SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Erin Cummins set a new Indiana State record in the 200-yard Freestyle and the Sycamores shattered the mark in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay to highlight ISU's efforts at the first day of the Tim Welsh Classic held at Rolfs Aquatic Center.
 
Cummins' highlighted the evening events with ISU's fifth new individual record of the 2023-24 season (fourth by a freshman), while the relay team of Chloe Farro, Kaleigh Kelley, Kaimi Matsumoto, and Alexa Szadorksi surpassed the 200 Free relay mark set at last year's MVC Championships to highlight the first day of the two-day event.
 
"I'm very proud of how we showed up today against some strong competition," head coach Josh Christensen said. "The two school records were obvious highlights, but there were close to 30 season or lifetime best performances and many other swims right on top of season bests. We're looking forward to closing gout the session with another strong day tomorrow."
 
The Sycamores posted 17 top-10 finishes overall on the day in a competitive field featuring host Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Akron. Ohio State (813 points) currently leads the team standings with Akron (548), Notre Dame (516), and ISU (440) rounding out the group.
 
Friday Evening Events
The Sycamores started off the evening's events with Alexandria Cotter, Ali Pearson, Kaleigh Kelley, and Chloe Farro taking fifth in the 200-yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:41.80. The group of Kate Reeves, Alexa Szadorski, Kaimi Matsumoto, and Allie Barasch finished 12th in 1:44.79, while Trista Bullock, Peyton Heagy, Raine Boles, and Ash Saple placed 13th in the field in 1:46.06. The final group of Olivia DiRuzza, Kamila Nowak, Raz Harel, and Jordan Gruce placed 16th in 1:48.60.
 
Kelley was ISU's top finisher in the 100-yard Fly with the freshman finishing 16th in 54.85. Raine Boles placed 22nd in 55.91, while Harel finished 24th in 55.97. Matsumoto was also in the top-30 in the field with a 27th place result in 56.32. Haley Halsall (57.36), Barasch (58.86), and Becca Shaffer (58.90) all finished in the top-35.
 
Cotter (4:21.25) and Dorotea Bukvic (4:22.67) finished eighth and 10th respectively in the 400-yard IM to pace the Sycamores to a pair of top-10 finishes. Szadorski (4:27.95, 12th) and Esther Rydbeck Norden (4:32.71, 15th) were both in the top-15 overall in the field.
 
Erin Cummins secured ISU's second school-record of the day in the 200-yard Freestyle as the freshman touched the wall in 1:48.96 to break the previous mark set by Martina Marks (1:49.13) back in 2019 to finish second in the field. Claire Parsons was in the top-five in 1:50.52 with Farro also finishing 10th in 1:52.62. Heagy finished 15th in 1:54.71 to lead a stretch of seven consecutive finishers for ISU in the pool. Rose Parsons (1:55.33), Nowak (1:55.93), Gruce (1:56.30), Agapios (1:56.68), Bullock (1:58.03), and Saple (1:58.85) rounded out the group in the pool.
 
Pearson was ISU's top finisher in the 100-yard Breaststroke finishing in 1:02.68 to place sixth overall in the field. Matsumoto (1:03.85) and Kelley (1:03.85) both finished tied for 10th, while Szadorski was 12th in 1:04.06.
 
Cummins, Heagy, Bukvic, and Claire Parsons were ISU's top team in the night's 800-yard Freestyle Relay event finale. The quartet finished in 7:26.62 to place seventh overall in the field. The team of Rydbeck Norden, Halsall, Gruce, and Rose Parsons was ninth in 7:39.21.
 
