Saturday marks seniors' final home swim meet

Saturday marks the last hurrah for eight women's and five men's swimmers who are in their senior season as the Dukes compete in their final home meets of the season.

The men's team is undefeated in Colonial Athletic Association competition thus far and is 6-2 overall. All that stands between the Dukes and a run at defending their CAA title is Saturday's meet against the Virginia Military Institute at 1 p.m.

Last in action Jan. 19, the men's team trounced Davidson College 180-61 and Old Dominion Univeristy 135-97.

At that meet, sophomore Brendan Cartin took first in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:08:14 and the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:57:39. Junior Drew Rodkey was the winner of the 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 1:59:95.

On the women's side, JMU currently stands at 6-4 overall but also has not fallen to a CAA-foe this season.

JMU last competed over the weekend at the University of Richmond, falling to the Spiders 162-138.
At Richmond, senior A.C. Cruickshanks won three individual races, the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly.

Freshman Christine Filak won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:00:38 and junior Jamie Andrews took the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08:43 to account for the Dukes' other first-place points.

Both the men's and women's team will look to defend their CAA titles Feb. 21 to 24 at George Mason University in Fairfax. Last season's conference titles were the ninth all-time for the men and sixth all-time for the women.