Duke Men Lose, Women Tie Against Virginia Tech

Saturday, November 7

Durham, N.C.

11 A.M Diving & 2:30 P.M. Swimming

Duke University

Virginia Tech

Duke Men Lose, Women Tie Against Virginia Tech

11/7/2020 8:21:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

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DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke swimming and diving team opened the 2020-21 season against Virginia Tech as the men lost, 171.5-120.5, and the women tied, 150-150, Saturday afternoon at Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion.

"This was our first meet since February and it was awesome," associate head coach Dawn Kane said after the meet. "It takes a little getting used to coming off of a long break and I think they did a great job getting up and racing. We have been practicing for this. We have been training really hard. They really stepped up and raced today."

On the women's side, Duke tied the Hokies 150-150. It was the first time in school history that the women have recorded a tie. The men last did so in 1967.

Prior to the swimming competition, the diving teams squared off on the boards. Junior diver Maddi Pullinger started the season strong with a sweep of both diving events. The Sydney, Australia, native posted scores of 301.58 and 324.53 in the one- and three-meter competitions, respectively.

The Duke women started the swimming portion meet off strong, placing first and second in the opening 200 medley relay. Sophomore Emma Shuppert, freshman Sarah Foley, freshman Aleyna Ozkan and junior Shayna Hollander placed first with a time of 1:40.19 while freshman Emily Lenihan, sophomore Kayle Park, graduate student Mia Bullock and sophomore Sarah Snyder touched second in 1:41.44.

Overall, Duke was led by Foley with three individual wins. She swam top-5 times in program history in each of the three events. She won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.38, fourth all-time at Duke), the 200 breaststroke (2:11.95, second all-time) and the 400 individual medley (4:13.87, fifth all-time).

Foley led the Blue Devils to sweep the top three spots of the 100 and 200 breaststroke as she was followed by Park and freshman Catherine Belyakov in second and third, respectively, in both events. Park clocked a 1:02.25 in the 100 and 2:13.80 in the 200 while Belyakov touched in 1:03.30 in the 100 and 2:18.39 in the 200.

Senior Quinn Scannell also sported a win for the Blue Devils as she touched first in the 200 freestyle in 1:50.26. Snyder took second in both of the freestyle sprints, the 50 and 100, with times of 23.39 and 51.53, respectively.

The men were led by junior Cole Reznick and sophomore Brendan Driscoll. Reznick sported wins in the 100 breaststroke (55.115) and the 400 individual medley (3:59.52). In addition, the Pleasanton, Calif., native touched in 2:02.46 in the 200 breaststroke to place third.

After missing the spring portion last season due to injury Driscoll placed first and second in the two distance freestyle events. He touched first in the 1,000 freestyle in 9:20.89 before placing second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:34.95.

Duke returns to the pool next weekend, Saturday November 14, as it travels to Annapolis, Md., to take on Navy. The meet will begin at 11 a.m.

#GoDuke

Team Scores:
#19 Virginia Tech men 171.5, Duke men 120.5
#21 Duke women 150, #24 Virginia Tech women 150

Top Duke Finishers by Event:
Men's One-Meter Diving: Harel Anolick (2nd), 320.18
Women's Three-Meter Diving: Maddi Pullinger (1st), 324.53
Men's Three-Meter Diving: Jonah Cagley (2nd), 357.23
Women's One-Meter Diving: Maddi Pullinger (1st), 301.58
Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay: Emma Shuppert, Sarah Foley, Aleyna Ozkan, Shayna Hollander (1st), 1:40.19
Men's 200-Yard Medley Relay: Charlie Gingrich, Cole Reznick, Matthew Whelan, Zach McIntyre (1st), 1:30.47
Women's, 1000-Yard Freestyle: Emily Gjertsen (3rd), 10:14.19
Men's 1000-Yard Freestyle: Brendan Driscoll (1st), 9:20.89
Women's 200-Yard Freestyle: Quinn Scannell (1st), 1:50.26
Men's 200-Yard Freestyle: Matthew Knox (3rd), 1:40.43
Women's 100-Yard Backstroke: Emily Lenihan (2nd), 55.11
Men's 100-Yard Backstroke: David Chang (4th), 1:01.74
Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke: Sarah Foley (1st), 1:01.38
Men's 100-Yard Breaststroke: Cole Reznick (T-1st), 55.15
Women's 200-Yard Butterfly: Cabell Whitlow (2nd), 2:00.42
Men's 200-Yard Butterfly: Matthew Whelan (2nd), 1:48.59
Women's 50-Yard Freestyle: Sarah Snyder (2nd), 23.39
Men's 50-Yard Freestyle: Zach McIntyre (4th), 20.74
Women's 100-Yard Freestyle: Sarah Snyder (2nd), 51.53
Men's 100-Yard Freestyle: Zach McIntyre (4th), 46.24
Women's 200-Yard Backstroke: Emily Lenihan (3rd), 2:00.29
Men's 200-Yard Backstroke: David Hallaron (3rd), 1:51.78
Women's 200-Yard Breaststroke: Sarah Foley (1st), 2:11.95
Men's 200-Yard Breaststroke: Cole Reznick (3rd), 2:02.46
Women's 500-Yard Freestyle: Emily Gjertsen (4th), 5:00.00
Men's 500-Yard Freestyle: Brendan Driscoll (2nd), 4:34.95
Women's 100-Yard Butterfly: Mia Bullock (2nd), 55.92
Men's 100-Yard Butterfly: Charlie Gingrich (1st), 48.84
Women's 400-Yard Individual Medley: Sarah Foley (1st), 4:13.87
Men's 400-Yard Individual Medley: Cole Reznick (1st), 3:59.52
Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Olivia Tighe, Rachel Peroni, Carly Perri, Alex Bumpas (3rd), 3:30.52
Men's 400-Yard Freestyle Relay: Zach McIntyre, Matthew Whelan, Colson Zucker, Nick Talati (1st), 3:02.66