Friday Evening Results
200-yard Medley Relay: Alexandria Cotter, Ali Pearson, Kaleigh Kelley, Chloe Farro (1:41.80, 5th)
100-yard Butterfly: Kaleigh Kelley (54.85, 16th)
400-yard IM: Alexandria Cotter (4:21.25, 8th)
200-yard Freestyle: Erin Cummins (1:48.96, 2nd)
100-yard Breaststroke: Ali Pearson (1:02.68, 6th)
100-yard Backstroke: Kate Reeves (57.82, 14th)
800-yard Freestyle Relay: Erin Cummins, Peyton Heagy, Dorotea Bukvic, Claire Parsons (7:26.99, 7th)
 
Friday Morning Events
Indiana State started off the day strong as Chloe Farro, Kaleigh Kelley, Kaimi Matsumoto, and Alexa Szadorski set a new ISU record in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay on their way to finishing fifth in the field. The quartet's time of 1:31.89 broke the previous mark of 1:32.44 set last year at the MVC Championships. Allie Barasch, Kalli Agapios, Raine Boles, and Peyton Heagy finished in 1:35.18 to place 10th, while Ali Pearson, Jordan Gruce, Ash Saple, and Raz Harel finished 13th in 1:37.19.
 
Claire Parsons added a top-10 result in the 500-yard Freestyle finishing ninth in 4:53.32, while Haley Halsall also went sub-5:00 in the event in 4:57.14 to place 15th. Erin Cummins was 16th in 4:58.36 with Esther Rydbeck Norden (5:01.47, 18th), Rose Parsons (5:02.28, 19th), and Trista Bullock (5:03.79, 20th) also finishing inside the top 20. Kamila Nowak rounded out the Sycamores in the field in 22nd in 5:08.37.
 
Dorotea Bukvic (2:02.61) and Alexandria Cotter (2:02.89) finished ninth and 10th to lead the Sycamores in the 200-yard IM. Szadorski finished 25th in the field in 2:06.63, while Pearson (2:08.71, 27th), Olivia DiRuzza (2:09.54, 28th), and Raz Harel (2:10.12, 29th) all finished inside the top-30. Becca Shaffer rounded out the group with a time of 2:12.52 to place 31st in the field.
 
Farro and Kelley finished 11th and 12th in the field in the 50-yard Freestyle event. Farro touched the wall in 23.33 to finish .01 outside the top-10, while Kelley finished .06 back in 23.39. Matsumoto (23.72, 24th), Raine Boles (23.81, 25th), and Cummins (23.97, 29th) all finished sub-24 seconds in the field to place inside the top-30. Agapios (24.22), Barasch (24.23), Heagy (24.31), Saple (24.54), and Jordan Gruce (24.91) all finished inside the top-40, with Ella Moustgaard (25.37) and Reeves (25.98) also taking on the field.
 
The morning's events finished with the 400-yard Medley Relay as the Sycamore quartet of Reeves, Pearson, Kelley, and Farro finished 10th overall in 3:43.91. The team of DiRuzza, Matsumoto, Boles, and Cummins finished 12th in 3:49.30, while Agapios, Szadorski, Harel, and Heagy finished 16th in 3:54.62. The fourth group of Moustgaard, Cotter, Shaffer, and Saple finished just behind their teammates in 3:55.98, while the final group of Bullock, Nowak, Barasch, and Gruce rounded out the group in 3:58.41 to place 18th.
 
Friday Morning Results
200-yard Freestyle Relay: Chloe Farro, Kaleigh Kelley, Kaimi Matsumoto, Alexa Szadorski (1:31.89, 5th – ISU School Record)
500-yard Freestyle: Claire Parsons (4:53.32, 9th)
200-yard IM: Dorotea Bukvic (2:02.61, 9th)
50-yard Freestyle: Chloe Farro (23.33, 11th)
400-yard Medlay Relay: Kate Reeves, Ali Pearson, Kaleigh Kelley, Chloe Farro (3:43.91, 10th)
 
Up Next
The Sycamores continue the weekend's events on Saturday morning starting at 11 a.m. as Indiana State competes in the Tim Welsh Classic hosted by Notre Dame at the Rolfs Aquatic Center.
 
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