Steijn Louter Leads Alabama at Season Opening CSL Match

WESTMONT, Ill. – The Alabama males’s and ladies’s swimming groups opened the 2026-27 season on the College Swimming League (CSL) match on Friday on the FMC Natatorium, ending in third place.

Virginia gained the meet with 666 factors, adopted by NC State in second place with 554.5 factors. Alabama’s 263 factors ranked third over Georgia’s 207.5 factors.

The Crimson Tide put collectively a powerful displaying with 10 podium finishes, together with a gold-medal efficiency from Steijn Louter within the 200 breaststroke. Louter supplied an important increase to Alabama’s scoring complete, recording a time of 1:55.27 within the occasion.

Cadence Vincent led the way in which on the ladies’s facet with two second-place finishes, one within the 50 freestyle and the opposite within the 100 freestyle.

Alabama Top-3 Finishes

• 500 Free
  
• 100 Free
  
• 50 Free
  
• 100 Free
  
• 100 Back
  
• 200 Back
  
• 100 Breast
  
• 200 Breast
  
• 200 Fly
  
• 4×50 Free Relay
  

Up Next

• Saturday, Oct. 3 vs. Delta State – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – 1 p.m. CT