CHICAGO—The Illinois Institute of Technology swimming & diving programs will embark on the 2020 Liberal Arts Championships, hosted by Principia College, on Wednesday, February 12-Saturday, February 15 in Elsah, Illinois. The Liberal Arts Championship is in its eighth year after it began in 2013, when IIT joined the conference. The men, who took home the 2013 LAC Championship, will eye their second title while the women will embark on their first.
"Both the men and women have been looking fast in practice," said IIT head swimming & diving coach Andy Parro. "I'm excited to see our veteran swimmers continue to swim well at big meets and lead our big group of newcomers through their first conference championship. Swimming well as a team over a four-day competition is a challenge that these student-athletes are ready to embrace."
The following squads are set to compete at the 2020 Liberal Arts Championship:
Illinois Tech
Coe
College of St. Mary
Luther
Loras
Morningside
Nebraska Wesleyan
Minnesota-Morris
Simpson
Principia
Mills
The Scarlet Hawks are coming off a 2019 Liberal Arts Championship that resulted in a second-place finish (570) for the men and a third-place standing (415) for the women. Seth Wissenbach, Matthew Randle and Samuel Kalenowski make up the three returning key cogs from the 2019 Liberal Arts Championship as they accumulated four second-place finishes for the men. Katherine Lydon and Megan Burrill make up the two-headed monster on the women's side as they teamed up for five first-place finishes for IIT at the 2019 Liberal Arts Championship.