Swim Heads into Day Three of 2025 CCIW Championships

The Big Blue swim teams traveled to Pleasant Prarie, Wis. for the 2025 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Championships, hosted at the RecPlex. With day one mainly consisting of diving competitions and Thursday's races in the books, the Big Blue are underway in the third day of action at the championships.

Wednesday's competition saw just the 800 yard freestyle relay races. On the women's side, the team of Erin Powell, Aly Barnes, Yoanna Barajas, and Kendall Rossignol placed sixth. The men saw a similar result, with Dawsen Loafman, Gavin Dobson, Aaron Amaya, and Msanaa Bosland swimming a 7:33.94 to place sixth.

On Thursday, the men's relay team of Dobson, Bosland, Amaya, and Loafman was back in action and placed fifth in the 200 yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:30.60.

Individually, Amaya swam a 2:09.32 in the 200 yard IM to place 14th overall.

On the women's side, Barnes swam a 24.87 in the 50 yard freestyle prelims, then followed up with a 24.73 in the finals to place fifth.

Loafman was 12th overall in the men's 50 yard freestyle race, swimming a 21.79.

The women's relay team of Barnes, Rossignol, Barajas, and Grace Meacham swam a 4:21.25 in the 400 yard medley relay to place sixth, then the men's team of Loafman, Jacob Bloom, Bosland, and Dobson swam a 3:43.22 to also place sixth.

Heading into Friday, the Big Blue are sixth in both the men's and women's standings, with both the men and women scoring 79 points in the opening days.

Competition continues on Friday, with the 2025 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Championships concluding on Saturday, February 22.

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Players Mentioned

Aaron Amaya: Junior

Jacob Bloom: Sophomore

Msanaa Bosland: Junior

Gavin Dobson: Freshman

Aly Barnes: Senior

Grace Meacham: Senior

Erin Powell: Senior

Kendall Rossignol: Senior

Yoanna Barajas: Freshman

Dawsen Loafman: Senior

Players Mentioned

Aaron Amaya
: Junior

Jacob Bloom
: Sophomore

Msanaa Bosland
: Junior

Gavin Dobson
: Freshman

Aly Barnes
: Senior

Grace Meacham
: Senior

Erin Powell
: Senior

Kendall Rossignol
: Senior

Yoanna Barajas
: Freshman

Dawsen Loafman
: Senior