{"id":576887,"date":"2024-02-02T22:02:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=576887"},"modified":"2024-02-02T22:02:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:02:08","slug":"duke-concludes-dual-meet-season-with-wins-against-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duke-concludes-dual-meet-season-with-wins-against-queens\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Concludes Dual Meet Season With Wins Against Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke Concludes Dual Meet Season With Wins Against Queens<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duke’s women and men competed at home against Queens Friday, with the women dominating the meet on the way to a 171.5-63.5 victory while the men squeaked out a 127-109 triumph against the visiting Royals.<\/p>\n

The Duke team of\u00a0Emily Lenihan<\/strong>,\u00a0Sarah Foley<\/strong>, Aleyna Ozkan<\/strong> and\u00a0Kyanh Truong<\/strong> finished first in the 200 medley relay in 1:38.45.\u00a0Molly Donlan<\/strong> grabbed Duke’s first individual win in the 200 freestyle (1:49.33), and she later won the 100 backstroke as well (53.61). Tatum Wall<\/strong> followed up with a first-place result in the 50 free (22.35) while Catherine Purnell<\/strong> topped the 400 IM (4:16.01).<\/p>\n

Ozkan put up a solid mark of 52.67 in the 100 butterfly, and Yixuan Chang<\/strong> won the 500 free (4:52.81). Catherine Belyakov<\/strong> was the winner of the 100 breaststroke (1:01.18), and the 200 free relay went to the team of Wall, Truong, Foley and\u00a0Ali Pfaff<\/strong> in 1:29.86. In diving, with no Queens divers in attendance but East Carolina sending competitors to Durham, Margo Omera<\/strong> placed first on 1-meter (334.50) and 3-meter (338.25).<\/p>\n

Queens’\u00a0Sarah Lange<\/strong> was the only swimmer to crack 10:00 in the 1000 free (9:59.66), and\u00a0Danielle Melilli<\/strong> won the 100 free in 49.07.<\/p>\n