By Jami Sponaugle
Chicago, Ill. - The Illinois Tech men's and women's swimming & diving team hosted the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks on Saturday to kick off the 2022-23 season inside Ekco Pool. The meet saw the Scarlet Hawks pull away with the overall victory, defeating the Warhawks 229-215. On the men's side, the Hawks scored 124 while the Warhawks scored 105. For the women's side, the Hawks barely fell to the Warharks 110-105.
Scarlet Hawk Standout Performances
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Men 200 Yard Medley Relay - 1st place - Gabriel Beutel, Sam Kastan, David Halmy, Mitchell Lucky - 1:39.62
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Women 1000 Yard Freestyle - 1st place - Anna Malik - 12:17.33
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Men 1000 Yard Freestyle - 1st place - Mark Klinchin - 10:10.27
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Women 200 Yard Freestyle - 1st place - Kristen Hampton - 2:07.36
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Women 200 Yard IM - 1st place - Anna Slominski - 2:21.04
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Women 1 MTR Diving - 1st place - Maria Plencner
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Men 1 MTR Diving - 1st place - Evan Standish
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Women 100 Yard Freestyle - 1st place - Gabby Anich - 57.80
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Women 500 Yard Freestyle - 1st place - Kristen Hampton - 5:48.87
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Men 500 Yard Freestyle - 1st place - Mark Klinchin - 4:57.82
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Women 100 Yard Breaststroke - 1st place - Anna Slominski - 1:11.73
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Men 100 Yard Breaststroke - 1st place - Adrian Korwel - 1:03.28
Interim Head Coach Billy Bafia's Comments
"Whitewater is a terrific team to compete against. We had a lot of close races which made it a very exciting way to cheer on our teammates and get everyone in the pool area energized. We have a lot to learn as a team from our first competition. These next few weeks leading up to our mid-season meet will be critical to enter that meet exactly where we need to be as a team." Bafia went on to say: "Our first-years had an incredible open to their collegiate careers. Very proud of all of them for stepping up to the plate and supporting the team." He finished with "Our divers are showing tremendous progress with only 5 weeks under their belts. We are excited to see where they will be by our conference meet at the end of the season. I'm excited to support [assistant coach - diving] Dar [Novak] and the team as an integral part of our program and the competition schedule we have lined up for this year."
Assistant Coach Mac Robertson's Comments
"It was a great day to kick off our dual meet season. Our first-year athletes were able to step up to the plate with multiple event wins in just their first collegiate meet while our veteran athletes continued to lead in the pool. The positive energy on deck will definitely lead us through the next few weeks."
Up Next
The Hawks will return to action next Saturday when they head to the Myers-McLoraine Pool at the University of Chicago to take on the University of Chicago Maroons at 1:00 p.m.