Three Redbirds Earn All-MVC Honors As Swim & Dive End Seventh At MVC Title Meet

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Illinois State swim and dive group closed out the Missouri Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championships from the Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville, Ind on Saturday night. 

After 4 days of motion, the Redbirds earned a seventh-place end with 697 factors scored throughout the title meet. 

Three Redbirds earned All-MVC Honors of their occasions; the complete record of honorees is listed beneath: 

All-MVC First Team 

Mia Snow, 100 Y Fly 

All-MVC Honorable Mention 

Mia Snow, 50 Y Free 

Delaney Boulden, 100 Y Back 

Chloe Tyler, 50 Y Back

Chloe Tyler, 100 Y Back 

Chloe Tyler, 200 Y Back 

On day 4, the Redbirds noticed 11 student-athletes qualify for the finals of their occasions. 

PRELIMS 

To open the ultimate day of the convention title meet, 5 Redbirds certified for the 200 Y Back ultimate. Senior Chloe Tyler led the way in which with an eighth-place end with a season-best mark of two:01.58. Senior Delaney Boulden completed in ninth place with a mark of two:01.69. Boulden’s time improves on her top-10 time as she stays sixth quickest in class historical past. 

Sophomore Amelia Murphy joined Boulden and Tyler in qualifying with a time of two:02.70. Murphy’s time strikes her to ninth all-time in program historical past for the occasion. Junior Bailey Gott superior following a season-best mark of two:03.50, as Sophomore Hailey Fris rounded out the qualifiers for Illinois State with a time of two:03.85. 

In the 100 Y Free, 4 Redbirds superior to the ultimate with Senior Mia Snow pacing the Redbirds with a time of fifty.46. Senior Ella Turken completed with a mark of 51.32 to advance, as Senior Adi Luker (51.63) and Sophomore Alexanda Davis (51.69) certified for the finals with season-best marks. 

Freshman Ava Ostendorf was the lone qualifier for the Redbirds within the 200 Y Breast with a mark of two:20.31. 

FINALS 

In the 1650 Y Free, Sophomore Hope Westphal tallied a time of 17:50.95, as Senior Maya Burkstrand notched a mark of 17:56.92. 

Tyler recorded a mark of two:03.21 to earn All-MVC honors within the A-Final with an eighth-place end. Murphy improved on her top-10 mark with a time of two:02.67, as Boulden notched a time of two:04.43 and Gott tallied a mark of two:04.54 to spherical out the B-Final. Fris recorded a time of two:02.99 to seize the quickest time within the C-Final. 

Snow earned an extra All-MVC Honorable Mention honor after ending eighth within the 100 Y Free ultimate with a time of fifty.77. Turken earned a time of fifty.89 within the B-Final, as Davis with a mark of 51.47 and Luker with a time of 51.71 rounded out the Redbird finishes within the C-Final. 

In the 200 Y Breast, Ostendorf claimed the occasion win within the B-Final with a mark of two:19.13. 

DIVING 

From the diving boards, Sophomore Emma Thompson certified for the B-Final within the 3-Meter dive with a rating of 210.60. Freshman Bayley Fowler narrowly missed the ultimate with a rating of 189.15 in her debut on the convention title meet. In the B-Final, Thompson claimed the win with a rating of 247.85 

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