WAUKEE, Iowa.-- The Illinois State Swimming and Diving team will travel to Iowa to compete in the 2025 MVC Championships which run from Feb. 26- Mar. 1 inside the newly built Waukee CSD Natatorium.
MEET INFO
Wednesday, Feb. 26- Mar.1
10:30 a.m. CT (Prelims), 6 p.m. (Finals)
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BREAKING RECORDS
Senior Mia Snow broke the school record in the 100-fly at the 2024 Purdue Invitational on November 22 inside Morgan J. Burke Aquatics Center. Her time of 54.03 breaks the previous record time of 54.70 set by Kierston Farley-Sepe ('20).
REDBIRDS IN THE VALLEY (Top-10)
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Emma Feltzer is fifth in the 50-free with a time of 22.99
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Feltzer is eighth in the 100-free with a time of 50.32
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Chloe Tyler is 10th in the 50-backstroke with a time of 26.27
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Tyler is ninth in the 100-backstroke with a time of 55.72
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Sydney Hoff is sixth in the 200-breastroke with a time of 2:16.67
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Mia Snow ranks ninth in the 50-fly with a time of 25.44
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Snow is fourth in the 100-fly with a time of 54.03 (school-record)
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In the 200-free relay Illinois State sits sixth in the MVC (Purdue Invitational, 1:33.15)
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In the 400-free relay the Birds are sixth in the Valley (Purdue Invitational, 3:24.39)
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In the 800-free relay, ISU is sixth with a time of 7:31.42 at the Purdue Invitational.
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In the 200 Medley relay, the Redbirds are tied with UNI for fourth with a time of 1:41.76, recorded at the Purdue Invitational.
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1-meter diving- Eva Reyes (first, 283.65), Selena Corona (second, 229.35), Emma Thompson (third, 224.25), Isabel Poggenklass (fourth, 180.15)
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3-meter diving- Reyes (first, 261.38), Corona (second, 232.80), Thompson (third, 212.90), Poggenklass (fourth, 186.00)
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Platform diving- Reyes (second, 184.30), Corona (third, 160.70)
PRE CHAMPIONSHIP POLL-
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Southern Illinois- 75 (4)
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Indiana State- 72 (3)
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Missouri State- 69 (2)
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Little Rock- 45
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UNI- 43
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UIC- 40
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Illinois State- 33
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Evansville- 18
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Valparaiso- 10
2024 VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Senior Emma Feltzer claimed a gold medal in the 200-yard freestyle when she broke her 2023 school record, finishing with a time of 49.71.Â
Graduate student Cassidy Carey added another All-MVC honor in her Redbird career, finishing fourth for All-MVC Honorable mention honors in the 200y Backstroke with a mark of 2:00:44 in the finals.
Diver Eva Reyes earned First Team All-MVC honors taking home bronze medals on the final day of the 2024 Valley Championships. Reyes turned in a final score of 265.20 on the 3-meter board.
In the relays, Illinois State broke a 400 Medley school record (3:40.38) to earn a bronze medal on day three of the Championships. This was done with the team of junior Chloe Tyler, Madyson Morse' 23 and seniors Mia Snow and Feltzer.
BIRDS AT THE MVC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Illinois State has earned five MVC titles as a program (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1996). The Birds have finished as the "Valley Runner-Up" 17-times, most recently in 2022.Â
In diving competition, the Birds hold 18 diving titles, which is second in MVC history to SIU's 29 total titles. Eva Reyes was named the 2023 MVC Diver of the Year, marking the 12th Redbird to receive the honor.
Former Redbird Kierston Farley-Sepe' 20 recorded times in the 200-yard IM (1:59.71) and 400-yard IM (4:16.36) events. Both of these times remain as MVC Championship records as well as top times in program history.
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