NORMAL, Ill. – The Quincy University women's swimming team returned to the pool Friday afternoon, falling 187-69 to Division I Illinois State at Horton Pool.

The Hawks turned in several strong performances throughout the meet, including a pair of runner-up finishes. Laiken Vorthmann recorded Quincy's top finish in the 1000-yard freestyle, placing second with a time of 11:23.49. She later added a third-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley, touching the wall in 2:22.30.

Molly Brennan also earned a second-place finish for Quincy in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 2:13.89. Brennan added a fifth-place showing in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:03.46.

Alice Contiliano put together a strong day across the freestyle events. Contiliano placed third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:03.62, followed by another third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle at 26.15, which was marked as a personal best. She rounded out her individual events by taking third in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:29.60.

Several other Hawks collected top-three finishes. Ellie Benjamin finished third in the 200-yard butterfly at 2:19.88, narrowly missing second place by just 0.11 seconds. Florence Lebeau took third in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:28.53, while Olga Pucarevic placed third in the 100-yard freestyle at 58.00. Ariaa Sheth added a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly, touching in 1:05.14.

Quincy also received a fourth-place finish from Cassie Rankin in the 100-yard breaststroke, where she posted a personal-best 1:15.59. Rankin later finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:36.75.

The Hawks opened the meet with a third-place showing in the 200-yard medley relay. The group of Brennan, Lebeau, Pucarevic and Lise Puissant finished in 1:53.68.

Quincy closed the afternoon with its top relay finish of the meet, as Megan Schill, Pucarevic, Sheth and Contiliano placed second in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:44.35.

The Hawks will be back in action on Friday, October 23 at 2:00 p.m. against Missouri-St. Louis.