NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State swimming & diving closed out its first meet of the season against Quincy, Friday afternoon at Horton Pool. The Redbirds claimed 12 event wins and tallied 180 points across the meet.
To kick the meet off for Illinois State, the 200 Medley relay team of Tyler, Fris, Snow, and Turken picked up the first event win for the Redbirds with a time of 1:47.62.
In the 1000 Y Free, Illinois State secured a 1-2 finish as Sophomore Hope Westphal earned the win with a mark of 11:05.33. Senior Maya Burkstrand tallied a runner-up finish with a time of 11:23.96.Â
The Redbirds swept the podium in the 200 Y Free with Sophomore Amelia Murphy taking the top step with a time of 1:59.07. Sophomore Ines Kieffel earned a runner-up finish with a mark of 2:00.67, with Junior Sylvia Admire wrapping up a Redbirds 1-2-3 finish with a time of 2:01.18.
Senior Chloe Tyler secured a victory in the 100 Y Back with a mark of 58.08. Junior Bailey Gott earned a runner-up finish in her first appearance as a Redbird with a time of 58.72. Senior Delaney Boulden helped Illinois State sweep the podium with a mark of 1:01.24 to finish third.
Freshman Ava Ostendorf secured her first collegiate event win with a time of 1:07.53 in the 100 Y Breast. Sophomore Hailey Fris added a runner-up finish with a mark of 1:08.58.
In the 200 Y Fly, the Redbirds earned another podium sweep with Senior Giulia Basco taking the event win with a mark of 2:06.33. Sophomore Avery Watson tallied a runner-up finish with a time of 2:15.78. Freshman Megan Sego, in her first collegiate meet, earned a third-place finish with a mark of 2:17.96.
Illinois State swept the podium in the 50 Y Free, as Graduate Mia Snow tallied a win with a mark of 24.20. Senior Ella Turken finished runner-up with a time of 24.79, as Freshman Elle Dameworth earned a third-place finish in her first appearance at Illinois State.
Sophomore Alexandra Davis picked up her first career event win with a victory in the 100 Y Free with a mark of 53.63. Kieffel earned her second runner-up finish with a mark of 54.35 as Senior Adi Luker completed the Redbird podium sweep with a third-place finish and a time of 55.74.
In the 200 Y Back, Tyler earned her second victory of the day with a mark of 2:06.87. Gott earned her second runner-up finish on the day with a time of 2:07.73. Fris swept the podium for Illinois State with a mark of 2:09.24.
Ostendorf earned her second win of the day with a time of 2:24.52 in the 200 Y Breast.
Westphal tallied her second event win of the day with a mark of 5:24.34 in the 500 Y Free. Murphy earned a runner-up finish with a time of 5:30.92 to secure a 1-2 finish for Illinois State.
Snow picked up her second event win of the day with a victory in the 100 Y Fly with a mark of 56.43, as Turken tallied a runner-up finish with a time of 59.13.
