James Madison vs George Mason vs Fairfield
- January 13, 2024
- Harrisonburg, Va.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Scores
Courtesy: JMU Sports
HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison swim & dive set a pool record to begin Saturday’s event and used the momentum to dominate from start to finish as it won every event against George Mason and Fairfield at Savage Natatorium as part of Senior Day. The Dukes defeated the Patriots, 207-87, while taking down the Stags, 206-87.
A total of 10 Dukes won individual events during the meet, with Riley Bridgman, Jamie Cornwell, Madison Cottrell and Jess Pryne all winning a pair of events. Natalie Jones and Kate Vitolo each took a diving event, with both scoring NCAA Zone qualifying scores on both boards.
Diving
- Five Dukes competed on both boards, occupying the top five spots for each.
- On the 3-meter, Vitolo took first with a score of 310.30 and was followed by Jones’ 280.80 and Lexi Lehman’s 268.75.
- Jones then earned herself a win on the 1-meter with a score of 279.20, flipping places with Vitolo who took second with a score of 272.65. Alexa Holloway completed the sweep with a score of 263.30.
Individual Swimming
- Out of 12 individual swimming events, the Dukes placed at least two in the top three in 11 events.
- Katelyn Fitzgerald began the successful run for the Dukes with a win in the 1000 Free behind a time of 10:26.70. Abby Maguire finished third with a time of 10:41.21.
- The Dukes then earned a win in the 200 Free with Grace Bousum swimming a time of 1:54.71. Riley Nugent took third with a time of 1:56.08.
- Cottrell earned her first win of the meet in the 100 Back, coming up less than a second short of the pool record with a time of 56.22. Sydni Diehl (57.24) and Lauren Aylmer (57.89) finished behind Cottrell to complete the sweep.
- The 100 Breast was the lone race where two Dukes didn’t finish in the top three, as Bridgman took home her first win of the day with a time of 1:05.06.
- In the 200 Fly, Pryne swam a time of 2:06.84 to win the race and was followed by Rachel McCoy in second place (2:07.31).
- A pair of Dukes were the top two finishers in the 50 Free in Cornwell (23.87) and Emily Drakopoulos (23.94).
- Cornwell then earned her second victory of the day, swimming a time of 52.14 in the 100 Free. Bousum earned a third-place finish with a time of 52.97.
- Bridgman earned her second win in the 200 Breast (2:24.33), being joined by Pryne who took third place with a time of 2:27.02.
- In the 500 Free, Angela Ritchie (5:09.95) and Fitzgerald (5:10.37) went 1-2.
- The Dukes earned their second straight 1-2 finish, as Aylmer and Drakopoulos swam times of 2:05.52 and 2:06.20, respectively.
- The 100 Fly saw Cottrell come .08 seconds short of the pool record, swimming a time of 56.03 for the win. McCoy earned third behind a time of 58.11.
- Pryne and Bridgman ended the evening with first and third place finishes in the 200 IM with times of 2:08.38 and 2:11.15, respectively.
Relays
- The Dukes began the swimming portion of the meet with a pool record time in the 400 Medley Relay, as the team of Cameron Gring, Bridgman, Cottrell and Cornwell swam a time of 3:46.56 for the win.
- JMU ended the day with a win in the 200 Free Relay with the team of Bousum, Cornwell, Alex Volk and Rachel McCoy swimming a time of 1:35.32.
- The all senior team of Diehl, Cottrell, Gring and Emily Wisniewski finished third with a time of 1:37.17.
Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
“Overall, really happy with the meet. It has been many weeks since the last time we raced, right before Thanksgiving. The girls have had Thanksgiving holiday, finals, finishing off the semester and then they had Christmas break and our training trip in Florida. Training has shifted a little bit and changed as we’ve progressed through the season and enter the home stretch. Looking for different things in the meet that we did in the first semester, a lot of those things were showing through. It’s definitely not a finished product, but on the way to getting there so it was a great litmus test. Really thankful for George Mason and Fairfield for coming down and making our senior meet possible. It was great to get to honor all our seniors. It’s a very big and accomplished class so it was great to highlight and honor them and I thought the team as a whole did a really good job with energy and being together as a single unit. We’ll enjoy today, but we’ll be back training next week to get ready for a big challenge with Navy as our next opponent.”
Up Next
The Dukes will hit the road as they travel to Navy on Saturday, Jan. 20 to face the Midshipmen in a dual meet slated for an 11 a.m. start.
Courtesy: George Mason Athletics
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The George Mason men’s swimming and diving team defeated Fairfield, 181-119, while women’s team downed Fairfield, 152-147 and fell to James Madison, 207-87 on Saturday at Savage Natatorium in Harrisonburg, Va.
The men’s team won nine events in its dual against Fairfield.
The Patriots took the top spot in both the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:22.59) and 400-yard medley relay (3:24.07).
