Final Swimming Tuneup Will Be Senior Day Meet

Flames' Seniors Will be Honored at Final Meet Before Conference

UIC's swimmers will hold their final competition of the regular season – and for the seniors, their final appearance at UIC Natatorium – Saturday morning in a meet with UChicago and Wabash.

Before the meet, which starts at 11:00, the team will honor its seniors. The class has a third place finish at conference in its past – the highest finish ever for the women – and has led the team to third place rankings in the latest College Swimming data. The women are 6-1 in conference dual meets, the best record in team history, and the men have topped every conference team they have swam against except Oakland.

"Everyone wants to win this last meet for the seniors," Tim Loeffler said. "The women have a chance to go undefeated at home, and the men can finish with just one loss at home. The team wants to achieve those goals, of course, but also to just win this one for the seniors means a lot. Diving should score some points for us, and the rest of the meet is just about doing what we need to do to get through each event."

Though the Flames' divers will compete once more, in the UIC Diving Invitational, the swim team will take three full weeks to train for the Horizon League championships.

Last Time Out

UIC's men and women both defeated Green Bay in the last Horizon League dual meet of the season.
Cydney Liebenberg and Felix LaFortune combined to win three diving events, and were both named Horizon League Diver of the Week for the second straight week.
The men's 200 free relay team broke the pool record, finishing in 1:23.47.

Senior Flames to Watch

Michael Tegeler claimed two second place finishes last week. Earlier this season, he qualified for the finals in the 200 back at the US Open Championships.
Joe Perez has season best times of 2:06.57 in the 200 breast, and 4:09.30 in the 400 IM.
Luke Hutchinson has four wins in the 200 fly this year. His best time, 1:49.97, is also the team's best in the event.
Gabriele Sasia got the first win of his career last week, in the 100 fly.
Austin Bunker posted times of 55.22 in the 100 fly, and 2:08.35 in the 200 fly, to set season bests at the House of Champions in November.
Danny Sivak has five wins in the 100 back, and three in the 200 back, this year. He also has the team's best time in the 200 IM.
Andrew Lewarchick qualified for the NCAA Zone meet on the 1-meter board with a season high score of 311.77 last week. He has three wins in that event, and two in the 3-meter competition, where his season high is 313.87.
Jessica Amyette has four top-three finishes in the 200 breast.
Misha Neal won the 200 free against IUPUI and Cleveland State. Her season-best time in the event is 1:54.73.
Abby Kunze, a backstroke specialist, has season best times of 58.43 in the 100 and 2:08.24 in the 200.
Natalie Lammers has been sidelined this season with an injury. She has made the finals of the 1650 free at the Horizon League championships each of the last three years.

Scouting the Opposition

Chicago's men and women both defeated Milwaukee last week in a meet in which three school records fell.
The men's and women's 100 fly records were broken by Reona Yamaguchi and Chanell Kann, respectively. Andrew Chen broke the 1-meter diving record.
The Maroon men and women have both won four straight meets, including first place finishes at the Phoenix Fall Classic.
Wabash, an all-male school, has been off since topping Illinois Wesleyan on January 10.
Hunter Jones won two individual events and a relay. Isaac Temores did likewise.

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