SIU vs UIndy vs Indiana State (Women) vs Ball State (Men)
- January 10, 2025
- Terre Haute, Ind.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Scores
Courtesy: SIU Athletics
TERRE HAUTE, IN. — The Southern Illinois swimming and diving teams returned to action Friday afternoon after over a month off from competition. Traveling to Terre Haute, Indiana, both the men’s and women’s teams came away victorious. The men’s team defeated UIndy 155-142 and Ball State 198-96. Meanwhile, the women’s team took down Indiana State 153-147 and UIndy 215.5-84.5.
“We were very pleased with the toughness the team displayed today,” says head coach Geoff Hanson. “Coming to the end of our biggest training block of the year during the winter break, and stepping off the bus after a four hour snowy ride, it would have been easy to make excuses. But that’s not what this team is about and they proved it today. Back to work tomorrow with big goals in mind! Go Dawgs!”
Inside the Results
- SIU had 42 podium finishes across the day’s 32 events.
- Eighteen of the meet’s gold medals went to a Saluki individual or relay team.
- Olivia Herron, Alex Santiago, Celia Pulido, and Susanna Hernandez all collected four gold medals throughout the meet.
How It Happened
The day started with a first-place finish for the Salukis, who took home gold in the women’s 200-yard medley relay thanks to the crew of Pulido, Herron, Hernandez, and Bea Padron; just two spots behind them was another Saluki team, this one comprised of Liseska Gallegos Gutierrez, Madalyn Booker, Jasmine Rau, and Masha Zhukova.
On the men’s side of the 200-yard medley relay, Santiago, Willem Huggins, Tiago Faleiros, and Donat Csuvarszki stood atop the podium, while Alex Cimera, Benedek Andor, Nicolas Lanuza, and Aj Terry finished third in the same event.
Moving into individual events, the Salukis picked up another medal when Fernanda Sánchez finished third in the women’s 1000-yard freestyle; Joshua Aceves finished second on the men’s 1000-yard freestyle podium. SIU then returned to first place thanks to Hernandez’s 1:51.29 race in the women’s 200-yard freestyle. The men’s top-three in the 200-yard freestyle featured two Salukis, with Juraj Barcot finishing second and Cimera taking third.
Another two SIU swimmers grabbed medals in the women’s 100-yard backstroke with Pulido and Gutierrez finishing first and second, respectively. Huggins was the second-place finisher in the men’s 100-yard backstroke. Herron and Ali Robertson were the top two finishers in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke; Herron’s race of 1:02.80 was just over a second off from meeting the NCAA’s “B” standard.
After some time off the podium, Zaria Terry returned SIU there when she tied for third in the women’s 50-yard free. Santiago and Csuvarszki bookended the men’s podium in the 50-yard free, with Santiago placing first and Csuvarszki finishing third.
In the first dive event of the afternoon, the women’s one-meter dive, Farida Moussa was the silver medalist, and Corrin Williams took home bronze. The men’s three-meter dive saw Oliver Mebs take first while AJ Stone finished third.
Hernandez added another gold medal to her total in the 100-yard freestyle thanks to her 51.33 race. Meanwhile, the men’s team dominated the 100-yard freestyle, with Santiago, Cimera, and Csuvarszki finishing first, second, and third.
Another podium sweep came for the Salukis in the women’s 200-yard backstroke thanks to the efforts of Pulido, Gutierrez, and Tia Jankovics. Next, Huggins placed first in the men’s 200-yard backstroke.
Another gold medal was awarded to Herron after her 2:16.12 swim in the 200-yard breaststroke, and Henrique Pacheco Januario grabbed his first medal of the day in the men’s 200-yard breaststroke. Aceves then returned to the podium after his third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle.
Padron paced all swimmers in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing the race in 55.85. Back on the diving board, Moussa rounded out the podium in the three-meter diving before Lucas Lauzon and Mebs finished first and second in the one-meter dive, respectively.
Herron concluded her day with one more gold medal in the women’s 200-yard IM, and Andor grabbed the gold medal on the men’s side; Januario placed third in the same event.
The day ended with the 400-yard free relay. In the women’s competition, SIU’s team of Padron, Hernandez, Pulido, and Zaria Terry came in first. Then, the men’s team of Huggins, Csuvarszki, Santiago, and A.J. Terry won the men’s race.
Up Next
The Salukis head to Little Rock, Arkansas, in a week to face Little Rock and Henderson State. The start time for the event is set for 1:30 p.m.
