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Swimming & Diving
vs Boston College
Saturday, October 24
College Park, Md.
1:00 p.m.
Duke University
at
N.C. State
Swimming Finds Limited Success in ACC Opener
10/24/2009 11:30:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
DURHAM, N.C. – On Saturday, the Blue Devils opened interleague competition, slated for a double-dual meet against Maryland and N.C. State.
The men's team picked up its first ACC win of the 2009-10 season, soundly defeating host Maryland by a margin of 194-106. However, the men also suffered their first loss of the campaign at the hands of N.C. State by a score of 129-171. Sophomore Nathan French took second place in the 1000 freestyle with a season-best time of 9:39.21, closely followed by freshman Alex Harmon who dropped five seconds in the event from last week to place fourth. Chris Cirillo came up big for the Blue Devils at the meet, swimming to a second-place finish in both the 200 butterfly and as a contributing member of the 400 medley relay. Ben Hwang continued to shine, claiming first place in the 50 freestyle and second place in the 100 freestyle against stiff competition. Nick McCrory once again commanded the diving competitions, seizing first on both the one and three-meter boards. In the process, McCrory broke Clinton Brush's 1961 record on the one-meter board by more than 30 points, notching a score of 395.85.
The women's team was unable to record a win in the opening weekend of ACC competition. They fell to Maryland by a score of 136.5-163.5 and were edged by N.C. State 143-155. The usual suspects led the Duke scoring effort. Ashley Twichell recorded a first-place finish in the 1000 freestyle with senior Jackie Fasano finishing just seconds later in third. Twichell also registered first place in the 500 freestyle and second place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:51.64. Shannon Beall claimed second place in both the 100 and 200 butterfly and diver Abby Johnston turned in another strong performance on the boards recording a first and second-place finish. But these usual suspects were joined by a couple of fresh faces. Freshman Emily Barber swam to first place in the 100 breaststroke and second place in the 200 breaststroke. And fellow freshman Cara Vogel took third in the 200 backstroke. However, the women struggled in the relays to open and close the meet and were thus unable to lock up a couple of early-season ACC wins.
The men are now 2-1 (1-1 ACC) on the season while the women fall to 1-2 (0-2 ACC).
Duke will return home to Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion on October 30 for a 6:00 p.m. matchup against Georgia Tech and Houston.
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