Illinois State vs McKendree vs Maryville
- Saturday, October 30, 2021
- O’Fallon, Ill.
- Results
Courtesy: Illinois State Athletics
O’FALLON, Ill. – The Illinois State swimming and diving team bounced back after a challenging battle in the pool at yesterday’s meet, topping both McKendree (188-108) and Maryville (245-37) on Saturday morning at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex. In route to the wins over both McKendree and Maryville, the Redbirds recorded 11 individual event wins and saw several student-athletes achieve season-best times and scores.
“After a Friday full of tough racing, it was encouraging to see the entire team step up to race well again today,” said head coach Caitlin Hamilton. “We are seeing a lot of growth and learning every time the team gets in the water. So far we’ve had a great fall of training and are excited to see what the ‘Birds are capable of doing in a few weeks at Purdue.”
In the pool, the ‘Birds were led by a trio of swimmers who all finished with two wins on the day. Diana Walker, Sydney Hoff and Emily Keebler each notched two wins apiece.
In her first win of the day, Walker clocked in at 10:40.45 in the 1,000-yard freestyle, giving ISU its first individual event win in the pool. Later on in the day, Walker guided the ‘Birds to a sweep of the 500-yard freestyle with Raegen Follis and Lauren Hervey also finishing in the top-three in the event.
The breaststroke was dominated by freshman Sydney Hoff who nabbed wins in both the 100-yard and 200-yard. Hoff’s times of 1:06.55 in the 100 and 2:25.63 in the 200 were both season bests for the newcomer.
Upperclassmen Emily Keebler provided some experience for the Redbirds in the pool today, leading ISU to a 1-2-3 finish in the 200-yard backstroke and a 1-2 finish in the 200-yard IM. She clocks in at 2:10.05 in the 200-yard IM and 2:09.17 in the backstroke.
Other individual winners in the pool include Lauren Naeger in the 200-yard butterfly, Cassidy Carey in the 100-yard backstroke and Emma Feltzer in the 200-yard freestyle.
Freshman Eva Reyes continues to impress on the boards, picking up wins in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives. Reyes earned a collegiate-best score of 299.25 in the 3-meter event, while scoring a solid 277.57 in the 1-meter. Teammate, Kamryn Blake also had a strong day for the Redbird divers, placing second behind Reyes in both dives and earning a career-best score of 258.00 in the 3-meter.
UP NEXT
The Redbirds will take a couple weeks off from competition to train before their next meet in West Lafayette, Indiana where they will compete at the Purdue Invitational.
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Courtesy: McKendree Athletics
O’FALLON, Ill. – The McKendree University women’s swimming and diving team continued its 2021-22 dual meet season here Saturday afternoon as the 24th-ranked Bearcats picked up a 216-49 win over Maryville University and fell 188-108 to NCAA Division I Illinois State University at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex Pool.
McKendree won three of the 14 individual events and took home first place in both the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relays.
For the third consecutive dual meet, the big winner for the Bearcats on Saturday was freshman Karley Sonnenberg (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North), who won a total of four events, including being on both McKendree’s winning relay teams. Over her last three meets, Sonnenberg, who was named this week’s PNC GLVC Women’s Athlete of the Year, has won a total of 11 events.
In addition to Sonnenberg’s four event wins, another freshman, Aurora Abbruscato (Reggio Emilia, Italy/I.I.S. Blaise Pascal) took home first place in the 100 butterfly and was on both of McK’s winning relay teams as she won three events.
The Bearcats started Saturday’s meet by winning the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:47.50 to win by two seconds over Illinois State (1:49.50). The members of McKendree’s relay team were senior Abigail Rumpp (Knoxville, Tenn./L&N STEM Academy), junior Grace Credit (La Grange Highlands, Ill./Lyons Township), Abbruscato and Sonnenberg.
