Full Results
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Fighting Illini swim and dive team wrapped up the third day of the Big Ten Championships on Friday, Feb. 17. Three Illinois swimmers qualified for the C finals: freshman Sara Jass (400 IM), junior Cara Bognar (400 IM) and senior Kaleigh Haworth (100 breaststroke).

Jass placed third in the 400 IM C finals heat and improved her school's fifth best time to 4:17.42 shaving off almost exactly one second. This is her second time scoring in the conference meet, she has nine points (six today, three yesterday) total. She qualified with a time of 4:19.38. Bognar placed sixth in the same heat with a 4:19.48 and scored three points. She qualified with a 4:22.46.

Haworth placed third in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:02.61 and scored six points. She dropped .09 seconds off of her qualifying time of 1:02.70. Sophomore Sydney Stoll clocked the school's new fifth best 100 backstroke in the time trials (54.86). Stoll also registered the school's new tenth best 200 freestyle mark (1:49.17).

In the 200 freestyle sophomore Paloma Canos-Cervera (1:52.46) and junior Lauren Beard (1:52.65) both swam new personal-best. Beard also posted a new personal-best in the 200 freestyle time trials (1:52.05). Guerra recorded a new personal-best in the 100 butterfly (55.46). Senior Mariclaire Lynch touched a new personal-best in the 100 breaststroke time trials.

TEAM SCORES:

1. Ohio State – 934
2. Indiana – 848.5
3. Michigan – 773
4. Wisconsin – 649
5. Minnesota – 529.5
6. Northwestern – 464.5
7. Penn State – 375
8. Rutgers – 318.5
9. Purdue – 311
10. Nebraska – 299
11. Iowa – 163
12. Illinois – 155

ILLINOIS RESULTS

400 IM C Final
3rd Sara Jass – 4:17.42 – 6 points (fifth in record book)
6th Cara Bognar – 4:19.48 – 3 points

100 Breaststroke C Final
3rd Kaleigh Haworth – 1:02.61 – 6 points

200 Freestyle Relay
10th – Lily Olson, Athena Salafatinos, Isabelle Guerra, Logan Kuehne – 1:31.40

100 Butterfly Prelims
26th Athena Salafatinos – 54.92
30th Isabelle Guerra – 55.46 (PB)
33rd Alexis Wendel – 55.75
34th Lily Olson – 55.82
38th Paloma Canos-Cervera – 56.40
39th Logan Kuehne – 56.66
EXH Lizzie Gile – 57.41

400 IM Prelims
18th Sara Jass – 4:19.38 (C Final)
23rd Cara Bognar – 4:22.46 (C Final)

200 Freestyle Prelims
33rd Sydney Stoll – 1:49.17 (tenth in record book)
41st Liv Dorshorst – 1:50.80
48th Laurel Bludgen – 1:52.31
50th Paloma Canos-Cervera – 1:52.46 (PB)
51st Hannah Aegerter – 1:53.97
EXH Lauren Beard – 1:52.65

100 Breaststroke Prelims
20th Kaleigh Haworth – 1:02.70
25th Jane Umhofer – 1:03.85
26th Divya Kale – 1:03.90
29th Mariclaire Lynch – 1:03.97

100 Backstroke Prelims
25th Athena Salafatinos – 54.59
36th Alexis Wendel – 56.91
38th Hannah Aegerter – 57.29

3-Meter Dive Prelims:
26th Taylor Michael – 256.60
30th Brooke Michael – 241.25
34th Erin Young – 236.30
42nd Abby Manos – 203.65

Time Trials:
100 butterfly: Alexis Wendel – 55.69
100 butterfly: Lizzie Gile – 57.33
50 freestyle: Laurel Bludgen – 23.26
100 freestyle: Paloma Canos-Cervera – 52.32
200 freestyle: Liv Dorshorst – 1:50.37
200 freestyle: Lauren Beard – 1:52.05 (PB)
100 breaststroke: Mariclaire Lynch – 1:03.82 (PB)
100 breaststroke: Divya Kale – 1:03.92
100 breaststroke: Jane Umhofer – 1:04.22
100 backstroke: Sydney Stoll – 54.86 (fifth in record book)
100 backstroke: Hannah Aegerter – 57.31

UP NEXT
The Illinois swim and dive team is back in action tomorrow Feb. 18 for the final day of the Big Ten Championships at 9 a.m. for preliminaries and 4 p.m. CT for finals.