Corkran Units 500 Free File; Swimming Earns Three Twin Wins Saturday

Another early-season meet and one other program report has fallen by the wayside, as Valpo swimming freshman Gabriel Corkran (Avondale Estates, Ga./Druid Hills) surpassed the earlier commonplace in Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon. A four-team meet hosted by IU Indy scored as three twin meets, the Valpo girls picked up victories over Evansville and Southern Indiana, whereas the lads made it a clear sweep of the Screaming Eagles.
 
How It Happened

• Corkran moved atop this system’s all-time chart within the 500 free in his third collegiate meet, touching the wall in 4:37.62 to edge the earlier report by .06. The freshman, who completed in second in that occasion, additionally moved into eighth in program historical past within the 200 free with a time of 1:42.20 and paced Valpo as effectively within the 100 free with a time of 46.95.
• On the ladies’s aspect, the Beacons had three particular person occasion wins and a relay victory to safe a pair of meet wins. Sophomore Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) kicked off the successful swims by taking prime honors within the 1000 free with a time of 10:38.72, and later moved up into eighth place in program historical past together with her time of 4:44.53 within the 400 IM.
• Freshman Audrey Morgan (Villa Park, Ill./Willowbrook) got here dwelling in 1:53.65 within the 200 free to earn the occasion victory, positioned second within the 500 free with a time of 5:06.98 – fifth-fastest in program historical past — and moved into seventh in program historical past within the 50 free with a time of 24.39.
• Junior Sophie Schoch (Medina, Ohio/Medina) took first place within the 100 again with a time of 58.89, bettering upon her fifth-best time in program historical past. Schoch additionally paced Valpo within the 200 again with a second-place displaying, overlaying the gap in 2:06.78.
• The Valpo girls closed the meet with a win within the 400 free relay, transferring into fourth in program historical past with a time of three:33.37 due to the quartet of freshman Una Dizdarevic (Bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park), senior Caroline Gorski (Melrose Park, Ill./Leyden), Schoch and Morgan.
• While she did not choose up an occasion win, Dizdarevic had a pair of the most effective instances in program historical past in her particular person occasions. The freshman got here dwelling because the runner-up in each the 50 free (24.22, bettering upon her fourth-best time in program historical past) and the 100 free (52.74, second-fastest in program historical past).
• Junior Maria Jose Suarez de la Fuente (Mexico City, Mexico/ITESM Preparatoria Tec Campus Santa Fe [Bethel]) now ranks ninth in program historical past within the 400 IM after finishing the race Saturday in 4:44.76.
• Sophomore Sam Smith (Manhattan, Ill./Rosary) paced Valpo in each the 200 fly (2:17.78) and the 100 fly (1:02.42), whereas senior Natalie Eaton (Tulsa, Okla./Jenks) led the best way for the Beacons with a time of 1:07.62 within the 100 breast and junior Roxanne Adams (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico/Homeschooled) was the primary Valpo swimmer to the touch the wall within the 200 breast with a time of two:27.82.
• Valpo’s first relay of the day additionally cracked this system’s report guide, because the 400 medley relay group of Schoch, Eaton, junior Kailyn Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) and Dizdarevic moved into eighth in program historical past with a time of 4:00.06.
• The girls earned a 186-94 win over Evansville and a 153-140 win over Southern Indiana, whereas falling 185-108 to IU Indy.
• On the lads’s aspect, past Corkran’s record-setting swim within the 500 free, the Beacons had two different people and each relays transfer into the report books Saturday.
• Senior Matthew Mantz (Spokane, Wash./Mead) moved as much as sixth all-time within the 1000 free, touching the wall in 9:58.53, whereas freshman Caleb Smesko (Green, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) gained the 200 again with a time of 1:51.60, good for third in program historical past. Smesko additionally paced the Beacons within the 100 again with a time of fifty.53.
• Both of Valpo’s relays moved into eighth place in program historical past within the respective occasions — the 400 medley relay quartet of Smesko, sophomore Carson Parker (Silver Lake, Ind./Tippecanoe Valley), senior Timothy Mai (St. Johns, Fla./Creekside) and freshman Evan Curran (Golden, Colo./Golden) stopped within the clock in 3:25.78, whereas the 400 free relay group of Curran, freshman Isaac Dinari (Houston, Texas/Memorial), Corkran and senior Anthony Martin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) got here dwelling in 3:07.79.
• Individually, Parker earned a second-place end within the 100 breast with a time of 57.34, whereas additionally pacing the Beacons within the 200 breast with a time of two:09.62.
• Martin led Valpo’s contingent within the 200 fly (1:55.81), Dinari paced the Beacons within the 50 free (21.54), senior Garrett Hoppman (Midland, Texas/Midland) was the group’s finest within the 100 fly (51.62) and senior Jackson Oostman (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) led the best way for Valpo within the 400 IM (4:11.58).
• The males picked up a 165-128 win over Southern Indiana, whereas they narrowly fell to Evansville, 141-138, and dropped a 228-65 resolution to IU Indy.

 
Next Up
Valpo will take a weekend away from competitors earlier than internet hosting its dwelling opener on the Valparaiso Aquatic Center Saturday, Nov. 1 in a twin meet versus Saginaw Valley State.