CHICAGO — The UIC women's swimming and diving team caught fire, both in the lanes and on the diving boards, at the Flames Natatorium on Friday afternoon, earning its first dual meet victory of the season over Illinois State, 221-78.
The Flames captured 14 of the 16 events throughout the meet, highlighted by victories in both the 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay. On the diving side, UIC claimed all but one of the top five spots in both the one-meter and three-meter events.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEY DELL
"I'm so proud of how our women performed tonight. To win 14 out of the 16 events against a team who beat us at the Missouri Valley Conference meet a year and a half ago is an incredible feat. Our women are throwing down some fast times this early in the season, and it makes me excited for what's to come!"
COMMENT FROM ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/HEAD DIVING COACH SUSAN BROMBERG
"I thought the divers did well today against Illinois State. You can see within one week of training how much more they all improved in their overall performances and shout out to
Kerry-Leigh Morrison for winning both boards and making another zone qualifying cut on the three-meter board once again."
NOTABLE PERFORMERS
SWIMMERS
Zoe Shields
50-yard freestyle/ first place/ 23.78 seconds
100-yard freestyle/ first place/ 51.89 seconds
Member of the first place 200-yard freestyle relay team
Member of the first place 400-yard medley relay team
Georgina Bell
100 backstroke/ first place/ 57.33 seconds
200 backstroke/ first place/2:03.49
Member of the first place 200-yard freestyle relay team
Member of the first place 400-yard medley relay team
DIVERS
Kerry-Leigh Morrison
One-meter diving event/first place/262.13 points
Three-meter diving event/first place/283.43 points*
(NOTE: Morrison made her second consecutive NCAA Zones C Diving cuts, this time on the three-meter diving board.)
RELAY TEAM NOTES
- UIC (A)/ 400 medley relay/Maya Arroyo, Georgina Bell, Zoe Shields and Samantha Wilson/first place/3:53.68
- UIC (B)/ 400 medley relay/Meggie Delaney, Macie McCurry, Alexis Naranjo and Sophie Stefanac/third place/3:57.63
- UIC (A)/ 200 freestyle relay/Georgina Bell, Madison Helmick, Macie McCurry and Zoe Shields/first place/1:35.51
- UIC (B)/ 200 freestyle relay/Maya Arroyo, Molly Kroeger, Addi Payne and Natalie Sanders/third place/1:38.55
UP NEXT
The UIC women's swimming and diving team is back on the pool deck at 11 a.m. (CT) next Saturday, Oct. 25, joining the Flames' men to take on IU Indy at the Flames Natatorium. Admission is free to the public. Fans are encouraged to follow live results on the
Meet Mobile App and
DiveMeets.com.
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