Freshman Alex Crown won the 1000-yard freestyle (9:43.34) with sophomore Max Fermayer third (10:04.67) and classmate Matt Quackenbush fourth (10:25.77). Crown placed second in the 200-yard IM (1:56.57).
In the 100-yard backstroke, sophomore Tate Anderson touched the wall first (51.60) and sophomore Jett Lee placed second (52.55).
Anderson also won the 50-yard freestyle (21.13) with freshman Colby Lane third in the event (22.05).
In the 100-yard freestyle, sophomore Joshua Hochard finished first (47.05), senior Logan Skiles third (48.44) and freshman Colby Lane fourth (48.93).
The Patriots went one-two in the 100-yard breaststroke with Zane Roberts first (58.18) and Tyler Lentine second (58.70). Lentine took second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:07.33) with sophomore Sam Rivas third (2:13.36) and sophomore Jack Chapman fourth (2:17.18).
Mason also took the top spots in the 200-yard backstroke with freshman Ian Rodgers first (1:52.25) and Crown second (1:54.06). Rodgers placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.29) with sophomore Joshua Hochard third (1:47.45) and freshman Cody Scifres fourth (1:47.86) in the event.
The Patriots claimed three of the top four spots in the 100-yard butterfly with freshman Colin Murtaugh first (51.90), sophomore Michael Bock third (52.42) and junior Joe Durocher fourth (52.72).
In the 200-yard butterfly, Rivas touched the wall second (1:55.40), Durocher finished fourth (1:57.15) and Murtaugh was fifth (1:58.85).
In the 500-yard freestyle, Fermayer placed second (4:48.00), Scifres was third (4:51.90) and senior Graham Boyle finished fifth (4:59.04).
Freshman Christian Anderson placed third in both the one-meter (221.05) and three-meter (229.65) diving events.
On the women’s side, the Patriots won the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:36.22) and placed second in the 400-yard medley relay (3:54.20).
Junior Ali Tyler touched the wall second in the 100-yard freestyle (52.96). Tyler was third in the 50-yard freestyle (23.96) and sophomore Peyton Brehmer was fourth (24.26)
In the 100-yard butterfly, Brehmer placed second (57.91) and senior Abigail Murtaugh was fourth (58.75).
In the 200-yard butterfly, Murtaugh finished third (2:08.00) and freshman Megan Anderson was sixth (2:12.81).
Sophomore Angelina Zeidan took second in the 200-yard IM (2:11.62) with junior Emma DeJong fifth in the event (2:13.13). DeJong placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.25).
In the 1000-yard freestyle, freshman Kristen Ivey was fourth (10:43.29), junior Kylie Thompson fifth (11:01.98) and sophomore Ainsley Toews sixth (11:04.68). Ivey also placed fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:30.92).
In the 200-yard backstroke, junior Anka Whelan was fourth (2:08.03) and freshman Claire Smith fifth (2:08.89).
Junior Emma McDonald placed seventh in both the one-meter (208.50) and three-meter (240.35) diving events.
The Patriots are on the road Saturday, January 20 when they take on Old Dominion with the meet scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in Norfolk, Va.
Courtesy: Fairfield Athletics
The Fairfield University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams dropped dual meets with James Madison University and George Mason University this afternoon, events hosted by JMU. George Mason swept the Stags by edging the men’s team by a 181.00 to 119.00 score and the women’s squad by a 152.00 to 147.00 count. James Madison also posted a 206.00 to 87.00 decision over the Stags on the women’s side as well.
The men’s team secured seven event victories while the women’s team added two first-place finishes to their team totals. Andrew Cataldo (247.90 points) secured the top spot in the 1 meter dive while Dillon O’Connor (240.05 points) matched that finish in the 3 meter dive. Tim Regan collected the best time (1:42.88) in the 200 free as did Hans Lim in the 200 fly (1:55.19). Jeffrey Vlass garnered first in the 200 breaststroke by touching the wall in 2:07.06. Sydney Scalise (5:11.99) and Joseph Stewart (4:45.68) combined to sweep the 500 free events for Fairfield. Erini Pappas and Ed Hunt each took first place in their respective 200 IM races, touching the wall in 2:10.43 and 1:56.01, respectively.
Fairfield had 25 finishes in the top three during the meet. Stewart highlighted the men’s performances with three top times, taking first in the 500 free as well as second in the 1000 free (9:54.71) and the 50 free (21.73). Lim also secured three top three swims during the afternoon, taking 2nd in the 200 IM (1:59.62) and the 100 fly (52.31) while also winning the 200 fly.
Pappas tallied team points in three events as well, registering the top time in the 200 IM but also securing third place in the 200 back (2:06.96) and sixth in the 100 back (58.44).
The Fairfield University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will now turn their focus to their final dual meet of the season when they host Iona University on January 20 at the RecPlex Pool before preparing for the 2024 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship which will be held in Cleveland from February 14-17.