Buffalo, N.Y. – The Duquesne University swimming & diving team continued competition in day two of the tri-meet at Buffalo, with Marshall on Saturday inside the Alumni Arena Natatorium & Dorsi Raynolds Pool.
Graduate student
Madeline Marks highlighted competition Saturday for the Dukes, securing a first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:05.21. The 400-yard medley relay started things off in day two with Duquesne capturing the bronze. The team of
Haley Scholer,
Sydney Severini,
Julia Sobun, and
Lexi Sundgren registered a time 3:54.45.
The 1,000-yard freestyle followed as junior
Orla Egan took the silver while posting a time of 10:34.11 as sophomore
Aislinn Mooney touched the wall at 10:54.73. Egan also took part in the 200-yard IM where she registered a time of 2:11.11 to take fourth. Severini and Marks also competed in the event after carding times of 2:13.89 and 2:41.35.
Four different Dukes competed in the 100-yard freestyle, with two of them finishing in the top four. Senior
Molly Brennan collected the bronze after clocking in a time of 53.34 while graduate student
Natalia Fryckowska finished right behind her in fifth at 53.40.
In the 200-yard backstroke, Scholer clocked in a time of 2:04.34 to finish second while senior
Reagan Linkous (2:05.37) and junior
Hayley Taylor (2:07.42) finished fourth and sixth respectively. The 400-yard freestyle relay concluded things as the Dukes had a pair of teams finish fourth and fifth. The team of
Gaby Jenkins, Sundgren, Brennan, and Scholer touched the wall at 3:34.58 while Sobun,
Kayla Johnson,
Katie Simpson, and Fryckowska finished with a time of 3:37.36.
"The first day was a little up and down," head swimming coach Dave Sheets said. "It took a few swims to shake off the bus ride. On the second day we wanted to focus more on race execution and less on what the scoreboard was telling us. Overall, day 2 was much better than Day 1. The ladies were a little more patient and focused on putting the small things together."
The Duquesne diving team also took part at Buffalo with sophomore
Ashley Felitsky competing in the one-meeter and compiling a score of 231.15. Classmate
Kendall Nigh also took part, posting a final score of 168.85. During day one, Felitsky carded a final score of 233.40 in the three-meet diving.
"The divers had a consistent overall performance," head diving coach
Jeff Brown said. "Ashley excelled on 1M against a tough MAC field. The divers are improving and continue to work on the more difficult dives."
Day three of the UB Diving Invite scheduled for Sunday morning has been canceled due to the on-going winter storm in Buffalo, N.Y.
UP NEXT
Duquesne returns to Pittsburgh to celebrate Senior Day as it will host Saint Francis on Saturday, Jan. 20, beginning at 1:00 p.m. inside Towers Pool.
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