Swimmers dip their 'toes in competition' at All-North Carolina Invitational
By Madeline Carrington | October 7, 2013Duke's largest freshman class in recent memory got their feet wet Saturday in the team’s season opener.
Duke's largest freshman class in recent memory got their feet wet Saturday in the team’s season opener.
The All-North Carolina Invitational will give Duke’s many new freshmen a taste of collegiate competition at the site of the 2014 ACC Championships.
McCrory received ACC Men’s Diver of the Year honors, and his coach was honored with the conference’s Men’s Diving Coach of the Year award.
McCrory became a third-time national champion on the platform this weekend.
For the first time in program history, two divers are competing in the NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend.
For divers, the road to the NCAA Championship takes a few steps to travel.
Even though the Duke men and women broke 17 school records at the ACC Championships last week, the teams’ seventh-place finishes could have been affected by scholarship funding disparities.
The men’s swimming team finished in seventh place for the second straight year at the ACC Championships this past weekend.
Even though the rest of the team has completed its ACC Championship meet, the men’s swim team is heading over to Greensboro, N.C. Wednesday for the ACC Championships.
As the Duke women swimming and diving teams and the men’s diving team closed the ACC Championships.
After winning just one match in the conference this season, the Duke women will look to surprise at the ACC Swimming and Diving Championships this week.
Six months after winning a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Abby Johnston’s Duke diving career has ended prematurely.
The Blue Devil men and women fell short against the Tar Heels losing 164-128 in men’s competition and 166-127 in women’s action.
The Blue Devils lost to Virginia this weekend.
The Blue Devils will take on ACC rival Virginia this weekend but Olympic medalist Abby Johnston will not compete due to a shoulder injury.
Johnston and McCrory both won this weekend for Duke.
The Blue Devils lost to the Gamecocks in Duke's home finale.
Both meets began Thursday and will continue through Saturday.
The Blue Devils competed against N.C. State and Miami at Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion Saturday.