Five Records Rewritten On Day Three At ACC Swimming & Diving

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Five Records Rewritten On Day Three At ACC Swimming & Diving

2/27/2009 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

By: Duke Sports Information

COLLEGE PARK, Md. ? The Duke men's swimming & diving team set five more school records ? bringing the total to 11 for the meet ? during day three of the 2009 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships at the University of Maryland's Eppley Recreation Center. Duke sits in 8th place in the conference with 153 points, with one day and plenty of potential scoring opportunities still ahead.

Defending ACC champion Virginia is currently in the lead, followed by Florida State and Georgia Tech atop the conference totals.

“It was a great morning for the Duke men,” said head coach Dan Colella. “The majority of our swims were lifetime bests, and we saw all the school records. One of our goals was to be competing hard and mixing it up with the rest of the ACC, and we're doing just that.”

“Tomorrow is big day. The four teams we are in contention with [Virginia Tech, N.C. State, Maryland, Clemson] all look to be somewhat equal gong into the last day as far as potential, so we have to see who wants it the most.”

In the 100 butterfly, Nick Garvy scored for Duke in the championship final in 47.90, after he broke his own school record with a 47.51 in prelims. Pieter Den Hartog broke the record in the 200 freestyle in 1:38.06, before breaking it again tonight in 1:36.79. Spencer Booth's 100 backstroke time of 48.17 in prelims was good for a school record, as Booth then came back with a 48.71 in finals.

Duke's 400 medley relay team of Booth, David Carlson, Garvy, and Den Hartog missed the school record by under a second this morning, then came back to break it by more than six seconds tonight, as the Blue Devils placed eighth in 3:15.99.

In the 400 IM, Alex Kluge set a school record 3:57.19 during this morning's prelims, then came back with a 3:57.79 this evening.

Tomorrow's prelim swims kick off at 11 a.m. and finals once again go at 7 p.m. Keep up to date via ACC Select for the finals, while live stats are available all day.

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