CHARLESTON, Illinois, October 2. THE Eastern Illinois men's and women's swimming squads opened up their schedule unofficially on Friday evening, competing in a Blue\/Gray scrimmage meet in the Ray Padovan Pool. Final scores were close as the Gray squad won on the women's side, 79-71, while the Blue team were victorious for the men, 80-75.<\/p>\n
"The meet went really well," said EIU head coach Matt Bos. "I'm extremely happy about the way we swam considering how broken down we were."<\/p>\n
Bos said that the freshmen really stepped up, putting in some very solid performances, while the upperclassmen swam great, as expected.<\/p>\n
Lauren Zillmer had a nice night, winning the 100 and 200 freestyle. "I was most impressed with her 53.8 split on the 400 free relay," said Bos. <\/p>\n
Senior Laura Nilsen also had two solid swims in the 200 IM and 100 Back, while senior Kellie Logterman swam an impressive 1:00.74 in the 100 fly. <\/p>\n
On the guy's side, freshman Joe Ciliak turned in the 10th fastest performance in school history with a 59.76 in the 100 breast.<\/p>\n
Interestingly enough, both the men's and women's meets actually came down to the very last relay. "That made the whole evening really fun," Bos said.<\/p>\n
Both squads have another pre-season meet scheduled for Oct. 18, as the 2009-10 squads will battle Panther alumni in their annual meeting on Homecoming weekend. Meet is set to start at 9 am in Ray Padovan Pool.<\/p>\n
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