UIC closed the regular season with men's and women's wins over Milwaukee on Saturday.  Liam Davis, Jan Komorowski, Lilly Culp, Cydney Liebenberg, and Felix LaFortune all won multiple events.

"We were able to rely on our depth today," Tim Loeffler said, after his teams closed the season with 2-2 records and splits with Milwaukee in home-and-home dual meets.  "I'm happy with our leadership.  It's easy to just focus on conference at this time of year, but we had a lot of swimmers who needed to get times to set them up for conference.  We were happy to get those today."

Before the meet, seniors Cannon Claiborne, Jacob Cunningham, Nikki Eyssen, Felix LaFortune, Cydney Liebenberg, Connor Mitsch, Ryan Murphy, Gabriele Sasia, and Kallie Zuidema were honored for their accomplishments and contributions to the program.

"The point of this meet was to honor our senior class," Loeffler stated.  "Not only is it difficult to be a Division I athlete for four years, but to have the past year we've had and to stay committed to the program and keep pushing forward is one of the most amazing things I've seen in my coaching career."

Event Winners

• Ashton Amerman won the 1000 free, leading a Flames sweep of the top three spots.
• Liam Davis was the winner in the men's 1000 free and the 200 fly.  He swam the entire fly race after having lost his goggles.
• Jan Komorowski remained undefeated in individual events.  He won the 200 free and the 100 free.
• Bryce Wyma won the 100 back.
• Poleena Kovalaske was first in the 100 breast.
• Lilly Culp won the 200 and 100 fly.
• Jeff Wiedoff was the winner in the 50 free for the third straight meet.
• Cydney Liebenberg and Felix LaFortune both swept 1-meter and 3-meter diving.  They won both events in every dual meet they competed in this season.  Both set a personal season high on the 1-meter board.
• Owen Zant was fastest in the 200 back.
• Victoria Thor won the 500 free.
• Jacob Cunningham came in first in the 500.
• Gabriele Sasia won the 100 fly.

Top Performances

• Victoria Thor was second in the 1000, with Christina Neri in third.
• Lauren Johnson came in second in the 200 and 50 free.
• Anna Scovill and Owen Zant were second in the women's and men's 100 back.
• Taira Juronis was second in the 100 breast and the 200 IM.
• Alex Dvorak came in second in the 100 and 200 breast.
• Jacob Cunningham was second in the 50.
• Kovalaske was second in the 100 free.
• Josh Dellorto was second in the 100 free.
• Sydney Tobias came in second in the 200 back.
• Nidhi Chetan was second in the 100 fly.  Jeff Wiedoff was second on the men's side.
• Abby Hellinga set season highs on both diving boards and was third in each event.

Relays

• UIC's women won the 200 medley relay, with Lizzie Zeller, Juronis, Culp, and Kovalaske combining to get home first.
• Kovalaske, Bree Moericke, Beth Kelzer, and Johnson came in second in the 200 free relay.
• The men won both relays.  Wyma, Ben Ramminger, Sasia, and Wiedoff won the 200 medley.
• Cunningham, Wyma, Dellorto, and Wiedoff won the 200 free relay.

Up Next

• The Flames will return to action at the Horizon League Championships.
• The diving portion of the conference meet will start April 5.
• The swimming events will begin April 7.  The championships will take place at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis.