A3 Performance Results
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Eastern Illinois men's and women's swimming continued the fall portion of their 2021-22 schedule over the weekend competing at the A3 Performance Invite hosted by Southern Illinois. The Panthers turned in 11 A Final finishes as the Panther women placed fourth in the meet and the men were fifth.
Kennedy Darensbourg had the highest individual finish for the Panthers during the three-day meet as she placed second in the 1,650 free with a time of 17:47.72.
Camryn Lewis had a fourth place individual finish for the EIU women in the 50 free with a time of 24.02. She would swim on two relay teams that posted third place finishes at the meet. Lewis swam the opening leg on the 200 free relay that had a time of 1:36.80. She was the anchor leg on the 200 medley relay that had a time of 1:47.35. Lewis was joined on the 200 free relay team by
Kaylan Ottosen,
Autumn Grinter and
Sabrina Chu. The 200 medley relay team included
Olivia Viele,
Ashley Glesing, Ottosen and Lewis.
Glesing would place eighth individually in the 100 breast with a time of 1:08.28.
Emma Ballantyne,
Izzy Glasgow and
Maddie Pittman rounded out the EIU women's swimmers that reached A Finals. Ballantyne was seventh in the 400 IM with a time of 4:40.99. Glasgow was seventh in the 100 fly with a time of 58.98. Pittman was eighth in the 200 free with a time of 1:58.04.
Spencer Wilson and
Forrest Baumgartner had the highest individual finishes for the EIU men at the A3 Performance meet. Wilson was sixth in the 200 free with a time of 1:43.33. Baumgartner was sixth in the 100 back with a time of 53.02. Connor Colston was eighth in the 200 free with a time of 1:43.96.
Wilson and Colston would swim the opening and anchor legs on the Panthers 400 free relay team that placed fourth with a time of 3:06.55. The relay team featured all freshmen swimmers for EIU with
Payton Buse and
Dismas Dillon swimming the two middle legs of the relay.
Alex Adams had a pair of top performances as he was eighth in the A Final of the 200 back with a time of 2:01.43. Adams would win the B Final of the 100 fly with a time of 51.18.
Jacob Nichols and Colin Feliciano rounded out the EIU swimmers with top performances. Nichols won the B Final of the 200 fly with a time of 1:53.35. Feliciano was eighth in the A Final of the 100 breast with a time of 1:00.05.
