Southern Illinois vs UIC
- October 26, 2024
- Carbondale, Ill.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: SIU Athletics
CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Southern Illinois swimming and diving team defeated UIC decisively on Saturday. The final scores were 187-111 for the men and 202-96 for the women.
The Salukis broke four program records, three pool records and one MVC record against the Flames.
Olivia Herron highlighted the meet by breaking her own program and school records in the 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke, and 400-yard individual medley.
The Saluki women kicked off the meet strongly in the 400-yard medley relay, setting a new program and pool record. The relay team of Celia Pulido, Herron, Bea Padron, and Susana Hernandez broke the existing record by a second with a 3:37.46 finish.
The men’s team also started strong, placing first and third in the 400-yard medley relay. Willem Huggins, Tiago Falerios, Nico Lanuza, and Alex Santiago took first with a time of 3:13.99, finishing three seconds ahead of UIC. The third-place relay team of John Cameron, Henrique Pacheco, Hazem Aboustate, and Donut Csuvarszki finished in 3:19.73.
Apryl Paquette posted the top Saluki finish in the women’s 1,000-yard freestyle, placing second with a time of 10:32.51. Joshua Aceves and Tomas Peciar took first and second in the men’s 1,000-yard freestyle.
Hernandez and Padron secured the top two spots in the women’s 200-yard freestyle, while Alex Cimera took the top spot on the men’s side. Huggins finished first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 48.87.
In the women’s 100-yard backstroke, the Salukis swept the podium with Pulido in first, followed by Liseka Gallegos and Tia Jankovics. Pulido’s 52.82 finish qualifies as an NCAA B-cut time. The same three also swept the 200-yard backstroke podium.
Herron broke her own program and pool record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 1:01.00 finish, taking first place. Madalyn Booker and Ali Robertson placed second and third, respectively, sweeping the event for the Salukis. The same trio swept the 200-yard breaststroke.
Faleiros and Pacheco took first and second in the men’s 100-yard breaststroke.
The Saluki men swept the 50-yard freestyle, with Santiago in first, followed by Csuvarszki and AJ Terry. The women also swept the event, with Zaria Terry taking first, followed by Masha Zhukova and Elli Oploh.
The Salukis captured the top two spots in both the men’s and women’s 100-yard freestyle, with Hernandez finishing first for the women and Santiago for the men. Pulido, Gallegos, and Jankovics swept the 200-yard backstroke for Southern Illinois.
In the women’s 400-yard individual medley, Herron finished first with a 4:17.17, breaking her own program record. Herron claimed first place in all three of her individual events.
Wrapping up the meet, the Salukis secured first-place finishes in both the men’s and women’s 200-yard freestyle relays. The women’s relay team of Hernandez, Gallegos, Ava Rines, and Terry finished in 1:34.27, while the men’s team of Santiago, Csuvarszki, Huggins, and Andor finished in 1:21.44.
On the diving side, Farida Moussa scored the highest in the women’s 1-meter dive with 247.58 points. Oliver Mebs took first place in the men’s 3-meter dive with 343.58 points.
The Salukis will host Illinois State and Illinois on Friday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m.
Courtesy: UIC Athletics
CHICAGO (Oct. 26, 2024) – The UIC swimming and diving programs went toe-to-toe in the water against Southern Illinois Saturday afternoon, falling short in their first Missouri Valley Conference dual meet of the season.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEY DELL
“I’m very proud of the way both the men and women competed today. Our goal was to be faster than we were two weeks ago, and they did exactly that. We put in time that are top eight in the Missouri Valley Conference in several events, and I know we are in a great spot as we wrap up October. We can’t wait for our first home meet on Friday!”
COMMENT FROM ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/HEAD DIVING COACH SUSAN BROMBERG
“I thought the divers did well in our second meet of the year. We had seven best scores of the season today, and Christian Curtis had a personal best in the three-meter event. He achieved a zone cut in the event!”
TOP PERFORMERS
Men:
Liam Davis (Naperville, Ill./Plainfield North)
200 Butterfly – 1st Place| 1:51.46
200 Freestyle – 2nd Place | 1:42.28
400 Individual Medley – 2nd Place | 4:03.63
Harrison Nolan (Riverside, Ill./Riverside Brookefield)
1m Diving – 1st Place | 333.38 Points
3m Diving – 4th Place| 308.18 Points
Cole Tremewan (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer)
3m Diving – 2nd Place| 340.58 Points
1m Diving – 2nd Place | 302.38 Points
Luke Wiesner (Chicago, Ill./West Chicago Community)
200 Backstroke – 2nd Place| 1:51.0
100 Backstroke – 2nd Place| 49.71
Women:
Molly Kroeger (Easton, Md./Easton)
1,000 Freestyle – 1st Place| 10:29.21
500 Freestyle – 3rd Place| 5:06.31
Karolena Shaw (Franklin Lakes, N.J./ Indian Hills)
1,000 Freestyle – 3rd Place| 10:38.77
500 Freestyle – 4th Place | 5:15.23
Kerry-Leigh Morrison (Gauteng, South Africa/ St. Mary’s School)
3m Diving – 1st Place| 271.28 Points
1m Diving – 2nd Place | 234.15 Points
Samantha Wilson (Richmond, New Zealand/Waimea College)
200 Butterfly – 1st Place| 2:02.74
100 Butterfly – 2nd Place| 55.36
*: School Record
^: Top-Ten Program Finish
#: Pool Record
RELAY TEAM NOTES
- Senior Cory Michalek (Wales, Wis./ Kettle Moraine), Rafe Dolan Peterson (Austin, Minn./Austin), Daniel Galinski (Elmwood Park, Ill./Elmwood Park) and freshman Will Gray (Durham, N.C./Durham School of the Arts) placed second in the men’s 400 medley relay in a time of 3:16.98.
- Graduate student Taira Juronis (Palos Hills, Ill./ Amos Alonzo Stagg), senior Kendra Preski (Springfield, Ill./Glenview), freshmen Georgina Bell (Wellington, New Zealand/Wellington Girls College) and Wilson finished third in the women’s 400 medley relay in 3:52.92.
- Peterson, Michalek, Galinski and freshman Neiman Kumler (Indianapolis, Ind./University) finished third in the men’s 200 freestyle relay in 1:23.68 to finish third.
- Preski, Wilson, junior Madison Helmick (Bingham Farms, Mich./Birmingham Groves) and freshman Zoe Shields (Machesney Park, Ill./Harlem) finished third in the women’s 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:36.66.
UP NEXT
The Flames return home to Chicago Friday, Nov. 1 to host Milwaukee in their first home meet of the season at Flames Natatorium. Admission is free to the public, and available to follow online at Meet Mobile, which is downloadable on Apple and Android phones.
