UIC dove into the 2021-22 season with a meet at Northwestern Saturday morning.  The Flames men and women measured up against their Big Ten rivals from Evanston, while the women were also tested against Illinois.

"This meet was a great beginning of the year test for our team. We know that we will only get better with each competition," Tim Loeffler said.

Top Performances

• Cydney Liebenberg took second in 3-meter diving and third in 1-meter.
• Felix Lafortune dove to a second place finish on the 3-meter board, and a third place showing on the 1-meter board.
• Christina Neri was the Flames' top finisher in the 1000 free.
• Liam Davis took third, less than a second behind the second place swimmer, in the 1000 free.  He was second in the 200 fly and the 500 free.
• Freshman Kalie Landrum made her debut with a fifth place finish in the 200 free.
• Josh Dellorto and Tyler Schwertfeger came in fourth and fifth in the 200 free.  Dellorto also had the team's best finish in the 100 free and 100 fly.
• Lizzie Zeller was seventh in the 100 back and in the 200 back.
• Owen Zant had the team's best time in the 100 and 200 back.
• Taira Juronis and Ben Ramminger paced the Flames in the 100 breast.  Juronis and Kyle Lewarchick had the women's and men's best times in the 200 breast.
• Lilly Culp was seventh in the 200 fly and fifth in the 100 fly.
• Jeff Wiedoff came in second in the 50 free.

Relays

• Anna Scovill, Juronis, Izabella Del Rosario, and Poleena Kovalaske comprised the Flames' A-200 medley relay team.
• Michalek, Ramminger, Lewarchick, and Wiedoff teamed up in the 200 medley relay.
• Kovalaske, Landrum, Beth Kelzer, and Bree Moericke swam the 200 free relay.
• Wiedoff, Dellorto, Michalek, and Davis closed the meet with a second place finish in the 200 free relay.

Up Next

• The Flames will return to action next week against Horizon League foe Milwaukee.
• The dual meet will start at noon from Milwaukee's Klotsche Center.