Illinois swim and dive defeated Indiana State 215-138 and Vanderbilt 262-85 in its latest meet, improving to 6-0 on the season.
The Illini carried Friday’s momentum into the second session, capturing wins in seven of ten events on Saturday morning. The 200 medley relay team of Sophia Paduano, Kayla Duran, Chloe Diner and Isabella Wilhelm put the first points on the board, earning a first-place finish with a time of 1:43.40. Diner also cruised to a victory in the 100 butterfly (55.47), while Wilhelm picked up her own individual gold in the 50 freestyle (23.72).
In the 100 backstroke, Paduano and Michelle Kaner placed second and third, respectively, notching times of 56.90 and 57.52.
Veteran Sara Jass highlighted the individual events, emerging victorious in both the 200 breaststroke (2:18.46) and the 400 IM (4:20.28). Diner (4:24.09) and Adelaide Reaser (4:26.51) rounded out the top three in the 400 IM.
In the final event between the lanes, Eva Allan, Sophia Yousuf, Maggie Adler and Wilhelm brought home gold for the Illini in the 400 freestyle relay, logging a time of 3:26.80.
Illinois swept the podium in the one-meter boards, with Bethany Mercer capturing the event crown (287.10), Elle Crisostomo coming in second (285.75) and Elleka Boeres slotting in at third (270.67).
On the first day, Illinois’ Sophia Paduano, Kayla Duran, Chloe Diner and Eva Allan kicked things off for the Fighting Illini, earning gold with a time of 3:45.92 in the 400 medley relay.
Diner and Allan followed up with additional wins in their individual events, as Diner swam a 1:02.26 to bring home gold in the 100 breaststroke and Allan tallied first in the 100 freestyle (51.43). Duran followed just behind Diner in the breaststroke to notch second place (1:03.35).
Diner also earned gold in the 200 freestyle relay alongside Isabella Wilhelm, Maggie Adler and Sara Jass (1:33.94).
The final individual Illinois gold between the lanes came from sophomore Sophia Yousuf in the 200 IM (2:06.46). Teammates Bella Wojtowicz (2:06.28) and Adelaide Reaser (2:07.61) rounded out the podium for the 200 IM in second and third, respectively.
On the boards, Bethany Mercer finished in second (300.68), Elle Crisostomo in third (297.75) and Elleka Boeres in fourth (271.58).
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