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CHARLESTON, Ill. - Eastern Illinois men and women's swimming (3-5) ends their home schedule with a loss against Missouri Valley opponent Southern Illinois. EIU will continue their season this weekend with two meets at Southern Indiana and Butler.

MEN
Eastern Illinois - 21
Southern Illinois - 181

WOMEN
Eastern Illinois - 29.5
Southern Illinois - 155.5

Camryn Lewis was the lone Panther to capture a first place finish during senior day on Thursday when she won the 50 free with a time of 24.57. Lewis was also part of the 200 yard medley team with Olivia Viele, Corinne Staneart, and Autumn Grinter that earned a third place (1:51.81).

Eastern's men's 200 yard medley team also earned a third place finish after the team of Andrew Herman, Canyon Bain, Sebastian Rosales and Dismas Dillon completed the event with a time of 1:37.46.

Kennedy Darensbourg received a third place finish in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:04.03. She later would earn a third place in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:22.97. 

Henry Belik got the Panthers on the board with a third place finish for the men's team in the 1000 freestyle with a final time of 10:46.73. Spencer Wilson also added two fourth place finishes in the 200 free (1:47.31) and the 500 free (4:59.48).

Grinter managed to tied for a third place finish in the 50 freestyle after her final time of 25.07. Connor Colston also earned a fourth place in the 50 free (22.17).

In the men's 100 butterfly, Matt Triaszin earned a third place with a time of 53.30.

The Panther's teams in both 200 yard freestyle relay earned third place finishes to close out the meet. The men's team of Dillon, Colston, Jacob Wienantz and Oliver Ehmann finished with a time of 1:27.55. The women's team of Grinter, Lewis, Izzy Glasgow and Bella Earll also finished with a time of 1:41.02.

EIU will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 28 at noon when they travel to Summit League opponent Southern Indiana.