Tricia Grant Head Diving Coach | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
Tricia Grant Head Diving Coach | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
The Fighting Illini swim team marked a successful start to their home schedule with a 156-106 victory over Vanderbilt at the ARC Pool in Champaign, Illinois. The meet on November 4 saw the Illini set five new pool records and secure nine event titles.
Head coach Jeana Kempe expressed her satisfaction with the team's performance, stating, "I am really proud of this team performance today. They knew it was going to take our best performance to win this meet and that is what we got."
The Illini's 200 medley relay team, consisting of Sydney Stoll, Kylee Sessions, Logan Kuehne, and Lily Olson, began the meet by setting a new pool record with a time of 1:42.21. Sophomore Sara Jass also made notable contributions by setting two new pool records in the 200 breaststroke (2:13.12) and the 400 IM (4:15.46). Stoll further impressed with a pool record in the 200 freestyle (1:48.99).
Adelaide Reaser achieved the program's tenth-fastest time in the 1,000 freestyle with her winning time of 10:10.14, while Paloma Canos Cervera won the 500 freestyle (4:57.74). Laurel Bludgen claimed first place in the 50 freestyle (23.57), and Suvana Baskar took first in the 100 backstroke (55.31).
The meet concluded with another record-setting performance by Bludgen, Olson, Kuehne, and Molly Yetter in the 200 freestyle relay (1:33.00).
The Orange and Blue will next compete at the Boilermaker Invite from November 16-18 in West Lafayette, Indiana.
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