LIBERAL ARTS CONFERENCE – MEN AND WOMEN
- Dates: Wednesday, February 12-Saturday, 15, 2020
- Location: Principia Natatorium – Elsah, IL
- Defending Champion: Coe women; NWU men
- Live Results: Available here
- Championship Central
Courtesy: Coe College Athletics
ELSAH, Ill. – The Coe Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Teams completed day two of the four-day Liberal Arts Championships, hosted by Principia College. The women are leading the team field, with a total score of 222 points heading into Friday’s competition, while the men are in second place behind Illinois Tech with 207 points.
The school records for the men’s and women’s 200-meter individual medley were broken on Thursday. Sophomore Kaleb Donels took the record with a third-place finish while posting a time of 1:56.88 in the finals. Freshman Lauren Pio also earned a third-place finish with her performance in the pool, recording a time of 2:11.65. Senior Phil Cunningham also tied the Kohawk record in the men’s 50-meter freestyle, with a time of 21.66 en route to a second-place finish.
On Wednesday night, the Kohawks placed in all three events, including a first-place finish by the women’s 800-meter freestyle relay team (7:52.16) and a standout performance on the diving board by junior Abe Sala, tallying up 294.85.
Coe was terrific on Thursday, picking up 11 combined top-three finishes at the championship meet. The women’s team had another first-place finish, taking the win in the 200-meter freestyle relay and surpassing their preliminaries time by over two seconds. The men’s 200-meter freestyle relay team posted a third-place finish with a 1:26.76 time, just behind Morningside’s 1:26.15 second-place finish and surpassing the Kohawks’ 1:30.46 prelim time.
WEDNESDAY TOP COE MEN’S EVENTS:
2nd Place: 800 Free Relay – Quincy Markham, Zach Kolker, Phil Cunningham, Blake Sterns – 7:07.28
2nd Place: 1 Meter Dive – Abe Sala – 294.85
WEDNESDAY TOP COE WOMEN’S EVENTS:
1st Place: 800 Free Relay – Katie Freeland, Darby Manternach, Lauren Pio, Dana Clements – 7:52.16
THURSDAY TOP COE MEN’S EVENTS:
3rd Place: 200 Free Relay – Phil Cunningham, Quincy Markham, Luke Baldwin, Kaleb Donels – 1:26.76
3rd Place: 500 Free – Zach Kolker – 4:44.53
3rd Place: 200 IM – Kaleb Donels – 1:56.88
2nd Place: 50 Free – Phil Cunningham – 21.66
2nd Place: 400 Medley Relay – Kaleb Donels, Luke Baldwin, Zach Kolker, Quincy Markham – 3:29.66
THURSDAY TOP COE WOMEN’S EVENTS:
1st Place: 200 Free Relay – Katie Freeland, Darby Manternach, Lauren Pio, Dana Clements – 1:38.36
2nd Place: 500 Free – Tracy Martinek – 5:16.06
3rd Place: 200 IM – Lauren Pio – 2:11.65
3rd Place: 50 Free – Darby Manternach – 24.76
3rd Place: 3 Meter Dive – Erin Horton – 297.85
2nd Place: 400 Medley Relay – Sammi Hall, Katie Freeland, Dana Clements, Lauren Pio – 3:57.76
Up Next: The Kohawks continue competition in Elsah, Illinois on Friday and Saturday with preliminaries beginning at 10 a.m. followed by finals at 5:30 p.m.
Courtesy: Illinois Tech Athletics
ELSAH, ILL.—The Illinois Institute of Technology men’s swimming & diving squad embarked on day two of the Liberal Arts Championship, hosted by Principia College in Elsah, Illinois on Thursday. The 400 yard medley relay team highlighted the Scarlet Hawks on day two as Samuel Kastan, Guanghao Ou, Matthew Randle, and Kanoa Sawai registered a school-record time of 3:24.53, good enough for first place. Sawai also set a school record time of 1:52.82 in the 200 yard individual medley preliminaries.
The Scarlet Hawks sit in first place out of eight teams with 292 points.
The first-place finishes continued to role for IIT as Ou, Kastan, Sawai and Van Wagener registered a 1:25.27 in the 200 yard freestyle relay.
Mark Klinchin (4:36.58) and Seth Wissenbach (4:43.12) captured the top two spots on the 500 yard freestyle podium, while Sawai (1:52.57) and Randle (1:56.36) accomplished that same feat in the 200 yard individual medley. The 50 yard freestyle resulted in a first-place time of 21.07 for Samuel Kastan.
IIT will embark on day three of the Liberal Arts Championship tomorrow, Friday, February 14 at 10:00 a.m. / 5:30 p.m.
