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Duke Men and Women Take Down UNC-Wilmington

Duke swimming and diving prevailed, as the men and women claimed top spots in each of the springboard events, complementing the solid swims for Duke in their defeat of UNC-Wilmington. The Blue Devil women outscored UNC-Wilmington 187-108, while the Duke men defeated the Seahawks 165 to 128.

After Duke taking the women’s (1:44.27) and men’s (1:29.56) wins in the 200 Medley Relay, Blue Devil Freshman Lizzie Devitt brought home Duke’s first individual event win in the 1000 Free (10:32.70) ahead of teammate Lindsay Schlichte (10:36.51), starting the meet with a 1-2 sweep.

The UNC-Wilmington men responded, as Alex Sabau touched first in the 1000 Free with a 9:47.11, ahead of Blue Devil Marco Hosfeld (9:51.71).

Duke’s Brittany Friese lead a Blue Devil 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 Free, touching first in 1:53.78. Teammates Isa Paez (1:54.70) and Colleen Wixted (1:54.76) followed up, respectively. Duke’s Michael Miller took the Men’s 200 Free in 1:42.94 ahead of UNC-Wilmington’s Alex Labonge (1:44.36).

Blue Devil Chelsea Ye took home a win in the 100 Back (57.57) ahead of UNC-Wilmington’s Catherine Gargula (58.50). For the men, Duke’s Kazumu Takabayashi (50.65) out-touched UNC-Wilmington’s Valtteri Halonen (50.99) by a little more than three-tenths of a second.

Jenson Engen was UNC-Wilmington’s double event winner of the meet, with Engen taking home first in the 100 Breast (1:04.62) and 200 Breast (2:19.58). Duke’s Peter Kropp took home wins in both of the Breaststroke events as well, blowing the field away with a 54.52, in the 100 Breast for his second NCAA B cut. Kropp lead a 1-2-3 Duke sweep in the 200 Breast (2:02.98), ahead of teammates Victor Chen and Dylan Payne.

Freshman Blue Devil Verity Abel won the 200 Fly (2:05.95), while teammate Kenny Ng took home the win for the Duke men in the event (1:52.71).

The Duke men captured a tie in the 50 Free, with teammates Ryan Nicholson and David Armstrong both touching first in 21.25, just one one-hundredth of a second ahead of UNC-Wilmington’s Drew Gaertner (21.26).

Duke’s Kathryn Eckhart took the 100 Free (53.20) ahead of teammate Wixted (53.64) for a 1-2 sweep. 50 Free champion Nicholson (46.97) took second in the men’s 100 Free to UNC-Wilmington’s Adam Salzman (46.73).

“There were definitely some great performances,” Duke head coach Dan Collela said in a statement to Duke Sports Information. “One of the things that I was the most proud of wasn’t necessarily the times, but the way people raced today. We challenged them to swim some of their races a little bit differently than they have in the past and I think they did a really great job of that. It’s something that’s only going to help them continue to improve as we go forward.”

The Blue Devil women picked up 1-2-3 and 1-2-3-4 sweeps in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard. The Duke charge was lead by Sophomore Maryellen Targonski in the 1-meter (290.18) and Sophomore Kirby Quinn in the 3-meter (310.05), both posting Zones qualifying marks. Sophomore Cole Plambeck swept both the springboard events for the men, scoring 300.23 in the 1-meter and 275.40 in the 3-meter. Plambeck’s score on the 1 meter was another Zones qualifying mark for the Blue Devil divers.

Read the full meet results here.

 

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