#4 Males’s Swimming & Diving Opens Season with Pair of Meets This Weekend

CHICAGO — The 4th-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 Division II #25 Lewis on Friday at 6 PM earlier than internet hosting Illinois Tech and Wheaton (IL) for a Tri-Meet at 1 PM on Saturday. UChicago will even host their Ring Ceremony for his or her particular person nationwide champions previous to the meet on Friday night time.

#4 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NOTES:

* #4 UChicago opens its 2025-26 marketing campaign after bringing house a Third-place end within the 2025 NCAA Championships.
* The Maroons received 4 particular person National Championships, broke two NCAA information, broke 9 faculty information, and earned 15 All-American awards on the National Championship meet.
* The 4 National Championships for the Maroons are essentially the most in UChicago program historical past, and the third-place end is their third-consecutive top-3 end.
* Cooper Costello was a 5-time All-American and 3-time National Champion final season. He additionally broke the NCAA Record in two of his three National Championship swims within the 100 Fly and 800 Free Relay.
* John Butler earned three All-American awards and received a pair of National Championships within the 400 Free Relay and 800 Free Relay.
* Alex Schwartz joined Butler and Costello on the 800 Free Relay National Championship workforce, and he added 1st-Team All-American honors within the 500 Free.
* Jonathan Tang and Igor Benederskii spherical out the remaining returning nationwide champions for the Maroons because the duo set the college report of their National Championship swim within the 200 Free Relay.
* The Maroons swept the National Championship in all three Freestyle Relay occasions final season. Prior to 2025, UChicago had solely received two relay National Championships in program historical past.
* After their season-opening weekend of their house pool, UChicago will journey to St. Louis for one among their two street meets of the season towards #10 WashU on November 1.

#25 LEWIS UNIVERSITY NOTES:

* #25 Lewis comes into the weekend with a 2-0 report in twin meets on the season.
* The Flyers took down Saint Ambrose 156-104 and Olivet Nazarene (IL) 169-91 to start out the yr.
* Lewis earned a Fifth-place end within the GLVC Championship final season, they usually introduced house a Seventh-place end from the NCAA Championships to cap off the season.
* The prime returner for Lewis is Davidson Vincent who earned All-American honors within the 200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, and 400 Medley Relay for the Flyers.
* Juan Jose Castro additionally earned three All-American honors within the 500 Free, 1000 Free, and 800 Free Relay final 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 1-0 report in twin meets on the season.
* The Scarlet Hawks took down UW-Whitewater with a 143-128 victory earlier this yr.
* Illinois Tech earned a second-place end within the Liberal Arts Conference Championships final season, falling solely to DII Saint Ambrose.
* Zeng Wye Liew was the highest performer within the season opener for the Scarlet Hawks with 1st-place finishes within the 100 Fly, 200 IM, and 400 Medley Relay.
* Aidan Chance, Dan Rose, and Giorgio Turchetti additionally received a number of occasions for Illinois Tech.
* 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.
* Jed Ritchie earned CCIW First-Year Student of the Meet final season after profitable the CCIW title within the 400 IM and 200 Butterfly.
* Jac Cummings additionally received a CCIW title within the 100 Back in his freshman season final yr for the Thunder.
* Isaac Eilmes rounded out the CCIW titles for Wheaton (IL), bringing house the 1650 Free title.
* 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’ 188-99 win over the Flyers final season.
* The closest meet that these two colleges have had all-time got here again in 2017 when UChicago received 157-122 within the first-ever assembly between the 2 colleges.
* UChicago has a 4-0 all-time report towards Illinois Tech, together with the Maroons’ 209-79 win over the Scarlet Hawks final season.
* The Maroons’ closest meet towards the Scarlet Hawks was again in 2023 when UChicago received 160-120.
* UChicago has a 5-1 all-time report towards Wheaton (IL), together with the Maroons’ 231-55 win over the Thunder final season.
* The Maroons have received 5 consecutive meets towards Wheaton (IL), however the Thunder picked up their lone win was in 2017 with a 139-66 victory.