EIU Men's and Women's Swimming at UIC
Saturday, Jan. 13th at 12 p.m. CT
Chicago, Ill. | Flames Natatorium
ON TAP: Class is back in session and so is the EIU swim season. The Panthers will open up 2024 with a dual at UIC on Saturday afternoon in Chicago, where both the men's and women's teams will compete. The meet is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. inside Flames Natatorium.
LAST TIME OUT: The women's team closed out 2023 at the Akron Zippy Invite, where they competed against a number of different teams from across the country, including Akron, Cornell, Keiser, PennWest Clarion, Oakland, and UC Santa Barbara.
On the second day of competition,
Camryn Lewis clocked a time of 23.77 in the 50 freestyle, which is the fourth fastest time in EIU history. The following day,
Kaylan Ottosen completed the 100 butterfly in 58.88 seconds, which lands just outside the EIU top 10.
The EIU 200 freestyle relay team recorded a time of 1:38.68, which is the sixth fastest time in school history.
SUMMIT LEAGUE TOP TIMES: Camryn Lewis' relay leadoff time of 23.38 in the 50 freestyle is the sixth fastest in the Summit League this season. EIU's 200 free relay time of 1:35.53 at the A3 Performance Invitational is also sixth fastest in the league.
NEXT UP: The Panthers will host a tri-meet next weekend against Evansville and Wabash College. The event is scheduled for Saturday, January 20th at 1 p.m. at Padovan Pool.
HEAD COACH: An experienced coach at the collegiate level with additional experience on the international level, Jonathan Jordan is entering his second season at EIU. He is the ninth coach in school history at EIU. Last season, Jordan's women's swimmers set new school-records in seven events.
Jordan made his way to Charleston following a seven-year stint as the head coach at Lincoln College where he helped grow the program from a two-year college program to a member swimming at the NAIA level. On the international level, Jordan was a member of the Marshall Islands Swimming Federation coaching staff with athletes competing in the World Championships, Pacific Games Oceania Games and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. He also worked on the Fiji Swimming Federation coaching staff for one summer helping develop the program's Olympic qualification standards and as a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committee.
