Ladies’s Swimming and Diving Earns Twin Meet Victory Over Illinois State

CHICAGO– UIC girls’s swimming and diving caught hearth each within the lanes and on the boards on the Flames Natatorium on Friday afternoon, incomes its first twin meet victory of the season over Illinois State, 221-78.

The Flames captured 14 of the 16 occasions all through the meet, highlighted by victories in each the 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay. On the diving facet, UIC claimed all however one of many prime 5 finishes in each the one-meter and three-meter occasions.

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COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEY DELL
“I’m so proud of how our women performed tonight. To win 14 out of the 16 events against a team who beat us at the Missouri Valley Conference meet a year and a half ago is an incredible feat. Our women are throwing down some fast times this early in the season, and it makes me excited for what’s to come!”

COMMENT FROM ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/ HEAD DIVING COACH SUSAN BROMBERG

“I thought the divers did well today against Illinois State. You can see within one week of training how much more they all improved in their overall performances and shout out to Kerry-Leigh Morrison for winning both boards and making another zone qualifying cut on the three-meter board once again.”

 

NOTABLE PERFORMERS

 

SWIMMERS

Zoe Shields

50-yard freestyle/ first place/ 23.78 seconds

100-yard freestyle/ first place/ 51.89 seconds

Member of the primary place 200-yard freestyle relay crew

Member of the primary place 400-yard medley relay crew

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Georgina Bell
100 backstroke/ first place/ 57.33 seconds
200 backstroke/ first place/2:03.49
Member of the primary place 200-yard freestyle relay crew
Member of the primary place 400-yard medley relay crew
 

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DIVERS
 
Kerry-Leigh Morrison
One-Meter diving occasion/ first Place/ 262.13 factors
Three-Meter diving occasion/ first place/283.43 factors*

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(NOTE: Morrison made her second consecutive NCAA Zones C Diving cuts, this time on the three-meter diving board.)
 
RELAY TEAM NOTES

1. UIC (A)/ 400 medley relay/ Maya Arroyo, Georgina Bell, Zoe Shields and Samantha Wilson/ first place/ 3:53.68
2. UIC (B)/ 400 medley relay/ Meggie Delaney, Macie McCurry, Alexis Naranjo and Sophie Stefanac/ third place/ 3:57.63
3. UIC (A)/ 200 freestyle relay/ Georgina Bell, Madison Helmick, Macie McCurry and Zoe Shields/ first place/ 1:35.51
4. UIC (B)/ 200 freestyle relay/ Maya Arroyo, Molly Kroeger, Addi Payne and Natalie Sanders/ third place/ 1:38.55

 
UP NEXT
The girls’s swimming and diving crew are again on the pool deck subsequent Saturday, Oct. 26 at 11 a.m. (CT) on the Flames Natatorium. Admission is free to the general public. Fans are inspired to observe reside outcomes on the Meet Mobile App and DiveMeets.com.
 
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