Swimming Completes Ultimate Pre-Convention Competitors at Butler Invitational

The Valpo males’s and ladies’s swimming groups accomplished their ultimate meet earlier than heading to the MVC Championships, touring to the Butler Invitational in Fishers, Ind. Sunday.
 
How It Happened

• Five Valpo girls received one occasion apiece on Sunday, highlighted by Natalie Eaton (Tulsa, Okla./Jenks) taking high honors within the 200 breast with a time of two:25.52 to enhance upon her sixth-fastest time in program historical past.
• Eaton’s swim led a Valpo sweep of the highest three spots within the 200 breast, one thing the Beacon girls did in three occasions — Bri Keese (Brighton, Colo./Brighton) touched the wall first within the 50 free (24.84) to steer a 1-2-3 Valpo end, whereas Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) did the identical within the 500 free with a successful time of 5:15.73.
• Valpo’s different occasion victories got here from Kailyn Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton), who earned her win within the 200 fly with a time of two:10.73, and Una Dizdarevic (Bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park), who got here residence in entrance within the 100 free with a time of 54.37.
• A trio of Beacons led the crew in a pair of particular person occasions Sunday. In addition to their occasion wins, Eaton paced the squad within the 100 breast (1:07.80) and Benoit led Valpo within the 100 fly (1:00.73), whereas Audrey Morgan (Villa Park, Ill./Willowbrook) was Valpo’s quickest within the 200 free (1:55.64) and the 200 again (2:09.31).
• Mille Hayosh (Brighton, Mich./Brighton) missed cracking Valpo’s top-10 chart within the 1650 free by lower than two-tenths of a second, overlaying the gap in 18:11.57.
• On the boys’s facet, Valpo’s high particular person finishes got here from Evan Curran (Golden, Colo./Golden) and Gabe Vasquez (Houston, Texas/Memorial). Curran got here residence in second place within the 100 free (47.34) and in addition paced Valpo within the 200 free (1:41.49), whereas Vasquez took the runner-up spot within the 200 breast (2:07.39) and in addition led the Beacons within the 100 breast (57.72).
• Caleb Smesko (Green, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) was the highest Valpo swimmer in each backstroke occasions as properly, posting occasions of 52.35 within the 100 again and 1:55.18 within the 200 again.
• Matthew Mantz (Spokane, Wash./Mead) swam a team-best time of 16:45.63 within the 1650 free, lower than two seconds away from cracking this system’s top-10 chart within the occasion.

 
Next Up
Valpo now units its sights on the MVC Championships, being held in Evansville, Ind. Feb. 25-28. Swimmers who will not be competing on the convention meet will take to the pool on the Wabash Last-Chance Meet Feb. 22.