WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Six members of the Illinois State swimming team competed in a long course meter time trial, hosted by Purdue, Sunday.
None of the six were able to meet cuts for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials or U.S. Swimming Summer Junior National Championships, but a total of 10 lifetime-best times were recorded.
Laura Paskoff, Rachel Root, Savannah Rubocki, Courtney Taylor, Sarah Thomas and Kristin Verkler represented Illinois State at Purdue.
Illinois State head swimming coach Scott Cameron felt the trip was a great experience.
"It's always fun to go long course meters at the end of the season," said Cameron. "Seeing the girls swim fast and put up lifetime-best swims was great, too."
New lifetime-best swims in the 50-long-course-meter freestyle belong to Thomas (27.90), Taylor (27.43) and Paskoff (27.99).
Verkler (1:00.79), Taylor (59.89), Paskoff (1:00.80) and Rubocki (1:01.85) all earned lifetime-best times in the 100-long-course-meter freestyle event.
Taylor earned her third lifetime-best swim of the day, in the 100-long-course-meter event, with a time of 1:14.63, while Root earned a new lifetime-best time in the 100-long-course-meter backstroke, swimming a time of 1:05.34.
Rubocki earned a lifetime-best time in the 400-long-course meter individual medley event, touching the wall in 5:09.85.
The Illinois State swimming and diving team concluded its season with a fourth-place finish at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships, Feb. 17-20, in Carbondale, Illinois. Â
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