Dukes Drop Meet at Navy

Saturday, January 20

Annapolis, Md.

11 a.m.

James Madison University

129

157

Navy

1/20/2024 1:44:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – James Madison swim & dive fell in its dual meet against Navy, 157-129, on Saturday at Lejeune Hall.

The Dukes were able to place in multiple events, as Jess Pryne took the lone victory with a win in the 200 IM while also placing in two more events. Katelyn Fitzgerald, Alexa Holloway and Kate Vitolo joined her as Dukes to place in multiple events.

Diving

Holloway and Vitolo finished in second and third respectively on the 3-meter board. Holloway notched an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 287.40 while Vitolo recorded a score of 265.05.
On the 1-meter, the two Dukes switched places with Vitolo finishing in second and Holloway in third. Vitolo recorded an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 274.13, while Holloway scored a 264.08.

Individual

Fitzgerald gave the Dukes a second-place finish to begin individual swimming events by swimming a time of 10:25.98 in the 1000 Free. She then placed third in the 500 Free with a time of 5:07.48.
In the 100 Back, Madison Cottrell swam a time of 56.30 to take second place.
Pryne won the 200 IM with a time of 2:04.45, and also placed second in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:06.08 and third in the 200 Back with a time of 2:04.44.
Also placing in the 200 IM with Pryne was Cameron Gring, finishing in third place behind a time 2:08.44.
Recording a time of 2:22.28, Riley Bridgman finished third in the 200 Breast.

Relays

The team of Sydni Diehl, Bridgman, Cottrell and Jamie Cornwell finished third with a time of 1:44.14 in the 200 Medley Relay.
In the 200 Free Relay, the Dukes took third with a time of 1:35.69 from the team of Grace Bousum, Cottrell, Alex Volk and Cornwell.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"Congratulations to Navy and especially their seniors. They swam and dove excellently today. We hoped for more from our performance but still had plenty of data points to learn from as we enter the final push of our season."

Up Next
The Dukes will remain on the road and face Richmond in a dual meet on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. The meet will serve as JMU's final competition before heading to the Sun Belt Conference Championships on Feb. 14-17 in Orlando, Fla.