DURHAM – A select team of the Duke swimming and diving program will travel to Blacksburg, Va., this weekend for the Hokie Invite hosted by Virginia Tech.
MEET INFORMATION
20 members of the Duke team will represent the Blue Devils at the invitational. The full meet schedule is below. Preliminaries are set to begin at 10 a.m. each morning with finals to follow in the evening.
Friday, Feb. 4
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
200 Freestyle Relay
400 Medley Relay
Saturday, Feb. 5
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
200 Medley Relay
800 Freestyle Relay
Sunday, Feb. 6
1,650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Freestyle Relay
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live results will be updated throughout the meet on Meet Mobile.
LAST TIME OUT
Sophomore
Sarah Foley recorded a school record in the 100 breaststroke but the Duke swimming and diving team dropped a dual-meet to North Carolina at Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion Friday.
The Duke women dropped a tight race 154-146, as North Carolina took the top two spots in the last event. North Carolina won the men's side of the meet, 168-132.
"I was super excited about some of our performances tonight," Duke head coach
Dan Colella said. "It is always a traditional, great meet. I congratulate Mark Gangloff and his staff on their wins, but I was proud of how our team performed tonight, on the women's side going down to the last relay and the men having some strong wins in there.
"We put a close on our dual-meet season and we always want more but overall there were some really good things to take away from the evening," Colella continued. "We are in a great position to do some really fast swimming in two weeks when we head to Atlanta for the ACC Championships. We are looking forward to the championship season and some really fast swimming."
For the full recap of all the action, click
HERE.
RECORD BOOK UPDATE: EIGHT TOP-10 TIMES
The Duke swimming and diving team recorded 20 career-best times, including eight top-10 times in program history in its meet against North Carolina at Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion on Friday.
Sophomore
Sarah Foley's program record time of 59.62 in the 100 breaststroke highlighted the meet, as she now holds the school records in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke (2:08.30) and 400 individual medley (4:08.97). The Philadelphia, Pa., native also set two pool records Friday, clocking 2:10.76 in the 200 breaststroke and 1:57.10 in the 200 individual medley.
Senior
Easop Lee tallied three career-best times on Friday, none more impressive than her 1:56.22 in the 200 backstroke. Lee's mark ranks third in the event in program history.
Read the full release
HERE.
BOTH PROGRAMS HONORED AS SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) selected the Duke men's and women's swimming and diving teams as a Scholar All-America Team for the fall 2021 semester.
Duke was one of 450 schools to receive the award for the spring semester. The Blue Devils boasted GPAs of 3.62 on the women's side and 3.69 for the men's program.
The Blue Devils led the ACC on both the men's and women's sides while the men's GPA tied for third nationally. Duke was one of just four teams to have over a 3.60 GPA for both teams nationwide.
UP NEXT
Following the meet, the Blue Devils shift its gaze to the ACC Championships. The combined men's and women's ACC Championships will run Feb. 15-19 in Atlanta, Ga.
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