ILLINOIS VS VANDERBILT VS INDIANA STATE (WOMEN)
- November 8, 2025
- Terre Haute, Ind.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Illinois Athletics
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Illinois swim and dive defeated Indiana State 215-138 and Vanderbilt 262-85 in its latest meet, improving to 6-0 on the 2025-26 season.
The Illini carried Friday’s momentum into the second session, capturing wins in seven of ten events on Saturday morning. The 200 medley relay team of Sophia Paduano, Kayla Duran, Chloe Diner and Isabella Wilhelm put the first points on the board, earning a first-place finish with a time of 1:43.40. Diner also cruised to a victory in the 100 butterfly (55.47), while Wilhelm picked up her own individual gold in the 50 freestyle (23.72).
In the 100 backstroke, Paduano and Michelle Kaner placed second and third, respectively, notching times of 56.90 and 57.52.
Veteran Sara Jass highlighted the individual events, emerging victorious in both the 200 breaststroke (2:18.46) and the 400 IM (4:20.28). Diner (4:24.09) and Adelaide Reaser (4:26.51) rounded out the top three in the 400 IM.
In the final event between the lanes, Eva Allan, Sophia Yousuf, Maggie Adler and Wilhelm brought home gold for the Illini in the 400 freestyle relay, logging a time of 3:26.80.
Illinois swept the podium in the one-meter boards, with Bethany Mercer capturing the event crown (287.10), Elle Crisostomo coming in second (285.75) and Elleka Boeres slotting in at third (270.67).
Event Winners:
200 medley relay: Sophia Paduano, Kayla Duran, Chloe Diner, Isabella Wilhelm (1:43.40)
50 freestyle: Isabella Wilhelm (23.72)
200 breaststroke: Sara Jass (2:18.46)
100 butterfly: Chloe Diner (55.47)
400 IM: Sara Jass (4:20.28)
400 freestyle relay: Eva Allan, Sophia Yousuf, Maggie Adler, Isabella Wilhelm (3:26.80)
1-meter dive: Bethany Mercer (287.10)
Personal Bests:
One-meter dive: Bethany Mercer (287.10)
One-meter dive: Elle Crisostomo (285.75)
Up Next:
Illinois continues its season at the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 18-21.
Courtesy: Indiana State Athletics
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State claimed the meet win over Vanderbilt for the second consecutive season and Claire Parsons swept both the 1000-yard and 200-yard Freestyle events to highlight Saturday morning’s session as the Sycamores closed out the double dual meet against Illinois and the Commodores at the Vigo County Aquatic Center.
The Sycamores topped Vanderbilt, 260-87, to claim their second win over the Commodores in as many seasons, after topping VU last season in Champaign, 194-135. Indiana State fell to Illinois over the two-day meet by a score of 215-138 in their first home meet of the season.
“I was really pleased with how we competed this weekend against two Power 4 opponents,” head coach Josh Christensen said. “We had a lot of people made some big progress from our first two competitions, which was our goal for the weekend. Looking forward, we’re excited to get a little rest and suit up for the first time at the Miami Invite.”
Claire Parsons picked up her second and third individual wins of the weekend on Saturday to pace the Sycamores in the field, while Grace Cummings (1000 Free), Ali Pearson (200 Breast), Raine Boles (50 Free), and Sophia Diaz (100 Fly) added second-place finishes to close out their third competition of the 2025-26 season.
The Sycamores opened the competition with the 200-yard Medley Relay as Sara Keefe, Pearson, Boles, and Erin Cummins finished second overall in the field with a time of 1:43.74. The group of Sahara Visscher, Jenna Nave, Allie Barasch, and Rachel Stutz finished fifth in 1:46.61, while Kate Reeves, Peyton Heagy, Raz Harel, and Ash Saple placed ninth in 1:50.61.
Parsons pulled away from the field in the 1000-yard Freestyle event as the junior claimed her second win of the weekend after posting a time of 10:04.28. Grace Cummings nearly kept pace with her teammate as the freshman finished second in 10:17.37. Maria Saldana Riebeling finished fourth overall in 10:25.66, while Haley Halsall rounded out the group in 10:33.14.
Boles led three Sycamores inside the top five in the 50-yard Freestyle as the senior touched the wallin24.39 to place second. Kalli Agapios was third in the field in 24.41, while Saple placed fifth in 24.57. Allie Barasch was ninth overall in 24.71 to record the top 10 finish, with Stutz (24.89) and Rebecca Shaffer (25.71) also taking on the field.
Keefe continued to pace Indiana State’s backstroke efforts this season as the freshman finished fourth in the 100-yard Backstroke event in 57.79. Visscher was seventh in 58.79, while Anna Asplund (58.99) and Kate Reeves (59.15) added top 10 finishes. Ella Moustgaard (59.66) and Elle Santucci (1:00.70) rounded out the group.