Courtesy: UIndy Athletics
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The nationally-ranked UIndy swimming & diving teams made their 2025 debut Friday, returning to action in a tri-meet at the Vigo County Aquatic Center in Terre Haute, Ind. UIndy took on Division I-opponents Southern Illinois, Ball State (men only) and host Indiana State (women only). The Greyhounds combined for a 1-3 record on the day, highlighted by the UIndy men comfortably taking down Ball State.
FINAL SCORES
Women
ISU 217, UIndy 83
SIU 215.5, UIndy 84.5
Men
UIndy 194, Ball State 94
SIU 215.5, UIndy 142
INS & OUTS
The Hounds racked up a total of eight event wins, including seven on the men’s side and Kirabo Namutebi’s 50 free win for the women. Both Cedric Buessing (200 free, 500 free) and Jeremias Pock (100 breast, 200 breast) notched a pair of victories to lead the way.
Buessing nearly made it three wins, as he touched the wall in the 200 IM just .23 seconds after SIU’s Benedek Andor. All-American Brayden Cole, meanwhile, made it a 1-2 finish for the Hounds in the men’s 100 breaststroke.
The men swept the butterfly events, with Mihir Ambre winning the 100 fly and Elias Noe touching first in the 200. Mattia Rossi won the men’s 100 back, where the Hounds took three of the top four spots.
Celina Schmidt excelled in the women’s breaststroke races, earning runner-up status in the 200 and placing third in the 100.
The Greyhounds women’s relay teams finished fourth in both the 200 medley and 400 free relays, while the men’s placed second in both.
On the board, Alexis Lumaj led the way with a fourth-place performance on the 3-meter and a fifth-place showing on the 1-meter. Adam Carr was the lone male diver to compete, placing third and fourth on the 1- and 3-meter, respectively.
Courtesy: Indiana State Athletics
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State claimed six individual wins in their first action following the winter break as the Sycamores split the tri-meet on Friday afternoon topping Indianapolis, while falling to Southern Illinois. The Sycamores took the 217-83 win over the Greyhounds, while the meet against SIU came down to the final event as the Salukis took the 153-147 win.
Claire Parsons (500-yard Free, 1000-yard Free) and Jecza Lopez (1M and 3M Diving) both claimed multiple events for Indiana State on the afternoon, while Gemma Dilks (200 Fly) and Kaleigh Kelley (100 Free) both added to strong years inside the pool with wins on Friday inside the Vigo County Aquatic Center.
“We expected this to be a highly competitive meet, and it proved to be just that,” head coach Josh Christensen said. “It was back and forth, and we battled all the way through the last relay. While we didn’t quite get the win, we saw some great things in the water and on the boards and these types of meets are exactly what we need to get us ready for the conference championship meet next month. We’ll get back to work and stick with our process as we prepare for championship season.”
Indiana State opened the action in the pool with the 200-yard Medley Relay as the Sycamores top team finished second overall in the field. The quartet of Sahara Visscher, Ali Pearson, Raine Boles, and Chloe Farro touched the wall in 1:44.24 to lead Indiana State, while the team of Alexandria Cotter, Alexa Szadorski, Sophia Diaz, and Kalli Agapios finished fifth in 1:46.28. The final squad of Trista Bullock, Dorotea Bukvic, Raz Harel, and Allie Barasch finished eighth in 1:50.46.
Claire Parsons and Maria Saldana Riebeling took the top two positions in the women’s 1000-yard Freestyle event to put Indiana State atop the podium for the first time in the afternoon. Parsons went out in 10:15.28, while Riebeling was second in 10:29.89. Rose Parsons finished fifth overall in 10:40.64.
Erin Cummins led three Sycamores inside the top five in the 200-yard Freestyle as the sophomore touched the wall second in 1:51.53. Visscher was fourth in 1:54.72, while Peyton Heagy finished fifth in 1:56.56.
Ella Moustgaard and Cotter were both inside the top eight in the 100-yard Backstroke as competition continued inside the pool. Moustgaard finished sixth in 59.30, while Cotter was one spot back in 59.35. Kate Rees (59.65), Diruzza (59.86), and Bullock (59.90) finished ninth, 10th, and 11th, to round out the Sycamores in the field.
Pearson was the first Sycamore to the wall in the 100-yard Breaststroke as the junior finished fourth in the field in 1:04.92. Szadorski was seventh in 1:06.02, while Bukvic placed 10th overall in 1:09.16.
The Sycamores claimed the top three positions in the 200-yard Fly led by freshman Gemma Dilks’ win in the field. Dilks led the way going 2:03.12, finishing ahead of Diaz (2:04.88) and Haley Halsall (2:05.18) to claim the victory. Harel finished seventh overall in 2:09.69.
