Three Extra Information Fall for Valpo on Second Day of MVC Championships

Majo Suarez de la Fuente (Mexico City, Mexico/ITESM Preparatoria Tec Campus Santa Fe [Bethel]) and Caleb Smesko (Green, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) broke program data Thursday for the Valpo swim program on the second day of the MVC Championships in Evansville, Ind., the latter doing in order a part of the Beacons’ record-setting 200 medley relay crew.
 
How It Happened

• Suarez de la Fuente’s record-setting swim got here in the course of the morning prelims, as she lined the 400 IM in 4:37.82 — slicing almost three seconds off her PR and breaking this system document, which had stood for 11 years, by two-tenths of a second.
• In the identical occasion, Olivia Tressler (Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis) had a prelim swim of 4:40.49, transferring as much as fifth in program historical past within the occasion.
• Then, with the final swim of the evening, two extra data fell on the lads’s facet. Smesko led off the Beacons’ 200 medley relay and posted a gap leg of 23.08 within the 50 again, breaking this system document by one-tenth of a second. Ben Mettler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton), Luke Snider (Germantown, Tenn./Memphis University School) and Isaac Dinari (Houston, Texas/Memorial) adopted Smesko because the quartet got here residence in 1:30.47, besting the earlier program document by over a half-second.
• The males had a powerful displaying Thursday within the 200 free, led by Evan Curran (Golden, Colo./Golden), who improved upon his second-best time in program historical past with a prelim swim of 1:39.10. He almost matched that point within the night finals, touching the wall in 1:39.15 to complete in 15^th place.
• Behind Curran within the prelims, Anthony Martin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) and Gabriel Corkran (Avondale Estates, Ga./Druid Hills) posted respective instances of 1:40.88 and 1:40.97, bettering on their PRs as they rank third and fourth in program historical past. Nate Bolinger (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) moved as much as seventh in program historical past together with his prelim time of 1:41.48 as effectively.
• Valpo’s greatest particular person end of the day got here from Jackson Oostman (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy), who certified for the ‘B’ last of the 400 IM with a prelim time of 4:02.57 after which lowered his time to 4:01.01 within the night finals to complete in 11^th place. Logan Walliker (Washington, Ill./Washington) swam within the night finals as effectively, inserting 24^th.
• The Beacons had two swimmers qualify for the night finals within the 100 fly. Snider certified with a prelim time of fifty.36 after which completed 21^st with a last time of 49.87, simply eight-hundredths of a second off his personal college document. Asa Sadowsky (Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port [Milwaukee]) certified for the finals with a prelim time of fifty.34 and completed in 24^th place, whereas Dinari’s prelim time of fifty.58 moved him as much as seventh place in program historical past within the occasion.
• Connor Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) registered a time trial swim of 23.24 within the 50 fly to rise as much as a tie for fifth in program historical past within the occasion.
• On the ladies’s facet, Audrey Morgan (Villa Park, Ill./Willowbrook) had the Beacons’ high particular person end, inserting 20^th within the 200 free. Morgan certified for the finals with a prelim time of 1:53.50 after which swam a 1:52.38 Thursday night, simply seven-hundredths of a second off her personal program document.
• Natalie Eaton (Tulsa, Okla./Jenks) moved as much as third all-time at Valpo within the 50 breast with a time trial swim of 30.64.
• Kailyn Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) paced the Beacon contingent within the prelims of the 100 fly with a time of 59.08.
• The girls closed the day with the sixth-fastest 200 medley relay in program historical past — Sophie Schoch (Medina, Ohio/Medina), Eaton, Benoit and Bri Keese (Brighton, Colo./Brighton) mixed to submit a time of 1:47.51. Schoch’s opening leg of 27.58 equaled her PR within the 50 again, which ranks seventh all-time at Valpo.
• The Valpo males ended the day in eighth place with 177 factors, whereas the ladies completed the day in ninth place with 129 factors.

 
Next Up
Valpo continues competitors on the MVC Championships on Friday, with prelim swims starting at 10:30 a.m. and finals beginning at 5:30 p.m.