Chicago, Ill. - With the first half of the season schedule nearing a close, the Illinois Tech swimming and diving team hosted Carroll University for a dual meet Saturday at Ekco Pool. When the final lap was swam, the Scarlet Hawks came away with a pair of victories against the Pioneers.

On the women's side, the Scarlet Hawks defeated the Pioneers 102 - 93, with 7 first-place finishes, 5 second-place finishes and 3 third-place finishes.

The men's team came away with a 144.5 - 42.5 win over Carroll, garnering 10 first-place finishes, 10 second-place finishes and 8 third-place finishes over the 13 men's events, including sweeping top-three finishes in 8 events.

Top Performances

Women's Swimming

• Claire van Biljon with three first-place finishes
• Kayla Matsumoto with three first-place finishes, including a season-best time of 28.38 as the relay leadoff in the 200 yard medley relay
• Taryn Oser with 2 first-place finishes and 1 second-place finish, including a personal-best of 5:10.93 in the 400 yard IM, and a season-best of 1:13.25 in the 100 yard breaststroke
• Stephanie Ticen with a first-place finish and a second-place finish, with a season-best time of 1:09.21 in the 100 yard butterfly
• Bianca Perez with 3 second-place finishes, and a personal best of 5:50.12 in the 500 yard freestyle
• Anna Malik with 2 second-place finishes
• Grace Kolody with 2 third-place finishes, and season-best times in the 200 yard freestyle (2:12.68), 500 yard freestyle (5:55.06) and the 200 yard medley relay as the leadoff (32.85)
• Maria Plencner with a second-place finish and a third-place finish
• Lea Gore with a second-place finish and a season-best time of 28.86 in the 50 yard freestyle
• Nethmi Bopearatchy with a first-place finish on the 200 yard medley relay A team

Men's Swimming

• Alexandre Ducret with 3 first-place finishes, including a personal-best of 22.20 as the relay leadoff in the 200 yard freestyle relay
• Giorgio Turchetti with 3 first-place finishes, including a personal-best of 1:00.59 in the 100 yard breaststroke
• Ian Novak with 2 first-place finishes and 1 second-place finish, with season-best times in the 50 yard freestyle (22.23) and the 100 yard butterfly (53.26)
• Bjarne van Oord with 2 first-place finishes and 1 second place finish, with a season-best time of 24.19 as the relay leadoff in the 200 medley relay
• Griffin Colomer with 1 first-place finish and 2 second-place finishes, with a personal-best of 1:50.72 in the 200 yard freestyle and a season-best of 5:08.80 in the 500 yard freestyle
• Hugo Besin with 1 first-place finish and 2 second-place finishes, with a season-best time of 1:03.02 in the 100 yard breaststroke
• Tristan Minarik with 2 second-place finishes and 1 third-place finish, including season-best performances in the 50 yard freestyle (23.17), 100 yard backstroke (57.82) and the 200 yard medley relay as the leadoff (27.00)
• Aidan Chance with a first-place finish, a second-place finish, and a third-place finish, with personal-bests in both the 200 yard freestyle (1:52.02) and the 500 yard freestyle (5:12.87)
• Don Rose with a first-place finish and a second-place finish, with a personal-best in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:05.59) and a season-best in the 100 yard butterfly (53.44)
• David Halmy with a first-place finish and a second-place finish, including a season-best of 22.78 in the 50 yard freestyle
• Cole Kincart with a second-place finish in the 400 yard IM, and a season-best time of 26.36 in the 200 yard freestyle relay as the leadoff
• Eric Huang with a second-place finish and a third-place finish

Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks will be idle next week as they prepare for their final meet of the first half of the season, the Phoenix Fall Classic Invite, hosted by the University of Chicago, on November 22nd, 23rd and 24th.