{"id":623163,"date":"2025-09-27T12:58:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=623163"},"modified":"2025-09-28T09:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:14:58","slug":"duke-cruises-in-home-meet-against-boston-college-plus-east-carolina-women-marymount-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duke-cruises-in-home-meet-against-boston-college-plus-east-carolina-women-marymount-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Cruises in Home Meet Against Boston College Plus East Carolina Women, Marymount Men"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke Cruises in Home Meet Against Boston College Plus East Carolina Women, Marymount Men<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Duke Blue Devils opened the 2025-26 college season by welcoming ACC rival Boston College as well as the women’s team from East Carolina and men’s team from Marymount in a Friday dual meet. Duke was victorious in all four contests. The women beat BC 207-54 and ECU 202-59. The men’s 155-106 win over BC was the closest contest of the day, with a 218-43 win over Marymount.<\/p>\n

Duke’s women opened with a win in the 200 medley relay behind the team of\u00a0Ali Pfaff<\/strong>,\u00a0Kaelyn Gridley<\/strong>,\u00a0Heather White<\/strong> and\u00a0Tatum Wall<\/strong> (1:40.62). Duke’s first individual win came from\u00a0Audrey Portello<\/strong> in the 200 freestyle (1:51.44), with Pfaff coming through in the 100 backstroke (53.18). Pfaff picked up another first-place in the 100 free (50.17).<\/p>\n

Gridley, the fourth-place finisher in the 200 breaststroke at last season’s NCAA Championships, began her senior season with a pair of wins in her signature stroke. She clocked 1:01.80 in the 100 breast and 2:15.12 in the 200. Fellow senior\u00a0Martina Peroni<\/strong> was first in the 200 butterfly (2:01.84).<\/p>\n

White was the winner of the 50 free (23.20) and 100 fly (55.33), and Kate Meyers-Labenz<\/strong> topped the 200 back (1:59.94). Portello won twice more in the 500 free (4:57.51) and 200 IM (2:02.48). In diving, Keira Lu <\/strong>was first on 3-meter (314.65). To conclude the day, the team of White, Tierney Lenahan<\/strong>,\u00a0Pfaff and Wall swam a time of 3:22.94 to win the 400 free relay.<\/p>\n

ECU’s Tanith Mueller<\/strong> finished first in the 1000 free (10:23.30) while\u00a0Frida Zuniga Guzman<\/strong> won 1-meter diving (301.10).<\/p>\n