Indiana State put five inside the top eight in the 50-yard Freestyle led by Kelley’s second-place result in 23.54. Farro tied for third in 23.85, while Agapios (24.38), Boles (24.44), and Barasch (24.78) finished sixth, seventh, and eighth. Ash Saple added an 11th-place result in 24.93.
Jecza Lopez made her Sycamore debut in the 3M Springboard diving event and the sophomore took home the win with a six-dive score of 257.40. Daniela Orta Castaneda was second overall in 232.05, while Lucia McDougall finished fifth in 212.55. Brenna Woodruff finished sixth in 197.75 with Ella Taylor (175.35) and Angelina Damiano (143.65) placing 10th and 11th respectively.
Coming out of the break in the pool, Kelley tied for the win in the 100-yard Freestyle as the sophomore went 51.33 in the event. Farro was third in 51.93 with Szadorski finishing one spot back in 52.90. Heagy was sixth in the field in 53.80, while Saple placed 10th in 55.55.
Visscher was the Sycamores’ top finisher in the 200-yard Backstroke placing fourth overall in 2:06.34. Diruzza took fifth in 2:06.63, while Moustgaard (2:08.15), Agapios (2:10.16), and Reeves (2:10.49) finished seventh, eighth, and ninth overall.
Cotter and Bukvic were the top finishers for the Sycamores in the 200-yard Breaststroke finishing third and fourth overall in the field. Cotter was third in 2:21.43 with Bukvic finishing one spot back in 2:21.72. Pearson was seventh in 2:26.53.
Parsons picked up her second win of the day in the 500-yard Freestyle as the sophomore went 4:56.61. Cummins joined her teammate in going sub-5:00 in the event touching the wall second in 4:59.65. Halsall was sixth (5:08.77), ahead of Riebeling (5:09.31), Bullock (5:10.24), and Rose Parsons (5:16.39) in the field.
Kelley, Diaz, and Boles all finished inside the top four overall in the field in the 100-yard Fly led by Kelley’s second-place finish in 56.60. Diaz was third in 56.63, while Boles finished one spot back in 57.00. Dilks was sixth (57.20) and Harel eighth (58.57) continuing a strong Indiana State event, while Barasch took 11th in 59.00.
Lopez made it 2-for-2 in the diving events as the sophomore topped the field in the 1M Springboard event. Lopez scored 257.25 to take home the win, while Orta Castaneda finished fourth in 207.60. McDougall was seventh in 195.75 with Taylor (187.00) and Woodruff (186.20) rounding out the group.
Cotter, Dilks, and Bukvic finished inside the top five in the final individual event as the trio led the Sycamores in the 200-yard IM. Cotter was second in 2:06.11, while Dilks finished .06 back in third after touching the wall in 2:06.17. Bukvic was fifth overall in 2:08.51. Moustgaard (2:12.87), Diaz (2:13.32), and Diruzza (2:15.12) all posted top-15 finishes in the event.
The Sycamores’ 400-yard Freestyle relay team of Farro, Visscher, Szadorski, and Kelley finished second overall in the field to cap the event. The quartet went 3:24.51 to lead the way, while the team of Cummins, Claire Parsons, Heagy, and Agapios finished third in 3:29.68. The third Indiana State team of Barasch, Pearson, Riebeling, and Boles placed fifth in 3:33.68, while Harel, Reeves, Halsall, and Saple rounded out the group in 3:42.10.
Courtesy: Ball State Sports
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – – Sophomore Tommy Brunner turned in the second-fastest 1000 freestyle time in the Ball State record book, clocking in at 9:25.77, to earn the event win and lead the squad in its first stop of a busy weekend at the Vigo County Aquatic Center.
It was Brunner’s first event win of the season and the Cardinals best event finish in losses to the University of Indianapolis and Southern Illinois in a meet hosted by Indiana State.
To go along with a victory in the 1000, sophomore Malcolm Slater clocked in a second-place finish for Ball State in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:36.47.
On the 3M board, freshman Mitchell Mauck placed second with a season-best six-dive score of 268.40. It was over 34 points better than his previous season-best effort.
Taking third place in the 100 breaststroke was sophomore Aidan Biddle (56.99), while freshman Luke Pryor followed suit with a third-place finish of his own in the 200 butterfly (1:52.63).
Due to travel concerns caused by current Winter Storm Cora, Saturday’s Ball State swimming & diving home meet versus Evansville has been canceled. However, the Cardinals will still celebrate its 12-member senior class Saturday with a 2 p.m. intrasquad scrimmage at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.
Senior festivities are set to start at 1:45 p.m., prior to the start of the scrimmage. As always, admission to Ball State swimming & diving home meets are free.
