Richmond vs James Madison (W)
- January 10-11, 2020
- Harrisonburg, Virginia
- Results
Courtesy: James Madison Athletics
HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison swim & dive won 11 individual events on Senior Day to defeat Richmond, 186-90 in Savage Natatorium on Saturday morning.
JMU honored the eight seniors in a ceremony before the meet. With the victory, the Dukes (6-0, 5-0 CAA) remain undefeated on the season and the Richmond Spiders dropped to 2-4.
MEET NOTES
– JMU started the meet off on the right foot, taking the win in the 200 medley relay, thanks to the team of Paige Assaid, Megan Marsh, Morgan Whaley, and Mackenzie Gring.
– Four Dukes achieved NCAA Zone qualifying marks in both the 1- and 3-meter boards: Hope Byrum(299.03, 316.81), Faith Anderson (280.36, 296.10), Sarah Stim (278.55, 309.23), and Emily Gross(276.01, 286.20).
– Whaley (2:05.74), Hannah Lagod (2:09.55), and Sarah Gaudet (2:09.99) took the top three spots in the 200 butterfly.
– Bonnie Zhang notched three event wins on the day. Zhang clocked in at 55.80 in the 100 backstroke, 23.56 in the 50 freestyle, and 50.64 in the 100 freestyle.
– Jillian Santiago joined the JMU individual winners as she added two solo wins in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:52.19 and in the 500 freestyle finishing in 5:04.77.
– Senior Megan Marsh earned a win in the 100 breaststroke, clocking in at 1:05.29.
QUOTING COACH PEDERSEN
“I am happy that we were able to send the seniors out with a win today. I am proud of how they performed after a challenging joint practice with Richmond the night before. Looking forward to preparing for CAA Championship in a few weeks.”
UP NEXT
The Dukes will travel to Lynchburg to compete against Liberty University on Jan. 25. Action begins at 11 am.
Courtesy: Richmond Athletics
HARRISONBURG, Va. – Richmond swimming and diving returned to the pool Saturday morning at James Madison at the Savage Natatorium in Harrisonburg. The Spiders and Dukes competed in 15 events, with Richmond earning first place finishes in three events.
The first event of the day started with the 200-yard medley relay as the team of Jordan Kohut (Raleigh, N.C.), Sara Greene (Tega Cay, S.C.), Claire O’Shaughnessy (Laurel, Md.) and Lauren Medlin (Cary, N.C.) earned a second-place finish with a time of 1:48.23. The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Hannah Gouger (Cockeysville, Md.), Kristine Mihm (Wexford, Pa.), Medlin and Eliza Manning (Frederick County, Md.) closed the meet out with a first-place finish time of 3:38.60. The relay team of Kohut, Mallory Shake (Lexington, Ky.), Grace Palfreyman (Bridgewater, N.J.) and O’Shaughnessy were second in the 400-yard freestyle at 3:46.79.
In the 100-yard backstroke, Hannah Gouger (Cockeysville, Md.) earned a second-place finish, finding the wall in 56.81. Gouger was second in the 200-yard backstroke as well, finishing in 2:04.35.
Greene added a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.92. Medlin turned in a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing in 24.90. In the 100-yard freestyle, Manning finished third with a time of 54.06.
Maggie Purcell (Southampton, N.Y.) tallied individual first-place finishes in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:21.69, and the 400 IM at 4:25.78.
Palfreyman competed in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing third at 5:20.79 and O’Shaughnessy added a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly at 59.43.
Richmond’s top diver in the 3-meter event was junior Alex Beran (Basking Ridge, N.J.). Beran finished fifth with a score of 251.10. Sophomore Emma Yeakley (Cornelius, N.C.) earned the top finish in the 1-meter event with her season-best score of 237.90.
The Spiders are back in action next Saturday as they head to New York for a tri-meet with the Fordham Rams and the La Salle Explorers at 1 p.m.
