UIC Sweeps Chicago In Dominant Fashion On Senior Day

UIC vs Chicago

• January 18, 2025
• Chicago, Ill.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results on Meet Mobile: “UIC vs Univ of Chicago”

Courtesy: UIC Athletics

CHICAGO (Jan. 18, 2025) – The UIC swimming and diving program celebrated its 12 seniors before sweeping Chicago (209-63) (180-102) in its last home meet this season, concluding the home campaign without a loss.

COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEY DELL
“It was a wonderful day celebrating our seniors and coming away with two wins making both the men and the women undefeated at home this season whichis incredible. A big thank you to our seniors for their hard work and dedication to our program the last 4 years. It’s a special group and they will definitely be missed!”

COMMENT FROM ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/ HEAD DIVING COACH SUSAN BROMBERG
“The divers did really well today. It was a lot of fun seeing them compete today.
I am also so thankful for our Seniors for all that they have done for UIC Swimming and Diving.”

NOTABLE PERFORMERS

Men’s

Harrison Nolan (Riverside, Ill./Riverside Brookfield/Kentucky)
1M Diving – 1^st place | 388.13 Points
3M Diving – 1^st place | 406.43 points

Luke Wiesner (Chicago, Ill./West Chicago Community)
100 Backstroke – 1^st place | 49.67
200 Backstroke – 1^st place | 1:49.99
Contributed to 2^nd place team in the 200-medley relay – 1:32.61

Women’s

Georgina Bell (Wellington, New Zealand/Wellington Girls College)
100 Backstroke – 1^st place | 57.77
200 Backstroke – 1^st place | 2:04.26
Contributed to the 1^st place team in the 200-medley relay – 1:46.99
Contributed to the 1^st place team in the 200-freestyle relay – 1:36.03

Kerry-Leigh Morrison (Gauteng, South Africa/St. Mary’s School)
1M Diving – 1^st place | 272.48 points
3M Diving – 1^st place | 303.30 points

DIVING

• Two divers made NCAA zone cuts, with Morrison qualifying in both diving events (272.48) (303.30) and Bruno Carrillo (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) making the cut on the one-meter (307.13).
• The Flames had six divers achieve lifetime best performances with Nolan, Cole Tremewan (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) and Kathryn Kleczka (Franklin, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels) on the one-meter. Gabriella Richards (Saline, Mich./Saline) on the three-meter and Sami Kassir (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) and Morrison had career bests on both the one-meter and three-meter.

UP NEXT

The Flames will be back in the pool next Friday and Saturday Jan. 24-25, when they travel to Missouri State.

Courtesy: UChicago Athletics

CHICAGO, IL & GRAND RAPIDS, MI-UChicago Swim & Dive sent splits squads on the road to take on Division 1 cross-town rival UIC and #15 (W)/#9 (M) Calvin in Grand Rapids, MI.  With several athletes unavailable due to illness and injury, the Maroons were stretched thin at both meets, but found a way to beat Calvin, one of the top D3 men’s teams, and stay competitive with their women’s team while also staying competitive against a D1 team UIC on the women’s side.

On the boards, Sumi Allen, Dani Killeen, Lilia Atanda & Veronica Fong all achieved NCAA Provisional Scores on 1M Diving, with Fong also achieving the score on 3M.

In the pool, Cooper Costello continued his impressive in-season swimming, surpassing the NCAA B Cut standards in both the 100 and 200 fly to takes dominate wins in both events. Christopher Xia’s win in the 100 breast also earned a NCAA B-Cut. Sebi Vernhes earned B Cuts with wins in the 100 free and teaming up with Jonathan Tang, John Butler, Ben Catton for a decisive victory in the 200 Free Relay.

TEAM RESULTS
No. 7 Women’s Team

Calvin 172-UChicago 123

UIC 180-UChicago 102

No. 4 Men’s Team

UChicago 168-Calvin 129

UIC 209-UChicago 63
UCHICAGO MEN’S WINNERS

• 50-yard Freestyle: Sebi Vernhes (20.51)
• 100-yard Freestyle: Sebi Vernhes (44.75) NCAA B Cut
• 100-yard Breaststroke: Christopher Xia (55.14) NCAA B Cut
• 100-yard Butterfly: Cooper Costello (47.14) NCAA B Cut
• 200-yard Freestyle: Robert Quan (1:40.94)
• 200-yard Butterfly: Cooper Costello (1:46.89) NCAA B Cut
• 200-yard Breaststroke: Christopher Mo (2:06.15)
• 400-yard Individual Medley: Alex Schwartz (4:06.25)
• 500-yard Freestyle: Marcell Milo-Sidlo (4:37.68)
• 1000-yard Freestyle: Christopher Mo (9:22.89)
• 200-yard Freestyle Relay: Jonathan Tang,  John Butler,  Ben Catton, Sebi Verhnes (1:20.77) NCAA B Cut

UCHICAGO WOMEN’S WINNERS AT UIC

• 50 Free: Sophia Lee (24.24)
• 200 Free: Karen Zhao (1:52.89)

UCHICAGO WOMEN’S EVENT WINNERS AT CALVIN

• 100-yard Freestyle: Sophia Zhao (53.12)
• 200-yard Freestyle: Macie Campbell (1:55.38)
• 200-yard Butterfly: Adrienne Tam (2:07.95)
• 200-yard Breaststroke Audrey Zhang (2:24.88)
• 400-yard Individual Medley: Mackenzie Leblanc (4:36.90)
• 1000-yard Freestyle: Charlotte Eckert (10:42.03)
• 1-meter Diving, 6 Dives: Veronica Fong  (265.04) NCAA Provisional Score
• 3-meter Diving, 6 Dives: Veronica Fong  (290.85) NCAA Provisional Score

What’s Next: UChicago will return home on February 1^st at 1:00 PM for their final dual meet of the season taking on Hope College. Prior to the meet, they will honor their 2025 Senior Class.