CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Eastern Illinois men's and women's swim teams traveled to Southern Illinois for their second dual meet of the weekend on Saturday afternoon.
The Panthers' sole first-place finish of the day came in the men's 200 medley relay, as
Andrew Herman,
Nolan Wallace,
Eddie Myers, and
Dismas Dillon posted a time of 1:36.37.
Myers added two more top-three finishes, with a second-place time of 4:50.03 in the 500 free and a third-place finish in the 200 IM (2:00.97), while
Conner Colston took third in the 500 free (4:50.49) and second in the 200 IM (1:57.88).
Meanwhile,
Sebastian Rosales took silver in the 100 fly (53.68) while
Andrew Herman finished second in the 200 breast (2:12.70).
Other podium finishes for the EIU men included a third-place finish for
Dismas Dillon in the 50 free (21.77) and a bronze for
Nolan Wallace in the 200 breast (2:13.07).
For the women,
Claire Malinowski brought home the first podium finish of the afternoon with a third-place time of1:13.21 in the 100 breast.
Corinne Staneart posted a second-place finish in the 200 IM with a time of 2:13.08. She was followed by
Genevieve Biberdorf in third place (2:22.28)
Autumn Grinter also earned a silver with a time of 1:01.66 in the 100 fly.
Izzy Glasgow finished third in the 100 fly as she clocked a time of 1:03.13.
Sydney VanderVelde and
Anna Mueller finished second and third in the 500 free, with VanderVelde posting a time of 5:33.18 and Mueller recording a mark of 5:41.76.
The Panthers will be back in action next weekend with a trip to Southern Indiana for an intraconference clash on Saturday, January 25th at 1 p.m.