TERRE HAUTE, IND. – The Sycamore Invite has come to a close at the Vigo County Aquatic Center. Indiana State fell to Indianapolis by a score of 195-173 while also falling to Missouri State by a score of 214.5-154.5 in double dual action this weekend.
 
Surging Sycamores
Sophomore Anna Maria Nasiou dominated today breaking two of her own school records and claiming first in two events. Nasiou clocked a time of 1:04.37 in the 100 breaststroke taking first place while posting another record breaking time of 2:19.62 in the 200 breaststroke.
 
France native Sarah Moreau posted a fourth best in school history time of 56.93 in the 100 butterfly claiming second place.
 
Marlene Pavlu Lewin also had a day at the Sycamore Invite claiming a third place finish in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:01.85. Lewin was also a part of both relay teams that took second place today.
 
Junior Vivian Kritikou swam well in the 1650 freestyle race clocking a time of 17:07.21 claiming third place.
 
Sycamore Diver Britney Meienburg had another school record dive today in the 3 meter springboard. Meienburg posted at score of 208.5 putting her fourth best in school history.
 
Christensen's Corner
"Overall, I thought we performed well this weekend. We've set our scheduling to be really challenging, because we want to keep improving as a program. Missouri State and Indianapolis are both really good teams, and this was a fast meet for the middle of October," Head Coach Josh Christensen said.
 
"We had some great performances across a lot of different events. I thought our freshman did really well overall. We definitely have some places we have to get better though.
 
From a season planning standpoint, we're really focused on setting ourselves up to be our best in February. We've got a lot of depth and we need to continue to develop it, but also working on being sharper with our top end as well.
 
A lot to build off this weekend and we're just going to keep getting better from here."
 
 
ISU Performers
200 Freestyle Relay: Second Place, Kaimi Matsumoto, Alex Malmborg, Ashleigh Sinks, Marlene Pavlu Lewin, 1:34.05
100 Butterfly: Second Place, Sarah Moreau, 56.39
400 IM: Third Place, Molly Fogarty, 4:29.52
200 Freestyle: Fourth Place, Cierra Campbell, 1:53.06
100 Breaststroke: First Place, Anna Maria Nasiou, 1:04.37
100 Backstroke: Third Place, Kendall Hansen, 56.78
400 Medley Relay: Third Place, Kendall Hansen, Anna-Maria Nasiou, Ashleigh Sinks, Marlene Pavlu Lewin, 3:48.55
1650 Freestyle: Third Place, Vivian Kritikou, 17:07.21
200 Backstroke: Third Place, Marlene Pavlu Lewin, 2:01.85
100 Freestyle: Sixth Place, Alex Malmborg, 53.04
200 Breaststroke: First Place, Anna Maria Nasiou, 2:19.62
200 Butterfly: Second Place, Cierra Campbell, 2:04.64
400 Freestyle Relay: Third Place, Marlene Pavlu Lewin, Alex Malmborg, Cierra Campbell, Caitie Mansker, 3:28.87
3 Meter Dive: Fourth Place, Britney Meienburg, 208.5
 
Up Next
Indiana State will travel to Evansville, IN to compete in a conference double-dual meet against Evansville, and Little Rock on November 2^nd starting at 11 am EST.  
 
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