CCIW Women’s Swimming & Diving Pocket book (Jan. 28, 2026)

NAPERVILLE — As winter schedules start to skinny and championship lineups come into focus, the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) ladies’s swimming and diving season is being outlined by veteran consistency, depth throughout occasions, and late-season breakthroughs. 
 
Last weekend provided a snapshot of the place the convention stands, with Senior Day performances, distance management and stroke-specific excellence highlighting applications positioning themselves for the postseason push.
 
Senior Surge: Wheaton Sweeps Weekly Honors at Thunder Invite
Wheaton authored one of the full performances of the season at its residence Thunder Invitational, capturing first place with 472 factors over two days of competitors. The meet additionally served as Senior Day, and the Thunder’s veteran class rose to the second, highlighted by a sweep of the CCIW Student-Athlete of the Week honors by seniors Olivia Wiebe (swimming) and Isabelle Fitzpatrick (diving).
 
Wiebe anchored Wheaton’s success with a dominant exhibiting within the distance and freestyle occasions. On Friday, she posted a personal-best 10:48.94 within the 1,000-yard freestyle, a time that at present leads the CCIW by greater than 11 seconds and stands as one of the commanding margins in any convention occasion this season. She returned on Saturday to win the 200-yard freestyle in a lifetime-best 1:58.45 and added a victory within the 100-yard backstroke at 1:00.60, the third-fastest time within the league.
 
On the boards, Fitzpatrick delivered her strongest efficiency of the season, finishing 11 dives on the 1-meter board and scoring a personal-best 253.80. That whole ranks fourth within the CCIW and supplied a major increase to Wheaton’s workforce rating. Collectively, the Thunder completed forward of Augustana (437 factors) and North Central (128 factors).
 
Distance Dominance: Wiebe and Skalski Command the Lanes
While Wiebe continues to set the convention commonplace within the 1,000-yard freestyle, Carthage’s Brie Skalski ensured that distance racing remained a focus throughout the league. Competing for Carthage in a Friday twin meet at Lawrence, Skalski swept each distance occasions, profitable the 1,000-yard freestyle in 11:17.12 earlier than returning to say the 500-yard freestyle in 5:32.25.
 
Skalski’s performances anchored a commanding 163-37 Firebirds victory.
 
The statistical leaderboard stays closely influenced by Wheaton’s Tess Boyer, who continues to rank among the many most versatile swimmers within the CCIW. Boyer at present owns the highest convention occasions within the 500-yard freestyle (5:01.52), 100-yard butterfly (57.53), 200-yard IM (2:03.72) and 400-yard IM (4:23.23).
 
Sprint Showdown: Mihm and Swanson Battle for the Wall
Sprint occasions additionally noticed notable motion in the course of the weekend, significantly on the Thunder Invitational. Augustana’s Kendle Mihm captured the 100-yard freestyle in 53.79, a consequence that now locations her third on the convention checklist. She sits simply behind Wheaton’s Boyer (53.39) and teammate Aubrey Swanson (53.60) in a tightly packed race that continues to shuffle with every meet.
 
Swanson stays the CCIW’s quickest swimmer within the 50-yard freestyle, holding a season-best 24.28. Boyer, nonetheless, continues to shut the hole, just lately clocking a 24.62.
 
Illinois Wesleyan additionally showcased dash and middle-distance power throughout final Saturday’s meet at Wabash. Despite going through Division I Valparaiso, senior Natalie Porter delivered two particular person wins, taking the 200-yard freestyle in 2:02.51 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:23.46. Freshman Abby Schnittker complemented Porter’s efforts with a career-best 2:03.35 within the 200-yard freestyle and a runner-up end within the 100-yard freestyle (55.42).
 
Breaststroke and Butterfly: Carthage and Millikin Find Top Form
Stroke specialists continued to sharpen their kind because the common season winds down. Carthage’s Jill Kane strengthened her standing because the convention’s premier breaststroker by profitable the 100-yard occasion in opposition to Lawrence in 1:11.57. Kane nonetheless holds the CCIW’s quickest time within the occasion at 1:08.26, set earlier in December.
 
In the butterfly, Firebirds teammate Lois Klinger added one other victory with a first-place end within the 100-yard fly (1:03.85).
 
Millikin endured an 86-48 street loss to Monmouth final Friday, however the Big Blue nonetheless produced a number of sturdy particular person performances. Freshman Audrey Korniak led the workforce with a win within the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.84) and a second-place end within the 200-yard freestyle (2:08.52). Sophomore Brenna Pacheco added a victory within the 100-yard freestyle, touching in 59.77.
 
North Central additionally noticed optimistic growth on the Thunder Invitational, with a number of swimmers recording private or season-best occasions. Celina McDaniel posted season bests within the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard butterfly, whereas Sydney Sprayberry shaved 4 seconds off her earlier greatest within the 500-yard freestyle.
 
The Road to Pleasant Prairie: Upcoming Clashes and Championship Outlook
The closing regular-season weekend arrives with a number of meets this Saturday. Augustana will host Wheaton for its Senior Day in a rematch of the high-scoring Thunder Invitational, whereas Illinois Wesleyan returns residence to honor its seniors in opposition to Monmouth. 
 
Millikin travels to Illinois College, and Carthage, together with Carroll, turns its consideration to the Wisconsin Private College Championships in Kenosha.
 
Those meets function the final main tune-ups earlier than the postseason begins. The CCIW Diving Championships are set for Feb. 13-14 at Carthage, adopted by the CCIW Swimming Championships from Feb. 18-21 on the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex.