Duncan's School Record Headlines Eagles Win on Senior Day

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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – A program record by freshman Delaney Duncan (Galesburg, Ill.-Galesburg) and wins by each of the three seniors lifted the Eastern Michigan University women's swimming and diving team to a 184.5-107.5 senior day win over Bowling Green State University, Friday, Jan. 29, in Jones Natatorium. The Eagles won every event on the day to take down the Falcons in their final Mid-American Conference dual of the season.

A strong start by the Green and White began with a one-two showing the 200 Medley Relay, giving the Eagles an early edge that they would not relinquish. Junior Alexis Mitcheltree (Moon Twp., Pa.-Moon Area) teamed up with Duncan, freshman Michal Liberman (Rosh Haayin, Israel-Begin), and senior Mary Kate MacLean (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-Detroit Country Day) for a first place finish while freshman Erika Guenther, junior Genna Worthley (Portland, Maine-Deering), freshman Dora Vrcic, and junior Sierra Wagner (Huntsville, Texas-Huntsville) claimed second.

From there, freshman Nicole Swartz (Dayton, Ohio-Centerville) turned in a season-best time of 17:04.28 to take the top spot in the 1650 Freestyle. Sophomore Sarah Dombkowski (Canton, Mich.-Canton) finished second, posting her third consecutive top-two finish in the event.

The 200 Freestyle came down to two swimmers fighting for the top spot as senior Becca Detro (Carmel, Ind.-Carmel) touched out junior Grace Van Allen (Indianapolis, Ind.-North Central) to win the event.

EMU's trend carried over into the 100 Backstroke where Mitcheltree paced the field on her way to a victory. Liberman bested Bowling Green's Maya Skorupski for second place, clocking in three-hundredths of a second ahead of her Falcon counterpart and teammate Guenther who tied for third.

A program record by Duncan and a second place finish by Worthley gave the Eagles their fifth consecutive one-two punch in the 100 Breast. Duncan bested last weekend's record-tying performance by more than a second to claim the win and etch her name into the record books.

While the Eagles streak of top-two finishes came to a close in the 200 Butterfly, the Green and White still earned two of the top-three spots as senior Clarice Daniel (Belcamp, Md.) earned the win with a career-best time of 2:03.65. Daniel outlasted Bowling Green's Jordan Bullock en route to her first win of the season while junior Carly Jackson (La Porte, Ind.-La Porte) rounded out the top three.

A win by MacLean in the 50 Free and a third place finish by junior Sierra Wagner (Huntsville, Texas-Huntsville) came just ahead of the first break of the meet. With MacLean's win, each of the three EMU seniors registered just seven events into the competition.

Turning the attention to the diving portion of the meet, the Eagles benefitted from a pair of great performances by sophomores Becky Deacon (Sherwood Park, Alberta-Vimy Ridge Academy) and Alli Shereda (Fraser, Mich.-Fraser). In the 1-meter, Shereda took home first place with a career-best score of 291.61. Deacon gave the Green and White another win, claiming the 3-meter with a score of 307.20.

In the return to the pool, MacLean clocked in victorious in the 100 Free. With the meet in-hand, the Eagles went on to claim wins in the 200 Back, 200 Breast, 500 Free, 100 Fly, and 200 Individually Medley before closing out the meet with another relay win in the 400 Free.

Mitcheltree won the 200 Back, completing her sweep of the events while Duncan followed up her record-breaking race with another victory in the 200 Breast, touching in with a season-best time of 2:16.95. Duncan's first place time was nearly five seconds quicker than her previous best and ranks fourth in program laurels. Van Allen (500 Free) and Jackson (100 Fly) added wins to their day before Daniel closed out individual events with a win in the 200 Individual Medley.

Eastern closes out regular-season competition, Feb. 12-13, at the Ohio State Invitational before taking part in the Mid-American Conference Championships at the end of the month.

EMU Individual Results
*Denotes season-best
#Denotes career-best
$Denotes school-record

1650 Free
1. Nicole Swartz 17:04.28
2. Sarah Dombkowski 17:33.49*
4. Rosalie Yockey 17:49.77

200 Free
1.Becca Detro 1:50.49*
2.Grace Van Allen 1:50.85*
4. Emilie Desnoyers 1:54.13

100 Back
1.Alexis Mitcheltree                   55.29
2.Michal Liberman 57.40#
t-3. Erika Guenther 57.43#
5. Haley Shaw 58.58
6. Abby Aumiller 59.96

100 Breast
1.Delaney Duncan 1:01.20$
2. Genna Worthley 1:03.57*
5. Emily Wimmer 1:06.59

200 Fly
1. Clarice Daniel                  2:03.65#
3. Carly Jackson                     2:04.98
5. Rebecca Winnert                 2:10.43#
6. Makenzie Garringer              2:10 82

50 Free
1. Mary Kate MacLean            23.33*
3. Sierra Wagner                      23.92
4. Stephanie Johnston            23.99
6. Dora Vrcic                          24.48#

1-meter
1. Alli Shereda                  291.61#
x. Molly Miller                  x245.17#
x. Emily Tubbs                  x252.07
x. Gabrielle Mace              x262.05#
x. Becky Deacon              x284.33

100 Free
1. Mary Kate MacLean      51.33*
x. Becca Detro                  x52.03
x. Stephanie Johnston      x53.03#
x. Abby Saddler                  x54.89

200 Back
1. Alexis Mitcheltree          2:01.40
x. Erika Guenther              x2:03.88#
x. Haley Shaw                  x2:07.70
x. Abby Aumiller              x2:08.61

200 Breast
1. Delaney Duncan          2:16.65#
x. Genna Worthley          x2:19.85
x. Emily Wimmer              x2:25.62

500 Free
1. Grace Van Allen          4:58.88*
x. Nicole Swartz              5:02.67
x. Sarah Dombkowski      5:06.36
x. Rebecca Winnert          5:14.26#
x. Rosalie Yockey          5:17.07

100 Fly
1. Carly Jackson          57.04
x. Dora Vrcic              x57.53
x. Michal Liberman      x57.56
x. Emilie Desnoyers      x58.01
x. Makenzie Garringer x58.32

3-meter
1. Becky Deacon      307.20*
x. Gabrielle Mace      x238.43
x. Emily Tubbs          x267.60
x. Molly Miller          x284.33#
x. Alli Shereda          x299.63

200 IM
1. Clarice Daniel          2:07.44*
x. Becca Detro          x2:10.61*
x. Makenzie Garringer x2:11.27
x. Erika Guenther          x2:12.15
x. Genna Worthley      x2:13.24

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Players Mentioned

Abby Aumiller

Clarice Daniel

Becky Deacon

Emilie Desnoyers

Becca Detro

Sarah Dombkowski

Delaney Duncan

Makenzie Garringer

Erika Guenther

Carly Jackson

Stephanie Johnston

Michal Liberman

Gabrielle Mace

Mary Kate MacLean

Molly Miller

Alexis Mitcheltree

Abby Saddler

Haley Shaw

Alli Shereda

Nicole Swartz

Emily Tubbs

Mary Grace Van Allen

Dora Vrcic

Sierra Wagner

Emily Wimmer

Rebecca Winnert

Genna Worthley

Rosalie Yockey

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