medley relay. Gring, Zindler, Cottrell and Schnell swam a 3:47.88, while Drakopoulos, Suzanne Earnshaw, Morgan Whaley and Bousum swam a 3:54.60.

Day Two
- Gring, Zindler, Cottrell and Schnell clocked in at 1:44.12 in the 200 medley relay to claim a third-place finish, while Park, Earnshaw, Whaley, and Karen Siddoway claimed seventh with a time of 1:46.51.
- Pryne took home another record-setting second place finish in the 400 IM. She swam a 4:18.85 for the second fastest time in program history for the event.
- Whaley clocked in at 55.73 in the 100 butterfly, a season-best and good for third. Rachel McCoy also took ninth with a 56.21.
- In the 200 freestyle, Siddoway (1:54.35), Schnell (1:52.50) and Sidney Whitfield (1:53.04) finished eighth, ninth and tenth, respectively. Visscher claimed her second career-best time of the weekend, swimming a 1:51.66.
- JMU finished the second day on a high note, taking second in the 800 freestyle relay. Bousum, Whitfield, Pryne and Visscher clocked in at 7:26.03, with Bousum's lead off of 1:49.93 a career-best.

Day Three
- Whitfield (17:06.45) and Maguire (17:11.16) took fifth and seventh in the 1650 freestyle, respectively. Maguire's time was a career-best.
- With a 2:03.53 time in the 200 backstroke, Cottrell took home seventh.
- Schnell took seventh in the 100 Free with a season-best time of 51.54. Visscher also set a career-best time in the prelims with a 52.91 and then beat that time in the finals with a 52.42.
- In the 200 breaststroke, Zindler took fourth with a time of 2:19.68. Gring came in sixth with a career-best time of 2:20.45, while Earnshaw also clocked in with a career-best with a time of 2:24.37.
- For the third straight day, Pryne got her name in the record books. This time she took first place in the 200 butterfly with a 2:00.54 and in doing so moved to third in program history in the event. Whaley clocked in at second with a time of 2:01.29 and McCoy finished sixth at 2:03.98.
- Day Three was capped off with a fourth-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay by the team of Schnell, Visscher, Gring and Siddoway with a time of 3:26.31. Drakopoulos, Diehl, Park and Zindler came in seventh with a time of 3:31.46.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"Our goal going into this meet was to gain experience earning night swims, swimming faster at finals and doing it all unrested/tapered. The girls did awesome and super wedged expectations. They did a great job creating their own energy and focused on purple. It was a challenging but very fun weekend. We aren't a finished product, but we are learning and growing which is so fun"

Up Next
The swimmers will be back in the pool for a dual meet against Marshall on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 in Huntington, W.Va. with start times to be announced at a later date.