CHICAGO – The UIC women's swimming and diving program continues its 2025-26 season Friday afternoon when they welcome Illinois State to Flames Natatorium in a Missouri Valley Conference match-up. Admission is free to fans who attend.
 
The meet will be the program's first Pink Meet for cancer awareness. After the second diving event there will be a moment of silence for all who have been affected by cancer. Attendees will be given a pink sheet of paper to write the names of those they want to honor that have battled cancer.
 
EVENT INFORMATION
Where: Flames Natatorium
When: Friday, Oct. 17, 2024
What time: 4:00 PM (CT)
Where to follow: Through the meet mobile app on Android and Apple, social media or UICFlames.com.
 
FLAMES FACTS

• This will be the sixth all-time meeting between the Flames and Redbirds, and the first since October 21, 2023. UIC will be looking for its first win against Illinois State.
• The last time UIC and Illinois State met, senior Madison Helmick won the 1000 freestyle in a time of 10:35.37 and senior Kerry-Leigh Morrison won the three-meter diving event with a score of 301.20.

 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

• Three-Meter
• 400 Medley Relay
• 1000 Freestyle
• 200 Freestyle
• 100 Backstroke
• 100 Breaststroke
• 200 Butterfly
• 50 Freestyle
• One-Meter Diving
• 100 Freestyle
• 200 Backstroke
• 200 Breaststroke
• 500 Freestyle
• 100 Butterfly
• 200 Individual Medley
• 200 Freestyle Relay

DUAL MEET RECAP - SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
 

• Senior Kerry-Leigh Morrison swept the diving competitions scoring 257.78 in the one-meter and 282.75 in the three-meter. Morrison earned MVC Women's Diver of the Week honors for her performance and met the qualifying score for NCAA Zone C Cuts in the three-meter event.
• Sophomore Samantha Wilson won the 100 butterfly (56.77), 200 butterfly (2:03.09) and contributed to the second place women's 400 medley relay (1:29.50).

 
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