Chicago, Ill. - The Illinois Tech swimming and diving team returned from break and opened the second half of their competition season hosting a double-dual meet against North Central College and Manchester University Saturday afternoon at Ekco Pool. The Scarlet Hawks put on a dominating performance, winning the head-to-head matchups on both the men's and women's side for the double-dual sweep.

The men's team defeated North Central 162-43 and Manchester 137-82, while the women's team defeated North Central 123-65 and Manchester 124-51.

The Scarlet Hawks came away from the meet with 15 first-place finishes over the 24 meet events: 8 on the women's side and 7 on the men's side.

The men's and women's teams each won both of the team relay events: the 200 yard medley relay and the 400 yard freestyle relay.

The top individual finishers on the women's side were Anna Malik and Claire van Biljon, who each won two events. Don Rose and Ian Novak were the top finishers on the men's side, each with a first place and a third place finish.

Overall, the Scarlet Hawks had 15 first-place finishes, 12 second-place finishes, and 12 third place finishes.

Top Three Performances

• Men's
  • Don Rose: 1st - 200 yard freestyle (1:49.83), 3rd - 200 yard butterfly (2:05.01)
  • Ian Novak: 1st - 100 yard freestyle (49.87), 3rd - 200 yard IM (2:08.78)
  • Alexandre Ducret: 1st - 200 yard IM (2:02.46)
  • Bjarne van Oord: 1st - 200 yard butterfly (2:17.95)
  • Tristan Minarik: 1st - 500 yard freestyle (5:04.92)
  • Aidan Chance: 2nd - 200 yard freestyle (1:50.70), 2nd - 200 yard backstroke (2:03.64)
  • David Halmy: 2nd - 50 yard freestyle (23.08), 2nd - 200 yard butterfly (2:03.17)
  • Cole Kincart: 2nd - 500 yard freestyle (5:16.01)
  • Paul Turberg: 2nd - 200 yard breaststroke (2:37.08)
  • Noam Bires: 3rd - 1000 yard freestyle (12:03.22)
  • River Maners: 3rd - 200 yard freestyle (1:51.51)
  • Swun Tun: 3rd - 1 meter diving (160.40)
  • Eli Riegler: 3rd - 100 yard freestyle (51.17)
  • Griffin Colomer: 3rd - 500 yard freestyle (5:20.26)
    • Relays
      • 200 yard IM: 1st - B team (Chance, Novak, Nicholas Raden, Turberg - 1:42.74), 3rd - A team (Kai Studt, Rose, Riegler, Minarik - 1:50.11)
      • 400 yard freestyle: 1st - A team (Ducret, Pierre Lopez, Bires, van Oord - 3:23.79), 2nd - B team (Halmy, Colomer, Kincart, Maners - 3:25.09)
• Women's
  • Anna Malik: 1st - 1000 yard freestyle (12:09.56), 1st - 200 yard breaststroke (2:51.75)
  • Claire van Biljon: 1st - 200 yard freestyle (2:02.39), 1st - 200 yard butterfly (2:17.95)
  • Kayla Matsumoto: 1st - 200 yard backstroke (2:19.26), 2nd - 200 yard freestyle (2:11.01)
  • Bianca Perez: 1st - 500 yard freestyle (5:59.48), 3rd - 200 yard IM (2:36.41)
  • Grace Kolody: 2nd - 1000 yard freestyle (12:35.75)
  • Taryn Oser: 2nd - 50 yard freestyle (28.56), 3rd - 100 yard freestyle (1:01.93)
  • Maria Plencner: 2nd - 500 yard freestyle (6:10.22), 3rd - 200 yard freestyle (2:13.17)
  • Nethmi Bopearatchy: 2nd - 200 yard IM (2:33.08)
  • Stephanie Ticen: 3rd - 50 yard freestyle (28.64)
    • Relays
      • 200 yard IM: 1st - A team (Matsumoto, Oser, Bopearatchy, van Biljon - 1:56.84)
      • 400 yard freestyle: 1st - A team (Plencner, Perez, Kolody, Ticen - 4:10.70)

Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks will be back in action this coming weekend, when they travel to Bloomington, Illinois for a triangular meet with Carthage College and host Illinois Wesleyan. Start time is 1:00pm.