Pearson was the top Sycamore in the 200-yard Breaststroke as the graduate student finished second overall in 2:20.08. Nave was sixth overall in 2:23.98, while Kiarra Thomas rounded out the group in 2:31.69.
Parsons picked up her second win of the day and third of the weekend as the junior topped the field in the 200-yard Freestyle. The Terre Haute, Ind. native touched the wall in 1:51.88 to lead four Sycamores inside the top 10 in the field. Cummins was third overall in 1:52.13, while Heagy was fifth in 1:53.98. Dilks added to the Sycamores’ run placing seventh in 1:54.38.
Diaz paced the Sycamores in the 100-yard Fly as the senior finished second overall in the event after going 56.82. She held off teammates Boles (56.84) and Johnson (57.49) as Indiana State placed three inside the top five, while Harel (59.20), Barasch (59.49), and Shaffer (1:01.90) all finished inside the top 15.
Dilks was Indiana State’s top finisher in the 400-yard IM with the sophomore finishing fourth in 4:31.15. Saldana Riebeling was sixth in 4:33.33, while Halsall was eighth in 4:35.26. Santucci (4:38.78), Cummings (4:42.56), and Moustgaard (4:44.30) rounded out the Indiana Sate athletes in the field.
The Sycamores closed out the weekend in the swimming events with the 400-yard Freestyle Relay, with the group of Johnson, Cummins, Visscher, and Parsons placing second in 3:28.61. The second quartet of Heagy, Stutz, Pearson, and Agapios finished third in 3:32.63, while Asplund, Nave, Diaz, and Saple placed seventh in 3:37.71. The final grouping of Keefe, Reeves, Harel, and Thomas placed ninth in 3:41.03.
Three Sycamore divers took on the field in the 1M Diving event with Jecza Lopez pacing Indiana State with a fourth-place finish in 259.42. Bree Cleary was fifth in 242.62, while Brenna Woodruff was sixth in 229.05.
Indiana State Top Finishers
200-yard Medley Relay: 2nd – Sara Keefe, Ali Pearson, Raine Boles, Erin Cummins (1:43.74)
1000-yard Free: 1st – Claire Parsons (10:04.28)
50-yard Free: 2nd – Raine Boles (24.39)
100-yard Back: 4th – Sara Keefe (57.79)
200-yard Breast: 2nd – Ali Pearson (2:20.08)
200-yard Free: 1st – Claire Parsons (1:51.88)
100-yard Fly: 2nd – Sophia Diaz (56.82)
400-yard IM: 4th – Gemma Dilks (4:31.15)
400-yard Free Relay: 2nd – Addison Johnson, Erin Cummins, Sahara Visscher, Claire Parsons (3:28.61)
1M Diving: 4th – Jecza Lopez (259.42)
Up Next
Indiana State swimming and diving continues the 2025-26 season in Oxford, Ohio with the Miami Invite held over November 19-22.
Courtesy: Vanderbilt Athletics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Aubrey Hull claimed two events in two days to lead Vanderbilt swimming at this weekend’s tri-meet against Indiana State and Illinois at the Vigo County Aquatic Center.
She finished first in the 200 back on Friday and was the winner of the 100 back on Saturday, and Ellie Butler added a runner-up result in the 200 fly although it was not enough to prevent the Commodores from falling to both the Sycamores and Fighting Illini.
Vanderbilt closes out the fall season with the Phill Hansel Invitational, a three-day competition hosted by Houston that begins on Nov. 19.
Meet Highlights
-Hull picked up the Dores’ first victory of the meet Friday night in the 200 back.
-The sophomore came back on Saturday morning and won the 100 back as well.
-Butler was runner-up in the 200 fly on the opening day of the competition.
-Melissa Cowen earned a third-place finish with Emily Constable also among the top five in the 200 breast.
-Bailey Ratzburg touched the wall fourth in the 200 IM while Constable led Vandy with a fifth-place finish in the 100 breast.
-Kate Heintz placed among the top five in the 100 fly.
Notes
-The win in the 200 back on the opening night of the competition was Hull’s third of the season in as many different events.
-When she returned in the morning to finish first in the 100 back, it was also her team-leading 12th individual victory of her career.
-Hull also now ranks among the top five on the squad in the 50 free after pacing Vandy in the race on Saturday.
-Butler’s 2:05.14 mark in the 200 fly is second-best on the team this fall, coming in her first time swimming the event at the collegiate level.
-This marked the second straight season that Vandy has faced Indiana State and Illinois in a tri-meet after the three competed at the House of ‘Paign Invite in Champaign, Illinois, last October.
