In what was an eventful weekend for both programs, we managed to muster out five wins for Duquesne Swimming. The weekend started at Niagara as the men's and women's teams easily handled the Purple Eagles. The men walked away with a 115-82 decision while the women came away with a 104-96 victory. After the Niagara meet we headed into Buffalo, got a great dinner at Prima's Pasta and settled in for a relaxing evening.
The meet at ECC, in all honesty was a think-tank between me, Sean at Bonaventure and Jamie at LaSalle. We were sitting in Lewisburg at the PA state meet having lunch and thought that having a double-dual meet at the facility we have the conference meet was a great idea. After discussing the particulars, we proceeded to come up with a format for the meet. Although it needs a little tweaking, the meet that we ended up writing down on that little cocktail napkin (Sean actually still had it), turned out to be a great idea.
The meet was divided into two sessions: Session one consisted of the 200 relays, the 1650, 200s of strokes and the 100 free. Session two included the 400 relays, the 50 free, the 500 free and the 200 IM. Each swimmers was able to swim five events total. It was a tough meet for the swimmers, with some of them having to swim back to back events. I was very pleased with how the team responded to the challenge. The men walked away with two victories, beating St. Bonaventure 174-148 and LaSalle 195-133. The women had a close one against LaSalle but fell a little short, 150-168 but took the win over St. Bonaventure 214-108.
Considering where we are in our training, I was very happy with how the teams did. The men are at a great place right now, but we still have a long way to go. The women are making progress but we are still looking to put it all together. I am certain as we continue with the season, both teams will only get better.
You can find all the results at: http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-swim/sched/duqu-m-swim-sched.html
Thanks for following and as always,
See you around the pool,
Dave
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