Bourbonnais, Ill. – On Saturday, October 26th the Illinois Tech Swimming & Diving team competed in the Chicagoland Tri Meet hosted by the Olivet Nazarene University Tigers. Originally, the meet was supposed to be a Quadrangular, with the Hawks competing against Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) Tigers, Wheaton College Thunder, and the University of Chicago Maroons, but prior to the meet, the Maroons pulled out, shifting the Quadrangular to a tri meet.  

At the conclusion of the meet, the Hawks men's swimming & diving team was able to pull away with a 148-133 victory over the Thunder while falling to the Tigers 209-71. The Hawks women's team fell to Thunder 198-61 and the Tigers 202-60. 

The Hawks recorded one first place finish, seven second place finishes, and four third place finishes. Claire van Biljon picked up the Hawks lone first place finish in the Women's 100 Yard Freestyle with a time of 54.26. 

MEET RESULTS 

ONU Men defeated Illinois Tech 209-71 

ONU Men defeated Wheaton 200-80 

ONU Women defeated Illinois Tech 202-60 

Wheaton Women defeated ONU 140-138 

Wheaton Women defeated Illinois Tech 198-61 

Illinois Tech Men defeated Wheaton 148-133 

TOP THREE FINISHES 

MEN'S 

• 2nd Place - Men's 200 Yard Medley Relay – Bjarne van Oord, Giorgio Turchetti, Aidan Chance, David Halmy – 1:37.01 

• 2nd Place – Men's 100 Yard Backstroke – Bjarne van Oord – 52.20 

• 2nd Place – Men's 50 Yard Freestyle – Alexandre Ducret – 22.30  

• 2nd Place – Men's 100 Yard Freestyle – Alexandre Ducret – 48.15 

• 2nd Place – Men's 200 Yard IM – Alexandre Ducret – 2:04.74 

• 2nd Place – Men's 400 Yard Freestyle Relay – Ian Novak, Don Rose, Alexandre Ducret, Bjarne van Oord – 3:14.38 

• 3rd Place – Men's 50 Yard Freestyle – Don Rose – 22.38 

• 3rd Place – Men's 100 Yard Butterfly – Don Rose – 54.07 

• 3rd Place – Men's 200 Yard IM – Hugo Besin – 2:06.35 

WOMEN'S 

• 1st Place – Women's 100 Yard Freestyle – Claire van Biljon – 54.26 

• 2nd Place – Women's 100 Yard Backstroke – Kayla Matsumoto – 1:02.30  

• 3rd Place – Women's 200 Yard Backstroke – Kayla Matsumoto – 2:17.03 

UP NEXT 

The Hawks will be back on the road on Saturday, November 2nd when they take on Lewis University and Lake Forest College in a Double Dual in Romeoville, Ill. Competition is scheduled to begin at 12:00 PM.