Duke swept a pair of meets against Queens on Saturday.
Duke Press Release
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Blue Devil swimmers claimed 18 of 24 individual events and swept all four relays to defeat the Queens men and women Saturday in dual meet action at the Royals’ Levine Center Pool.
Sophomore Mickayla Hinkle and freshman Alyssa Marsh helped pace the Duke women (4-1) to a 169.5-87 victory as double individual event winners. Hinkle swept both women’s backstroke events while Marsh claimed the sprint races, headlining a 1-2-3 sweep by the Blue Devils at the 100-yard distance.
The men’s team (4-1) defeated the Royals by a 146-111 margin behind a balanced team effort. Senior Peter Kropp (55.01) and sophomore Max St. George (1:46.05) each posted NCAA ‘B’ cuts in winning the 100 breaststroke and 200 backstroke, respectively.
“A lot of times, after we do our fall invite, we don’t compete again until January,” said head coach Dan Colella. “Our friend Jeff Dugdale, the head coach at Queens, invited us to come down and swim. They’ve won the [Division II] national championship the last two years. They’re very competitive – we had some great racing going on today … Obviously the student-athletes’ big focus is finishing up the semester, but it was a great way to get a competition in, stay sharp and go into the holidays with a little more racing under their belts.”
Other individual event winners on the men’s side included junior Matt Johnson in the 1,000 freestyle, senior Kaz Takabayashi in the 200 butterfly, senior Bradley Cline in the 100 freestyle, sophomore Judd Howard in the 200 breaststroke and senior Dylan Payne in the 100 butterfly. Payne raced to the wall in 49.17 in that race for the 10th-fastest mark in program history.
Howard (2:02.76) helped Duke sweep the top three spots in the 200 breaststroke, with senior Michael Seaberg (2:06.08) and Kropp (2:06.60) coming in just behind him. Howard was also second behind Kropp in the 100 breaststroke, while freshman Daichi Matsuda (1:51.70) teamed with Takabayashi (1:50.59) for a 1-2 finish in the 200 butterfly.
The Blue Devil women turned in an impressive showing in the 200 butterfly as well, claiming the top four spots. Senior Colleen Wixted led the way at 2:03.54, followed by junior Anna Quinn (2:03.88), freshman Kylie Jordan (2:04.38) and junior Leah Goldman (2:04.96). The women earned a similar sweep in the 200 IM, highlighted by Hunter Aitchison’s first-place finish (2:06.41), and in the 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke and the 500 freestyle.
Individual event winners for the women also included freshman Brittany Kampfer in the 1,000 freestyle, senior Brittany Friese in the 200 freestyle, senior Ashleigh Shanley in the 100 breaststroke, junior Verity Abel in the 500 freestyle and Jordan in the 100 butterfly.
Duke also excelled in the relay events, claiming both 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays.
“The men’s 200 free relay came down to the last leg and Dylan Payne had a really monster split,” Colella said. “Same with Alyssa Marsh on the women’s side. Going into the last leg they were ahead, and both Dylan and Alyssa had super anchor swims and did a great job of getting it done and winning both relays. It was a great way to finish up.”
Queens Press Release
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte women's swim team took second place in their home meet against Duke University on Saturday, December 3, 2016. The Royals did tally a first place finish against the division I program but Duke took the meet 169.5-87.5.
"We were extremely competitive against a good top 15 program today," said Head Coach Jeff Dugdale, "Dan Colella has a quality program at Duke and I am proud of how our swimmers rose to the challenge. This is a program we schedule frequently and each year we have gotten better and better in the meet."
Leading the Royals was Dasha Talanova who placed first in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:17.82. She took the time with a two-second gap as she qualified for a NCAA "B" mark.
With two competitive second-place finishes, Hannah Peiffer posted a 57.13 in the 100 yard butterfly and a 56.06 in the 100 yard backstroke to add points to the Royals score.
Talanova made her way towards the top of another event, placing second in the 100 yard breaststroke. She secured second with a time of 1:04.88, recording yet another NCAA "B" time.
Sarah Reamy touched for second place in the 1000 yard freestyle. Her time came in at 10:26.13.
The Royals 200 yard medley relay comprised of, Hannah Pfeiffer, Shelly Prayson, Georgia Dacruz, and Kyrie Dobson, respectively, added on more second place finish to the night with a time of 1:44.50. This qualified the group for a NCAA B Time.
The Royals will be back in action on Saturday, December 7, as they host Catawba College. This will be Senior Day for the women, and the meet will begin at 11 a.m., in the Levine Aquatic Center.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The Queens University of Charlotte men’s swim team tallied two new pool record swims in their loss to the division I program, Duke University, earlier today. The Blue Devils took the win over the Royals with a score of 146-11.
“We were extremely competitive against a good top 15 program today,” said Head Coach Jeff Dugdale. “Dan Colella has a quality program at Duke and I am proud of how our swimmers rose to the challenge. This is a program we schedule frequently and each year we have gotten better and better in the meet.”
Starting the day with a new pool record, Dion Dreesens claimed the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:36.80. His first place swim qualified as an NCAA “B” standard.
Paul Pijulet added another pool record to the Royals day as he took a time of 47.65 in the 100 yard backstroke. His time was nearly a half a second faster than the previous record as he touched with an NCAA “B” standard.
Ben Mayes tallied a first place swim in the 50 yard freestyle clocking a 20.82, NCAA “B” time.
Nicholas Arakelian found himself with two first-place swims. His first came in the 500 yard freestyle as he touched the wall with a 4:38.68 for a second gap over the pool. Arakelian followed with a first place swim in the 200 individual medley with a 1:50.33. His time qualified for another NCAA “B” time.
The team also tallied a five second-place finishes starting with the 200 yard medley relay. Zachary Bunner, Mayes, Pijulet, and Dreesens, respectively, reached the wall with a time of 1:30.25 for silver.
Arakelian clocked a 9:25.83 in the 1000 yard freestyle to fall just shy of the first place swim.
Pijulet also snapped the pool record in the 200 yard backstroke falling just two-hundredths of a second shy of first place. Pijulet touched with a 1:46.07 for an NCAA “B” Standard.
In the 100 yard butterfly, Bunner found the wall in a time of 49.93 for second place.
The day end with the 200 yard freestyle relay as Pijulet, Dreesens, Mayes, and Mitchell Harwood, respectively, tallied a second place finish with a time of 1:21.97.
The team will host Bluegrass Mountain Conference rival Catawba College on December 17, at 11 a.m., for senior day.
