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Illini Travel to Indianapolis for House of Champions Invitational

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Swimming & Diving

Illini Travel to Indianapolis for House of Champions Invitational

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House of Champions Meet
When November 18-20
Where IUPUI Natatorium / Indianapolis, Ind.
Start Times Morning  - 9 a.m. CT     Evening - 5 p.m. CT
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Champaign, Ill.: The Fighting Illini are prepped and ready to go for their four day excursion in Indianapolis for the upcoming House of Champions Invitational this weekend. The Fighting Illini depart on Wednesday for Indy and will then compete from Thursday, November 17th-Saturday, November 19th.

This will be their first prelim-finals style competition this season, and the first visit to the House of Champions since pre-COVID 2019. The Fighting Illini will face off with IUPUI, Ball State, Butler, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Lewis, Milwaukee, and UIC in the meet. Morning sessions will begin at 10 a.m. ET and evening sessions at 6:00 p.m. ET. The diving team sessions begin at 1 p.m. ET.

LAST TIME OUT

The last time the Fighting Illini competed at the House of Champions Invitational was in November of 2019, where they placed third as a team with a 1,234 overall score. In that meet, 8 Illini clocked career bests, and then freshman Athena Salafatinos landed herself of the top 10 fastest individuals list for her performance in the 200 backstroke. 

EVENT SCHEDULE

Thursday – Preliminaries

500 Freestyle

200 IM

50 Freestyle

Thursday – Finals

200 Freestyle Relay

500 Freestyle

200 IM

50 Freestyle

40 Medley Relay

Friday – Preliminaries

100 Butterfly

400 IM

200 Freestyle

100 Breaststroke

100 Backstroke

Friday - Finals

200 Medley Relay

100 Butterfly

400 IM

200 Freestyle

100 Breaststroke

100 Backstroke

800 Freestyle Relay

Saturday – Preliminaries

200 Back

100 Free'

200 Breast

200 Fly

Saturday – Distance

1650 freestyle

Saturday – Finals

1650 Freestyle

200 Back

100 Free'

200 Breast

200 Fly

400 Freestyle Relay

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Players Mentioned

Athena Salafatinos

Athena Salafatinos

Back/Free/Fly
Junior

Players Mentioned

Athena Salafatinos

Athena Salafatinos

Junior
Back/Free/Fly