Oct. 30, 2010

Results

Duquesne's swimming team dropped a pair of decisions at St. Francis Saturday afternoon, falling to the host Red Flash, 170-91 and to Central Conecticut State, 149-112.

Freshman Meghan Smith finished first in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:10.34 while junior Morgan Claycomb captured first in the 100 backstroke in 59.47. Smith also had a third place showing in the 200 free in 1:55.89 and finished fourth in the 500 free in 5:16.40. In addition, Claycomb grabbed a third place finish in the 200 back in 2:10.34.

Sophomore Miriam McGeath took home second place finishes in the 200 butterfly in 2:09.57 and the 200 breaststroke in 2:27.56. Senior Kim Schade placed fourth in the 50 free in 25.60, sophomore Caitlin Zajko finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.30 and junior Hannah Kondrotas took fourth in the 200 butterfly in 2:13.41 and the 1,000 free in 10:58.65.

"We had a solid meet this past weekend," said head coach David Sheets. "Although we did not swim as fast as the other two teams, the effort was there. The fast swimming will come but we just need to stick to our plan and be patient. It's a long season....the ladies are swimming hard now but will swim fast in February!"

The Dukes return to action on Friday, Nov. 5 as they travel to Canisius for a 4:00 p.m. meet.