Along with placing first, McKendree’s ‘B’ relay team placed fourth with a time of 1:52.28. The members of the ‘B’ relay team were freshman Caitlyn Sligh (Tomball, Texas/Tomball Memorial), freshman Presley Heitzmann (Magnolia, Texas/Magnolia), senior Haley Rey (Columbia, Ill./Columbia) and sophomore Alexis Kachkin (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South).
McKendree’s next event win came in the 50 freestyle as the Bearcats went first, second and third in the event as Sonnenberg took home first place with an NCAA ‘B’ time of 23.93. Along with Sonnenberg, Abbruscato was second with a time of 25.02 and freshman Sarah Gromley (Las Cruces, N.M./Las Cruces) was third with a time of 25.04.
In the 1-meter diving competition, senior Lilia de Oliveira Pelaez (Ile Perrot, Quebec/New Mexico State) was third with a score of 229.11, while sophomore Regan Gubera (Jamestown, Ind./Western Boone) was fourth with a score of 227.09 and junior Andrea Menard-Cordoba (Montreal, Quebec/College St. Ann) was seventh with a score of 171.59.
Sonnenberg earned her third win of the day in the 100 freestyle with an NCAA ‘B’ time of 52.10. Gromley, Kachkin, sophomore Hope Euler (Bentonville, Ark./Bentonville West) were fourth, fifth, and sixth in the event respectively.
Abbruscato was the next individual event winner for the Bearcats as she took home first place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 58.63.
The Bearcats went third, fifth and tied for sixth in the 3-meter diving competition as de Oliveira Pelaez was third with a score of 245.85, while Gubera was fifth with a score of 216.82 and Menard Cordoba tied for sixth with a score of 199.57.
McKendree’s final win came in the 200 freestyle relay as the Bearcats posted a first place time of 1:37.19. The members of the relay team were Sonnenberg, Rey, Gromley and Abbruscato. Along with its ‘A’ relay team, the ‘B’ and ‘C’ relay teams went fourth and fifth with times of 1:41.14 and 1:43.96 respectively.
The Bearcats will return to action next Friday, Nov. 5 as they travel to Indianapolis, Ind., for a 12 p.m. CT dual meet against No. 1 ranked University of Indianapolis.
Courtesy: Maryville Athletics
O’Fallon, Ill. – The Maryville University women’s swim team traveled across the Mississippi River this past weekend and placed third at the McKendree Tri-Meet. This women’s only event consisted of the host McKendree University, Illinois State University and Maryville at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex Pool.
Sophomore Karen Bistrain secured the best finish of the day with a 2:14.17, 200-yard backstroke. Junior Sarah Rosson and freshman Jordan Mercer took part in a pair of fifth place finishes with Mercer recording impressive clips in the long-distance competitions.
Top Women’s Results:
50-Yard Freestyle – Eighth Place – 26.87 – Rosson
100-Yard Backstroke – Sixth Place – 1:03.22 – Bistrain
100-Yard Breaststroke – Sixth Place – 1:13.03 – Mady Johnson
100-Yard Butterfly – Fifth Place – 1:00.21 – Rosson
100-Yard Freestyle – Seventh Place – 57.61 – Taylor Norwood
200-Yard Backstroke – Fourth Place – 2:14.17 – Bistrain
200-Yard Freestyle – Seventh Place – 2:06.71 – Aubrey Moreland
200-Yard Freestyle Relay – Sixth Place – 1:46.37 – Rosson, Moreland, Norwood, Bistrain
200-Yard IM – First Place – Eighth Place – 2:36.36 – Paige Bolling
200-Yard Medley Relay – Fifth Place – 1:55.78 – Bistrain, Johnson, Norwood, Rosson
500-Yard Freestyle – Fifth Place – 5:53.22 – Mercer
1000-Yard Freestyle – Fifth Place – 12:05.67 – Mercer
Next Up – The women’s team heads to Springfield, Mo., Nov. 5-6, for the two-day Drury Invitational at Breech Pool.