Valparaiso, Ind. - The Illinois Tech swimming and diving team hit the road for the first time this season last Friday, October 18th, competing in the Valparaiso Double Dual with Quincy University and host Valparaiso University. The meet was the start of a stretch of three consecutive road meets for the Scarlet Hawks.

The Scarlet Hawks left the Hoosier State with three first-place finishes, four second-place finishes and four third-place finishes. 

Senior Claire van Biljon led the way for the Scarlet Hawks with three first-place finishes in the women's competition: 

• 1st Place - 200-yard Freestyle - 2:00.78
• 1st Place - 50-yard Freestyle - 25.15
• 1st Place - 100-yard Freestyle - 54.31

Other notable performances from the Friday night meet:

• Women's Competition
  • 2nd Place - 500-yard Freestyle - Anna Malik - 5:37.58
  • 2nd Place - 200-yard IM - Kayla Matsumoto - 2:20.26
  • 3rd Place - 100-yard Backstroke - Kayla Matsumoto - 1:03.78
  • Diving - 1 Meter - Aislinn McManus - 95.60
• Men's Competition
  • 2nd Place - 200-yard Freestyle - Alexandre Ducret - 1:46.77
  • 2nd Place - 400-yard Freestyle Relay - A Team (Alexandre Ducret, Ian Novak, Don Rose, Giorgio Turchetti) - 3:15.51
  • 3rd Place - 400-yard Medley Relay - A Team (Aidan Chance, Giorgio Turchetti, Don Rose, David Halmy) - 3:38.86
  • 3rd Place - 100-yard Backstroke - Aidan Chance - 55.25
  • 3rd Place - 100 Freestyle - Alexandre Ducret - 49.10
  • Diving - 1 Meter - Colin Schultz - 174.15
  • Diving - 1 Meter - Swun Tun - 154.05

Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks will stay in-state this weekend, when they travel to Bourbonnais, Illinois on Saturday, October 26th for the Olivet Quadrangular with host Olivet Nazarene University, Wheaton College and the University of Chicago. The meet gets underway at 1:00pm.