Duquesne vs Marshall (W)
- Saturday, January 15, 2022
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Results
Courtesy: Duquesne Athletics
PITTSBURGH – The Dukes won nine individual events and both relays to propel them to a 164-136 victory over Marshall on Senior Day at Towers Poll.
“I was pleased with how the ladies swam today,” Head Coach David Sheets said. “Our continued topic of conversation has been race execution and focusing on the small things that can make us better. Each week of practice and the last two meets the team has continued to focus on the details. We (Morgan, Eddie and I) are extremely happy with the work the ladies are putting in and how they are starting to execute their swims in meet situations.”
Duquesne was led in the pool by a trio of multi-event medalists in Orla Egan, Hayley Taylor and Mendy De Rooi.
Egan won both the 1000-yard freestyle (10:28.36) and the 500-yard free (5:07.93). Taylor hit the wall first in both the 100-yard backstroke (56.50) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.81), while De Rooi claimed the title in the 50-yard free (24.19) and the 100-yard butterfly (56.38).
De Rooi also helped both the 200-yard free and the 400-yard medley relay teams edge out Marshall by less than a second in both heats. The team of De Rooi, Sydney Sherman, Leah Reisker and Hanna Everhart posted a time of one minute, 36.81 seconds to win the 200-yard freestyle relay. Marshall’s team closed the gap at the end, but came in second at one minute, 37.26 seconds.
De Rooi also teamed up with Everhart, Haley Scholer, and Madison Dickert to post a time of three minutes, 51.63 seconds in the 400-yard medley relay. Marshall came in second at three minutes, 52 seconds even.
In addition to being on both relays, Everhart was also successful in the pool on her own, picking up a win in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of one minute, 54.42 seconds.
Emma Menzer earned the final individual victory in the pool for the Dukes. Menzer claimed the 200-yard IM with a time of two minutes, 7.72 seconds.
In the dives, Sidney O’Donnell posted the top score in the three-meter dive at 267.00 points. She was second in the one-meter dive with 256.80 points.
The Dukes are back in the pool next Saturday, Jan. 22 when they travel to Youngstown State for their final dual meet of the season. The meet is scheduled to start around 10 a.m.
Courtesy: Marshall Athletics
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Marshall University swimming and diving team dropped a narrow 164-136 decision to the Duquesne Dukes on Saturday.
“Our first segment of the meet we were flat,” Herd swimming and diving head coach Ian Walsh said. “A couple races got away from us early. With that being said, the team did a nice job getting back into the meet following the break. We took a talented Duquesne team down to the wire and was really proud of the grit they showed.”
“There were some standout performances today on both boards and the pool. Kailee (Payne) walked away with her first collegiate win along with her first Zones cut. Our divers did a great job as a group, scoring huge points for the meet. Eszter (Laban) had a really gutsy 200 Fly performance following her 1000. The 100 Free was big event for us, Klava (Katayama) leading the charge on that. Paige continues to be a force for us in both breaststrokes.”
MU won had five first-place finishes in the meet. Paige Banton took both the 100 (1:05.19)
and 200 Breaststroke (2:20.16) in the dual. Eszter Laban won the 200 Butterfly (2:06.33) as Klava Katayama took the 100 Freestyle (53.30).
Kailee Payne picked up the first victory of her career in the 1m Dive (269.20).
“We talked about taking the momentum of this last dual into our training and final meet before conference. The staff is excited to get back into our routine and move through the next two weeks.”
Meet Results
400 Medley Relay
2nd Or Tamir, Paige Banton, Klava Katayama, Gabrielle Ivey (3:52.00)
5th Raeleigh Mooij, Jenna Bopp, Maria McGovern, Grace Cox (4:05.08)
1000 Freestyle
3rd Eszter Laban (10:35.39)
4th Gina Cantoral (10:44.24)
5th Adriana Abruzzino (10:54.56)
200 Freestyle
2nd Madeline Hart (1:55.76)
3rd Sofia Bormett (1:57.37)
5th Gabrielle Ivey (2:00.00)
100 Backstroke
2nd Or Tamir (58.56)
4th Kate Bolgarskaya (59.95)
6th Alexis Wilhoit (1:00.99)
— Mackenzie Rider (1:02.26)
— Macey Swearingen (1:03.31)
100 Breaststroke
1st Paige Banton (1:05.19)
4th Naomee Miller (1:07.23)
5th Audrey West (1:08.68)
— Grace Valenza (1:11.73)
200 Butterfly
1st Eszter Laban (2:06.33)
3rd Nicole Rueff (2:10.61)
50 Freestyle
2nd Klava Katayama (24.56)
4th Regan Raines (24.90)
6th Claire Kenney (25.24)
1m Diving
1st Kailee Payne (269.20)
3rd Alaina Laster (247.95)
5th Joelle Williams (225.90)
100 Freestyle
1st Klava Katayama (53.30)
2nd Gabrielle Ivey (53.99)
4th Regan Raines (54.34)
— Claire Kenney (54.67)
— Grace Cox (55.64)
— Raeleigh Mooij (56.89)
200 Backstroke
3rd Kate Bolgarskaya (2:09.15)
4th Or Tamir (2:10.43)
6th Macey Swearingen (2:21.60)
— Mackenzie Rider (2:13.46)
200 Breaststroke
1st Paige Banton (2:20.16)
2nd Jenna Bopp (2:24.48)
4th Audrey West (2:28.20)
— Grace Valenza (2:36.58)
500 Freestyle
2nd Gina Cantoral (5:14.61)
5th Adriana Abruzzino (5:18.26)
6th Sofia Bormett (5:19.29)
— Maria McGovern (5:26.84)
100 Butterfly
2nd Madeline Hart (58.73)
3rd Leigh Lopez-Silvers (58.98)
4th Nicole Rueff (59.98)
3m Diving
2nd Grace Kelsheimer (256.28)
3rd Alaina Laster (242.70)
4th Joelle Williams (237.40)
Kailee Payne (224.85)
200 Individual Medley
3rd Eszter Laban (2:10.83)
5th Audrey West (2:14.25)
6th Naomee Miller (2:14.80)
— Grace Valenza (2:17.30)
200 Freestyle Relay
2nd Klava Katayama, Regan Raines, Or Tamir, Gabrielle Ivey (1:37.26)
3rd Raeleigh Mooij, Claire Kenney, Leigh Lopez-Silvers, Madeline Hart (1:39.65)
5th Grace Cox, Sofia Bormett, Alexis Wilhoit, Naomee Miller (1:40.66)
UP NEXT
The Herd will close the regular season with Bowling Green on Jan. 28 in Huntington.
