Southern Illinois vs UIC
- October 10, 2025
- Carbondale, Ill.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: SIU Athletics
CARBONDALE, Ill. – It was a busy weekend for Southern Illinois swim and dive, who was in action on both Friday and Saturday. The Salukis started the weekend by sweeping UIC before both the men’s and women’s teams lost to Northwestern and Miami (OH) on Saturday.
“Another good weekend of racing against three very good teams,” says head coach Geoff Hanson. “We were looking for individual and team improvement from last weekend to this weekend, and I believe we saw that overall. Several of our top performers showed their experience throughout the two days and our newcomers continued to learn and grow early in this season.”
Friday @ UIC: Women’s W, 192-102 | Men’s W, 174-124
After the meet opened with the women’s three-meter dive and men’s one-meter dive, SIU won its first gold by taking the top spot in the women’s 200-yard medley relay. The men’s team then did the same on their side of the event.
Moving to individual swimming events, Lívia Munkácsi-Nagy continued her outstanding start to her freshman season and won the 1000-yard freestyle by over 16 seconds. Joshua Aceves then won the men’s 1000-yard freestyle, followed closely by Kyler Beights. Susana Hernandez then squeaked out a win in the women’s 200-yard freestyle before Alex Cimera won the men’s version of the event by less than 0.15 seconds.
Another Saluki gold has achieved in the women’s 100-yard backstroke, which Liseska Gallegos Gutierrez won; SIU swept the podium in the event as well. The men’s team had similar success, occupying all three spots on the men’s 100-yard backstroke podium.
In the women’s 100-yard breaststroke, Southern went one-two thanks to Olivia Herron and Madalyn Booker, as did Maddax Thompson and Tiago Faleiros in the men’s 100-yard breaststroke. Carter Ruthven then went and won the 200-yard butterfly before Zaria Terry claimed the top spot in the women’s 50-yard freestyle.
Following another pair of diving events, SIU reached the top of the podium again in the women’s 100-yard freestyle courtesy of Hernandez. Cimera, Rodrigo Ramos Chávez, and Nikolas Kosta went one-two-three in the men’s 100-yard freestyle.
Both the women’s and men’s 200-yard backstroke saw the Salukis sweep the podiums, and Herron, Booker, and Ellie Shaw carried the trend over to the women’s 200-yard breaststroke. Ale Hoyos Horvath earned herself a gold medal in the women’s 500-yard freestyle before Herron added another win to her resume in the women’s 100-yard butterfly. Munkacsi-Nagy won once again in the women’s 400-yard IM and Juraj Barcot picked up first in the men’s event. The meet ended by all four of the SIU 400-yard free relay teams picking up podium finishes.
Courtesy: UIC Athletics
CHICAGO – The UIC men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs opened the 2025-26 season today, hosting the Southern Illinois Salukis inside Flames Natatorium for a Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) dual meet. SIU would come out on top over UIC on both the men’s and women’s sides in the opening meet.
The Flames had four zone cuts following the conclusion of the meet. With their performances in diving, Kerry-Leigh Morrison reached in the 3-meter dive, Christian Curtis in the 1-meter dive, and Harrison Nolan in the 3-meter and 1-meter dives.
COMMENTS FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEY DELL
“I’m really proud of the way the team competed tonight against the 2025 MVC runner ups. We saw some really impressive times this early in the season and I’m confident that it’s just going to get even better from here. Comparing the results from tonight with the results from our meet a year ago makes me extremely excited for this season!”
COMMENTS FROM ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH / HEAD DIVING COACH SUSAN BROMBERG
“It was a great 1st meet of the season! The freshman divers did great, and our veteran diver did awesome.”
NOTABLE PERFORMERS
Men’s
Harrison Nolan
3-meter dive / first place / 359.10
1-meter dive / second place / 319.28
Jay Stewart
50-yard free / first place / 20.30
100-yard fly / first place / 48.83
200-yard medley relay / second place / 1:32.52
400-yard free relay / second place / 3:03.04
James McCarthy
200-yard breast / first place / 2:03.06
400-yard IM / second place / 4:07.47
200-yard medley relay / fourth place / 1:34.05
200-yard fly / fifth place / 1:58/49
Women’s
Kerry-Leigh Morrison
1-meter dive / first place / 257.78
3-meter dive / first place / 282.75
Samantha Wilson
200-yard fly / first place / 2:03.09
100-yard fly / second place / 56.77
400-yard medley relay / second place / 1:49.50
Molly Kroeger
1000-yard free / second place / 10:26.53
500-yard free / second place / 5:03.76
400-yard free relay / second place / 3:29.17
RELAY TEAM NOTES
Women’s 200-yard medley relay, UIC-A: Georgina Bell, Ruhee Chetan, Maya Arroyo, Zoe Shield, second place, 1:46.19
Men’s 200-yard medley relay, UIC-A: Patton Shaar, Noah Pelinkovic, Jay Stewart, Neiman Kumler, second place, 1:32.52
Women’s 400-yard free relay, UIC-A: Madison Helmick, Zoe Shields, Molly Kroeger, Samantha Wilson, second place, 3:29.17
Mne’s 400-yard free relay, UIC-A: Jay Stewart, Brady Cannon, Neiman Kumler, James Story / second place / 3:03.04
UP NEXT
The women’s swimming team will be back in action next when they host the Illinois State Redbirds inside Flames Natatorium on Friday, October 17th at 4:00 p.m. The men’s team will return to action on Friday, October 24th, when they host the Ball State Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. in Flames Natatorium.
