CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Illinois swim and dive team is set for its midseason tournament, the Boilermaker Invite, in West Lafayette, Ind., on Nov. 16-18. The Illini will also take part in the long course time trial on Sunday, Nov. 19, at 9 a.m. CT. Teams participating in addition to Illinois include Illinois State, Marshall, McKendree, Missouri State, Northwestern, Purdue and Southern Illinois.
The Illini placed third at their midseason tournament last year (Hawkeye Invitational) with 19 top-10 program marks, including one school record.
Sophomore Sara Jass leads the Fighting Illini, as she clocked two new ARC pool records in the Illini's last dual vs. Vanderbilt on Nov. 4: the 200 breaststroke (2:13.12) and the 400 IM (4:15.46). Junior Sydney Stoll earned an ARC pool record as well in the 200 freestyle (1:48.99).
Stoll was a part of the new pool record for the 200 medley relay team with freshman Kylee Sessions, junior Logan Kuehne and senior Lily Olson (1:42.21). The 200 freestyle relay team of senior Laurel Bludgen, Olson, Kuehne and junior Molly Yetter earned the fifth and final pool record of that dual (1:33.00).
Sophomore Adelaide Reaser made her first appearance in the school record book on Nov. 4; she now owns the program's 10th-fastest 1000 freestyle (10:10.14).
