Fort Natatorium | Illinois Wesleyan Titans
Fort Natatorium | Illinois Wesleyan Titans
The Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) men's and women's swim and dive teams faced DePauw University in a dual meet on Friday, November 8. Both IWU teams recorded their second losses of the season, with the men's team losing 159-41 and the women's team falling 142-65.
In the women's events, senior Alexa Starkey from Normal, Illinois secured first place in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:38.07. Junior Natalie Porter from Danville, Illinois also claimed victory in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing at 5:32.98. Senior Emily Marks achieved a second-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:31.12.
The IWU women's team took third place in the 400-yard medley relay with Samantha Borre starting off for the Titans, followed by Kayleigh Kuschewski, Isabella Cano, and Julia Jozwiak.
On the men's side, IWU placed fourth in the 400-yard medley relay featuring Carter Dilger, Tate Thomas, Ben Huk, and Jacob Nacional who completed it in a time of 3:55.02. Dilger earned second place finishes in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.47) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.98). Nacional also secured runner-up positions in both the 200-yard individual medley (2:09.08) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:09.00). Thomas came second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:08.94.
Both Titan divers emerged victorious in their respective one-meter diving competitions; freshman Sarah Worsley scored first for women with points totaling to105.80 while freshman David Ren led for men scoring122.00 points.
Looking ahead to future events scheduled at Fort Natatorium tomorrow Saturday November9 against Augustana College within College Conference Of Illinois And Wisconsin rivalry context starting from1p.m., results will be available post-meet via iwusports.com website under men’s & women’s swim/dive schedules section
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