CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Illinois State swimming and diving team continued its tough schedule on the road Thursday night, falling to Illinois (210-90) and Southern Illinois (187-113) in double-dual action.
TOP PERFORMANCES
Four Redbirds secured top-five finishes in events they competed in for the first time this season:
Additionally, four Redbirds posted season-best times, while finishing top-five overall, in Thursday night's double dual:
OTHER NOTEABLES
Reigning Missouri Valley Conference Diver of the Week Caroline Lecoeur finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 1-meter (263.00) and 3-meter (247.90) diving events. The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Farley-Sepe, Makenna Licking, Tillotson and Keebler missed a season-best time by .01 seconds, finishing in 3:37.11.
Tillotson and Keck each turned in top-five performances in the 100-yard freestyle (54.67) and 100-yard backstroke (1:06.57), respectively, while Julie Kolar finished the 200-yard IM in 2:13.87.
UP NEXT
Illinois State will have nearly a month to gear up for its next challenge, when the Redbirds host Missouri Valley Conference foe Indiana State at Horton Pool on Nov. 9.
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