Women’s swimming and diving finishes ninth in ACC
Duke set seven school records while individuals racked up accolades at the ACC women’s swimming and diving championships this weekend. The Blue Devils finished ninth as a team out of 11 participating schools.
Sophomore Christina Wixted picked up her second all-ACC award after finishing in third place in both the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke. With her 2:11.85 finish in the 200-yard race, she broke a Duke record that she had previously set herself.
That was not the only school record to fall, however, as four Blue Devils combined to break the program’s mark in the 400-yard free relay.
Jessica Lyden won the 3-meter diving competition with a score of 365.95, edging Virginia Tech’s Logan Kline, who earned 356.10 points.
Lauren Weaver, Cara Vogel, Meghan Dwyer and Wixted finished the race in 3:22.64, beating Duke’s previous mark by nearly a second. The group finished eighth in the race.
The Blue Devils finished the meet with 193 points, close behind eighth-place Georgia Tech, which finished with 195.5. Virginia won its fifth consecutive championship with 848 points.
The men’s swimming and diving team will compete in the ACC championships beginning on Wednesday.
Track and field preps for postseason at Virginia Tech
Three Blue Devils broke school records in the last meet before next weekend’s ACC indoor championships.
Freshman Elizabeth Kerpon finished in third place in the 400m with a program-record time of 54.63 seconds, three seconds off the pace set by Olympian DeDe Trotter. Teammates Alexis Roper, Brittany Whitehead and Lauren Hansson also finished in the top 10.
Junior Michelle Anumba won the shot put with her throw of 53 feet, 8.5 inches, which broke the school record she set earlier this season. Teammate Michael Barbas broke his own personal record on the men’s side, throwing 58 feet, 4.5 inches to take first place.
Abby Farley also won the 600m race with a time of 1:32.19.
Wrestling wraps up regular season
Duke concluded its regular season with a 29-6 loss to Appalachian State. The Blue Devils also fell to N.C. State and Ohio as a part of a stretch in which the team competed and lost in three matches over the course of three days.
Robert Mello and Brandon Gambucci registered wins for Duke at heavyweight and 133 pounds, respectively. Gambucci was the lone Blue Devil to earn wins in all three contests, while Mello and Peter Terrezza notched wins in two of the three meets.
Terrezza and Gambucci were the only Duke wrestlers to win in the team’s 35-9 loss to Ohio, while the two, along with Mello and Diego Bencomo, all won against the Wolfpack. The Blue Devils lost 24-15 to N.C. State, the closest of the three matches.
The team begins postseason play with the ACC championships March 3.
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