With the school records on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards, Cydney Liebenberg has become the best diver in UIC history.  On Friday, she staked her claim to the best diver in Horizon League annals.

Liebenberg won the 1-meter championship for the third time in four conference championship appearances.  Coupled with four titles on the 3-meter board, her seven overall diving crowns tied the individual record.

Lilly Culp and Taira Juronis joined Liebenberg with podium finishes on Day 3 of the league championship.  Combined with a second-place relay finish, the Flames women cemented their hold on fourth place and narrowed the gap with third place IUPUI.

UIC's men ended the day in fifth place with one day of competition remaining.


Liebenberg shook off a second-place showing in the prelims and dominated the final round.  She counted a score of 8.0 on one dive, and totaled 308.80 – just two-tenths off her season high.  No diver came within 20 points of her in the finals.


Culp finished on the 100 fly podium for the third time in as many conference appearances.  Her closing burst pushed her into third place with a time of 55.04. 


Juronis achieved the first individual podium finish of her career in the 100 breast.  Her final time of 1:03.04 was a career best.

The conference championships will conclude Saturday.

A-Final Results

• Kalie Landrum made the first final of her career in the 200 free.  She broke 1:52 in the finals and finished fifth.
• Victoria Thor also made the 200 free final, where she took seventh place.
• Jan Komorowski paced the Flames in the men's 200 free with a fifth place finish.
• Josh Dellorto took eighth in the 200 free.
• Lizzie Zeller made her first A-final of the meet in the 100 back, where she finished fifth.
• Ciara McCliment scored 264.95 in the 1-meter final, marking her second best score of the season and placing fifth.

B-Final Results

• Izabella Del Rosario came in 13^th overall in the 100 fly.  She set a personal record in the prelims.
• Jeff Wiedoff was 12^th in the 100 fly.
• Ashton Amerman was the top seed in the 400 IM consolation, and she backed it up with a win in the race.  She set a season best of 4:34.62.
• Liam Davis set a career best in the 400 IM prelims, and took 14^th in the final.
• Bree Moericke improved her prelim time by a quarter-second in the final, finishing 13^th.
• Poleena Kovalaske (10^th place) and Sam Malecki (16^th) both swam in the 100 breast B-final.
• The Flames were well represented in the 100 breast consolation.  Ben Ramminger won the heat in 55.93, with Dan Galinski right behind him.  Alex Dvorak also qualified for the B-final and finished 15^th.
• Anna Scovill was 11^th in the 100 back.  She matched her season best, also set at the IUPUI Natatorium last fall.
• Luke Wiesner and Cory Michalek represented UIC in the 100 back.  Wiesner qualified first for the B-final and finished 11^th, while Michalek finished 14^th.
• Gabby Richards scored a hair under 206 in the 1-meter consolation.  It was her second-best score of the season.

Relays

• UIC's women turned in their best performance of the meet so far, taking second in the 400 medley relay.  Zeller, Juronis, Culp, and Poleena Kovalaske combined for a time of 3:45.38.
• Wiesner, Ben Ramminger, Wiedoff, and Dellorto turned in a fourth-place finish in the 400 medley relay.