{"id":598214,"date":"2024-10-25T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=598214"},"modified":"2024-10-25T19:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T02:05:00","slug":"south-carolina-earns-womens-and-mens-wins-over-duke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-carolina-earns-womens-and-mens-wins-over-duke\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Earns Women’s and Men’s Wins Over Duke"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Carolina Earns Women’s and Men’s Wins Over Duke<\/strong><\/p>\n

The South Carolina Gamecocks are spending the weekend in the Triangle Area, having taken on Duke in dual meet action before swimming against North Carolina Saturday. The first half of that doubleheader went perfectly for South Carolina, with the women earning a 161-139 win and the men squeaking out a 155-145 triumph.<\/p>\n

Madison Kolessar<\/strong> started off the meet with a win in the 1000 freestyle (9:50.76), and she returned to win the 500 free in 4:50.89.\u00a0Amy Riordan<\/strong> scored the win in the 200 free (1:45.71).\u00a0Greta Pelzel<\/strong> captured both butterfly events, clocking 1:55.11 in the 200 and 52.63 in the 100, and Sophie Verzul<\/strong> topped 3-meter diving (390.53).<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks’ team of Riordan, Peyton Curry<\/strong>,\u00a0Ellery Ottem<\/strong> and\u00a0Dylan Scholes<\/strong> scored the win in the 400 free relay in 3:17.16 to conclude the meet.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devil women were led by\u00a0Kaelyn Gridley<\/strong>, the fifth-place finisher in both breaststroke events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Gridley won the 100 breast in 58.68, a time which would have placed her in the B-final at last year’s NCAA Championships (in which she finished 17th). Gridley also clocked 2:09.35 for a dominant win in the 200 breast, and she\u00a0split 26.62 as Duke won the 200 medley relay by almost three seconds, with Ali Pfaff<\/strong>,\u00a0Aleyna Ozkan<\/strong> and\u00a0Tatum Wall<\/strong> rounding out the relay in a time of 1:36.60.<\/p>\n

Pfaff dominated the 100 back (51.66) and 200 back (1:53.69), and Wall won the 50 free (22.15) and 100 free (49.07).\u00a0Martina Peroni<\/strong> won the 200 IM (1:59.80).\u00a0Margo Omeara<\/strong> won 1-meter diving (332.93).<\/p>\n