Valparaiso, Ind. - The Quincy University women's swim team competed well in a tri-meet between Illinois Institute of Technology and Valparaiso University on Friday evening (Oct. 18). Quincy took down the Scarlet Hawks of IIT 174-90 and fell to the Beacons of Valpo 160.5-101.5. 

The Hawks started the meet on a hot note, finishing first in the 400 medley relay. The Quad of Izabella Sparrow, Faith Cummings, Olga Pucarevic, and Ariaa Sheth finished at 4:04.41, a half a second in front of Division I opponent, Valparaiso. 

Chantal Tiesinga and Cassie Rankin went second and third in the 1000 yard freestyle event, posting times 11:19.58 and 11:35.92 respectively. 

Olga Pucarevic nabbed a few first place finishes, including a 1:01.70 100-yard backstroke finish. She then went back-to-back in her final two first place finishes, swimming the 100 butterfly at 59.70 and the 200 IM at a 2:18.59. 

Junior Faith Cummings finished second in the 100 breast stroke at 1:09.16. She also came in second for the 200 breast stroke, swimming a 2:32.46. 

Ellie Benjamin made a name for herself at the Valpo Aquatic Center, breaking the Quincy 200 butterfly record by three seconds at 2:14.27. Kaitlyn Malarney was just behind Benjamin at 2:18.34, just missing the previous record by a half second. 

Sparrow finished third in the 50 freestyle with a 25.47 time and followed it up with a second place finish ni the 200 backstroke at 2:15.86. 

Sheth and Benjamin finished third and fourth in the 500 freestyle. Sheth finished with a 5:37.58 time and Benjamin was just two seconds behind at 5:39.92. 

The Hawks finished the meet with a second place 400 freestyle relay from Sparrow, Sheth, Megan Schill, and Shelby Smith. The quad swam a 3:45.97. The Hawks took third place in the event as well, with Nancy Olson, Claire McDaris, Tiesinga, and Rankin. 

"Great meet today with a full line up," said coach Bryan Christiansen. "Swimmer of the meet was Chantal Tiesinga with an incredible 1000 and a great pair of 100s. I was really proud of how we swam today, we're a little beat up but still putting up times significantly faster than this time last year. Go Hawks!"

The Hawks will return for another round of swims at nationally-ranked Lewis University Saturday, October 19th. 

Top Finishers
400 Medley, 1st Place - 4:04.41 (Sparrow, Cummings, Pucarevic, Sheth)
1000 Free, 2nd Place - 11:19.58 (Tiesinga)
1000 Free, 3rd Place - 11:35.92 (Rankin)
100 Back, 1st Place - 1:01.70 (Pucarevic)
100 Breast, 2nd Place - 1:09.16 (Cummings)
200 Fly, 2nd Place - 2:14.27 (Benjamin)
200 Fly, 3rd Place - 2:18.34 (Malarney)
50 Free, 3rd Place - 25.47 (Sparrow)
100 Free, 3rd Place - 57.43 (Rankin)
200 Back, 3rd Place - 2:15.86 (Sparrow)
200 Breast, 2nd Place - 2:32.46 (Cummings)
500 Free, 3rd Place - 5:37.64 (Sheth)
100 Fly, 1st Place - 59.70 (Pucarevic)
200 IM, 1st Place - 2:18.59 (Pucarevic)
400 Free Relay, 2nd Place - 3:45.97 (Sparrow, Sheth, Schill, Smith)