Chicago, Ill. - In their final tune-up before the Liberal Arts Conference Championships February 12th-15th, the Illinois Tech swimming and diving team honored their departing seniors and graduate students prior to their home dual meet against Lake Forest College on Saturday at Ekco Pool.

The Scarlet Hawks suffered a heart-breaking loss on the men's side, falling to the Foresters 100-99 after the Foresters came from behind to win the final event of the day, the men's 200-yard freestyle relay by the slimmest of margins, 1:26.66 to Illinois Tech's 1:26.70. On the women's side, the Foresters defeated the Scarlet Hawks 126-51.

But the final results took a back seat to the senior day festivities, as seniors Maria Plencner, Stephanie Ticen, Claire van Biljon, Cole Kincart, River Maners, Griffin Colomer, David Halmy, along with graduate students Bjarne van Oord, Alexandre Ducret, Pierre Lopez and Noam Bires were all celebrated prior to the start of the meet, as they competed in their final home swim meet of their Illinois Tech careers. After the meet, each of the departing seniors and grad students took the traditional jump off the 3-meter diving board and into the water in their swimming warm-ups.

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• Men's Team
  • Colin Schultz had one of his best performances of his freshman season on the diving team, winning the 11 dive 1-meter diving event with a score of 347.45
  • The A relay team of Bjarne van Oord, Giorgio Turchetti, Ian Novak and Alexandre Ducret won the 400 yard medley relay with a time of 3:33.56
  • The A relay team of Don Rose, Aidan Chance, River Maners and David Halmy took 2nd place in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:26.70
  • Alexandre Ducret placed 2nd in the 200 yard freestyle (1:46.83); placed 2nd in the 100 yard freestyle (49.27)
  • Don Rose placed 1st in the 100 yard butterfly (53.67); placed 3rd in the 200 yard freestyle (1:48.83)
  • Giorgio Turchetti placed 1st in the 50 yard freestyle (22.29); placed 1st in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:02.00)
  • Aidan Chance placed 3rd in the 50 yard freestyle (22.42); placed 3rd in the 100 yard backstroke (55.17)
  • Eli Riegler placed 2nd in the 500 yard freestyle (5:05.74)
  • Griffin Colomer placed 2nd in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:02.43)

 

• Women's Team
  • The A relay team of Kayla Matsumoto, Taryn Oser, Nethmi Bopearatchy and Claire van Biljon took 2nd place in the 400 yard medley relay with a time of 4:15.43.
  • Claire van Biljon placed 1st in the 100 yard freestyle (54.48); placed 2nd in the 50 yard freestyle
  • Nethmi Bopearatchy placed 3rd in the 100 yard butterfly (1:07.44)
  • Kayla Matsumoto placed 2nd in the 100 yard backstroke (1:03.52)
  • Anna Malik placed 2nd in the 200 yard IM (2:31.28); placed 3rd in the 500 yard freestyle (5:57.20)
  • Taryn Oser placed 3rd in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:14.08)

Up Next
The Scarlet Hawks will begin preparing for the Liberal Arts Conference Championships taking place February 12th through February 15th in Racine, Wisconsin. Illinois Tech is "hosting" this year's conference championships.