Illinois Illini vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (Ladies Solely)
- February 17, 2025
- CRWC, College of Iowa, Iowa Metropolis, Iowa
- Quick Course Yards (25 yards), Twin Meet
- Full Meet Outcomes (PDF)
- Staff Scores: Iowa 151 def. Illinois 149
The Iowa Hawkeyes picked up their second-straight win towards Massive Ten rivals Illinois on Thursday. Separated by solely two factors on the closing contact, a clutch win within the 200 IM within the final particular person occasion of the meet by sophomore Olivia Swalley gave the Hawkeyes an opportunity to seal the meet within the closing relay.
Swalley swam 2:01.26 to win forward of a trio of Illinois swimmers. That was her finest twin meet time of the season and a whopping 3.7 seconds higher than she was within the staff’s earlier outing, 10 days earlier, towards Miami.
Swalley got here up huge all day lengthy for the host Hawkeyes, profitable the 100 breast in 1:02.50 (simply .07 and .11 forward of the subsequent two finishers from Illinois, respectively); after which bagged one other shut win within the 200 breaststroke in 2:16.36, simply .22 seconds forward of Sara Jass‘ runner-up swim for Illinois. In all three races, the trio of swimmers behind her got here from the deeper Illinois squad.
That was the story of the day. Iowa gained 10 out of 14 particular person occasions on the day, however Illinois’ depth saved the meet shut. The Illini gained the meet opening 400 medley relay in 3:43.07, which ranks because the Eleventh-best in program historical past.
The relay was led by the veteran Stoll in 55.40 on the backstroke leg, and adopted by a trio of younger swimmers: freshman Kayla Duran (1:01.63 breaststroke), sophomore Chloe Diner (54.87 fly), and Isabella Wilheim (51.17 freestyle). Three of the 4 legs from final 12 months’s college file relay returned this season, however two of these three had been changed this 12 months. They swam 3:39.20 mid-season to interrupt the file by a second-and-a-half.
Stoll gained all 4 of her occasions on the day, together with three particular person entries: 55.09 within the 100 again, 50.81 within the 100 free, and 54.92 within the 100 fly. Together with the staff’s meet the subsequent day towards Nebraska, Stoll has 10 wins in 12 particular person swims in twin meets this season; she’s 8-for-8 within the spring semester.
Illinois’ depth was sufficient to win the 200 free relay even with out Stoll, ending in 1:33.97, however Iowa wanted solely a runner-up end to seal the meet, and so they obtained that in 1:34.29. Illinois’ second relay was 1:35.95.
Finally 12 months’s Massive Ten Championship meet, Iowa completed Eleventh with 303 factors and Illinois completed twelfth with 204 factors. Swalley led the Hawkeyes with 22 particular person factors at that meet.
