Blue Devils Sweep Quad Meet at Boston College

Friday, November 8

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

3 PM

Duke University

UConn

Swim team cheering on those in the pool.

Blue Devils Sweep Quad Meet at Boston College

11/8/2019 11:17:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Results

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Duke swimming and diving team swept the side in a quad meet with UConn and Dartmouth at Boston College on Friday afternoon to begin its weekend in Boston, Mass.

Duke controlled the afternoon with the men topping Dartmouth 185-109, UConn 166-128 and Boston College 194.5-97.5. The women were strong as well defeating Dartmouth 192-97, UConn 180-112 and Boston College 183-109.

"It was a great night of competition for both of the Duke swimming and diving programs," head coach Dan Colella said following the meet. "It was a great way to start the weekend of racing. We need to be even sharper tomorrow if we want to have the same type of success as we did this evening."

The Blue Devils started the day on a strong foot, sweeping the 200 medley relay for the third consecutive meet. The women went one, two with Emma Shuppert, Halle Morris, Kylie Jordan and Sarah Snyder placing first in 1:41.80 while Shayna Hollander, Zoe Lusk, Rachel Peroni and Melissa Pish finished second with a time of 1:43.79. Nathaniel Hartley, Colson Zucker, Matthew Whelan and Sheldon Boboff finished first for the men in 1:31.15.

Duke's diving squads dominated the meet. Senior Nathaniel Hernandez led the men's side, winning both the one-meter and three-meter events to lead Duke to go one, two, three in the one-meter and one, three, four in the three-meter. The Southlake, Texas native scored 390.65 in the three-meter and a 351 in the one-meter. Harel Anolick finished second in the one-meter with a 292.95 and third in the three-meter with 323.75. Jonah Cagley scored a 287.05 in the one-meter and a 302.10 in the three-meter for third and fourth place, respectively.

On the women's side, Duke took the top three spots in both events. Freshman Kate Mullin won both events with a 311.5 in the three-meter and a 283.1 in the one-meter. Ellie Winslow finished second in the three-meter and third in the one-meter with scores of 273.05 and 259.45, respectively. Ali Watson rounded out the diving Blue Devils with scores of 259.45 in the one-meter and 271.95 in the three meter for second and third places, respectively.

Lee and Alyssa Marsh led the women in the pool with two individual wins apiece. Marsh took the 100 back in 54.85 and led the Duke women to capture the top three spots in the 200 back with a time of 2:00.92. Quinn Scannell and Shuppert followed Marsh in the 200 back with times of 2:02.87 and 2:03.05, respectively.

Lee, a sophomore out of Baltimore, Md., took the top spot in the 500 free (4:59.40) and the 200 fly (2:00.52). Her, Cabell Whitlow and Lucy Callard took the top three spots in the latter event as Whitlow clocked a 2:01.14 and Callard finished in 2:03.35.

Morris, Pish, Kayle Park and Whitlow also clocked first-place performances. Morris took the top spot in the 100 breast in 1:05.12 while Pish took the 100 free in 50.91. Park notched a win in the 200 breast with a time of 2:18.25. Whitlow's 55.78 led Duke in the 100 fly but Peroni was right behind her with a 55.92 in second place.

For the men, Brendan Driscoll, Miles Williams, Charlie Gingrich and Zach Washart dominated the freestyle events. In the distance events, Driscoll took the 1,000 free in 9:19.64 and Washart won the 500 free with a time of 4:31.81. Williams won the 200 free and Gingrich took the 50 free sprint in 1:39.28 and 20.98, respectively.

Cole Reznick and Whelan also walked away with first-place finishes. Reznick won the 100 breast (56.46) with Zucker not far behind for second place (56.82). Whelan won the 100 fly with a time of 48.76.

The Duke swimming and diving teams are back in action Saturday, Nov. 9, as they travel to Cambridge, Mass., for a date in the pool with Harvard and the seventh-ranked Texas A&M men's side. The meet will begin at 10 a.m. and be live streamed here.

Team Scores:
Duke Men 185, Dartmouth Men 109
Duke Men 166, UConn Men 128
Duke Men, 194.5, Boston College Men 97.5
Duke Women 192, Dartmouth Women 97
Duke Women 180, UConn 112
Duke Women 183, Boston College Women 109

Top Duke Finishers by Event:
Women's One-Meter Diving: Kate Mullin (1st), 283.80
Men's One-Meter Diving: Nathaniel Hernandez (1st), 351.00
Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay: Emma Shuppert, Halle Morris, Kylie Jordan, Sarah Snyder (1st), 1:41.80
Men's 200-Yard Medley Relay: Nathaniel Hartley, Colson Zucker, Matthew Whelan, Sheldon Boboff (1st), 1:31.15
Women's, 1000-Yard Freestyle: Brittany Kampfer (4th), 10:19.61
Men's 1000-Yard Freestyle: Brendan Driscoll (1st), 9:19.64
Women's 200-Yard Freestyle: Sarah Snyder (3rd), 1:52.45
Men's 200-Yard Freestyle: Miles Williams (1st), 1:39.28
Women's 100-Yard Backstroke: Alyssa Marsh (1st), 54.85
Men's 100-Yard Backstroke: Nathaniel Hartley (2nd), 49.29
Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke: Halle Morris (1st), 1:05.12
Men's 100-Yard Breaststroke: Cole Reznick (1st), 56.46
Women's 200-Yard Butterfly: Easop Lee (1st), 2:00.52
Men's 200-Yard Butterfly: Nick Talati (2nd), 1:51.85
Women's 50-Yard Freestyle: Quinn Scannell (2nd), 23.62
Men's 50-Yard Freestyle: Charlie Gingrich (1st), 20.98
Women's Three-Meter Diving: Kate Mullin (1st), 311.50
Men's Three-Meter Diving: Nathaniel Hernandez (1st), 390.65
Women's 100-Yard Freestyle: Melissa Pish (1st), 50.91
Men's 100-Yard Freestyle: Coleman Kredich (3rd), 46.39
Women's 200-Yard Backstroke: Alyssa Marsh (1st), 2:00.92
Men's 200-Yard Backstroke: David Hallaron (2nd), 1:50.03
Women's 200-Yard Breaststroke: Kayle Park (1st), 2:18.25
Men's 200-Yard Breaststroke: Cole Reznick (2nd), 2:05.25
Women's 500-Yard Freestyle: Easop Lee (1st), 4:59.40
Men's 500-Yard Freestyle: Zach Washart (1st), 4:31.81
Women's 100-Yard Butterfly: Cabell Ann Whitlow (1st), 55.78
Men's 100-Yard Butterfly: Matthew Whelan (1st), 48.76
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