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COLUMBIA, S.C.—With just five points separating the Blue Devils and the Gamecocks heading into the final event, Duke needed a one-three finish in the men’s 400-yard freestyle relay for the win.
With the holidays and its annual winter training trip to Islamorada, Fla., in the rearview, Duke will kick off its 2016 schedule Friday with its first of two consecutive meets against ranked opponents.
Olympic silver medalist Abby Johnston and her partner Laura Ryan were in third place with one dive left in the synchronized three-meter final at the USA Diving Winter Nationals Wednesday in Indianapolis.
One Blue Devil and one Duke graduate will compete on a national stage at the final meet of 2015.
Sophomore Isa Paez provided the highlight swims of the weekend for a quartet of Blue Devils racing at the USA Swimming winter championships.
The end of the semester is quickly approaching, but so are the Olympic Trials.
CHAPEL HILL—Neither of the perennial top-two teams at the Nike Cup Invitational was at the top of the scoreboard heading into the last finals session. For the first time in program history, Duke was in the lead on both the men’s and women’s sides.
Duke had not sent a representative to the national championships since 2012, but after achieving his goal of qualifying with an automatic berth, graduate student Shaun Thompson concluded his final season in a Blue Devil uniform on collegiate cross country’s biggest stage.
In November of last year, junior Peter Kropp put Duke breaststroke in the national spotlight, dropping the country’s then-fastest time in the 100-yard distance at 52.02. A year later, Kropp and the Blue Devils head into the Nike Cup Invitational already boasting some of the top times this season.
The rest of the Blue Devils have started preparing for the indoor track season, but graduate student Shaun Thompson’s postseason is not over.
The theme of the Blue Devils’ NCAA tournament run has been redemption—and their Final Four matchup against their Tar Heel rivals will be no exception.
Shaun Thompson is national championship bound.
Shaun Thompson and the Blue Devils have one more shot at earning their first national championship berth since 2012.
After a disappointing early exit from the conference tournament, the Blue Devils have a chance to extend their stay in postseason play by avenging their first loss of the regular season.
Last week the Blue Devils made program history with both teams breaking into the national rankings, coming in at No. 19 on the men’s side and No. 22 on the women’s side in the first CSCAA poll. The women have jumped up five spots in the most recent rankings.
As the exhibition heat of the women’s 200-yard freestyle stepped up to the block in Duke’s season opener Oct. 3, the Blue Devils lined the side of the pool and started yelling their team captain’s name. A little more than four months removed from major surgery, senior Kiera Molloy had not expected to be back at Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion racing with her teammates so soon—and her doctors had not known if she would ever swim again.
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With a strong team performance in Friday’s conference championships, the Blue Devils are one step closer to their goal of earning a trip to Louisville, Ky.
Two years ago, graduate student Shaun Thompson made a bold move midway through the conference championship race, pulling out in front of the field and forcing his competitors to try to run him down. Only three harriers were able to close the gap and pass the Baldwinsville, N.Y., native, but he finished just one place short of the podium in the 2013 ACC Championships.
