Men's Swimming Falls to Lincoln

The Millikin men's and women's swimming team wrapped up its regulars season hosting Lincoln College on February 3 at the Decatur Family YMCA.

The Big Blue women's team defeated Lincoln by a final score of 103-62. Before the meet, Millikin honored this year's four graduating seniors: Paige Dorsel, Anna Messmore, Madeline Morthland, and Felicity Speirs. Speirs was victorious in the 500 Freestyle, coming in with a non-rested in-season best time of 5:48.21. Speirs also had a third place finish in the 200 Backstroke at 2:32.29. Junior Caroline Lodovisi was a double event winner, finishing in 2:09.06 for the 200 Freestyle and 2:20.25 in the 200 Butterfly. Sophomore Bailee Kralman was second in the 200 Butterfly at 3:13.80. Sophomore Alena Hinch was runner up in the 50 Freestyle in a time of 27.02 and 100 Freestyle with a 59.61, with freshman Brooke Baldwin coming in third right behind her at 27.34 in the 50 Free and also third in the 100 Free in a time of 1:02.66. Freshman Danielle Bickel swam a season best 2:26.46 to win the 200 IM, and was second in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:21.05. In the 100 breaststroke, freshman Millie Gegg finished second with senior teammate Paige Dorsel coming in third with times of 1:19.36 and 1:40.33. The Big Blue relay team of Lodovisi, Hinch, Bickel, and Speirs capped off the meet with a victory in the 800 Freestyle relay in a time of 8:53.03.

The Big Blue Men fell to Lincoln 83-27. Junior Cameron Lee finished close second in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:18.93, and was also second in the 200 IM at 2:15.86. Lee finished third in the 200 Backstroke as well in a time of 2:18.00. Sophomore Cole Jones was a winner in the 50 Freestyle at 22.5 seconds, with freshman teammate Nick Hoerr in third at 23.27. Jones was edged out in the 100 Breaststroke, finishing second with a time of 1:03.22.

Coach's Quotes –
Coach Nick Wyllie "This was a great way to end the dual meet season. It goes to show how in shape we are at this point that we can swim best times while in the midst of hard training. We even practiced this morning before the meet. I am really looking forward to what they will all be able to accomplish at the championship meet."

Coach Molly Duesterhaus "It was terrific to compete in our home pool. The YMCA is a great training space and you could see that the swimmers were on our home "field". The swimmers were focused and swam with great power. Now we turn our preparation toward the final Championship meet."

The Big Blue will finish their season at the CCIW Championships February 15-17 at the Pleasant Prairie RecPlex in Wisconsin.

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Players Mentioned

Cole Jones: Sophomore

Cameron Lee: Junior

Players Mentioned

Cole Jones
: Sophomore

Cameron Lee
: Junior