The IUPUI men and women posted dominating victories over Eastern Illinois on Saturday, with the men winning 138-65 and the women at 142-60. A pair of IUPUI feshmen, Allison Cicero and Jordyn Harrison, impressed by earning individual victories.
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CHARLESTON, Ill. – After a grueling week of training, the IUPUI men’s and women’s swimming teams still had enough in the tank to put up dominant efforts against Eastern Illinois on Saturday (Oct. 17), easily outdistancing the Panthers in a dual meet. Head CoachMatt Bos‘ men’s team coasted to a 138-65 win while the women’s squad posted a 142-60 victory.
“I was really pleased with the energy we had today,” Bos said. “EIU is not an easy place to swim, especially in mid-October. We saw some huge improvements from last week and I expect us to keep getting better and better with racing as the fall continues.”
Thirteen different individuals – seven women and six men – earned events wins on Saturday for the Jaguars. Freshman Allison Cicero collected wins in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, although Bos credited freshman Jordyn Harrison‘s win in the 1,000 with setting the tone for the day.
“We have a good combination of upperclassmen and freshman contributing,” Bos said. “Jordyn Harrison got us started with a nice 1000 free and we were able to build momentum throughout the meet.”
Harrison clocked a time of 10:51.20, beating teammate Vanessa Roop to the wall by five seconds. Cicero touched the wall first in the 200 IM at 2:11.96 and the 500 free at 5:15.67, easily outdistancing the field. Junior Maranda Buha also had a strong day, winning the 100 fly while contributing to wins in the 200 medley and 200 free relays.
The men got going with strong swims from Benjamin Levart and David Sweezer in the 1000 free, both going under the previous school record. Levart touched at 9:36.00 and Sweezer closed at 9:39.65, both eclipsing Rich Sunkel‘s previous mark of 9:43.
“It was nice to see two freshman get under out school record in the 1000,” Bos said. “It will be fun to watch those guys race each other over the next four years.”
Sunkel had a good day in his own right, winning the 500 free at 4:45.32.
Jonathan Stoller and Trenton Wolfe both earned a pair of wins with Stoller claiming the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke races and Wolfe winning the 100 and 200 free events.
Meanwhile, IUPUI sent its divers north to compete in the Indiana Intercollegiates, hosted by Purdue University at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. Freshman Krisztian Somhegyihighlighted the five men’s entries, placing third overall off both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. Somhegyi notched a score of 317.15 off the 3-meter board, trailing only a pair of Purdue divers. The same held true off the 1-meter board where he finished his six dives at 293.65. Fellow freshman Mitchell Matsey was fourth off both boards while Josh Carmichaelwas sixth in both.
Bailey Wills led IUPUI’s two female entrants, placing fifth off the 3-meter board and sixth off the 1-meter board. She finished with 237.05 points off the 3-meter and 236.95 off the 1-meter. Melissa Berger was seventh off the 3-meter and eighth off the 1-meter.
IUPUI will be back in the water on Oct. 30 when they swim against the University of Cincinnati at Keating Aquatics Center at 5:00 p.m..
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Several members of the men’s swimming team saw improvements in their times. Brandon Robbins and Jake Roberts both saw their times drop in the 200 yard freestyle. Robbins improved by 2.17 as he finished with a time of 1:49.43, while Roberts improved by 0.59 with a time of 1:50.90. Shane Witzki saw his 50 yard freestyle time go down by 0.39 as he finished with a time of 22.23. Leo Garfolo posted a time of 2:07.72 taking 0.82 ticks off his previous time. Brogan O’Doherty also saw an improvement in his 100 yard backstroke time as he took off 2.24 from his previous time to finish at 51.90.
Several swimmers on the women’s side saw their times drop as well. Martee Grainger started the event off in the 200 yard medley as she took off 0.13 from her prior time to finish at 29.94. All three swimmers for EIU in the 50 yard freestyle saw improvements as Kaylee Morris finished at 24.77, improving by 0.32, Bridgett Bowen with a time of 27.92, deducted 0.71, and Jessie Freudenthaler posted a time of 28.22, improving by 0.60. Bowen also improved her 100 yard fly time by nearly three seconds as she finished with a time of 1:07.26. Fallyn Schwake took a second and a half off of her previous 100 yard freestyle time with a final time of 59.05. Niki Beringer rounded out the improved times for the EIU women as she took off 0.41 on her 100 yard backstroke time, to finish at 1:06.57.
The EIU men’s & women’s swimming teams can be seen in action again on October 31, as they travel to Evansville.
Swimming news courtesy of Eastern Illinois Swimming & Diving.