Dukes Edged Out by Marshall, Break 14-Year-Old Pool Record

Saturday, November 1

Harrisonburg, Va.

10 a.m. - Diving/12 p.m. Swimming

James Madison University

145

154

Marshall

Dukes Edged Out by Marshall, Break 14-Year-Old Pool Record

11/1/2025 3:41:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

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HARRISONBURG, Va. -- James Madison swim & dive broke a 14-year-old pool record in the 400 Free Relay to end the dual meet, but was edged out by Marshall, 154-145, on Saturday inside of Savage Natatorium.

The Dukes moved to 2-1 in meets this season, as JMU earned six individual wins on the day and added a relay win in the 400 free.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"Really happy with the team's performance today. During the season we talk about taking steps forward... learning, adapting, applying. After our first meet two weeks ago, that was our focus. Taking what we learned and talked about from that meet and applying it today. While execution may not be perfect, we know we are not finished products right now but we are taking positive steps forward. The girls accomplished those goals in strides. Now our job is to evaluate today and continue that forward momentum."

Diving

JMU began the meet by sweeping the top three finishing spots on both boards.
On the 3-meter, Maddie O'Mera qualified for the NCAA Zone Championships later in the season with a score of 283.20 to win the event. Natalie Jones also qualified for Zones in the event with a score of 282.15 to finish in second place, with Juliet Wells' score of 240.68 rounding out the top three.
O'Mera and Jones swapped positions on the 1-meter, as Jones won the event with a score of 274.80. O'Mera finished second with a score of 271.73 and once again Wells rounded out the top three with a score of 228.98. The scores for O'Mera and Jones were both Zone qualifying scores.

Individual Swimming

Riley Nugent started out the individual swimming events by earning a second-place finish in the 1000 Free with a time of 10:48.13.
Earning a pair of second-place finishes, Madison Wimmer swam a time of 1:52.76 in the 200 Free before recording a time of 5:07.49 in the 500 Free.
The Dukes had a pair of freshmen finish with third-place finishes in separate events, as Emma Durham swam a time of 58.20 in the 100 Back and Tiffany Folcomer finished with a 2:09.20 in the 200 Fly.
Winning the 100 Breast for the second time this season in as many meets, Emma Dougherty swam a time of 1:04.73.
Maddy Coombs finished the 200 Fly with a time of 2:05.52, directly behind Marshall's Lauren McNamara's time of 2:01.93 that set a pool record to win the event. Coombs also finished third in the 100 Fly (58.12).
Jamie Cornwell won the 50 Free with a time of 23.63, edging out Marshall's Kseniia Luniushina by .02 seconds.
Swimming a time of 52.05 in the 100 Free, Alex Volk became the third Duke to win an individual swimming event on the day. She also claimed second in third in the 50 Free (23.79).
In the 200 Breast, Riley Bridgman swam a time of 2:22.04 to win the event. She also had second-place finishes in the 100 Breast (1:05.53) and the 200 IM (2:07.96).

Relay Swimming

JMU teams finished second and third in the 200 Medley Relay to begin the swimming portion of the meet. The team of Maria Costa, Emma Dougherty, Alex Volk and Jamie Cornwell swam a time of 1:44.60, ahead of the 1:44.91 time swam by Sarah Pauley, Riley Bridgman, Ann Chappell Ellington and Emory Hill.
The meet was ended on a high note for the Dukes, as the team of Maddie Lehman, Madison Wimmer, Volk and Cornwell swam a time of 3:26.76 in the 400 Free Relay to break a 14-year-old pool record. The previous record had been set by Towson on Jan. 22, 2011.
An all-freshman team of Tiffany Folcomer, Emma Durham, Dougherty and Hill finished third with a time of 3:34.52.