UIC vs Chicago vs Wabash (M)
- January 25, 2020
- Chicago, Illinois
- Results
Courtesy: UIC Athletics
Felix LaFortune broke the UIC record in 1-meter diving and led the Flames men to wins over UChicago and Wabash on Senior Day at UIC Natatorium Saturday afternoon.
LaFortune, who won both diving events for the fourth time this season, bested the previous record by almost 10 points. It had stood since Woody Lord’s 2012 performance.
Before the meet, UIC coaches and staff honored the 11 seniors who were competing for the final time in their home pool. Three seniors were event winners, and four more had a plethora of second and third place finishes.
>>Photo Gallery: Senior Day Ceremony
“Senior Day is always emotional, but I thought our kids did a great job of handling the emotions and getting down to the business of focusing on the swimming,” Tim Loeffler said. “Our guys had a good day against a Chicago team that is always nationally competitive in D-III and Wabash recently beat Milwaukee from the Horizon League. We were shorthanded on the girls’ side with some people that usually score big points for us out sick today. The divers will get one more competition but starting now for the swimmers we are focused on getting ready for conference.”
On the women’s side, Chicago topped UIC. The Flames had been undefeated at home this season. Each side finished the year with just one home loss.
Event Winners – Men
- Felix LaFortune established the new school and pool 1-meter record of 350.05. He set career highs on five of his six dives and earned three 9.0s. Later, his total of 363.10 on the 3-meter board established a new career high and was his fourth straight win in the event.
- Hunter Crook was the 1000 free and 500 free winner.
- Senior Michael Tegeler won the 200 free.
- Fellow senior Danny Sivak won the 100 back and the 100 IM.
- Ben Gabbey was the first to finish the 100 breast and the 200 breast.
- Luke Hutchinson captured the 200 fly.
Event Winners – Women
- Cydney Liebenberg made it 9-for-9 on the 3-meter board with a winning score of 315.95. She followed that up with a 290.95-point performance on the 1-meter board to finish her sixth straight sweep.
- Christina Neri won the 1000 free.
- Victoria Thor continued her impressive freshman campaign with wins in the 200 free and the 500 free.
Top Performances – Men
- Andrew Lewarchick took second in both diving events and set career highs in each.
- Jacob Cunningham was second in the 1000 free.
- Gabriele Sasia, another senior, was second in the 200 fly. He also finished second in the 100 fly, one spot ahead of Sivak.
- Eric Weng was third in the 50 free.
- Josh Dellorto led a contingent of Flames, taking third in the 100 free.
- Tegeler was second in the 200 back.
- Hutchinson was right behind Crook in the 500.
Top Performances – Women
- Maya Molldrem set a season high on the 1-meter board and finished second. Her score, 275.30, was an NCAA Zone qualifying mark.
- Maddie Hawker was second in the 1000 free.
- Lauren Johnson took third in the 200 free and second in the 100 free.
- Anna Scovill was third in the 100 back and fourth in the 200 back.
- Senior Jessica Amyette took second in the 100 breast and third in the 100 IM.
- Classmate Misha Neal was second in the 50 free.
- Becca Ballo took third in the 200 breast.
- Christina Neri was third in the 500.
- Emily Sullivan took second in the 100 fly, just ahead of Lilly Culp.
Relays – Men
- Danny Sivak, Ben Gabbey, Gabriele Sasia, and Eric Weng took second in the 200 medley relay.
- UIC was second in the 400 free relay.
Relays – Women
- Anna Scovill, Becca Ballo, Mariah Clemons, and Misha Neal were third in the 200 medley relay.
- The Flames took first and second in the 400 free relay.
Up Next
- The diving squad will host the annual UIC Diving Invitational next weekend.
- The event will begin at 11 am on Saturday, February 1.
- The next competition for the swimmers will be the Horizon League Championships, beginning February 19 at Oakland.
Courtesy: Chicago Athletics
GREENCASTLE, Ind. / CHICAGO – The University of Chicago swimming and diving teams sent split squads to meets at DePauw University and University of Illinois-Chicago on Saturday. All told, they collected 32 event victories between the two locations.
The local meet at UIC saw the Maroon women beat the host Flames 167-130 – their second win against a NCAA Division I opponent in a week and their first ever against Illinois-Chicago. The UChicago men lost to UIC 165-131 and beat Wabash College 204-93.
Out of the 10 women’s wins at UIC, first-year Chanell Kann excelled with three individual victories. She swept the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.58), 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.49) and 100-yard IM (1:00.68). She was also part of the winning 200-yard medley relay (1:48.73). First-year Yunfan Dong captured the 200-yard backstroke (2:07.28) while tying junior teammate Gillian Gagnard in the 100-yard backstroke (58.43). First-year Filippa Kolokotsa swam the fastest 50-yard freestyle (24.97) while also serving as the anchor leg on the 200 medley relay.
Senior Byrne Litschgi was the top performer for the men, winning the 200-yard backstroke in 1:51.68 while also swimming legs of the first-place 400-yard freestyle relay (3:06.67) and 200-yard medley relay (1:32.86). First-year Arthur Kiselnikov and junior Jonathan Mendley were also part of the winning relays. UChicago finished first in four races.
In a dual at DePauw, UChicago’s men triumphed 156-101 while the women emerged victorious at 127-118.
