The Blue Devils swept competition from across the East Coast at the JMU Invitational this weekend to remain undefeated on both the women’s and men’s teams.
Junior Emily Schwitzer won the women’s race outright, covering the 5.1-kilometer race in a time of 18:09, and was followed three seconds later by sophomore Carly Seymour with a time of 18:12. Five other Blue Devils placed in the top ten, and Duke’s top five finishers’ times combined for a cumulative score of 18 points.
That score easily put Duke ahead of JMU, the next closest with 55 team points, and the rest of the 119-women field.
On the 7.9-kilometer men’s course, junior Bo Waggoner finished second out of 85 competitors in 24:20, with six other Blue Devils finishing in the top ten. The men’s combined total of 23 points was good enough for the victory as well, as only Georgetown came close with 42 points.
The Blue Devil men’s squad is now 8-0 on the year, and the women stand at 10-0 overall this season.
Duke returns to the course in two weekends at the Roy Griak Inviational in Minneapolis, Minn., before competing in the more local Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary Oct. 2.
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