BUTLER VS GREEN BAY VS VALPARAISO
- November 8, 2025
- Valparaiso, Ind.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Butler Sports
The Butler swim team secured two victories this weekend in duals with Valparaiso and Green Bay. BU defeated Valparaiso 150-112 and defeated Green Bay 148-113 marking back-to-back dual wins for Butler.
Meet Quotes
“I was impressed on how everyone contributed in a collective team effort to beat two good teams,” said Head Coach, Maurice Stewart. “We fought hard and raced well which resulted in multiple individual and relay wins today. This meet was our best performance this season which boosts swimmer confidence, and it has unified our team at the right time going into our mid-season peak performance House of Champions Invite in two weeks. I am proud of our “lady swim dawgs” achievement today, and I know they are hungry for more competitive success.”
Swimmers of the Meet
Senior, Caroline Zimner – 200 Medley Relay back lead off, personal best and BIG EAST qualifying time in 100 Breast 1:09.64, won 200 Back with a season best 2:07.06 and finished 2nd in the 200 IM with a BIG EAST qualifying time 2:12.15.
Sophomore, Kayla Wright – Won the 1000 Free with a time of 10:36.96 and won the 500 Free clocking a 5:10.05. Both times were season best marks and she posted an impressive split of 55.00 in 400 Free Relay.
Senior, Kate Schilling – 200 Medley Relay Breast 30.2 split, won 100 Breast 1:06.72, finished 2nd in the 100 Fly 59.23 and won 200 IM with a time of 2:10.25.
Honorable Mention Swimmers of Meet
Freshman, Ashlyn Canale – 200 Medley Relay Fly 26.94 split, personal best in 200 Free 2:04.19, won the 100 Fly with a time of 59.15, which is a BIG EAST qualifying time, and finished 4th in the 200 IM.
Freshman, Gabi Rapetti – 200 Free 6th place with a personal best time of 2:01.66, 200 Breast finished 7th with a time of 2:32.14 which marks a BIG EAST qualifying time, 200 IM finished 10th with a time of 2:18.33.
Sophomore, Caitlin Herring – 1000 Free finished 3rd with a new personal best time of 10:47.18, 200 Fly finished second with a time of 2:10.71, 100 Free placed 2nd with a time of 54.58 and 400 Free Relay split posted a 54.54.
Team Scores
Butler 150 vs Valparaiso 112
Butler 148 vs Green Bay 113
200 Medley Relay
1st overall – Sarah Jones (back), Kate Schilling (breast), Ava Whittaker (fly), Olivia Stotts (free), with a very strong 24.62 finish marking a season best time.
1000 Free
Kayla Wright – 1st place 10:36.96 (new season best and a 5 second drop from Bellarmine-USI meet last weekend)
Caitlin Herring – 3rd place 10:47.18 (new personal best)
200 Free
Sam Tomic – 5th place 2:00.82 (season best)
Gabi Rapetti – 6th place 2:01.66 (personal best)
100 Back
Ava Whittaker – 2nd place 59.25 (personal best and BIG EAST qualifying time)
Sarah Jones – 3rd place 59.38 (season best)
100 Breast
Kate Schilling – 1st place 1:06.72 (very strong 2nd 50 and finish to get the win)
Caroline Zimner – 5th place 1:09.64 (BIG EAST qualifying time and personal best)
200 Fly
Caitlin Herring – 2nd place 2:10.71
Meghan Voelker – 3rd place 2:17.49 (six second improvement from Bellarmine USI meet last weekend)
Sophia Amendola – 4th place 2:17.83
50 Free
Olivia Stotts – 4th place 25.11 (season best)
Elizabeth Naylor – 7th place 25.79
Madeleine Russell – 8th place 25.82 (season best)
100 Free
Caitlin Herring – 2nd place 54.58
Olivia Stotts – 5th place 55.11
200 Back
Caroline Zimner – 1st place 2:07.06 (season best)
Sadie Brown – 8th place 2:15.94
Paisley Walkley – 11th place 2:20.75 (3 second improvement from Bellarmine-USI meet last weekend)
500 Free
Kayla Wright – 1st 5:10.05 (season best)
Sam Tomic – 5th place 5:23.44
Sophia Amendola – 6th place 5:26.66 (very strong second half of race)
200 Breast
Lydia Eberlein – 2nd place 2:27.72
Ava McGonigle – 6th place 2:31.99
Gabi Rapetti – 7th place 2:32.14 (season best)
100 Fly
Ashlyn Canale – 1st place 59.15
Kate Schilling – 2nd place 59.23
Ava Whittaker – 3rd place 59.26
Madeleine Russell – 6th place 1:01.95
*First 1-2-3 place finish this season, and all were BIG EAST qualifying times
200 IM
Kate Schilling – 1st place 2:10.25
Caroline Zimner – 2nd place 2:12.15
Ashlyn Canale – 4th place 2:13.02
Sadie Brown– 5th place 2:14.73
400 Free Relay
A Relay 3rd place 3:38.47
Caitlin Herring lead-off 54.54, Olivia Stotts 54.69 split, Elizabeth Naylor 54.81, Ava Whittaker 54.43 split
B Relay 4th place 3:45.21
Sarah Jones lead-off 56.37, Zizi Mateja 56.90 split, Sam Tomic 56.06 split, Megan VanValkenburgh 55.88
Courtesy: Valpo Athletics
The Valpo men’s swimming team earned the first known dual meet win over Green Bay in team history Saturday at the Valparaiso Aquatic Center, while the women swim a double dual against Butler and Green Bay as the Beacons’ home schedule continued. The program honored Garrett Hoppman (Midland, Texas/Midland) and Caroline Gorski (Melrose Park, Ill./Leyden) prior to the meet, as they competed in their final home meet prior to their December graduation.
