GENEVA, Ohio - The Duquesne women's swimming and diving team seeks its third straight Atlantic 10 title when the Dukes travel to SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio for the A-10 Championship meet on Wednesday, Feb. 19 through Saturday, Feb. 22. Each championship meet session will stream live on ESPN+ with direct links provided below.
Duquesne has captured each of the last two titles for the program's first two conference championships in program history. The Dukes registered a school-record 580.5 at last season's championship meet, owning the lead after each of the four days of competition at SPIRE. Duquesne took home 11 medals, recording points on the diving side for the first time in over 20 years. Head coach
David Sheets was named the A-10 Women's Swimming Coach of the Year for the second season in a row and third time overall.
Now junior
Emma Brinton (Landenberg, Pa. / Avon Grove) posted 11 medal-winning performances at last season's meet. Sophomore
Audrey Steen (San Pedro, Calif. / San Pedro) was the second Dukes swimmer to garner A-10 Most Outstanding Rookie Performer honors in 2019 after Brinton won the award in 2018.
Senior
Lauren Devorace (Rocky River, Ohio / Rocky River) returns for Duquesne after taking home bronze in the 500-yard freestyle and being part of the Dukes' gold medal-winning 800-yard free relay team. Devorace is one of seven seniors for Duquesne along with
Meredith Easterling (Murrysville, Pa. / Franklin Regional),
Carson Gross (York, Pa. / York Suburban),
Madelyn Hoying (Groselle, Mich. / Groselle),
Erin Kuhn (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Allegheny),
Heather Svitavsky (Willoughby, Ohio / Hawken) and
Summer Svitavsky (Willoughby, Ohio / Hawken)
Freshman diver
Sidney O'Donnell (Solon, Ohio / Solon) has been named A-10 Rookie of the Week on two occasions this season, becoming the fifth Duke to earn the league's weekly rookie award twice in the same season over the last six years. O'Donnell qualified for the 2020 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships at West Virginia with her showing at the Western Pennsylvania Invitational hosted by Pitt at Trees Pool, posting scores of 279.75 on the 1-meter boards and 287.45 on the 3-meter dive to pace the Dukes. She notched new school records with those figures.
Duquesne was selected as preseason co-favorites in the A-10 Preseason Coaches' Poll along with George Washington. Fordham was picked to finish third followed by Richmond fourth and UMass fifth.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Day 1 - Wednesday
Prelims - 1:00 PM
1-meter diving
Finals - 5:00 PM
200-yard medley relay
1-meter diving
800-yard freestyle relay
Day 2 - Thursday
Prelims - 10:00 AM
500-yard freestyle
200-yard individual medley
50-yard freestyle
Finals - 6:30 PM
500-yard freestyle
200-yard individual medley
50-yard freestyle
200-yard freestyle relay
Day 3 - Friday
Prelims - 10:00 AM
400-yard individual medley
100-yard butterfly
200-yard freestyle
100-yard breaststroke
100-yard backstroke
3-meter diving
Finals - 6:30 PM
400-yard individual medley
100-yard butterfly
200-yard freestyle
100-yard breaststroke
100-yard backstroke
3-meter diving
400-yard medley relay
Day 4 - Saturday
Prelims - 10:00 AM
200-yard backstroke
100-yard freestyle
200-yard breaststroke
200-yard butterfly
1,650 yard freestyle (all but top heat)
Finals - 6:00 PM
1,650 yard freestyle (top heat)
200-yard backstroke
100-yard freestyle
200-yard breaststroke
200-yard butterfly
400-yard freestyle relay
WATCH (ESPN+)
Day 1 - Wednesday
Prelims: http://www.espn.com/watch?id=6e9a473b-cd14-439e-8c25-cad23b165a16
Finals: http://www.espn.com/watch?id=9298c635-2f05-48b9-955c-c723c7737125
Day 2 - Thursday
Prelims: http://www.espn.com/watch?id=6b5aea28-2ac9-4a8b-9da5-c6447ae6e5b9
Finals: http://www.espn.com/watch?id=d6246e8c-f8ff-44d9-8abf-53b661c25566
Day 3 - Friday
Prelims: http://www.espn.com/watch?id=04088748-f41f-4e0f-bb89-6a5d20855c2b
Finals: http://www.espn.com/watch?id=336448a8-9ccc-4a86-ad97-7372948ca13b
Day 4 - Saturday
Prelims: http://www.espn.com/watch?id=adfc71cc-7b79-43e5-842f-75956d26234e
Finals: http://www.espn.com/watch?id=44335caa-45ff-4079-8b04-cd6cc249ae9a
