Duke Dominant Over South Carolina Behind Sarah Foley, Cole Reznick
The Duke Blue Devils crushed the University of South Carolina in an ACC-SEC showdown Friday evening in Durham, N.C., with the Duke women beating the Gamecocks 187 to 113 while the men earned a 182-to-116 victory. Sarah Foley, an NCAA finalist in the 200 IM last year, led the way for the Duke women with three individual wins, while Cole Reznick matched that feat for the Duke men. Previously, Duke had split against Virginia Tech and swept UNC-Wilmington.
Foley was first in the 200 freestyle (1:47.15), 200 breaststroke (2:12.02) and 200 IM (2:01.53), while teammate Yixuan Chang won the 1000 free (10:07.90) and 500 free (4:54.79) and McKenna Smith won the 50 free (23.25) and 100 free (50.90). Other winners for Duke included Easop Lee in the 100 backstroke (54.76), Kaelyn Gridley in the 100 breast (1:00.82), Martina Peroni in the 200 butterfly (1:58.83) and Aleyna Ozkan in the 100 fly (53.93).
Emma Shuppert, Gridley, Ozkan and Smith claimed the 200 medley relay in 1:38.46, while the team of Smith, Sarah Snyder, Tatum Wall and Madeline Meredith won the 400 free relay in 3:25.92.
South Carolina’s lone win in women’s swimming came in the 200 back, where Amy Riordan won in 1:59.60, while Brooke Schultz won 1-meter (344.48) and 3-meter (353.55) diving.
Duke’s men were led by Reznick’s wins in the 100 breast (55.70), 200 breast (2:02.85) and 200 IM (1:51.50), while Brad Sanford won the 50 free (20.55) and 100 fly (48.58). Dave Hallaron took first place in the 200 free (1:38.90), and the 100 free went to Coleman Kredich (44.82). Will McCollum won 1-meter diving (322.80), while Yannis Schattman was first on 3-meter (344.18).
David Chang, Reznick, Charlie Gingrich and Sanford won the 200 medley relay in 1:28.24, and the meet ended with Sanford, Gingrich, Kredich and Hallaron posting a mark of 3:00.85 for a win in the 400 free relay.
The Gamecocks’ top performer was fifth-year swimmer Rafael Davila, who won the 1000 free (9:15.13) and 500 free (4:30.49). Michael Laitarovsky won the 100 back (48.26), while teammates Luke DeVore (200 fly, 1:50.40) and Jay Baker (200 back, 1:47.61) were also first-place finishers.