Courtesy: Duke Athletics
DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke swimming and diving program celebrates Senior Day for its swimmers on Saturday as the Blue Devils host a meet against NC State at 11 a.m. at Taishoff Natatorium in Durham, N.C.
The meet will be a swimming competition only and the Duke diving program will celebrate Senior Day at a later date.
SENIOR DAY
The Blue Devils will honor seven senior swimmers on Saturday at the meet.
Mia Bullock – Westport, Conn. – Butterfly, Breaststroke and Freestyle – Masters in Management Studies
Connie Dean – Maidenhead, United Kingdom – Individual Medley, Breaststroke – Psychology
Spencer LaFata – Pelham, N.Y. – Freestyle, Butterfly – Public Policy
Halle Morris – San Rafael, Calif. – Breaststroke, Individual Medley – Sociology
Carly Perri – Fountain Valley, Calif. – Butterfly, Backstroke, Mid-Distance Freestyle – International Comparative Studies
Quinn Scannell – Stamford, Conn. – Backstroke, Freestyle – Psychology
Adam Zimmer – Missoula, Mont. – Breaststroke, Individual Medley – Psychology
Diver Ellie Winslow is also a member of the 2021 class but will be honored at diving’s senior day.
DUKE IN THE POLLS
The Duke women’s team stayed at No. 16 in the most recent edition of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America TYR Poll.
THE COMPETITION
NC State enters the meet ranked sixth on the men’s side and fourth on the women’s side in the CSCAA Polls. Duke’s men are 13-68 all-time against the Wolfpack while the women hold a 3-36 record. The Blue Devil men and women last recorded wins over NC State in 2004 and 2009, respectively.
The Wolfpack will be on short rest as they host No. 20/18 North Carolina on Friday evening.
NC State swept the UNC Janis Hape Dowd Invitational in its most recent outing. The Wolfpack scored over 1,000 points on both the men’s and women’s sides each to sweep North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Duke.
LAST TIME OUT
The Duke swimming and diving team recorded an abundance of strong times at the Janis Hape Dowd Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C, to close out their fall season.
Overall, Duke boasted 110 career-best times. Of those 110 times, 32 reached the top-10 charts in school history and 10 of them made it into the top five of their respective events. Duke broke one school record as well.
Freshman Sarah Foley was the lone Blue Devil to break a school record over the weekend in Chapel Hill. In just her second meet, the Philadelphia, Pa., native swam a 2:08.96 in the 200 breaststroke for the fastest time in Blue Devil history.
Of the 10 times that broke into the top five in school history, Foley recorded three of them. In addition to her school record in the 200 breaststroke, she found herself second in program lore in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.06) and 200 individual medley (1:57.44).
Junior Cole Reznick also recorded multiple times that placed in him the top five in two events. He kicked off the meet with a 3:49.36 in the 400 individual medley, the second-fastest time in school history. Then, later in the week, he touched in 1:45.70 in the 200 individual medley for the third-quickest time.
Senior Quinn Scannell enjoyed a great meet at the Janis Hape Dowd Invitational, placing in the top five in three individual events and winning the 200 freestyle. Her winning time of 1:47.45 in the 200 freestyle was the fourth-fastest at Duke.
Foley wasn’t the only Blue Devil to have success in the 200 breaststroke as sophomore Kayle Park was right on her heels. Park swam a career-best 2:11.96 and became the third Blue Devil to go under 2:12 in the event. She currently sits third on the all-time chart.
Freshman Emily Lenihan also recorded a top-five time in just her second collegiate meet. The backstroke specialist touched in 1:56.79 in the 200 backstroke for the fourth-fastest time in Duke history to win the ‘B’ Final Saturday night.
On the men’s side in the 200 backstroke, junior David Hallaron recorded a career-best time of 1:44.31 in the event to move to second in Duke history. His time won the ‘B’ Final as well.
Sophomore Charlie Gingrich garnered a career-best time in the 100 butterfly. His time of 47.25 vaulted him up the school charts to hold the fourth-fastest time at Duke.
HOW TO FOLLOW
The meet between Duke and NC State will be live streamed on ACC Network Extra. Fans can watch the stream HERE. Live stats will be available for the meet as well as being on MeetMoblie. The live stats link can be found on the GoDuke.com schedule page or HERE.
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