By james art Liberty v. James Madison
- October 26, 2024
- Lynchburg, Virginia
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Liberty Athletics
LYNCHBURG, Va. – In a matchup featuring a pair of defending conference champions, 2024 ASUN champion Liberty earned a 190.5-105.5 victory over 2024 Sun Belt champion James Madison Saturday at Liberty Natatorium.
Liberty improves to 4-2 on the season while JMU drops the season opener today.
Liberty Event Winners
Remarkable
- For the meet, Liberty won all 14 swimming events, including both relays. The Dukes won both diving events. With the meet decided, Liberty scored the 200 IM as an exhibition event.
- East Carolina entered only divers in the meet and did not factor into the scoring of the dual meet.
- The Lady Flames won the 200m medley relay and the 400m free relay with a combined time of 7.87 seconds.
- Isabel Gomez (500 Free, 1000 Free), Sidney Stricklin (100 back, 100 free), Ali Bozzuto (100 breast, 50 free) and Camryn Cannings all won two individual events for Liberty.
- Liberty took each of the top two spots in six individual events. The Lady Flames went 1-2-3-4 (Sidney Stricklin, Little Frances, Sadie Stricklin, Lane Jones) per 100 back.
- Liberty posted 1-2-3 results in the 200 backstroke (Little Frances, Sadie Stricklin, Lane Jones) and 200 breaststroke (Taylor Stasny, Grace Isaacs, Karis Francis).
- Freshman Ali Bozzuto remains undefeated this season, winning every individual event and relay in which she has competed.
- Liberty posted season-best team times in the 200 medley relay (1:42.37); 50 back (Sidney Stricklin – 26,28); 100 back (Sidney Stricklin – 56.05); 50 freestyle (Ali Bozzuto – 23.55); three meter diving (Maddie Frees – 256.73); 200 breast (Taylor Stasny – 2:20.96) and 200 individual medley (Grace Isaacs – 2:06.69).
Historically speaking
- Liberty holds a 6-3 record in all-time James Madison dual meet competition. Freedom has won each of the last three meetings.
- The Lady Flames have won their conference each of the past six seasons, while JMU is the defending Sun Belt champion. The Dukes have won six conference titles in the past seven seasons.
Next up
The Lady Flames will next compete in Campbell, Saturday at 11 a.m. in Buies Creek, NC
Courtesy: JMU Sports
LYNCHBURG, Va. – James Madison swimming and diving fell to Liberty, 190.5-105.5, to open the 2024-25 season Saturday at Liberty Natatorium.
Jamie Cornwell, Jess Prine, Angela Ritchie and Madison Wimmer placed in numerous swimming events for the Dukes while Alexa Holloway won a 3-yard board and was followed by a JMU kick on a 1-yarder.
I’m quoting the head coach Dane Pederson
“Since it was our first meeting and our first chance to acquire data points, it was a great learning experience. We learned a lot about ourselves, the races and what work we need to focus on moving forward in the coming weeks. It wasn’t all we wanted, but it gives us invaluable insight. Congratulations on Freedom. They are a well-coached team and they put in a great performance.”
Diving
- Holloway won on the 3-meter board with a score of 271.58.
- Kate Vitolo won the 1-meter board with a score of 252.30 and was followed in order by Natalie Jones (246.23) and Maddie O’Meara (228.45).
Individual swimming
- Cornwell took second in the 50 free (23.89) and placed third in the 100 free (52.59).
- Pryne earned two third-place finishes in the 1,000 free (10:39.63) and 200 IM (2:08.10).
- The third Duke to place in multiple events was Ritchie, placing second in the 500 Free (5:07.48) and finishing third in the 200 Fly (2:07.60).
- In his first collegiate meet, Wimmer took second in the 200 free (1:52.88) and third in the 500 free (5:07.64).
- In 100 chests, Suzanne Earnshaw swam a time of 1:06.60 and took third place.
- Finishing in the top three in the 200 Fly with Richie was Maddie Coombswho swam a time of 2:06.87 and finished second.
- Grace Bussum added a second-place finish in the 100 Fly to JMU’s results, swimming a time of 57.80.
Relay swimming
- JMU finished second in the 200 medley relay, as a team of Sarah PolleyBusum, Alex Volk and Cornwell swam a time of 1:47.02.
- In the 400 free relay, Volk, Bussum, Wimmer and Cornwell finished second with a time of 3:30.83.
Next up
The Dukes return to the pool on Saturday, November 9 when they travel to Huntington, WV for a dual meet with Marshall.