UNI swim and dive falls short to Illinois State Redbirds

Friday, January 14

Normal, IL

5 PM / 11 AM

University of Northern Iowa

160

193

Illinois State University

UNI swim and dive falls short to Illinois State Redbirds

1/15/2022 1:51:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

UNI vs. Illinois State Results

NORMAL, Ill. – The University of Northern Iowa swim and dive team fell to the Illinois State Redbirds, 193-160, for the two-day dual meet at the Horton Pool.

Amber Finke, Faith Larsen, and Abby McCorkle all secured first-place finishes on the final day of the dual meet along with the 400 freestyle relay team.

Finke raced the 200 backstroke in 2:02.52, nearly five seconds faster than the rest of the swimmers. Payton Hall finished third behind Finke with a race of 2:09.96. Larsen secured a first-place finish with a time of 53.12 in the 100 freestyle while Verastegui found herself in third place again with Finke following in fourth.

McCorkle flew to a first-place position in the 100 butterfly in 58.60 seconds and teammate Scout Bergwall finished in third.

Taylor Hogan took second place in both boards this weekend scoring 264.45 on the 3-meter board and 261.45 on the 1-meter board.

The 500 freestyle had Abbie Bangs in second place (5:14.50), Olivia Chambers in fourth place (5:20.02), and Sarah Walpole in fifth place (5:21.57). Freshman Meghan Pallett finished second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:27.30. In the 200 IM, sophomore Lily Ernst swam to second in a 2:12.46.

The Panthers return to the pool Jan. 28-29 for the Coyote Invitational held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The competition will start at 6 p.m. Jan. 28, and resume 10 a.m. Jan. 29 for preliminaries. Finals will begin at 4 p.m. Jan. 29. The Coyote Invite will be the final regular-season meet before the MVC Tournament in February.