Normal, Ill. - Illinois State Swimming and Dive is back in action for the first time in two weeks this weekend as the Redbirds head to Evansville for a double-dual with the Purple Aces and Eastern Illinois Nov. 5 at 1 p.m. at Deaconess Aquatic Center. Southern Indiana is also set to be in competition Saturday in Evansville, but will only bring diving entries
MEET INFO
Illinois State at Evansville // vs Eastern Illinois // vs Southern Indiana (Diving Only)
Saturday, November 5 | 1 p.m. CT
Deaconess Aquatic Center | Evansville, Ind.
Illinois State Meet Entires
EVENT SCHEDULE
200-yard Medley Relay
1000-yard Freestyle
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Backstroke
100-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
50 Freestyle
1M Dive
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
200-yard Breaststroke
500-yard Freestyle
100-yard Butterfly
3M Dive
200-yard IM
200-yard Freestyle Relay
LAST TIME OUT
The Redbirds traveled to Chicago, Ill. to take on MVC foes UNI, Indiana State and UIC in the MVC Showcase-North Oct. 21-22.
Illinois State secured three wins en-route to a second-place finish at the meet. Olivia Gonder took home first in the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:54.17, which bested her time of 1:55.90 from Oct. 14 vs Illinois and Southern Illinois. Freshman Giulia Basco secured Illinois State's other win on the weekend with her first-place time of 2:05.74 in the 200-yard butterfly.
Diver Eva Reyes posted a 287.15 in the 1M dive, which was good for the best overall score in that event and her second-best 1M score this season. (Behind only 288.9 Oct. 8 vs McKendree).
PRESEASON POLL
The Redbirds were tabbed second in the Preseason MVC Coaches poll, which was announced by the league office Friday.
Illinois State was picked ahead of Southern Illinois (third), Marshall (fourth), Indiana State (fifth), UNI (sixth), UIC (seventh), Little Rock (eighth), Evansville (ninth), and Valparaiso (tenth). The Sycamores earned the lone first-place vote not awarded to preseason favorite Missouri State.
UP NEXT
The Redbirds travel to West Lafayette, Ind. for their final competition of 2022 at the Purdue Invite Nov. 16-18.
