#8 Girls’s Swimming & Diving Welcomes Trio of Teams for Opening Weekend

CHICAGO — The Eighth-ranked University of Chicago males’s swimming and diving workforce opens the 2025-26 season this weekend with a pair of meets on Friday and Saturday on the Myers-McLoraine Pool within the Ratner Athletic Center. The Maroons will host Lewis on Friday at 6 PM earlier than internet hosting Illinois Tech and Wheaton (IL) for a Tri-Meet at 1 PM on Saturday.

#8 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NOTES:

* #8 UChicago opens its 2025-26 marketing campaign after bringing dwelling a seventh-place end within the 2025 NCAA Championships.
* The Maroons broke seven college data and earned 20 All-American awards on the National Championship meet.
* The UChicago diving trio of Sumiye Allen, Lilia Atanda, and Veronica Fong all introduced dwelling a number of All-American awards for the Maroons. Allen earned 1st-Team honors within the 1m competitors, and Fong earned 1st-Team honors within the 3m competitors.
* Emily Xu was the highest performer within the pool for the Maroons with six All-American awards final season. Xu earned 1st-Team honors in each Medley Relay occasions, and he or she earned 2nd-Team honors within the 100 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, and 800 Free Relay.
* Alicia Soosai joined Xu with 1st-Team All-American honors on each Medley Relay occasions, and he or she added 2nd-Team All-American honors within the 100 Breast and 200 Breast.
* Lauren Richards rounded out the person All-American award winners for UChicago after her Eleventh-place end within the 1650 Free earned her 2nd-Team All-American honors.
* Sophia Lee, Annabel Olivo, and Genesee Quon rounded out the All-American awards for the Maroons, incomes 2nd-Team honors within the 200 Free and 800 Free Relays.
* After their season-opening weekend of their dwelling pool, UChicago will journey to St. Louis for considered one of their two street meets of the season towards #14 WashU on November 1.

LEWIS UNIVERSITY NOTES:

* Lewis comes into the weekend with a 2-0 report in twin meets on the season.
* The Flyers took down Saint Ambrose 166-85 and Olivet Nazarene (IL) 138-123 to begin the yr.
* Lewis earned a 4th-place end within the GLVC Championship final season.
* Amelia Marsicek has been the highest performer this season for the Flyers with first-place finishes within the 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Medley Relay (2), and 400 Free Relay (2).
* Luna Cueva Schafer has additionally earned seven first-place finishes within the 50 Free (2), 200 Free, 200 Medley Relay (2), and 400 Free Relay (2) this season.
* Following their meet at UChicago, Lewis will return to the pool on Saturday, November 15, as they journey to Findlay.

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NOTES:

* Illinois Tech enters the weekend with a 0-1 report in twin meets on the season.
* The Scarlet Hawks fell to UW-Whitewater with a rating of 177-72 earlier this yr.
* Illinois Tech earned a fourth-place end within the Liberal Arts Conference Championships final season.
* Claire van Biljon and Kristen Hampton have been the lone Illinois Tech swimmers to report a number of top-2 finishes in particular person occasions within the season opener.
* Hampton gained the 200 IM and completed second within the 500 Free, and van Biljon gained the 50 Free and completed second within the 100 Fly.
* Following their meet with the Maroons and the Thunder, Illinois Tech will journey to Waukesha, Wisconsin to battle the Carroll (WI) Pioneers on November 8.

WHEATON COLLEGE (IL) NOTES:

* Saturday would be the opening meet of the season for Wheaton (IL).
* The Thunder completed in third within the CCIW Championships final season.
* Tess Boyer is the highest returner for the Wheaton (IL) swim workforce after showing within the 2025 NCAA Championships.
* Boyer earned 2nd-Team All-American honors within the 400 IM with a Thirteenth-place end. She additionally positioned seventeenth within the 200 IM and twenty fourth within the 200 Fly, turning into the primary Wheaton (IL) girls’s swimmer to qualify for the National Championships since 2019.
* Boyer additionally earned CCIW Swimmer of the Meet honors eventually yr’s CCIW Championships.
* On the diving aspect, Lara Stamp is the highest returner for the Thunder after being named the CCIW Diver of the Meet on the 2025 CCIW Championships.
* Following their meet with the Maroons and the Scarlet Hawks, Wheaton (IL) will journey to Milwaukee to battle the UW-Milwaukee Panthers on October 31.

SERIES HISTORY:

* UChicago has a 6-0 all-time report towards Lewis, together with the Maroons’ 221-73 win over the Flyers final season.
* The closest meet that these two colleges have had all-time got here again in 2017 when UChicago gained 190-103 within the first-ever assembly between the 2 colleges.
* UChicago has a 4-0 all-time report towards Illinois Tech, together with the Maroons’ 247-42 win over the Scarlet Hawks final season.
* The Maroons’ closest meet towards the Scarlet Hawks was again in 2023 when UChicago gained 166-130.
* UChicago has a 6-0 all-time report towards Wheaton (IL), together with the Maroons’ 238-52 win over the Thunder final season.
* The Maroons’ closest meet towards the Thunder was again in 2023 when UChicago gained 115-90.