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Swimming Cannot Meet High Expectations at Virginia Tech
11/7/2009 6:00:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
DURHAM, N.C. – On Saturday afternoon the Duke swimming and diving programs emerged from Virginia Tech's War Memorial Pool with somewhat of a bitter taste left in their mouths. As expected, the Duke women defeated Miami (184-104); however, neither the men nor the women were able to knock off the Hokies. The men fell by a score of 112-180 and the women came up short, 126-174. The men are now 3-2 on the season while the women move to 4-3.
After both squads surrendered meet-opening losses in the 200 medley relay to Virginia Tech, Ashley Twichell did her best to urge the Blue Devils on with a first-place finish in the 1650 freestyle with an NCAA 'B' standard time of 16:28.82. Twichell's split of 9:56.79 over the first 1000 yards of the race was her best time in the event this season. On the men's side, Nathan French took third place in the 1650 freestyle and it seemed as if the Blue Devils had made a full recovery.
However, in the 200 free neither the men nor the women were able to place a swimmer higher than fifth. And then in the 100 backstroke, Meghan Dwyer was Duke's top finisher, touching the wall in fourth place. A total of seven swimming events passed before the women recorded another first-place finish, coming from freshman Cara Vogel in the 200 backstroke. In the meanwhile, freshman Emily Barber took second place in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes which kept the Duke women ahead of the Hurricanes. A late surge from the Blue Devils led by a Twichell win in the 500 free and a first-place finish by Shannon Beall in the 100 butterfly proved not enough to seize the lead from the Hokies.
The storyline was similar for the men. Freshman Ben Hwang took first place in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.14 and David Carlson claimed second in the 100 breaststroke. But beyond those two, the Blue Devils proved to be a bit thin.
Duke's divers pulled more than their weight this weekend and continued to display their dominance in the ACC. Nick McCrory remained undefeated for the season on both the one- and three-meter boards, while his counterpart Abby Johnston responded with two wins of her own. Cody Kolodziejzyk and Julie Brummond each took second place on both the one- and three-meter boards for the Blue Devils.
Duke has a break from competition next weekend as they prepare for the upcoming Gamecock Invitational.
You can follow the Blue Devils over the course of the season by visiting https://twitter.com/dukeswimming.
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