NORMAL — For the primary time since 2006, the Centennial women’ swimming and diving program are Big 12 Conference champions.
The breakthrough second occurred on Saturday at Normal West, with the Chargers compiling 288 factors. Champaign Central completed second with 251 1/2 factors.
Normal West (178), Normal Community (138) and Bloomington (134) rounded out the highest 5 colleges on the nine-team meet. Urbana completed seventh with 110 factors.
Rebekah Kim delivered the lone particular person win for Centennial by touching the wall first within the 200-yard particular person medley with a time of two minutes, 20.76 seconds. The Chargers additionally positioned first within the 200 medley relay when Sofia Marquez, Kim, Brynley Wilber and Meagan Tsai clocked a time of 1:54.96 and within the 400 freestyle relay when Josie Elliot, Kim, Wilber and Tsai gained in 3:45.13.
Champaign Central positioned first in two occasions. Macy Cappa gained the 100 backstroke in 1:02.81 and the Maroons’ 200 freestyle relay workforce of Cappa, Stella Asse, Natalie Loy and Bailey Malloch gained in 1:42.77.
Centennial had 4 runner-up performances. Wilber took second within the 100 freestyle (55.86), Marquez did so within the 500 freestyle (5:29.00), Mallory Borden was second within the 100 backstroke (1:03.15) and the Chargres’ 200 freestyle relay of Cecelia Marquez, Sofia Marquez, Riti Bhosale and Wilber was second (1:43.79).
Central completed second in six totally different occasions. Asse recorded runner-up finishes within the 200 freestyle (2:04.34) and the 100 breaststroke (1:15.49), Cappa did so within the 100 butterfly (1:02.00) and Malloch did within the 50 freestyle (25.81). Erin Armstrong positioned second in 1-meter diving (395.15) and Central’s 400 freestyle relay of Malloch, Lyndley Carlson, Asse and Cappa completed second in 3:47.36.