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Duke Continues Conference Action on Saturday
11/4/2011 12:16:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
DURHAM, N.C. - The Duke men's and women's swimming and diving teams continue their fall ACC slate on Saturday, Nov. 5 as they travel to nearby Raleigh, N.C. for a meet against NC State and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
NC State enters the weekend with a ledger of 2-1 (1-1 ACC) on the men's side while the women own a record of 2-2 (0-2 ACC). In its last outing, the Wolfpack completed a mid-week sweep of East Carolina in Greenville, N.C. Both the men's and women's squads claimed victories over the Blue Devils in last year's meeting, and took eighth at the 2011 ACC Championships.
Saturday's competition marks the first meeting between Duke and the Savannah College of Art and Design of the NAIA. The SCAD men and women both opened the season 0-2 in dual meet action and took third against Clemson and Georgia Southern on Oct. 25.
The Blue Devil men own a record of 2-2 overall and 1-2 in ACC action, while the women are 1-3 overall and 0-3 in the conference.
Duke, NC State and SCAD will kick off Saturday's action at 11 a.m. at the Wolfpack's Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center. The diving events will take place at Duke's Taishoff Aquatic Pavillion beginning at 10:30 a.m.
"We are heading into our third weekend of competition and it is going to be a great competition," said head coach Dan Colella. "We match up very well against NCSU and it should be a meet that goes down to the wire. As always, we have focused on those things we can work on every day to make ourselves better and we hope to have our best meet thus far."
Last Time Out
The Blue Devils are coming off of a road trip to Christiansburg, Va., last weekend, where they faced UNC Wilmington and ACC opponents Virginia Tech and Florida State. Both the men's and women's teams came away with victories over the Seahawks (W,183-115; M,206-92), but fell to the Hokies (W,146-152; M,98-202) and the Seminoles (W,115-179; M,121-177).
Sophomore Christine Wixted won all three of her individual events, posting NCAA 'B' cut times in the 100 breast (1:02.05) and the 200 breast (2:15.95). She also took first in the 200 IM with a mark of 2:05.47. Senior Rose O'Connor finished second in the 500 free at 4:57.82 while junior Francesca Tocci, sophomore Kelly Hagerty, sophomore Lauren Weaver and senior Meghan Dwyer won the 400 free relay with a 3:30.23 clocking.
In diving action, senior Jessica Lyden placed first on the three-meter board with a personal-best score of 312.60. She also notched a fifth-place showing in the one-meter competition while her scores in both events qualified Lyden to the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. Meanwhile, senior Cody Kolodziejzyk placed fourth in the men's three-meter diving event and recorded a fifth-place showing on the one-meter board with a season-best score of 310.50.
On the men's side, junior Ben Hwang swept the sprint freestyle events for the second consecutive week. The Cerritos, Calif., native posted an NCAA 'B' cut time of 20.21 to win the 50 free, and also took first in the 100 free at 45.51. Other winners for Duke included graduate student Piotr Safronczyk in the 100 breast (56.95) and senior Ben Tuben in the 100 fly with a season-best mark of 50.19.
Hwang, Wixted Sweep Weekly Honors Again
Hwang and Wixted earned ACC Swimming & Diving Performer of the Week honors for the second-straight week following their performances at the Virginia Tech meet last weekend. Hwang was named the outright winner for the second consecutive week, while Wixted garnered the accolade again after sharing the honors with North Carolina's Stephanie Peacock during week one.
Blue Devils in the Rankings
Hwang continues to hold the nation's top time in the 50 free with his 19.84 clocking in the season-opener against Maryland on Oct. 22. The Duke junior also owns the third-fastest time in the ACC in the 100 free at 44.66.
The Blue Devil men also own seven other top-10 marks in the conference so far this season. Safronczyk posted the ACC's top time in the 100 breast at 55.85, while teammates Hunter Knight and Jim Zuponeck notched the second and third-best times, respectively. In addition, Duke's 200 free relay of Hwang, junior Adam Flur, Safronczyk and Tuben is currently ranked fifth in the nation with a mark of 1:22.09.
Wixted leads the women with a No. 1 ranking in the ACC in the 100 breast. Overall, Duke holds 10 other top-10 times in the conference, including senior Rose O'Connor's No. 2 mark of 16:49.97 in the 1,650 free. The Blue Devils also own the 20th-best performance in the nation in the 200 free relay with Tocci, Hagerty, senior Steffi Niessl and Weaver combining for a 1:36.06 clocking against Maryland on Oct. 22.
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