CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Illinois State swimming and diving teams traveled to Cedar Falls, Iowa, to compete against UNI Saturday, dropping a 194-105 decision to the Panthers in dual action.
The 200-yard medley relay team consisting of Julie Kolar, Jensen Keck, Morgan Clark and Alyssa Reinholz captured a second-place finish with a time of 1:47.93. Kolar, Clark, Reinholz and Mary Katherine Tillotson took yet another second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay, clocking a time of 3:40.39.
Morgan Rosser turned in an impressive time of 10:41.52 in the 1000-yard freestyle, good for second place. In the next event, Savannah Rubocki clocked a time of 1:58.56 in the 200-yard freestyle. Sarah Hein turned in a first-place finish in the 200-yard fly (2:09.91), as Liz Thull followed closely behind her teammate to finish second in the 200-yard fly (2:10.84). Thull also took second place in the 100-yard butterfly, turning in a time of 1:00.64.
A pair of Redbirds, Kolar and Jensen Keck, finished second in their respective events - the 100-yard backstroke (59.17) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.82) - while Keck also competed in the 200-yard breaststroke, clocking a time of 2:22.54.
Jessica Nichols and Clark took second and third place in the 50-yard freestyle with times of 24.64 and 24.84, respectively.
"I'm very pleased with how the team got up for the meet today," said head swimming coach Scott Cameron. "We haven't done a lot of back-to-back meets like this, and it was great to see people making adjustments from one meet to the next. It was meant to be a tough weekend, and it was a great learning experience on how to handle multiple days of racing."
Caroline Leceour continued her winning ways from Friday's meet against Iowa State, taking first place in both the 1-meter (294.75) and the 3-meter (283.35) diving events.
"I was pleased with how the group performed today as a whole," said head diving coach Phil Hoffmann. "We had great attitudes and that positivity came across in our diving. Back-to-back meets are always a challenge, and two road meets is that much harder, but they stood up to the challenge well. It was a great learning experience moving forward."
Next weekend the Redbirds will return to Horton Pool for its final home meet of the season. The program's seniors will be recognized, as the team faces Evansville on Jan. 25 at 5 p.m.
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