Illinois State vs UIC (Women)
- October 17, 2025
- Chicago, Ill.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: UIC Athletics
CHICAGO — The UIC women’s swimming and diving team caught fire, both in the lanes and on the diving boards, at the Flames Natatorium on Friday afternoon, earning its first dual meet victory of the season over Illinois State, 221-78.
The Flames captured 14 of the 16 events throughout the meet, highlighted by victories in both the 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay. On the diving side, UIC claimed all but one of the top five spots in both the one-meter and three-meter events.
“I’m so proud of how our women performed tonight. To win 14 out of the 16 events against a team who beat us at the Missouri Valley Conference meet a year and a half ago is an incredible feat. Our women are throwing down some fast times this early in the season, and it makes me excited for what’s to come!”COMMENT FROM ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/HEAD DIVING COACH SUSAN BROMBERG
“I thought the divers did well today against Illinois State. You can see within one week of training how much more they all improved in their overall performances and shout out to Kerry-Leigh Morrison for winning both boards and making another zone qualifying cut on the three-meter board once again.”
NOTABLE PERFORMERS
SWIMMERS
Zoe Shields
50-yard freestyle/ first place/ 23.78 seconds
100-yard freestyle/ first place/ 51.89 seconds
Member of the first place 200-yard freestyle relay team
Member of the first place 400-yard medley relay team
Zoe Shields with FOUR first-place finishes ??
400 Yard Medley Relay – 3:53.68
50 Yard Free – 23.78
100 Yard Free – 51.89
200 Yard Free Relay – 1:35.51
100 backstroke/ first place/ 57.33 seconds
200 backstroke/ first place/2:03.49
Member of the first place 200-yard freestyle relay team
Member of the first place 400-yard medley relay team
FOUR first-place finsihes for Georgina Bell ??
400 Yard Medley Relay – 3:53.68
100 Yard Backstroke – 57.33
200 Yard Backstroke – 2:03.49
200 Yard Free Relay – 1:35.51
DIVERS
Kerry-Leigh Morrison
One-meter diving event/first place/262.13 points
Three-meter diving event/first place/283.43 points*
Kerry-leigh Morrison DOMINATED the diving ??
First place – 3-meter dive – 283.43
First place – 1-meter dive – 262.14
- UIC (A)/ 400 medley relay/Maya Arroyo, Georgina Bell, Zoe Shields and Samantha Wilson/first place/3:53.68
- UIC (B)/ 400 medley relay/Meggie Delaney, Macie McCurry, Alexis Naranjo and Sophie Stefanac/third place/3:57.63
- UIC (A)/ 200 freestyle relay/Georgina Bell, Madison Helmick, Macie McCurry and Zoe Shields/first place/1:35.51
- UIC (B)/ 200 freestyle relay/Maya Arroyo, Molly Kroeger, Addi Payne and Natalie Sanders/third place/1:38.55
The UIC women’s swimming and diving team is back on the pool deck at 11 a.m. (CT) next Saturday, Oct. 25, joining the Flames’ men to take on IU Indy at the Flames Natatorium. Admission is free to the public. Fans are encouraged to follow live results on the Meet Mobile App and DiveMeets.com.
CHICAGO, Ill. – Illinois State swim and dive fell 221-78 to UIC Friday afternoon at Flames Natatorium.
Freshman Ava Ostendorf secured two event victories for the Redbirds in Friday’s meet. Ostendorf secured the first event win for the Redbirds in the 100 Y Breast with a season-best mark of 1:06.82. Sophomore Hailey Fris tallied a fourth-place finish with a season-fastest time of 1:08.13. Ostendorf picked up her second event win in the 200 Y Breast with a time of 2:26.24
The Redbirds picked up a runner-up finish in the 400 Y Medley relay with the ‘A’ squad of Tyler, Fris, Turken, and Dameworth with a time of 3:57.63 to open the day in the swimming events.
Sophomore Hope Westphal earned a third-place finish in the 1000 Y Free with a season-best mark of 10:55.40. Senior Maya Burkstrand tallied a season-best time in a fourth-place effort with a mark of 11:06.82.
Sophomore Amelia Murphy secured a podium finish in a third-place effort with a time of 1:58.62 in the 200 Y Free. Junior Sylvia Admire earned a season-best time of 1:59.93 in a fourth-place finish.
Senior Chloe Tyler recorded a runner-up finish in the 100 Y Back with a time of 57.96. Senior Delaney Boulden secured a season-best mark of 5.439 to finish fifth. Tyler would add another podium finish in the 200 Y Back with a third-place finish after recording a mark of 2:09.08
Senior Giulia Basco notched another podium finish for the Redbirds with a third-place effort after recording a time of 2:06.79
Senior Ella Turken earned a podium finish after finishing third in the 100 Y with a time of 59.13.
To close out the meet, the Redbirds earned a runner-up finish in the 200 Y Free relay with the ‘A’ squad of Dameworth, Kieffel, Tyler, and Turken.
From the diving boards, Sophomore Emma Thompson secured a podium finish with a score of 237.53 in the 1-meter dive.
