Swim and Dive Embarks on First Highway Journey of Season at Monmouth Invite

The Green and White return to the pool after opening the season on the IWU Halloween Invite Saturday, Oct. 25. Illinois Wesleyan introduced dwelling seven first-place finishes, as the ladies’s facet notched a runner-up efficiency, ending simply eight factors behind Augustana College. 

On the ladies’s facet, the Titans took first within the 3×100-yard butterfly relay and 3×100-yard backstroke relay. Individually, senior Natalie Porter (Danville, Ill.-Danville) touched first within the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle, whereas senior Kayleigh Kuschewski (Batavia, Ill.-Batavia) claimed first within the 200-yard breaststroke, and junior Sam Borre (Hoffman Estates, Ill.-James B. Conant) posted a win within the 200 again. The males’s workforce noticed sophomore Tate Thomas (Joliet, Ill.-Joliet West) end first within the 200 free to finish a Titan sweep within the mid-length occasion. 

This will mark the Green and White’s first look on the Monmouth Invite, because the Titans will tackle MC, Grinnell College, and Illinois College. Monmouth will likely be offering a reside stream of the occasion, which may be discovered here.