Diving Leads Duke in Day One of Wolfpack Invitational

Thursday, November 18

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Diving Leads Duke in Day One of Wolfpack Invitational

11/19/2021 2:04:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Duke diving team was stellar on Thursday to highlight the swimming and diving program during day one of the Wolfpack Invitational at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.

In the two diving events of the day, Duke saw five women place in the top six on the one-meter boards and four men place in the top five on the three-meter boards. Freshman Margo O'Meara placed first in the event with a score of 306.00. Junior Maddi Pullinger placed second (294.45) while junior Ali Watson (271.35, senior Maddy Pfaff (270.20) and junior Kate Mullin (269.90) finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.

On the men's side, junior Jonah Cagley led the way, scoring 349.65 to place first. He was followed by sophomore Seamus Harding Jr. (third, 346.30), senior Harel Anolick (fourth, 342.55) and freshman Will McCollum (fifth, 340.55).

In the pool, Duke saw 35 individual swimming during the finals on Thursday evening, including three 'A' Final appearances and five 'B' Final appearances.

Sophomores Sarah Foley and Catherine Belyakov led the Blue Devils in the 200 individual medley as they both reached the top final. Foley recorded a mark of 1:58.01, the second-fastest time in program history, to place fourth in the event. She was followed by Belyakov in sixth with a time of 1:58.76. Senior Zoe Lusk represented Duke in the consolation final, placing 16th (2:01.83).

Senior Cole Reznick represented the Duke men in the 200 individual medley, placing eighth (1:45.75) in the event after reaching the 'A' Final in the morning preliminaries. Classmate David Hallaron was the top Blue Devil finisher in the 500 freestyle as he finished 15th in the event with a time of 4:25.48.

In the women's 500 freestyle, freshmen Yixuan Chang and Catherine Purnell competed in the 'B' Final. Chang placed ninth overall in the event but recorded the sixth-fastest time (4:43.79) in the evening session. Purnell clocked 4:46.55 to touch 11th.

Rookie KyAnh Truong represented Duke in the 50 freestyle consolation final. Truong placed 16th in the event after reaching the final by swimming a career-best 23.00 in the morning preliminaries.

In relays, Duke's quartet of junior Emma Shuppert, Foley, Chang and freshman McKenna Smith placed sixth in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:36.63. Both of Duke's men's and women's 200 freestyle relay teams finished eighth in the event as Smith, Truong, sophomore Sarah Snyder and Chang touched in 1:31.68 while junior Charlie Gingrich, junior Brad Sanford, junior Coleman Kredich and senior Matthew Whelan clocked 1:19.58.

The action continues tomorrow at the Greensboro Aquatic Center as the Blue Devils compete in the 200 medley relay, 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 800 freestyle relay, women's one-meter diving and men's three-meter diving.

Top Duke Finishers by Event:
Women's One-Meter: Margo O'Meara (1st), 306.00
Men's Three-Meter: Jonah Cagley (1st), 349.65
Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: McKenna Smith, KyAnh Truong, Sarah Snyder, Yixuan Chang (8th), 1:31.68
Men's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Charlie Gingrich, Brad Sanford, Coleman Kredich, Matthew Whelan (8th), 1:19.58
Women's 500 -Yard Freestyle: Yixuan Chang (9th), 4:43.79
Men's 500-Yard Freestyle: David Hallaron (15th), 4:25.48
Women's 200-Yard Individual Medley: Sarah Foley (4th), 1:58.01
Men's 200-Yard Individual Medley: Cole Reznick (8th), 1:45.75
Women's 50-Yard Freestyle: KyAnh Truong (16th), 23.32
Men's 50-Yard Freestyle: Matthew Whelan (22nd), 20.29
Women's 400-Yard Freestyle Relay: Emma Shuppert, Sarah Foley, Yixuan Chang, McKenna Smith (6th), 3:36.63
Men's 400-Yard Freestyle Relay: David Chang, Cole Reznick, Charlie Gingrich, Coleman Kredich, (10th), 3:14.14

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