Two School Records Fall At First Day Of ACC Championships

Wednesday, February 18

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Two School Records Fall At First Day Of ACC Championships

2/18/2009 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

By: Duke Sports Information

COLLEGE PARK, Md. ? The Duke women's swimming and diving team set a pair of Duke school records Wednesday evening during day one of competition at the 2009 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships at the University Of Maryland's Eppley Recreation Center in College Park, Md.

The Blue Devils set school records in the day's only two events ? the 200 medley relay and the 800 freestyle relay.

The 200 medley team of Meghan Dwyer, Meredith Bannon, Steffi Niessl, and Shannon Beall took seventh overall in a Duke record 1:40.63. The previous record was 1:42.98, set last season, while tonight's performance was the fastest of the 2008-09 season by nearly three seconds.

In the 800 free relay later on, the team of Jackie Fasano, Ashley Twichell, Dwyer, and Katie Magee placed eighth in a record 7:22.49, a six-second season best time and breaking the five-year-old Duke mark by a full two seconds.

With three days remaining at ACCs, the Blue Devil women sit in seventh of the 11 schools with a team score of 46. Virginia - which won both events and sits in first after day one - set ACC records in both.

Day two tomorrow kicks off with the prelims at 11 a.m., with the finals set to begin at 7 p.m. in the pool and the divers to go at 1 p.m., 3:15, and 5:15. The swimming events for Thursday include the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 200 free relay.

Stay on GoDuke.com for live stats coverage of all tomorrow's events, as well as live ACC Select coverage of the meet beginning at 5:15 p.m.

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