ROMEOVILLE – Chicago swimming picked up a split against Lewis in Illinois on Friday.<\/p>\n
The No. 10-ranked University of Chicago swimming and diving teams split a dual meet versus NCAA Division II opponent Lewis University on Friday. The Maroon women beat the Flyers 118-87 while the men were narrowly defeated 104-100.<\/p>\n
UChicago won a combined 12 events and broke four pool records on the evening. The Maroons tallied eight wins on the women’s side, led by sophomore Michelle Law’s two victories in the 200-yard IM (2:13.38) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.42). Sophomore Maya Scheidl picked up three victories \u2013 one as an individual in the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.68) and two as part of the 400-yard medley relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay. The freestyle relay set a pool record in 3:36.80. Freshman Melissa Bischoff broke the 100-yard backstroke pool record (58.24) while leading off the medley relay. The closest finish of the day came from junior Ciara Hu, who won the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.13) by only 0.02 seconds.<\/p>\n
On the men’s side, the Maroons earned four wins, and junior Matthew Veldman participated in the three of the wins himself. Veldman was victorious in the 100-yard butterfly (51.86) and swam a leg for the 400-yard medley relay (3:29.37) and 400-yard freestyle relay (3:07.10). UChicago set new pool records in both of the relays while edging Lewis by 0.17 seconds in the freestyle.<\/p>\n
The No. 25 Lewis women’s swimming team captured three victories in a 118-87 loss to the University of Chicago on Friday (Jan. 23) evening at the Lewis Pool.<\/p>\n
It was senior night for the Flyers as Lewis honored seniors Kristen Silvey (Columbia, Mo.\/Rock Bridge), Aubrey Miller (Gilbertsville, Pa.\/Boyertown Area), Cindy Jezuit (Wheaton, Ill.\/Wheaton North) and Katie Hallenbeck (Plano, Ill.\/Plano).<\/p>\n
Sophomore Sarah Cameron (Brownstone, Mich.\/Carlson) broke the 1000 freestyle pool record by nearly 10 seconds with a victory of 10:28.90. Her time was .09 off a school record. Cameron also won the 100 breaststroke (1:07.23). Jezuit swam herself to a victory in the 50 freestyle by one hundredth of a second (25.38). She also took second in the 100 freestyle (56.13). Sophomore Courtney Duy (Buckeye, Ariz.\/Millennium) took second in the 200 freestyle (1:59.73) and the 100 backstroke (1:01.18).<\/p>\n
“We swam extremely well tonight against very good University of Chicago teams,” Lewis head coach Roger Karns said. “The men and women combined to set three pool records and Chicago set a couple as well which gives you an idea of the quality of meet we had. I was very happy with the swims, particularly for the point of the season we are in.”<\/p>\n
Lewis returns to the pool on Saturday (Jan. 24) when they go to Indianapolis to take on the Greyhounds and Washington University. The first event is set for 2 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n
No. 19 Lewis men’s swimming pulled out a win against the University of Chicago 104-100 on Friday (Jan. 23) evening at the Lewis Pool.<\/p>\n
It was senior night for the Flyers as Lewis honored Tyson Polack (Canby, Ore.\/Canby), Peter Holanda (Berwyn, Ill.\/Morton West) and Brett Busch (East Moline, Ill.\/United Township). Lewis won seven total events against the Maroons.<\/p>\n
Junior Victor Tarin (Godelleta, Valencia, Spain\/IES Conselleria) broke his own pool record with a victorious time of 1:40.25 in the 200 freestyle. Sophomore Aidan Brennan (Naples, Fla. \/Barron Collier) won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:39.07.<\/p>\n
Junior Matt Bacinich (Northbrook, Ill.\/Glenbrook North) won the 50 freestyle (21.87), while junior Tommy Cornes (Napa, Cali.\/Vintage) was just behind Bacinich (21.95) to take second. Bacinich also won the 100 freestyle (47.32).<\/p>\n
Sophomore Bryan Wiener (Mundelein, Ill.\/Mundelein) touched the wall over three seconds before the second place finisher to win the 100 backstroke (49.41). Sophomore Bryant Jacobs (Pacifica, Calif.\/Terra Nova) captured a victory in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:48.11. Junior Zach Ballon (Englewood, Colo.\/Cherry Creek) out-touched the second place finisher by .05 seconds in the 100 breaststroke (59.62) to get the win.<\/p>\n
“We swam extremely well tonight against very good University of Chicago teams,” Lewis head coach Roger Karns said. “The men and women combined to set three pool records and Chicago set a couple as well which gives you an idea of the quality of meet we had. I was very happy with the swims, particularly for the point of the season we are in.”<\/p>\n
The Flyers finish the 2014-15 home season undefeated at 5-0-1.<\/p>\n
Lewis returns to the pool tomorrow (Jan. 24) when they go to Indianapolis to take on the Greyhounds and Washington University in a double dual. The first event is set for 2 p.m. ET in the Saturday afternoon meet. It is Lewis’ final event before the Great Lake Valley Conference Championships.<\/p>\n