PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne swimming and diving team returns to action this weekend at the Atlantic 10 Classic at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. The Dukes are set to battle George Mason, Oakland and Saint Bonaventure at the meet hosted at the site of the conference championship. 

The Dukes are slated to compete as a team for the second time this season, following a pair of dual meet victories over James Madison and Saint Francis U at Towers Pool last weekend. 

Graduate transfer Mendy de Rooi recorded four of Duquesne's 13 first-place finishes in the win over JMU, pacing the 50 free (23.99), 100 free (52.41), 100 fly (56.22) as well as the 400 medley relay (3:51.47). De Rooi followed that up with wins in the 200 medley relay (1:48.56) and 200 free relay (1:38.07) against the Red Flash on Saturday. 

Freshman Orla Egan posted a pair of first-place finishes in the 500 free (5:05.49) and the 1000 free (10:25.92) in the victory over the Dukes before winning the 400 IM (4:34.60) vs. SFU. 

Katelyn Harkrader paced the 100 back (59.34), 200 back (2:07.62) and 200 medley relay (1:48.56) for Duquesne in the win over the Red Flash. 

On the diving side, Sidney O'Donnell achieved an NCAA Zone cut score on the 1-meter boards at 283.43 in the win over James Madison at Carnegie Mellon. Finishing second in the event, the junior had already bested her own school record and posted an NCAA Zone cut on the 3-meter boards in the Dukes' season-opener earlier this season against Pitt at Trees Pool. She tacked on a third-place mark on the 3-meter boards (267.38) against the Dukes of James Madison. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 
Session 1: Saturday Oct. 30 - 11:00 AM
200 Free Relay
--Break--
500 Free
200 IM
50 Free
--Break--
400 Medley Relay
 
Session 2: Saturday Oct. 30 - 6:00 PM
200 Medley Relay
--Break--
400 IM
100 Fly
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
 
Session 3: Sunday, Oct. 31 - 9:00 AM
1650 Free
200 Back
100 Free
200 Breast
200 Fly
--Break--
400 Free Relay

Diving will run concurrently with swimming during sessions 1 & 2

NEXT UP
Duquesne returns to action with the Magnus Cup on Nov. 18-20 in Cleveland, Ohio.