Duke Sweeps East Carolina in Final Dual

DURHAM, North Carolina, January 28. THE Duke swimming and diving teams closed out their home season on Saturday with victories over East Carolina, as the Blue Devil women came away with a 161-137 win and the Duke men posted a narrow 155-145 win.
The women's squad improved to 5-3 (1-3 ACC) with today's win, while the men's team improved to 4-4 (1-3 ACC).

The Duke women started out strong once again, taking first place in the 400 medley relay, as Danielle Spearman, Jackie Rodriguez, Shannon Beall and Caitlin Ariens touched in 3:52.86. Spearman notched two individual victories on the day, winning the 100 backstroke (58.04) and the 200 backstroke (2:06.96). Rodriguez also was a double-event winner, as she took first place in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.37) and 200 breaststroke (2:21.68), as was Beall (200 butterfly – 2:04.49; 200 IM -2:07.98).

Freshman Julie Brummond once again dominated on the 1- and 3-meter boards, notching marks of 283.95 and 293.33, respectively, for first-place finishes. Senior Michelle Aristeo took first place in the 500 free with a time of 5:07.11.

The Duke men also came out strong, as David Hahn, Kevin Arthofer, Eric Ness and David Carlson took first place in the 400 medley relay with a Duke season-best time of 3:27.04. Arthofer took first in the 100 breaststroke, touching in 57.80, while Carlson placed first in the 100 freestyle in a Duke season-best 47.17 seconds, and the 50 freestyle (21.70), also a Duke season-fastest.

Freshman Eric Winnard took first on the 1-meter board with a mark of 294.15, while sophomore Nick Campisano placed first on the 3-meter board (343.42). Also notching individual wins, were Tim McKeever (1000 free – 10:04.00) and Scott Champagne (200 backstroke – 1:54.12).

"We looked over and were calculating this lineup over the course of the week," said Duke head coach Dan Colella. "We told the team yesterday that we knew it was going to be a dog fight and whoever wanted it more was going to come out as the victors. We had a lot of people stand up and do a great job and we had some real big breakthroughs. After losing to them last year, it was nice to come back and win both meets. We're really excited about the progress of the team and we're looking forward to Clemson and ACCs in the weeks to come."

Duke will close out the regular season at Clemson on Feb. 3, and then head for the ACC Championships, held on Feb. 14-17 for the women's competition and Feb. 21-24 for the men's competition.

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