Herd Swimming and Diving Finishes Day 1 of Duquesne Knockout

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PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Marshall University Swimming and Diving team began its knockout meet against the Duquesne Dukes on Friday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"Traveling the day of competition is always challenging. Our women did a phenomenal job of hopping off the bus and competing at a really high-level tonight," Herd Swimming and Diving Head Coach Ian Walsh said. "Duquesne and their staff did a great job of making a fun environment with a different meet format. The event list really challenged our women to race and execute, especially when they were fatigued."

In the meet format, there was no scoring today with top individuals advancing to the scoring round on Saturday.

In the 1,000 Freestyle, Eszter Laban (10:29.15) and Preslava Tosheva (10:35.71) advanced to the scoring round with Madeline Hart (2:04.05) in 200 Butterfly, Mia McBride (2:07.59) in the 200 Backstroke, Kseniia Luniushina (23.57) in the 50 Freestyle, Paige Banton (2:19.73) in 200 Breaststroke, Molly Warner (1:53.18) in the 200 Freestyle and Audrey West (2:09.38) in the 200 Individual Medley.

"Some performances that stood out tonight were Madeline's 200 fly, Paige's 200 breast, and Kseniia's 50 freestyle," Walsh said. "Madeline did a great job of taking out the race boldly and managing the backend really well. Paige's race was incredibly consistent and executed one of her best 200 breast strokes in-season the past few years. Kseniia continues to figure out ways to gradually improve her execution in the 50. She took one step forward today and the time reflected that."

On Saturday with the exception of the 50 Freestyle, the other races will be contested in half the distance with first place winning 18 points and second place taking eight points.

"The team had great energy tonight and they are excited to carry the momentum they built into the scored session tomorrow."

RESULTS
Knockout 2
200 Medley Relay
1st – Mia McBride, Kseniia Luniushina, Audrey West, Madeline Hart (1:45.23)
3rd – Parker Lynch, Lauren McNamara, Paige Banton, Nina Nugent (1:48.90)
5th – Maddy Akin, Katie Fisher, Jenna Bopp, Gabrielle Ivey (1:52.99)

1000 Freestyle
1st – Eszter Laban (10:29.15) advances to 2 v. 2
3rd – Preslava Tosheva (10:35.71) advances to 2 v. 2
6th – Charlotte Thompson (10:48.03)

200 Butterfly
1st – Madeline Hart (2:04.05) advances to 1 v. 1
2nd – Lauren McNamara (2:05.08)

200 Backstroke
3rd – Mia McBride (2:07.59) advances to 1 v. 1

50 Freestyle
1st – Kseniia Luniushina (23.57) advances to 1 v. 1
3rd – Parker Lynch (24.34)

200 Breaststroke
2nd – Paige Banton (2:19.73) advances to 1 v. 1
3rd – Maddy Akin (2:23.62)
4th – Jenna Bopp (2:25.29)

200 Freestyle
1st – Molly Warner (1:53.18) advances to 1 v. 1
3rd – Preslava Tosheva (1:55.22)

200 IM
1st – Audrey West (2:09.38) advances to 1 v. 1

400 Freestyle Relay
1st – Madeline Hart, Nina Nugent, Parker Lynch, Molly Warner (3:33.43)
3rd – Loraine Cleveland Lungu, Katie Fisher, Allison Dodd, Charlotte Thompson (3:41.94)

UP NEXT
Marshall closes action in its knockout dual against Duquesne on Saturday at 11 a.m.

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Herd Swimming and Diving Finishes Day 1 of Duquesne Knockout

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Players Mentioned

Maddy Akin

Paige Banton

Jenna Bopp

Allison Dodd

Katie Fisher

Madeline Hart

Gabrielle Ivey

Eszter Laban

Loraine Cleveland Lungu

Kseniia Luniushina

Parker Lynch

Mia McBride

Lauren McNamara

Nina Nugent

Charlotte Thompson

Preslava Tosheva

Molly Warner

Audrey West

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