The Blue Devils kick off their season this Friday in a two-day meet at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center in Christiansburg, Va.
As millions around the world tuned in to watch the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this summer, special focus was turned to the swimming events.
For most Olympic athletes, life after the Olympics means reliving the experience for a little bit, then hopping right back into workouts and training for the next competition.
The Duke School of Medicine likely has not gotten many requests from students to switch their clinical and research years—typically their second and third of medical school—but gave Abby Johnston permission. She had a good reason to make the change.
Medical student Abby Johnston will not be the only Duke diving representative at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Sunday’s 3-meter springboard final at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials, held at the IU Natatorium.
A year after being disqualified in the evening of the 200-yard medley relay, the Blue Devils redeemed themselves with a strong, legal race in the consolation final Friday.
Seven athletes will represent No. 19 Duke at the four-day NCAA championships at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta starting Wednesday, looking to improve on the squad’s 2015 showing in which the Blue Devils could not put a point on the board.
The Blue Devil women’s historic season came to a close Saturday when seven swimmers gave their encore postseason performances on the national stage.
In 2015, the Duke men and women sent a combined seven swimmers to the NCAA championships. This year that number has doubled as seven women are set to compete on the national stage.
Freshman Evan Moretti punched his ticket to the NCAA championships with a 10th-place finish on the three-meter board at the Zone B Diving championships in Atlanta March 7-9, rounding out the squad’s five-man roster for Atlanta March 23-26.
A year after falling one place short of competing on the national stage, sophomore MaryEllen Targonski will climb back up on the platform Wednesday looking to secure Duke’s first NCAA championship berth for a female diver since Abby Johnston in 2011.
Sophomores Leah Goldman and Isa Paez and junior Maddie Rusch earned invitations to the 2016 NCAA championships in Atlanta March 17-19 based on their season-best times in their signature events.
Entering the meet seeded third and just 0.32 off of the A standard time, the quartet of Kaz Takabayashi, Peter Kropp, David Armstrong and James Peek earned their second automatic qualification to the NCAA championships in as many years with a new program-best swim of 1:25.00.
The Blue Devils’ season has featured a number of program firsts, and the final CSCAA poll added yet another.
The Blue Devils battled for fifth in the team standings with Virginia Tech, holding on through the second and third days of the conference championships but could not withstand the Hokie’s battery of A-final swims on the last day.
Duke will head to Greensboro, N.C., for the four-day ACC championships starting Wednesday, looking for their first top-five finish since 1981—when only six teams competed.
Ashleigh Shanley held onto the wall, tears streaming down her face. She had managed to finish the race, but the pain was unbearable.
Duke wrapped up the three-day Carolina College Invitational Sunday, with senior Kathryn Eckhart stealing the show on the women’s side by sweeping the 50- and 100-yard freestyle sprints.
The Blue Devils ended the regular season with a close dual against their Tobacco Road rivals Jan. 30, and a select group of swimmers will face the Tar Heels again less than a week later.
