Swimming & Diving Celebrates Historic Season

DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke swimming and diving program closed a historic 2018-19 campaign by celebrating accomplishments from the pool, the boards and the classroom Friday at the program’s annual awards banquet.

Ten individual student-athletes received team awards, including St. George, juniors Nathaniel Hernandez and Kylie Jordan and freshman Maddi Pullinger, who were all recognized for the Most Outstanding Performances of the season.

Hernandez qualified for an NCAA championship final for the first time in his career to wrap up the spring, finishing eighth in the country in one-meter diving. He joined former Blue Devil national champion Nick McCrory (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014) and John C. Connor…