Duke Wraps Up Day One of Dowd Invitational

Thursday, December 3

Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Duke Wraps Up Day One of Dowd Invitational

12/3/2020 10:07:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Results

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Duke swimming and diving closed out its first day of competition on Thursday night at the UNC Janis Hape Dowd Invitational at Koury Natatorium in Chapel Hill.

Throughout the course of the day, 30 Blue Devils recorded a total of 50 career-best times including seven times that places in the top-10 charts of Duke history.

After a stellar morning, Duke saw 45 entries in the finals during the evening session highlighted by seven 'A' Final appearances.

Duke's best event of the day was the 200 individual medley as three Blue Devils appeared in the 'A' Finals. Freshman Sarah Foley and sophomore Kayle Park both earned berths into the top final after placing second and seventh, respectively, in the preliminaries. Foley's time of 1:57.44 in the preliminaries and Park's 2:00.38 in the finals both earned spots in the program's top-10 list at second and ninth, respectively. Foley finished with a team-high 14 points on the day.

Junior Cole Reznick earned Duke's best single finish of the day by taking the top spot of the 200 individual medley preliminaries before placing second in the event with a career-best time of 1:45.70. His time was the third-fastest in Duke history. Reznick led the Blue Devils with 17 points.

Freshman Catherine Purnell led the Blue Devils in the 500 freestyle, earning a spot in the 'A' Final after touching the wall in 4:49.54 in the preliminaries. Her time placed 10th in program history. She placed eighth in the evening finals. Fellow classmate Emily Gjertsen finished second in the 'B' Final with a career-best 4:50.00.

On the men's side, sophomore Chris Dalla Valle swam a career-best 4:26.06 in the 500 freestyle to secure a berth into the top final in the evening. His time also placed eighth in the all-time Duke charts. Junior David Hallaron found success in the evening with a third-place finish (4:26.97) in the 'B' Final.

Freshmen Emily Lenihan and Aleyna Ozkan both recorded career-best times in the 100 butterfly as they finished ninth (54.00) and 12th (54.61), respectively. Lenihan's time placed 10th in program lore.

Sophomore Charlie Gingrich swam a 47.25, the fourth-fastest time in Duke history, in the preliminaries to reach the 100 butterfly finals on the men's side. In the 'B' Final, junior Matthew Whelan placed second (47.86), freshman Luke Johnson placed fourth with a career-best 48.07 and Gingrich finished fifth.

In the 50 freestyle, junior Shayna Hollander placed sixth (22.80) in the 'A' Final. Freshman Sarah Snyder and senior Quinn Scannell placed 11th and 12th in the event with times of 22.97 and 23.13, respectively. Gingrich also made a top finals appearance by swimming a 20.11 in the preliminaries.

Duke closed the meet with a program top-10 time in the men's 400 medley relay. Duke's quartet of David Chang, Reznick, Gingrich and Zach McIntyre clocked a 3:12.62 mark to record the 10th fastest time in school history.

Duke returns to the pool tomorrow as the UNC Janis Hape Dowd Invitational continues. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. with finals in the evening at 6 p.m. Tomorrow morning includes the 400 individual medley, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.

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Men's Team Scores:
No. 4 NC State 375.5
No. 23 North Carolina 246
No. 11 Virginia Tech 218.5
No. RV Duke 174

Women's Team Scores:
No. 7 NC State 370.5
No. 17 Virginia Tech 263
No. 23 North Carolina 204
No. 16 Duke 155.5

Top Duke Finishers by Event:
Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Sarah Snyder, Shayna Hollander, Sarah Foley, Quinn Scannell (5th), 1:31.30
Men's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Charlie Gingrich, Matthew Whelan, Zach McIntyre, Cole Reznick (4th), 1:19.81
Women's 500-Yard Freestyle: Catherine Purnell (8th), 4:52.97
Men's 500-Yard Freestyle: Chris Dalla Valle (8th), 4:28.25
Women's 100-Yard Butterfly: Emily Lenihan (9th), 54.00
Men's 100-Yard Butterfly: Matthew Whelan (10th), 47.82
Women's 200-Yard Individual Medley: Sarah Foley (5th), 1:58.74
Men's 200-Yard Individual Medley: Cole Reznick (2nd), 1:45.70
Women's 50-Yard Freestyle: Shayna Hollander (6th), 22.80
Men's 50-Yard Freestyle: Charlie Gingrich (8th), 20.18
Women's 400-Yard Medley Relay: DQ
Men's 400-Yard Medley Relay: David Chang, Cole Reznick, Charlie Gingrich, Zach McIntyre (6th), 3:12.62