Blue Devils Post Seven Wins But Fall in Dual Meet at Tennessee

Friday, January 30

Knoxville, TN

11 a.m.

Duke University

Tennessee

January 15, 2026: The Duke Blue Devils Women’s Swimming and Diving team won 180.5-119.5 against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Senior Day. The Duke Blue Devils Men’s Swimming and Diving team lost 112-186 against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Senior Day.

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Blue Devils Post Seven Wins But Fall in Dual Meet at Tennessee

1/30/2026 4:04:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Final Results (PDF)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Duke swimming and diving posted seven event wins Friday afternoon inside the Allan Jones Aquatic Center, but ultimately fell in its dual meet at Tennessee.

The 20th-ranked Blue Devil women dropped a 184-110 decision to the No. 8 Volunteers, while the No. 11 Tennessee men posted a 198-88 win over Duke.

SCORES:

Men: Tennessee 198, Duke 88
Women: Tennessee 184, Duke 110

TOP PERFORMANCES

Junior Ali Pfaff competed in the 100 backstroke and earned the first victory of the day for the Blue Devils, hitting the wall in 51.74 seconds.
Duke posted a sweep in the 100 breaststroke with senior Kaelyn Gridley and junior Kalen Anbar collecting the first-place finishes. Gridley pulled away late and finished in 58.53 seconds, while Anbar turned in a time of 54 flat in the tightly contested men's race, out-touching his opponent by .03 seconds to get the win.
Senior Justin Wong pushed Duke's win total to four on the afternoon, as he swam 1:47.26 to claim the top spot on the podium in the men's 200 butterfly and move into No. 10 all-time on the Duke top-10 performers list.
Pfaff and Gridley secured individual sweeps with wins in the 200 back and 200 breast, respectively. Pfaff touched in 1:52.94, while Gridley finished in 2:09.12.
The women's 3-meter dive saw Duke sophomore Keira Lu total a score of 314.55 and pick up her seventh event win of the season. Lu added a runner-up finish in the 1-meter dive (293.25).
Senior Tatum Wall earned a pair of second place finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyle. Wall turned in a time of 21.81 in the 50 free before clocking 48.32 in the 100 free.
Junior Jack Smith clocked 54.03 seconds en route to earning second place in the 100 breast.
In the women's 200 fly, senior Martina Peroni (second) and freshman Neala Klein (third) earned top-three finishes via times of 1:59.14 and 2:00.85, respectively. On the men's side, sophomore Samir Elkassem hit the wall in 1:50.31 to take third.
Anbar (2nd; 1:58.70) and rookie Raphael Wang (3rd; 1:59.59) took part in the 200 breast, while freshman Anderson Kopp (2nd; 4:32.52) and senior Austin Simpson (3rd; 4:36.49) represented Duke in the 500 free.
In the 100 fly, freshman Heather White (54.42) and graduate student Justin Wong (47.48) each placed third in their respective races.
Freshmen Ryan Griffith (200 back; 1:47.69) and Gustav Koh (100 back; 49.11), junior Molly Donlan (200 back; 1:55.77) and senior Audrey Portello (400 IM; 4:14.42) capped the individual podium finishers for Duke.
The Blue Devils closed the afternoon with a second and third-place showing in the 200 free relays. The Duke women's quartet of Wall, Pfaff, sophomore Clare Logan and White clocked 1:29.16 to earn the runner-up finish.
On the men's side, the unit of Wong, Griffith, junior Milo Shue and freshman Owen Waibel took third with a time of 1:20.69.

UP NEXT:
Duke concludes the regular season up the road in Chapel Hill, with the Blue Devils competing at the UNC Invitational Feb. 4-6.

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