Duke men take 6th in ACC swimming
In its best finish under fifth-year head coach Dan Colella, Duke took sixth place at the ACC Swimming Championships held in Chapel Hill over the weekend. The Blue Devils finished the contest with 305 points—just 3.5 behind fifth-place finisher Georgia Tech—and set four school records in the process.
David Carlson broke the school record in the 100 breaststroke Friday with a time of 56.08, and Ben Tuben swam a 1:48.97 in the prelims to best the Duke 200 butterfly mark. Tuben would beat his own record by .25 seconds in the finals.
The last Duke record to fall would be the 400 freestyle relay. Spencer Booth, Ben Hwang, Sean Smith and Nick Garvy beat the existing school record by three seconds, putting the Blue Devils at third in the event for the weekend.
Freshmen Alex Harmon posted a 15:48.70 in the 1650 freestyle, giving him 20th in the conference. He was followed close behind by teammate Matt Carder, who came in 21st with a 15:52.35.
Booth, freshman Ted Minturn and senior Murillo Adrados all qualified for the 200 backstroke finals, with Booth turning in the Blue Devils’ fastest time on the season at 1:46.96. He finished 12th in the event. Minturn and Adrados finished in 15th and 24th, respectively.
During final action on Saturday, Garvy, a junior, took sixth in the conference in the 100 freestyle with a 44.37, and Hwang, a freshman, finished 10th at 44.95. Freshman Jim Zuponeck, Carlson and sophomore Alex Kluge finished 16th, 18th and 21st in the 200 breaststroke.
Blue Devil women shine at ACCs
At the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend, Blue Devil women took third place overall with 60 points while the men finished in eighth with 38.5.
Juniors Cory Nanni and Sean-Pat Oswald finished with the most points for the Duke men. Nanni took third in the mile run, tallying a 4:10.63 to earn six points. Oswald finished third in the 800m in 1:52.24.
On the women’s side, both junior Devotia Moore and freshman Madeline Morgan finished in third place, in the 800 and the 3,000 meter events, respectively.
Other point-getters for the Blue Devils included Tony Shirk, who tied for eighth in the men’s pole vault with a career-best 5.00 meters, and sophomores Cydney Ross and Leslie Morrison, who finished in fourth and seventh in the women’s 800m.
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