QUINCY, Ill. – The Quincy University Swimming team hosted their final home meet of the season against the Cardinals of William Jewell College for a 1:00 p.m. GLVC showdown on Saturday (Jan. 21) at the HFC pool. Both the men's and women's squads fell to WJC 184-60 and 190-38 respectively.

It was Senior Day at the HFC pool on Saturday afternoon as the Hawks recognized their lone senior on the team, graduate student Aideen Floretta for her time and dedication to the growing program.

On the men's side of things, the Hawks came away with three individual event wins in the contest and several second-place finishes. Dennis Mhini placed second in the 100-yard backstroke and Borna Kisasondi came in second in the 50-yard freestyle. It was another good day for Wyatt Walsh collecting wins in the 400-yard IM as well as the 200-yard breaststroke and Jeronimo Augurusa Franco finished atop the podium in the 200-yard backstroke.

The women's squad picked up an event win as well as four second-place finishes. Izabella Sparrow finished second in the 200-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle. Nancy Olson contributed another second-place finish for the Hawks in the 200-yard breaststroke. Faith Cummings got the win on the day for QU finishing first in the 100-yard breaststroke while also adding a second-place finish in the 200-yard IM.

After his groups final home meet of the season coach Bryan Christiansen was upbeat and optimistic about the upcoming playoffs, "That is what we call an old-fashioned shellacking!" Christiansen joked, "Despite the score we had some really solid races from a handful of people that set us up well for the GLVC Championship."

Coach Christiansen understands that this is a process and building up a solid program takes time, but he's very excited about how far this group has already come "We can hang with them, I'm excited that we are at a quarter of our strength and will keep adding from here."

With just the playoff schedule remaining, Christiansen is pleased that his team will now have some time to rest before the postseason begins, "We are pretty beat up from training but ready to rest and get after our last few weeks of the season. It's still a great day to be a Hawk!"

The Hawks won't be in action again until Wednesday (Feb. 9) for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship meet.