KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The Quincy University men's and women's swimming teams opened the 2026-27 season on Saturday with a dual meet against Truman State, with the men's squad earning a 121-84 victory while the women fell 117-87.
The men's victory marked Quincy's third consecutive dual-meet win over Truman State, as the Hawks collected seven event victories across the 11 men's events.
Quincy set the tone immediately in the 200-yard medley relay, as the team of
Vaggelis Bouloukos,
Juri Bauer,
Harry Galloway, and
Victor Abram touched first in 1:35.62, more than a second ahead of Truman's top group.
Five different Hawks went on to earn individual victories. Oliver Toledo Paniagua captured the 1000-yard freestyle in 9:58.50, edging Truman's Orin Meyer by just over two seconds. Abram followed with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle, posting a time of 1:46.39, while teammate
Lucca Arantes took second in 1:48.11.
Galloway added another victory for Quincy in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in 53.47, with Toledo Paniagua taking third at 54.58.
The Hawks continued their success in the stroke events, as Bouloukos won the 100-yard backstroke in 51.96, ahead of teammate
Brendan Worster's third-place finish. Bauer followed with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching in 59.79, while
Andrej Golubovic finished third and
Wesley Anderson took fourth.
Quincy then closed the meet the same way it started — with a relay victory. Bouloukos,
Ian Caballero, Toledo Paniagua and Arantes won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:27.19, edging Truman State by just 0.10 seconds.
On the women's side,
Alice Contiliano led the Hawks with a pair of individual victories. She opened her season by winning the 1000-yard freestyle in 11:11.48, more than 10 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Contiliano later captured the 100-yard freestyle in 55.25, narrowly winning by seven hundredths of a second.
Molly Brennan also earned a victory in her Quincy debut, taking the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.52, finishing more than two-and-a-half seconds ahead of Truman's next finisher.
Florence LeBeau provided another tight victory for the Hawks in the 100-yard breaststroke. LeBeau touched the wall in 1:07.97, beating Truman State's Alex Powers by just 0.01 seconds.
The Quincy women also finished runner-up in both relays, posting a 1:52.58 in the 200-yard medley relay and a 1:41.94 in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
The women's squad returns to the pool on Friday, October 2, at 4:00 PM, taking on Illinois State at Horton Pool. The Quincy men return home on Saturday, October 3, hosting Missouri S&T at the BOS Aquatic Center.
