Augustana College vs Monmouth College
- October 25, 2024
- Monmouth, Ill.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Augustana Athletics
MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Augustana Vikings men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams each improved to 2-0 on the season Friday night, with the men earning a 135-47 over the Monmouth Fighting Scots and the women coming out on top with a final of 148-35.
“It was a good night of racing to start the weekend,” said head coach Dan Lloyd. “This will be a great first test of our conference schedule simulation with a full invitational tomorrow in Bloomington coming off tonight. I know our team is excited to get up and fight tomorrow.”
On the men’s side, the Vikings took three of the top four spots in the 200-yard medley relay and were led by the winning team of Dante Rinaldi, Evan Lopez, Carter Lavold, and Bjorn Sievert in 1:34.95.
Gavin McCorry claimed first in the 200-yard free style with a time of 1:46.13 to lead a group of three Vikings in the top three in the event. McCorry also was triumphant in the 100-yard backstroke, with Rinaldi and Cesar Castillo finishing behind in second and third. Augie also secured first through fourth in the 200-yard IM, led by Kacper Cebula’s winning time of 1:58.65. Cebula also won the 100-yard freestyle as the only swimmer with a sub-50 second time. Ethan Herstedt was the champion of the 500-yard freestyle by nearly nine seconds with a time of 5:16.87, while Lopez finished in 1:01.53 in the 100-yard breaststroke to wrap up first. Three Vikings followed to round out an all-Augustana top four in the race.
As a team, the men was seven of 10 events.
For the women, the Vikings won the 200-yard medley relay as Hailey Glasnovich, Livy Sholl, Zoe Heiar, and Annabel Anderson took first with a time of 1:53.61. Augie also claimed the 200-yard freestyle relay, led by Giselle Koonce, Caitlin Stoddard, Mara Walker, and Kendle Mihm in first with a mark of 1:44.10.
Koonce led a group of three Vikings in the top three in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing with a winning time of 2:01.75. She also secured first in the 500-yard freestyle after finishing in 5:29.18. Four Augie swimmers appeared in the top five in the 50-yard free, with Mihm in first at 25.60 and Stoddard in second at 26.13. Mihm also won the 100-yard freestyle to give her three total victories for a second straight meet. Walker had the fastest time by nearly six seconds in the 200-yard IM with a mark of 2:16.17, while Heiar beat out a pair of teammates in the 100-yard fly after clocking 1:04.43. In the 100-yard backstroke, Glasnovich beat out her opponent from Monmouth by .21 to take first. Ava Kauffeld was the winner of the 100-yard breaststroke over Monmouth by just .04.
The Augie women won all 10 races.
Augustana will beback in action tomorrow at the IWU Halloween Invite in Bloomington, Ill.
Courtesy: Monmouth Scots Athletics
The Monmouth College men’s and women’s swim teams competed in their first home meet of the season on Friday night against Augustana. The men lost 135-47 while the women lost 148-35.
MEN
Tariq McLarty (South Holland, Illinois) won the 100 butterfly in a time of 53.43. Freshman Bucket Youvan (Rochester, Indiana) won the 50 yard freestyle in 22.82 with Eli Wills (Blue Springs, Missouri) also earning a point in 24.81.
McLarty and Youvan teamed with Luke Foster (Galesburg, Illinois) and Tristan Kennon (Flossmoor, Illinois) to win the 200 yard freestyle relay in 1:31.42. Foster, Coyne, McLarty and Youvan finished third in the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:42.37.
Kennon took third in the 200 yard freestyle in 1:53.93. The fifth-year senior also earned two points with a fourth place finish in the 100 freestyle in 50.90.
Kody Coyne (Bluffton, Indiana) earned two points with a fifth place finish in the 200 yard IM in 2:15.28. He also earned two points with a fifth place finish in 1:06.39 in the 100 breaststroke and Ethan Main (Oneida, Illinois) picked up a point in 1:08.11.
Freshman Jordan Bridgford (Kapolei, Hawai’i) finished fourth in the 100 backstroke in 1:02.22 to earn two points.
WOMEN
The women’s 200 yard medley relay team of Cally Tate (Monmouth, Illinois), freshman Lea Schmitt (Rockford, Illinois), freshman Caitlyn Stewart (Monmouth, Illinois) and Claire LaBadie (Griffith, Indiana) finished second with a time of 1:57.67. That time is the ninth best in Monmouth history for a 200 medley relay.
Tate finished second in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.27. She also placed third in the 50 freestyle in 26.15 with Emily Davis (Beloit, Wisconsin) earning a point in 32.81.
Warren took second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.71 and Schmitt posted a PR with a 1:13.15 to finish fourth.
LaBadie had a PR in the 100 yard freestyle at 59.61 to earn two points and freshman Abbie Ames (Rhinelander, Wisconsin) picked up one point at 1:03.59.
Stewart placed fourth in the 100 butterfly in 1:05.84 and third in the 500 free in 5:37.82. Nicole Fitch (Marengo, Illinois) picked up a point in the 500 free in 5:58.63.
Freshman Allie Warren (Galesburg, Illinois) finished fourth in the 200 freestyle in 2:10.51 and
sophomore newcomer Addie Smith (Monmouth, Illinois) earned a point in 2:13.90.
Aiden Bach (Stetsonville, Wisconsin) earned a point in the 200 IM in 2:35.68
The relay team of Fitch, Bach, Smith and LaBadie finished third in the 200 freestyle relay to earn two points with a time of 1:51.72.
The Scots are back in action at home next Saturday with a multi-team meet that starts at 1 p.m.
