TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – For the second time this season, the Illinois State swimming and diving team competed at conference rival Indiana State, this time at the Indiana State Relays on Saturday. The Redbirds finished third overall out of six teams, having several excellent individual performances.
The Redbird divers collectively took first place in both diving events, as Caroline Lecoeur and Rachel Johnston worked together to capture a score of 222.45 in the 3-meter diving event and a score of 226.25 in the 1-meter diving event.
Redbirds Savannah Rubocki, Julie Kolar and Molly Hill captured third place in the 300-yard backstroke relay, clocking a time of 2:59.13. Julia Oostman, Haley Rivera, and Rubocki also turned in a third-place finish in the 300-yard breaststroke relay event with a time of 3:31.79.
Redbird relay team Kolar, Clark, Rubocki, and Rivera turned in a first-place finish in the 400-yard IM relay, clocking in a time of 4:04.68.
The Illinois State relay teams captured multiple second place finishes. Morgan Clark, Jessica Nichols, Liz Thull and Hill clocked a time of 4:49.27 in the 500-yard freestyle. The 200-yard freestyle relay team consisting of Mary Katherine Tillotson, Alyssa Reinholz, Clark, and Nichols turned in a second-place finish with a time of 1:39.29.
Jordan Peterson, Kolar, Tillotson, and Reinholz turned in a third-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 3:44.61.
"We as a staff couldn't be happier with how the Redbirds competed at the ISU relays," said head diving coach Phil Hoffmann. "Coming off of Thanksgiving break, it is always a challenge to get up and race, but they did an excellent job of rising to the challenge. We competed as a team with a lot of energy and enthusiasm, which is just what this team needed."
The Redbirds will take a five-week break from competition, before returning to Horton Pool on Jan. 12 to host Davenport and Lincoln College for the only home double dual of the season.
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