Tate, McLarty, Warren Register Wins in First Swim Meet

The Monmouth College swim groups began their 2025-26 season with a house meet towards Augustana on Friday night time. The girls misplaced 134-50 whereas the lads fell 149-28. The Scots had three particular person wins on the night time as Cally Tate (Monmouth, Illinois) gained the 100 backstroke, Allie Warren (Galesburg, Illinois) gained the 100 breaststroke and Tariq McLarty (South Holland, Illinois) gained the 100 butterfly. 

“I was really pleased with how we swam tonight,” mentioned head coach Jake Dacus.  “We were excited to get off the blocks and race another team for the first time this year, but Augie is always a tough way to start out dual meet season. We had a number of fantastic swims over the course of the meet.” 

WOMEN

Tate gained her signature occasion, the 100 backstroke, with a time of 1:02.26. She additionally positioned third within the 50 yard freestyle in 26.11 seconds

Warren gained the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of. She additionally took second place within the 200 particular person medley in 2:21.85, lower than a half second behind the Augie swimmer. . 

Caitlyn Stewart (Monmouth, Illinois) took third within the 500 freestyle in 5:37.53 simply forward of teammate Addie Smith (Monmouth, Illinois). Smith additionally completed fourth within the 200 freestyle with a time of two:10.73. 

Freshman Nora Collins (Hopedale, Illinois) had a pair of high 4 finishes as she positioned fourth within the 50 freestyle in 26.66 and fourth within the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:16.39. 

Freshman Addie Zamora (Arma, Kansas) was third within the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:01.36 whereas Claire LaBadie (Griffith, Indiana) was fifth in 1:03.21.

The girls’s 200 medley relay of Tate, Lea Schmitt (Rockford, Illinois), Stewart and LaBadie took second in 1:57.73. The girls’s 200 freestyle relay of Smith, Zamora, Collins and Warren took third in 1:51.10.

MEN

McLarty gained the 100 butterfly, an occasion wherein he holds the varsity file, with a time of 52.57. 

Luke Foster (Galesburg, Illinois) took third within the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.04, with teammate Jordan Bridgford (Kapolei, Hawai’i) in fifth at 1:01.13. Foster additionally positioned fourth within the 200 freestyle in 1:57.40. 

Bucket Youvan (Rochester, Indiana) was third within the 50 freestyle in 22.84. He took fifth within the 100 freestyle in 52.44 seconds. 

Kody Coyne (Bluffton, Indiana) was fourth within the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.09, simply forward of Ethan Main (Oneida, Illinois) in 1:07.35. 

The males’s 200 medley relay staff of Bridgford, Main, McLarty and Youvan took third in 1:44.41. The 200 freestyle relay staff of McLarty, Main, Foster and Youvan swam 1:34.60 in an exhibition swim with out scoring factors.

“While there were some things we need to work on in the coming weeks, there were far more positive swims from tonight that will really set the tone for us moving forward,” mentioned Dacus. “We’ve got a stretch of what should be pretty competitive meets coming up the next few weekends and we’re looking forward to seeing how we continue to improve.”

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Collins and Zamora made their faculty debuts for the ladies’s staff…The Scots and Vikings will swim towards one another once more in Rock Island on Jan. 10 in a tri-meet with Coe…The Scots are subsequent in motion once they host the multi-team Monmouth Invite at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1.