How It Happened
- The Valpo men took first place in seven of the 12 individual events, including three 1-2 finishes, and claimed one of the two relays to defeat Green Bay, 146-116.
- It was a total team effort for the Beacon men, as six different swimmers combined for the seven individual event wins. Carson Parker (Silver Lake, Ind./Tippecanoe Valley) was the only Valpo swimmer with multiple individual victories, as the sophomores swept the breaststroke events with times of 57.52 in the 100 breast and 2:07.57 in the 200 breast.
- Swimming his final home meet, Hoppman took top honors in the 100 fly with a time of 50.81, moving up to sixth place in program history in the event, and also claimed second place in the 200 fly with a time of 1:55.50. He flip-flopped finishes in the fly events with teammate Timothy Mai (St. Johns, Fla./Creekside), who won the 200 fly with a time of 1:55.08 and came home second in the 100 fly with a time of 51.38.
- Caleb Smesko (Green, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) and Jackson Oostman (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) went 1-2 in the 100 back with times of 52.30 and 52.55, respectively. Smesko later paced Valpo in the 200 back with a time of 1:56.91, while Oostman’s time of 1:57.59 made him the fastest Beacon in the 200 IM.
- Anthony Martin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) paced the Beacons in the sprint free events, touching the wall first in the 100 free in 47.23 after covering the 50 free in 21.76.
- Evan Curran (Golden, Colo./Golden) took top honors in the 200 free with a time of 1:43.47.
- Leading Valpo in the distance free events was Logan Walliker (Washington, Ill./Washington), whose 1000 free time of 10:00.84 was ninth-fastest in program history, and Gabriel Corkran (Avondale Estates, Ga./Druid Hills), who covered the 500 free in 4:50.18.
- The men opened the meet with a relay win in the 200 medley relay, as Oostman, Ben Mettler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton), Hoppman and Curran covered the distance in 1:34.34.
- On the women’s side, the Beacons boasted three individual event wins against their pair of opponents, including two swims which featured massive drops in PRs. Kailyn Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) nearly snagged the program record in the 200 fly with a winning time of 2:07.61, just .07 off the record time. Benoit won the event by over three seconds and dropped nearly two full seconds off her PR, and later led Valpo in the 100 fly as well with a time of 59.38.
- Natalie Eaton (Tulsa, Okla./Jenks) had a similar kind of swim in the 200 breast as she won the event by nearly two seconds. Eaton moved up to sixth in program history with a time of 2:25.92, slicing 1.5 seconds off her PR. That swim came after she had earned a runner-up finish with a team-best time of 1:06.94 earlier in the afternoon, moving up into seventh place in program history in that event.
- Aubrey Morgan (Villa Park, Ill./Willowbrook) rounded out the Beacon women’s trio of event wins by emerging on top of the 200 free with a time of 1:56.35. Later in the meet, the freshman posted a team-best time of 5:15.61 in the 500 free as well.
- Una Dizdarevic (Bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park) and Sophie Schoch (Medina, Ohio/Medina) led the Valpo women in a pair of events Saturday. Dizdarevic finished second in the 50 free with a time of 24.84, and followed with a team-best time of 55.09 in the 100 free. Schoch was the fastest Beacon in the 100 back (1:00.23) and the 200 back (2:11.24).
- Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) posted a team-best time of 10:57.63 in the 1000 free, while Elaina Rezabek (Pingree Grove, Ill./Hampshire) led the Valpo contingent with a time of 2:18.26 in the 200 IM.
- The women’s team lost the dual meet scoring to Butler, 150-112, and to Green Bay, 147-115.
Next Up
Valpo will take next weekend away from competition as it prepares for its major mid-season meet, the Miami Invitational in Oxford, Ohio. The four-day event begins Wednesday, Nov. 19.
