NORMAL, Ill.-- The Illinois State Swim & Dive team opened up the season hosting MVC front-runner Indiana State. The Redbirds claimed one swimming title and two diving titles from Eva Reyes as ISU fell to Indiana State at Horton Pool. Swimming competition was highlighted with Chloe Tyler claiming a 100-yard backstroke title with a time of 57.88.
Head Coach Riley Hilbrandt was happy with the preparation from the team against a top-opponent like Indiana State. "The first meet allowed myself, my athletes and the coaching staff to have a better insight into what we need to work on moving forward. It was exciting to see our team get up and race after hard weeks of training", Hilbrandt said.
"We took away some positives from this meet, we also have a lot of things to improve on. I told our team before the meet, we are focusing on the end goal of championships in February and this meet was a great first step into being that much better come conference."
Highlights:
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Eva Reyes claimed two championships posting a score of 270.68 in the 1M and 236.85 in the 3M.
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Chloe Tyler took the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 57.88.
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Giulia Basco finished second in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 58.06
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Delaney Boulden took third in the 100 yard backstroke clocking in at 59.09
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Ella Turken placed third in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 24:34
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Emma Feltzer posted a time of 52.71 in the 100-yard freestyle for third.
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Sydney Hoff placed fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:30.34
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Cassidy Carey placed second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:06.02
Up Next-
Illinois State will return to Normal for a two-day invitational with the University of Ohio on October 18-19. Then, the Redbirds will hit the road for three-consecutive road meets at Southern Illinois/Illinois-Champaign (November 1), Purdue (November 22-23) and the US Open in Greensboro N.C. (December 4-7).
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