The Blue Devils raced five boats in fifteen races across the two-day meet, walking away with several notable successes.
After formed head coach Dan Colella passed away from a battle with cancer, it was unclear whose shoulders the future of Duke swimming and diving would rest upon.
Though they entered the meet as underdogs, the Blue Devils walked away from Columbus, Ohio with several notable triumphs.
Two school records fell on the first night of the women’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships. Then, over the next four days, Duke repeated the feat — and topped it all off with the highest finish at the meet in program history.
Thanks to their performances at the meet, Watson and O’Meara will now return to Athens next week with eleven fellow Blue Devil swimmers to compete in the Women’s NCAA Championships.
As the Cameron Crazies gear up for Rivalry Week, the tent city in K-Ville has come down. But this year, tenters were the beneficiaries of a few new rules, including a week of reprieve.
With spring fast approaching, Duke is poised to enter the 2024 rowing season as a powerhouse. The Blue Devils will look to continue boosting the program’s reputation under head coach Megan Cooke Carcagno after finishing third in the ACC Championships last year.
Five days. Five medals. One record. At the ACC Swimming and Diving Championships, Duke made every lap count.
In the last race of their last indoor track meet of the regular season, the Blue Devils delivered a final rewrite of their record books at the BU Terrier DMR Challenge over the weekend.
Even as four years of Blue Devil swimming and diving neared a nostalgic end, the spirited seniors prepared to deliver one last victory at home. And prove it they did. Duke defeated Queens 171.5-63.5 on the women’s side, while the men took down the Royals 127-109 for their first win of the season.
