Illinois State
The Illinois State swimming and diving team finished the three-day Louisville Invite Sunday, taking third place.
Host Louisville won the meet with 2,067.5 points. Illinois State ended the three-day meet in third with 1,131 points, coming in ahead of Kenyon (1,079.5) and Wright State (734). Ohio took second with 1,457 points.
Illinois State head swimming coach Scott Cameron was pleased with his team’s performance over the weekend.
“We had another great day and we finished out this meet on a very strong note,” said Cameron. “We continued to have season and lifetime bests throughout the day, and I couldn’t be happier with our performance this weekend.”
Illinois State’s 400-yard medley relay team of Rachel Root, Rachel Holm, Taylor and Kristin Verkler raced to third place with a time of 3:47.57, while the 200-yard freestyle relay team, consisting of Taylor, Holm, Laura Paskoff and Sarah Thomas, swam to a fourth place finish (1:36.09).
Redbird divers competed in the platform event on Sunday, which marked the first career performance event for both Kelly Sanks and Kristen Larson. Sanks placed third with 128.8 points, while Larson finished in fourth place with 120.95 points.
Illinois State head diving coach, Phil Hoffmann was proud of his two divers this weekend.
“Today was all about the team,” said Hoffmann. “I was so pleased that the girls both decided to dive tower, to help the team point total. It showed what those two are all about and I could not be more proud.”
Illinois State will not compete again until the Copa Coqui Invite in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 3.
