Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Duquesne University swimming and diving team hosted a tri-meet with St. Bonaventure and Clarion on Saturday afternoon, capturing a pair of victories inside Towers Pool. The Dukes defeated the Bonnies 162.0 – 100.0 while downing the Golden Eagles 221.0 – 41.0.

Four different individuals and the 400-yard medley relay team broke pool records which highlighted the meet this afternoon. The 400-yard medley team of Haley Scholer, Sydney Severini, Julia Sobun, and Kayla Johnson captured the gold and secured the pool record with a time of 3:45.09. Scholer led off the relay by breaking the pool record in the 100-yard backstroke by touching the wall at 54.85. The previous record was held by Audrey Steen, who recorded a time of 55.42.

A trio of Dukes earned the top three spots in the 500-yard freestyle, with freshman Lexi Sundgren earning the pool record with a time of 4:57.25. Sophomore Aislinn Mooney finished behind Sundgren to earn the silver (5:02.87) while senior Gabby Jenkins captured the bronze (5:04.49). Sundgren would add a second and third place finish to her resume as she took home silver in the 100-yard IM (59.29) while capturing bronze in the 100-yard freestyle (51.78).

In the 200-yard IM, Duquesne took four of the top five spots, highlighted by junior Orla Egan registering a time of 2:04.80 to take first. Severini touched the wall at 2:05.42 to finish in third while seniors Reagan Linkous (2:08.30) and Molly Brennan (2:09.19) ended fourth and fifth. Egan would capture the gold in the 200-yard free by touching the wall at 1:15.41 as Linkous finished third in the 100-yard IM (1:00.50).

Scholer continued her dominating performance by capturing the gold in the 100-yard butterfly (55.79). She would follow that up by breaking the pool record in the 200-yard backstroke (1:58.76) which was previously held by Ohio's Laura Dawson (2:00.70).

Senior Abby Mele would lead a trio of Dukes in the 100-yard breaststroke, clocking in at 1:04.29 for the top spot. Severini would take second with a time of 1:04.32 as graduate student Madison Dickert took bronze with a time of 1:04.88. Another pool record was shattered in the 200-yard butterfly by graduate student Madeline Marks, who touched the wall at 2:01.12. The record was previously held by Steen (2:02.37).

Severini (2:20.33), Dickert (2:23.01), Egan (2:23.54) and Mele (2:23.66) took the top four spots in the 200-yard breaststroke before the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Johnson, Natalia Fryckowska, Sundgren, and Scholer finished second with a time of 1:35.05.

QUOTABLE
"It was great to get SBU back on the schedule and to welcome my Alma mater to Towers Pool," head coach David Sheets said. "The bleachers were again packed with spectators which created a great environment for fast swimming.  The ladies are starting to look a bit sharper overall even under the stress of the training the last few weeks.  We will now turn our focus to the OSU Winter invite and A10's"

UP NEXT
The Dukes are idle for a week before they head to Columbus, Ohio to take part in the Ohio State Winter Invite on Feb. 21 – Feb. 24.