Redbird Swimming and Diving Finish Fifth at Louisville Invite

Results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Illinois State swimming and diving team completed the three-day Louisville Invite Sunday, finishing in fifth place.

Host Louisville won the meet with 2,309 points, followed by Florida International with 1,588 points. Illinois State finished the three-day meet in fifth with 750 points, coming out ahead of Wright State (459). Ohio came in third (1,081), while Southern Illinois finished in fourth (993).  

The team of Laura Paskoff, Rachel Root, Mary Katherine Tillotson and Kristin Verkler led ISU in the 400-yard freestyle, finishing in fourth place (3:27.62). Root finished sixth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:00.97), while Karley Licking followed in 10th (2:00.95). Rachel Holm earned seventh place in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.98), as Jensen Keck came in ninth (2:18.13). Maia Cain touched the wall seventh in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.71.

"Very happy with how we competed today, and the weekend as a whole. We had numerous season and lifetime best times again today, and we continued to swim some very strong races," ISU head swimming coach Scott Cameron said. "This meet was a great ending point for this point of our season, and it sets us up great as we approach our conference meet in February."

Redbird swimming and diving will have a break from competition, until competing again at the Copa Coqui Invitational in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 5.

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