Duke Finishes Record-Breaking Day at Dowd Invitational

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Duke Finishes Record-Breaking Day at Dowd Invitational

12/4/2020 10:21:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Results

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Duke swimming and diving wrapped up a record-breaking day at the UNC Janis Hape Dowd Invitational at Koury Natatorium in Chapel Hill on Friday evening.

The Blue Devils made eight appearances in this evening's 'A' Finals while 10 times placed in the top-10 charts of Duke history.

Duke opened the evening finals in the 200 medley relay. In the relay, the quartet of freshman David Chang, junior Cole Reznick, sophomore Charlie Gingrich and freshman Zach McIntyre touched the wall in 1:26.89 to place fifth in the event and 10th all-time at Duke.

Senior Quinn Scannell and sophomore Olivia Tighe turned heads in the 200 freestyle as Scannell won and Tighe placed fourth in the top flight. Both Blue Devils swam career-best times and put themselves in the top 10 in program history as Scannell improved her fourth-place time and Tighe moved to ninth all-time. In addition, junior Shae Nicolaisen also swam a career-best 1:51.28 in the 'B' Final.

On the men's side, junior David Hallaron moved to sixth all-time at Duke in the 200 freestyle after swimming a career-best 1:36.72 in the 'A' Final to place sixth in the event. Junior Matthew Whelan, McIntyre and sophomore Matthew Knox also represented Duke in the 'B' Final, placing second, third and seventh, respectively.

Three Blue Devils appeared in the 'A' Final of the women's 400 individual medley — the most in a single event on the night. Freshmen Catherine Purnell (4:14.37) and Ashley Chompre (4:21.63) swam career-best times in the morning to reach the finals before placing fourth and eighth. Purnell's time was the sixth-fastest time in Duke history in the event. Junior Cabell Whitlow also competed in the 'A' Final and touched the wall in 4:17.78 in the finals to place fifth.

Junior Everett Werner led the men in the 400 IM, winning the 'B' Final with a time of 3:52.86. He was followed by sophomores Nick Viers (3:56.94) and Brendan Driscoll (4:02.42) who both recorded career bests as Viers' time vaulted him into the all-time charts at 10th. Reznick was exhibition in the event but swam the third-fastest time of the day in the preliminaries and the second-fastest time in program history, touching in 3:49.36.

In the 100 breaststroke, sophomore Kayle Park reached the 'A' Finals for the Blue Devils while freshmen Sarah Foley and Catherine Belyakov and graduate student Mia Bullock represented Duke in the 'B' tier. Foley took the top spot of the 'B' Final and moved to second all-time at Duke in the event after swimming a career-best 1:01.06. Bullock etched her name in the Duke history books with 1:01.86 in the event, moving to eighth all-time at Duke.

Junior Colson Zucker competed in the 'A' Final for Duke in the 100 breaststroke after Reznick won the 'B' Final with a time of 54.07. Reznick's mark was just .01 seconds slower than his career-best which sits 10th all-time at Duke.

Sophomore Emma Shuppert earned a spot in the 'A' Final of the 100 backstroke after clocking a 53.06 in the morning preliminaries before placing sixth in the evening. Junior Shayna Hollander and freshman Emily Lenihan placed second and fourth in the 'B' Final with times of 53.74 and 54.18, respectively. Lenihan's time was a career best and moved her to seventh in the all-time charts.

Duke closed out the evening in the men's 100 backstroke as Chang recorded a career-best time of 48.71 in the event to placed 12th overall, moving to seventh in Duke history.

The Blue Devils return to Koury Natatorium tomorrow to take on the final day of the Janis Hape Dowd Invitational. Racing begins at 10 a.m. and will include the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 1650 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay.

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Men's Team Scores:
No. 4 NC State 693.5
No. 23 North Carolina 500
No. 11 Virginia Tech 404.5
No. RV Duke 284

Women's Team Scores:
No. 7 NC State 723.5
No. 17 Virginia Tech 438
No. 23 North Carolina 343
No. 16 Duke 326.5

Top Duke Finishers by Event:
Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay: Emily Lenihan, Kayle Park, Rachel Peroni, Mia Bullock (5th), 1:40.63
Men's 200-Yard Medley Relay: David Chang, Cole Reznick, Charlie Gingrich, Zach McIntyre (5th), 1:26.89
Women's 400-Yard Individual Medley: Catherine Purnell (4th), 4:15.86
Men's 400-Yard Individual Medley: Everett Werner (9th), 3:52.86
Women's 200-Yard Freestyle: Olivia Tighe (4th), 1:48.49
Men's 200-Yard Freestyle: David Hallaron (6th), 1:36.72
Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke: Kayle Park (8th), 1:01.35
Men's 100-Yard Breaststroke: Colson Zucker (8th), 54.68
Women's 100-Yard Backstroke: Emma Shuppert (6th), 53.13
Men's 100-Yard Backstroke: David Chang (12th), 48.71