Photo Gallery (by
Sandy King)
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Eastern Illinois men's and women's swim teams completed their third day of competition at the Summit League Championships on Friday, with
Canyon Bain and
Corinne Staneart both setting new EIU records.
Bain set a pair of new EIU top marks, first with a time of 50.02 in the 100 fly prelims, before clocking in at 56.01 in the 100 breast, which placed him third in the B-final.
Nolan Wallace was just behind Bain with a 100 breast time of 56.02.
Meanwhile, Staneart finished fifth in the 400 IM A-final with a school-record time of 4:26.77.
Other Panthers to write their names into the record books included
Autumn Grinter and
Conner Colston, who both recorded EIU all-time top five marks.
Grinter posted a time of 56.98 in the 100 fly, which is the fourth fastest time in Eastern history.
Colston recorded a mark of 1:40.50 in the 200 free for the third fastest mark all-time for an EIU men's swimmer.
The Panthers finished the day strong in the 400 medley relay, with the men's team of
Andrew Herman,
Nolan Wallace,
Canyon Bain, and
Dismas Dillon recording a school-record time of 3:22.01.
Just before that, the women's team of
Izzy Glasgow,
Corinne Staneart,
Kaylan Ottosen, and
Autumn Grinter posted the third-fastest time in EIU history with a mark 3:53.62.
STANDINGS
Women
1. Denver - 775
2. South Dakota - 507
3. Omaha - 412
4. St. Thomas - 286
5. Southern Indiana - 226
6. South Dakota State - 209
7. Eastern Illinois – 131
Men
1. Denver - 616
2. South Dakota - 497.5
3. Omaha - 363
4. South Dakota State - 349.5
5. St. Thomas - 237
6. Southern Indiana - 186
7. Eastern Illinois – 144
The Summit League Championships will wrap up on Saturday, with prelims set for 10 a.m. and finals scheduled for 6 p.m.
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