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For the first time this season, Duke got to compete at home, and it did not disappoint.
The swimming and diving team plunged straight into its conference schedule Saturday with its season-opening meet against Maryland.
When most Duke students were hardly able to think about getting off campus for the summer, Nick McCrory was already in Ft. Lauderdale.
Nick McCrory won the national championship Sunday in platform diving for the second time in two years.
It’s been a 31-year wait for the women’s swimming and diving program, but after more than three decades of waiting, the program has its first national championship.
This past weekend, the Duke men’s swimming and diving team competed in the ACC Championships in Atlanta, finishing fifth out of 11 teams with 353 points.
The women’s swimming and diving team closed out the season in style this weekend at the Women’s ACC Championships in Atlanta, Ga., breaking 13 school records.
Most sports don’t cater especially well to the Tobacco Road rivalry, since only two teams can play at a time. But at this weekend’s College Cup Invitational at the Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion, all...
The swimming and diving teams opened their spring season with mixed results, with the men’s team beating Queens University of Charlotte 241-23 but falling to undefeated South Carolina 165-135 in...
After a week of honors for Duke swimmers, Saturday was a fall back to earth.
In its first conference match of the year, the Duke men’s swimming squad (2-0, 1-0 in the ACC) took down Maryland 168-124 behind wins in four events.
As the ACC women’s swimming and men and women’s diving championships came to a close Saturday night, a pair of Duke divers stood apart from the field.
The Blue Devil women’s swimming & diving team finished second in a nine-team field over the weekend, while the men’s team finished third at the Gamecock Invitational, hosted by South Carolina.
In her first NCAA championship meet, freshman Abby Johnston performed like a veteran, and she earned All-American recognition for her performance. Johnston registered a score of 361.80, good for...
Duke's men's squad won its last home meet of the season 150.5-147.5 and the women fell just short of Clemson, 159-141, Saturday at Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion. It was the men's first win over Clemson...
Duke began the second half of its season on the right foot as the men's squad defeated South Carolina and Davidson in a dual meet at Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion to improve to 4-1 on the season. The...
The Blue Devils placed sixth in the ACC championships in Atlanta, Ga. this weekend, setting four new program records Saturday in the final day of competition. Freshman Ashley Twichell took second...
If Ashley Twichell maintains this pace, her name might be the only one left in the Duke record book at the end of her career.
For the first time since 2003, Duke sent divers to the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, where the Blue Devils competed in a three-day event that ended Sunday.
Duke wrapped up the 2007 ACC Championships at North Carolina's Koury Natatorium in ninth place with 128 points and a string of record finishes.