MARSHALL VS JAMES MADISON
- November 1, 2025
- Harrisonburg, Va.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Marshall Athletics
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Marshall University Swimming and Diving picked up a road win at James Madison, 154-145, on Saturday in Harrisonburg, Virginia, at Savage Natatorium.
Leading into this meet, we talked about executing our race plans and committing to competing all the way through the session. Winning today was a fun outcome, but I was most proud of the way every individual contributed through the meet, Herd Swimming and Diving Head Coach Ian Walsh said. When we get to championship season, there will be a lot of experiences we can pull from this meet specifically that will allow us to pull from. We’re in a good spot and the staff is looking forward to getting back to sharpen things up leading into the Miami Invite.
Highlighting the day was Lauren McNamara’s 200 Butterfly win. The sophomore’s time of 2:01.93 broke the Savage Natatorium record in the event. McNamara also took the 100 Butterfly in 55.93.
Maddie Emment continued her momentum in the Freestyle winning the 1000 (10:34.08), 200 (1:52.50) and 500 (5:05.98).
The Herd picked up five other wins, including leading off the meet with a 200 Medley Relay victory by Kseniia Luniushina (Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg South HS), Isabelle Cameron, McNamara and Elyse Wood in a time of 1:44.21.
Mia McBride took the 100 Backstroke (57.43) as Molly Warner won the 200 Backstroke (2:04.49) and the 200 IM (2:07.86).
In diving, Ella Houk took fourth in the 1m (228.08) and fifth on the 3m board (203.48).
RESULTS
200 Medley Relay
1st – Kseniia Luniushina, Isabelle Cameron, Lauren McNamara, Elyse Wood (1:44.21)
5th – Mia McBride, Maddy Akin, Katie Fisher, Karley Wolfgram (1:46.60)
6th – Abby Adams, Nina Nugent, Tatum Robinson, Lauren Bell (1:52.24)
1000 Freestyle
1st – Maddie Emment (10:34.08)
3rd – Charlotte Thompson (11:00.49)
4th – Madison Bowen (11:07.15)
200 Freestyle
1st – Maddie Emment (1:52.50)
3rd – Molly Warner (1:53.14)
5th – Allison Dodd (1:56.52)
6th – Preslava Tosehva (1:58.06)
100 Backstroke
1st – Mia McBride (57.43)
2nd – Abby Adams (58.04)
6th – Lauren Ramsey (58.90)
100 Breaststroke
3rd – Isabelle Cameron (1:05.81)
4th – Maddy Akin (1:06.21)
7th – Katie Fisher (1:10.11)
8th – Nina Nugent (1:11.29)
200 Butterfly
1st – Lauren McNamara (2:01.93)
4th – Sadie Rogers (2:10.26)
6th – Tatum Robinson (2:17.58)
50 Freestyle
2nd – Kseniia Luniushina (23.65)
4th – Karley Wolfgram (24.36)
6th – Lauren Bell (24.94)
7th – Loraine Cleveland Lungu (25.23
3m Diving
5th – Ella Houk (203.48)
6th – Zoe Wuerdeman (199.80)
8th – Pari Surana (171.75)
100 Freestyle
2nd – Elyse Wood (52.42)
3rd – Kseniia Luniushina (52.46)
7th – Lauren Bell (54.73)
8th – Loraine Cleveland Lungu (54.91)
9th – Nina Nugent (54.94)
200 Backstroke
1st – Molly Warner (2:04.49)
2nd – Mia McBride (2:05.44)
3rd – Abby Adams (2:06.14)
7th – Lauren Ramsey (2:10.37)
200 Breaststroke
2nd – Isabelle Cameron (2:23.75)
3rd – Maddy Akin (2:24.34)
6th – Sadie Rogers (2:26.12)
8th – Tatum Robinson (2:33.53)
500 Freestyle
1st – Maddie Emment (5:05.98)
3rd – Preslava Tosehva (5:13.59)
5th – Charlotte Thompson (5:25.14)
6th – Madison Bowen (5:29.73)
100 Butterfly
1st – Lauren McNamara (55.93)
2nd – Elyse Wood (56.58)
5th – Katie Fisher (59.09)
6th – Karley Wolfgram (59.16)
1m Diving
4th – Ella Houk (228.08)
7th – Zoe Wuerdema (184.20)
8th – Pari Surana (150.15)
200 IM
1st – Molly Warner (2:07.86)
3rd – Lauren McNamara (2:11.09)
4th – Sadie Rogers (2:12.06)
5th – Allison Dodd (2:12.80)
8th – Maddy Akin (2:14.17)
10th – Katie Fisher (2:17.10)
400 Freestyle Relay
2nd – Elyse Wood, Kseniia Luniushina, Maddie Emment, Molly Warner (3:30.54)
4th – Nina Nugent, Lauren Bell, Preslava Tosheva, Mia McBride (3:37.77)
5th – Karley Wolfgram, Loraine Cleveland Lungu, Abby Adams, Sadie Rogers (3:45.23)
UP NEXT
The Herd is back in action at its midseason meet at the Miami Invitational in Oxford, Ohio, from November 19 to the 22.
Courtesy: JMU Sports
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.
Up Next
The Dukes will be off for the next three weeks before they head to Annapolis, Md. for the Navy Invitational on Nov. 20-22.
