Southern Indiana vs Eastern Illinois
- January 19, 2024
- Charleston, Ill.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: USI Athletics
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- The University of Southern Indiana Swimming and Diving team completed their first men’s and women’s sweep in program history on Friday night. USI traveled to Eastern Illinois University to take on the Summit League rival in a swimming meet only.
The women won by a score of 149-109, while the men also found their groove winning 168-93.
The team continues to defy the odds as both squads were picked to finish last in the Summit League Preseason Coaches’ Poll under EIU. USI hopes to use the emphatic victories as stepping stones to making a jump in the Summit League Championships this February.
Women
The past two regular season meets between the Screaming Eagles and the Panthers have resulted in an average differential of just three points. However, this time the women left no doubt, winning by 40. The key to the victory was USI’s ability to come out of the gate strong and finish, racking up eight first place finishes out of 14 heats.
Freshman Caiya Cooper (LaPorte, Indiana) set the tone with a first-place finish in the 1000 yard freestyle (10:59:28). Freshman Hallie Meier (Plainfield, Indiana) followed up with her first winning heat of the year in the 200 yard freestyle (1:58.83). Freshman Naomi Weaver (Greenwood, Indiana) also earned her first heat victory of the year in the 100 yard backstroke (1:02.62).
Freshman Hayden Shurtz (Ft. Wayne, Indiana) continued her dominance taking the 100 yard breaststroke (1:06.77) and the 200 yard individual medley (2:13.64). Sophomore Sarah-Catherine Dawson (Prospect, Kentucky) was another massive contributor for the Eagles, winning the 200 yard butterfly (2:14.26) and the 100 yard butterfly (1:00.41).
Freshman Reagan Holmes (Henderson, Nevada) turned in another impressive day winning the 500 yard freestyle event (5:25.28).
Other Top Women’s Results
200 Yard Medley Relay: Sophomore Makana Goss (Noblesville, Indiana), Cooper, Dawson, and Shurtz (1:51.30).
100 Yard Backstroke: Goss (1:02.72)
50 Yard Freestyle: Holmes (25.90)
100 Yard Freestyle: Meier (54.86)
200 Yard Breaststroke: Shurtz (2:26.17)
200 Yard Freestyle Relay: Freshman Ella Johnson (Owensboro, Kentucky), Cooper, Holmes, and Meier
Up Next for the Eagles
USI Swimming and Diving returns to campus hosting Rose-Hulman University for senior night at the USI Aquatic Center. The meet will take place next Saturday at 1 p.m.
Courtesy: EIU Athletics
CHARLESTON, Ill. – The Eastern Illinois men’s and women’s swim team took on Southern Indiana on Friday night in what was their first competition of 2024. The men fell by a score 93-168, while the women came up short 109-149. However, despite the losses, multiple Panthers had strong performances on the evening.
The EIU women’s 200 medley relay team of Izzy Glasgow, Corinne Staneart, Olivia Viele, and Autumn Grinter opened up the evening with a gold for the Panthers, as they clocked a time of 1:50.78.
Later on, Conner Colston picked up a dominant first place finish in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:43.95, which was over four seconds faster than any of his competitors. He also took gold in the 100 freestyle (47.87).
Meanwhile, Grinter also earned a pair of golds with victories in both the 50 freestyle (54.22) and the 100 freestyle (54.22).
Other first place finishers for the Panthers included Erika Baber in the women’s 200 backstroke (2:13.18), Corinne Staneart in the women’s 200 backstroke (2:25.07), and Jackson Penny in the men’s 200 medley (2:02.30).
Eastern also picked up another relay win with Autumn Grinter, Phoebe Croston, Izzy Glasgow, and Kaylan Ottosen combining their efforts for a time of 1:48.88 in the 200 freestyle relay.
EIU also collected multiple silvers on the night.
Phoebe Croston was runner-up in the women’s 200 freestyle with time of 2:03.07, while Corinne Staneart took silver in the 100 breastroke (1:08.19) and 200 individual medley (2:13.86).
Olivia Viele finshed second in the women’s 200 butterfly (2:17.67) and Kaylan Ottosen came in at the two spot in the 100 butterfly (1:01.84).
On the men’s side, Nolan Wallace finished second in the 100 breastroke with a time of 1:20.24, which was just slim margin of .04 behind first place.
Landon Badstibner took silver in the 200 butterfly (2:05.59), while Dismas Dillon earned a pair of runner up finishes in the 50 free (21.40) and 100 free (47.95).
Sebastian Rosales finished second 100 butterfly with a time of 54.01.
Eli Westbrook, Gabe Berry, Sebastian Rosales, and Dismas Dillon clocked a time of 1:37.37 in the men’s 200 medley relay for a second place finish. Eastern also took silver in the 200 freestyle relay.
The Panthers will be back in action Saturday afternoon at Padovan Pool. The men will face Evansville and Wabash, while the women dual with the Aces. The meet is set to begin at 1 p.m.
