Navy vs James Madison (Women)
- January 20, 2024
- Annapolis, Md.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Navy Sports
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Cameron Horner, Caroline Irwin and Mackenzie Kim each won a pair of events as the Navy women’s swimming and diving team (6-3) closed its dual meet season with a 157-129 victory over James Madison (3-3), Saturday at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis.
Navy had defeated James Madison, 151-149, last season.
The Mids as a team totaled victories in 15 of the 16 contested events, with 10 Navy swimmers or divers winning at least one individual event.
“Our entire team did an awesome job,” said Navy head coach John Morrison. “We were very pleased with the energy and efforts of our team today. Our first relay teams set the expectation for the meet and the team followed suit. Our depth across all of the events came through with 10 event winners against a very tough James Madison team.
“We are excited to head into the championship portion of our season.”
Horner posted winning times of 1:50.95 in the 200 free and 5:05.61 in the 500 free. Irwin won the 50 free in a time of 23.76 and the 100 fly with an effort of 55.64. Kim placed first in both diving events, winning the one-meter board with a score of 289.88 and the three-meter event with a tally of 331.88 points.
Marin Rose opened the individual event portion of the meet by winning the 1000 free in a time of 10:19.82. After Horner’s 200 free win, Ela Habjan followed with a winning time of 54.86 in the 100 back. Riley Gavigan extended the streak by placing first in the 100 breast with her effort of 1:04.02. Abbie Sullivan then was the first to the wall in the 200 fly with her time of 2:05.53.
The second half of the meet began with Maya Novack winning the 100 free with an effort of 51.37. Next, Gabi Baldwin and Maddie Koutavas posted back-to-back wins in the 200 back (2:02.52) and 200 breast (2:17.18), respectively.
Navy also won both the 200 medley and 200 free relay races.
The Mids will next be in competition Feb. 3 when they and the men’s team take part in the Navy Invitational.
Courtesy: JMU Sports
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – James Madison swim & dive fell in its dual meet against Navy, 157-129, on Saturday at Lejeune Hall.
The Dukes were able to place in multiple events, as Jess Pryne took the lone victory with a win in the 200 IM while also placing in two more events. Katelyn Fitzgerald, Alexa Holloway and Kate Vitolo joined her as Dukes to place in multiple events.
Diving
- Holloway and Vitolo finished in second and third respectively on the 3-meter board. Holloway notched an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 287.40 while Vitolo recorded a score of 265.05.
- On the 1-meter, the two Dukes switched places with Vitolo finishing in second and Holloway in third. Vitolo recorded an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 274.13, while Holloway scored a 264.08.
Individual
- Fitzgerald gave the Dukes a second-place finish to begin individual swimming events by swimming a time of 10:25.98 in the 1000 Free. She then placed third in the 500 Free with a time of 5:07.48.
- In the 100 Back, Madison Cottrell swam a time of 56.30 to take second place.
- Pryne won the 200 IM with a time of 2:04.45, and also placed second in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:06.08 and third in the 200 Back with a time of 2:04.44.
- Also placing in the 200 IM with Pryne was Cameron Gring, finishing in third place behind a time 2:08.44.
- Recording a time of 2:22.28, Riley Bridgman finished third in the 200 Breast.
Relays
- The team of Sydni Diehl, Bridgman, Cottrell and Jamie Cornwell finished third with a time of 1:44.14 in the 200 Medley Relay.
- In the 200 Free Relay, the Dukes took third with a time of 1:35.69 from the team of Grace Bousum, Cottrell, Alex Volk and Cornwell.
Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
“Congratulations to Navy and especially their seniors. They swam and dove excellently today. We hoped for more from our performance but still had plenty of data points to learn from as we enter the final push of our season.”
Up Next
The Dukes will remain on the road and face Richmond in a dual meet on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. The meet will serve as JMU’s final competition before heading to the Sun Belt Conference Championships on Feb. 14-17 in Orlando, Fla.
