Dukes Take Down Richmond in Final Dual Meet

Saturday, January 27

Richmond, Va.

11 a.m.

James Madison University

160

140

Richmond

1/27/2024 5:37:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

RICHMOND, Va. – In its final dual meet of the season, James Madison swimming & diving took down Richmond, 160-140, on Saturday at Robins Center Natatorium.

The Dukes won nine total events, with Alexa Holloway and Jess Pryne each winning a pair of individual events. The Dukes swept on the 3-meter board and in the 200 Fly.

Diving

Holloway swept both boards and was followed by Kate Vitolo on each board.
The Dukes swept the 3-meter board by NCAA Zone qualifying scores from Holloway (286.65) and Vitolo (280.65, while Natalie Jones finished third with a score of 252.30.
On the 1-meter board, Holloway and Vitolo each scored NCAA Zone qualifying scores again with scores of 281.25 and 279.30, respectively.

Individual Swimming

Pryne earned a pair of wins in the 200 Free (1:53.34) and the 400 IM (4:26.40). She was joined in placing in the 200 Free by Riley Nugent, who placed third with a time of 1:57.55.
Angela Ritchie won the 200 Fly with a time of 2:08.72, with Riley Bridgman and Rachel McCoy finishing behind her in order to give JMU a sweep of the event. Bridgman swam a time of 2:09.87 while McCoy swam a time of 2:11.20.
In the 200 Breast, Suzanne Earnshaw swam a time of 2:24.74 to win the event. She also took third in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:07.02. Grace Bousum also placed in the 100 Breast, as she finished second with a time of 1:06.50.
Racing in the 100 Fly, Cameron Gring recorded a time of 57.99 to take first. Finishing behind her in third was McCoy with a time of 58.59.
Madison Cottrell won the 100 Back (56.39) and finished second in the 200 Back (2:04.59).
Katelyn Fitzgerald finished second in the 500 Free (5:09.27) and in the 1000 Free (10:32.74).
Racing in the 50 Free and the 100 Free, Jamie Cornwell respectively placed second with a time of 23.90 and third with a time of 53.05.

Relays

The Dukes won the 400 Medley Relay behind a time of 3:48.59 from the team of Gring, Bridgman, Cottrell and Cornwell.
JMU put two teams in the top three of the 200 Free Relay. Cornwell, Cottrell, Sydni Diehl and Alex Volk swam a time of 1:34.61 to take second place. Taking third with a time of 1:37.58 was the team of Bousum, Gring, Emily Drakopoulos and Emily Wisniewski.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"Thank you to Richmond for hosting us and congratulations to their seniors celebrating senior day. We're excited to focus on our conference championships coming up in two and a half weeks."

Up Next
The Dukes will compete in their first ever Sun Belt Conference Championships the next time they'll be in the pool. The championships will take place in Orlando, Fla. from Feb. 14-17 with each day's prelims beginning at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.