LAWRENCE, Kan. - A trio of Duquesne swimmers opened the 2021-22 campaign on Friday morning, competing in the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Open Water Nationals in Lone Star Lake. Duquesne posted a 14th-place finish out of 22 teams competing at the five-kilometer event.

Emma Menzer (Newark, Del. / Newark Charter) posted a 43rd-place finish (1:09:40.3) out of 70 swimmers to pace the Dukes followed by Molly Brennan (Pittsford, N.Y. / Pittsford Sutherland) in 63rd (1:13:52.7) and Orla Egan (Sunnyside, N.Y. / Mary Louis Academy) recorded a 68th-place mark (1:16:42.1). 

In order to compete in the 2021 CSCAA 5K Open Water Championship, swimmers must have achieved time standards of: 5:10.00 (500 SCY), 10:30.00 (1,000 SCY) and 18:00.00 (1,650 SCY). Seventy-seven student-athletes from 21 NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III schools are set to take part at the event. 

The Duquesne divers open the 2021-22 campaign at the Pitt Diving Invitational on Friday, Oct. 1 at Trees Pool in Oakland. The Dukes host the annual team pentathlon on Saturday, Oct. 2 before kicking off the season as a full squad on Saturday, Oct. 16 hosting James Madison at 11 a.m. at Towers Pool.