{"id":571726,"date":"2023-10-28T00:30:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T07:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=571726"},"modified":"2023-10-28T00:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T07:30:49","slug":"duke-women-unc-wilmington-men-prevail-in-intrastate-dual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duke-women-unc-wilmington-men-prevail-in-intrastate-dual\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Women, UNC-Wilmington Men Prevail in Intrastate Dual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke Women, UNC-Wilmington Men Prevail in Intrastate Dual<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the Blue Devils’ home opener Friday against UNC-Wilmington, the Duke women cruised to a 188-104 win over the Seahawks while the UNCW men earned a hard-fought 152.5-145.5 win over Duke in a battle that came down to the final relay.<\/p>\n

The women’s meet was one-sided, with the Blue Devils winning every event. Kailyn Gridley<\/strong> paced Duke with a pair of breaststroke wins, touching first in the 100 (1:00.61) and 200 (2:14.49). Freshman Ali Pfaff<\/strong> was also a double winner, claiming the 100 backstroke (54.16) and 100 freestyle (50.84). The team of\u00a0Pfaff, Gridley,\u00a0Aleyna Ozkan<\/strong> and\u00a0Tatum Wall<\/strong> dominated the 200 medley relay with a 1:40.11 mark, and Wall earned an individual win of her own in the 50 free (23.40).<\/p>\n

Catherine Purnell<\/strong> topped the 1000 freestyle in 10:08.81, with teammate Emily Gjertsen<\/strong> making it a 1-2 finish, and Yi Xuan Chang<\/strong> led a 1-2-3 sweep for Duke in the 200 free as she touched in 1:49.99. Chang became the third double winner for Duke on the day as she was the only swimmer to break 5:00 in the 500 free (4:59.00).<\/p>\n

Catherine Belyakov<\/strong> beat the field in the 200 butterfly by close to four seconds as she touched in 2:02.86.\u00a0Molly Donlan<\/strong> topped the 200 back (1:59.06), and\u00a0Martina Peroni<\/strong> won the 100 fly (54.37). Veteran\u00a0Sarah Foley<\/strong> cruised in the 400 IM (4:20.72), and after the disqualification of Duke’s 200 free relay A-team, Foley anchored the B-team that also included\u00a0Emily Lenihan<\/strong>, Chang and Purnell to a 1:35.38 victory. Duke also had diving wins from\u00a0Margo Omeara<\/strong> on 1-meter (339.75) and\u00a0Josie Zillig<\/strong> on 3-meter (335.18).<\/p>\n