Lake Forest, Ill. - Competing in their final regular season meet before the Liberal Arts Conference Championships in mid-February, the Illinois Tech swimming and diving team split their dual meet against host Lake Forest College Saturday afternoon.

The men's team defeated Lake Forest 138-92, while the women's team fell to the Foresters 121-73.

Bjarne van Oord of the men's team broke the Lake Forest pool record in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 58.12. The previous record had been held since 2016.

The men's team finished 2-2 in single-dual meets on the season, and also took first place in the home double-dual meet against North Central (IL) and Manchester.

The women's team finished 0-4 in single-dual meets, but also took first place in the home double-dual against North Central (IL) and Manchester.

Illinois Tech at Lake Forest

Women's Team Results

• Lake Forest 121 - Illinois Tech 73

Women's Notable Performances

• Grace Kolody - 2nd place - 200-meter Freestyle - 2:27.91; 2nd place - 100-meter Backstroke - 1:19.76
• Emma Dutkiewicz - 3rd place - 200-meter Freestyle - 2:34.67
• Taryn Oser - 2nd place - 50-meter Freestyle - 32.06; 2nd place - 400-meter Freestyle - 5:13.95
• Claire van Biljon - 2nd place - 200-meter IM - 2:35.96; 2nd place - 100-meter Freestyle - 1:01.43
• Nethmi Bopearatchy - 2nd place - 100-meter Butterfly - 1:14.82

Men's Team Results

• Illinois Tech 138 - Lake Forest 92

Men's Notable Performances

• 1st Place - 200-meter Medley Relay - 1:49.60 - (IIT A - van Oord, Colomer, Chance, Maners)
• 1st Place - 200-meter Freestyle Relay - 1:37.51 - (IIT A - Rose, Novak, Halmy, Chance)
• Tristan Minarik - 2nd place - 800-meter Freestyle - 9:21.08
• Cole Kincart - 3rd place - 800-meter Freestyle - 9:22.15
• Don Rose - 1st place - 50-meter Freestyle - 24.83; 3rd place - 100-meter Freestyle - 55.24
• Bjarne van Oord - 1st place - 200-meter IM - 2:15.05; 1st place - 100-meter Backstroke - 58.12* (*pool record)
• David Halmy - 1st place - 100-meter Butterfly - 1:01.10
• Ian Novak - 1st place - 100-meter Freestyle - 54.39
• Aidan Chance - 3rd place - 100-meter Backstroke - 1:03.39
• Mark Klinchin - 2nd place - 400-meter Freestyle - 4:23.11
• Cameron Kramer - 3rd place - 200-meter IM - 2:22.75; 3rd place - 400-meter Freestyle - 4:32.34
• Griffin Colomer - 1st place - 100-meter Breaststroke - 1:10.05
• Evan Standish - 1st place - 1-meter Diving - 188.90

Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks will be in training and preparation mode as they get ready for the Liberal Arts Conference Championships February 14th-17th at the Hobart Aquatic Center in Hobart, Indiana. Illinois Tech is the host school for the 2024 LAC Championships.