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Marshall S&D Picks Up Win at JMU
11/1/2025 5:12:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
McNamara breaks Savage Natatorium 200 Butterfly record
Final Results (PDF) | Championship Fund
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Marshall University Swimming and Diving picked up a road win at James Madison, 154-145, on Saturday in Harrisonburg, Virginia, at Savage Natatorium.
Leading into this meet, we talked about executing our race plans and committing to competing all the way through the session. Winning today was a fun outcome, but I was most proud of the way every individual contributed through the meet, Herd Swimming and Diving Head Coach Ian Walsh said. When we get to championship season, there will be a lot of experiences we can pull from this meet specifically that will allow us to pull from. We're in a good spot and the staff is looking forward to getting back to sharpen things up leading into the Miami Invite.
Highlighting the day was Lauren McNamara's 200 Butterfly win. The sophomore's time of 2:01.93 broke the Savage Natatorium record in the event. McNamara also took the 100 Butterfly in 55.93.
Maddie Emment continued her momentum in the Freestyle winning the 1000 (10:34.08), 200 (1:52.50) and 500 (5:05.98).
The Herd picked up five other wins, including leading off the meet with a 200 Medley Relay victory by Kseniia Luniushina (Stroudsburg, Pa./East Stroudsburg South HS), Isabelle Cameron, McNamara and Elyse Wood in a time of 1:44.21.
Mia McBride took the 100 Backstroke (57.43) as Molly Warner won the 200 Backstroke (2:04.49) and the 200 IM (2:07.86).
In diving, Ella Houk took fourth in the 1m (228.08) and fifth on the 3m board (203.48).
RESULTS
200 Medley Relay
1st – Kseniia Luniushina, Isabelle Cameron, Lauren McNamara, Elyse Wood (1:44.21)
5th – Mia McBride, Maddy Akin, Katie Fisher, Karley Wolfgram (1:46.60)
6th – Abby Adams, Nina Nugent, Tatum Robinson, Lauren Bell (1:52.24)
1000 Freestyle
1st – Maddie Emment (10:34.08)
3rd – Charlotte Thompson (11:00.49)
4th – Madison Bowen (11:07.15)
200 Freestyle
1st – Maddie Emment (1:52.50)
3rd – Molly Warner (1:53.14)
5th – Allison Dodd (1:56.52)
6th – Preslava Tosehva (1:58.06)
100 Backstroke
1st – Mia McBride (57.43)
2nd – Abby Adams (58.04)
6th – Lauren Ramsey (58.90)
100 Breaststroke
3rd – Isabelle Cameron (1:05.81)
4th – Maddy Akin (1:06.21)
7th – Katie Fisher (1:10.11)
8th – Nina Nugent (1:11.29)
200 Butterfly
1st – Lauren McNamara (2:01.93)
4th – Sadie Rogers (2:10.26)
6th – Tatum Robinson (2:17.58)
50 Freestyle
2nd – Kseniia Luniushina (23.65)
4th – Karley Wolfgram (24.36)
6th – Lauren Bell (24.94)
7th – Loraine Cleveland Lungu (25.23
3m Diving
5th – Ella Houk (203.48)
6th – Zoe Wuerdeman (199.80)
8th – Pari Surana (171.75)
100 Freestyle
2nd – Elyse Wood (52.42)
3rd – Kseniia Luniushina (52.46)
7th – Lauren Bell (54.73)
8th – Loraine Cleveland Lungu (54.91)
9th – Nina Nugent (54.94)
200 Backstroke
1st – Molly Warner (2:04.49)
2nd – Mia McBride (2:05.44)
3rd – Abby Adams (2:06.14)
7th – Lauren Ramsey (2:10.37)
200 Breaststroke
2nd – Isabelle Cameron (2:23.75)
3rd – Maddy Akin (2:24.34)
6th – Sadie Rogers (2:26.12)
8th – Tatum Robinson (2:33.53)
500 Freestyle
1st – Maddie Emment (5:05.98)
3rd – Preslava Tosehva (5:13.59)
5th – Charlotte Thompson (5:25.14)
6th – Madison Bowen (5:29.73)
100 Butterfly
1st – Lauren McNamara (55.93)
2nd – Elyse Wood (56.58)
5th – Katie Fisher (59.09)
6th – Karley Wolfgram (59.16)
1m Diving
4th – Ella Houk (228.08)
7th – Zoe Wuerdema (184.20)
8th – Pari Surana (150.15)
200 IM
1st – Molly Warner (2:07.86)
3rd – Lauren McNamara (2:11.09)
4th – Sadie Rogers (2:12.06)
5th – Allison Dodd (2:12.80)
8th – Maddy Akin (2:14.17)
10th – Katie Fisher (2:17.10)
400 Freestyle Relay
2nd – Elyse Wood, Kseniia Luniushina, Maddie Emment, Molly Warner (3:30.54)
4th – Nina Nugent, Lauren Bell, Preslava Tosheva, Mia McBride (3:37.77)
5th – Karley Wolfgram, Loraine Cleveland Lungu, Abby Adams, Sadie Rogers (3:45.23)
UP NEXT
The Herd is back in action at its midseason meet at the Miami Invitational in Oxford, Ohio, from November 19 to the 22.
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