The Maroon women brought only 10 swimmers but still managed to rack up eight wins. Senior Yifan Mao swept the 50-yard freestyle (25.93) and 100-yard freestyle (57.75) while junior Michelle Cho snagged the 200-yard backstroke (2:13.95) and 200-yard IM (2:15.36).
UChicago’s men grabbed 10 events overall. Junior Aaron Teo was first in both breaststroke distances (1:00.01 and 2:11.76). First-year Winston Chen triumphed in four races – the 50-yard freestyle (21.90), the 200-yard backstroke (2:00.40), the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:27.28) and alongside Teo in the 200-yard medley relay (1:37.23).
UChicago Top Finishers (Women – UIC)
100 breast – Chanell Kann (1st, 1:07.58)
200 breast – Chanell Kann (1st, 2:26.49)
100 IM – Chanell Kann (1st, 1:00.68)
100 back – Gillian Gagnard and Yunfan Dong (1st, 58.43)
200 back – Yunfan Dong (1st, 2:07.28)
200 butterfly – Alice Ye (1st, 2:09.02)
50 free – Filippa Kolokotsa (1st, 24.97)
100 free – Grace Schwieters (1st, 53.79)
100 butterfly – Hadley Ackerman (1st, 57.88)
200 medley relay – 1st, 1:48.73 (Tyler Mandrell, Chanell Kann, Nicole Garcia, Filippa Kolokotsa)
UChicago Top Finishers (Men – UIC and Wabash)
200 back – Byrne Litschgi (1st, 1:51.68)
100 butterfly – Keda Song (1st, 50.32)
400 free relay – 1st, 3:06.67 (Arthur Kiselnikov, Jonathan Mendley, Sam Nickson, Byrne Litschgi)
200 medley relay – 1st, 1:32.86 (Byrne Litschgi, Reona Yamaguchi, Arthur Kiselnikov, Jonathan Mendley)
UChicago Top Finishers (Women – DePauw)
50 free – Yifan Mao (1st, 25.93)
100 free – Yifan Mao (1st, 57.75)
200 back – Michelle Cho (1st, 2:13.95)
200 IM – Michelle Cho (1st, 2:15.36)
200 breast – Margaret Wolfson (1st, 2:29.26)
100 butterfly – Hannah Subramaniam (1st, 1:01.00)
100 breast – Eleanor Cambron (1st, 1:10.60)
200 butterfly – Alexia Smith (1st, 2:19.20)
UChicago Top Finishers (Men – DePauw)
100 breast – Aaron Teo (1st, 1:00.01)
200 breast – Aaron Teo (1st, 2:11.76)
50 free – Winston Chen (1st, 21.90)
200 back – Winston Chen (1st, 2:00.40)
200 free – Julian Spencer (1st, 1:46.80)
100 back – Martin Baffico (1st, 54.45)
100 IM – Nick Ding (1st, 55.90)
100 butterfly – Chris Emerson (1st, 52.39)
200 free relay – 1st, 1:27.28 (Winston Chen, Julian Spencer, Martin Baffico, Anton Generalov)
200 medley relay – 1st, 1:37.23 (Winston Chen, Aaron Teo, Nick Ding, Anton Generalov)
NEXT MEET:
- Saturday, Feb. 1 – UChicago at University of Illinois-Chicago Diving Invite
Courtesy: Wabash Athletics
The Wabash swimming and diving team traveled to Chicago Saturday to compete in its final dual meet of the 2019-2020 season. The Little Giants lost 204-93 to the University of Chicago, the eighth-ranked team in the current NCAA Division III men’s poll, as well as taking a 220-80 loss to the NCAA Division I program and meet host from the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Wesley Slaughter raced to a pair of first-place finishes at the meet. He won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.03. Slaughter added another victory in the 100-yard freestyle with a winning time of 45.57.
The Little Giants’ 200-yard medley relay team of Justin Dusza, Hunter Jones, Jan Dziadek, and Slaughter raced to third place with a combined time of 1:35.00 to open the meet.
Jones finished third overall in the 200-yard breaststroke by finishing the race in 2:08.69. He added a fourth-place finish individually in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.06. Daren Glore completed the 1,000-yard freestyle in a season-best time of 10:08.14 to place third overall for Wabash. Glore also scored a fourth-place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:52.30. Dziadek captured fifth place in the 100-yard backstroke by finishing in 52.58. He placed fifth in the 100-yard individual medley by completing the race in 53.85. Kevin Sheridan finished the 200-yard butterfly in 2:05.16 to place fifth overall.
The Little Giants closed out the meet by finishing fourth in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Jones, Ryan Sacco, Sheridan, and Ricky Damron combined for a time of 3:24.88.
“Today was our final tune-up prior to the conference championship meet in February,” Wabash head coach Will Bernhardt said. “I was pleased with how we performed. We had a couple of event wins against some tough competition. Wes’ wins in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle came against a Division III powerhouse in the University of Chicago and against the Division I team from UIC. Those were a couple of fun races for us. We came close in a couple of other races. Hunter Jones swam really well today. Jan Dziadek had a really good day with his backstroke and individual medley. And our relays performed very well for where we are at in this point of the season. I’m very happy with the 200 medley relay. It was a good leadoff swim and gave us some momentum.
“We’re in a pretty good spot right now as a team. We have 18 days to finish preparations for the conference meet. We had a great amount of fun on deck today and enjoyed the trip up to Chicago.”
The North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships begin February 12. The four-day meet will take place at Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
