OCALA, Fla. –
Kaleigh Kelley set a new Indiana State mark in the 100-yard IM, while the Sycamore 400-yard Freestyle Relay group posted a top-10 finish as ISU wrapped up the final day of the CSCAA National Invitational Championship.
Kelley became the first Sycamore to advance to multiple event finals this weekend as the freshman finished inside the top-20 in the 100-yard IM on Saturday, following her appearance in the 50-yard Butterfly finals on Thursday. It marked the first time a Sycamore advanced to multiple event finals in the same CSCAA NIC since
Marni Gray made it to three event finals in the 2023 season.
Kelley also set ISU's second school record over the weekend joining Ali Pearson (50-yard Breaststroke) with her new mark in the 100-yard IM.
Dorotea Bukvic became the fourth Sycamore to advance to an event final this weekend reaching the finals in the 200-yard Breaststroke. She joined Ali Pearson (50 Breast), Kelley, and
Alexandria Cotter (400 IM) who advanced to finals this weekend.
Saturday Evening Recap
Kaleigh Kelley broke her own record in the 100-yard IM to highlight the final day of the CSCAA National Invitational Championship as the freshman took on the field in the event finals. Her time of 56.89 broke her previous mark of 57.36 set at the Miami (Ohio) Invitational back on November 30, 2023, and put her 13th overall in the field.
Dorotea Bukvic moved up two spots from her qualifying position in the 200-yard Breaststroke as the junior touched the wall in 2:16.40 to place 17th in the field.
The Sycamore 400-yard Freestyle Relay group of
Chloe Farro, Kelley,
Erin Cummins, and
Alexa Szadorski put together a top-10 finish on Saturday evening. The quartet finished in 3:21.32 to place seventh overall in the field good enough for the second-fastest time on the ISU Performance List.
Saturday CSCAA Final Results
Saturday Distance Recap
Claire Parsons and
Erin Cummins took on the distance event field on Saturday afternoon as the freshman pair battled it out in the 1650-yard Freestyle. Parsons was 12th overall in the field through 1000-yards with a time of 10:07.99, while Cummins touched the wall in 10:22.16 sitting 31st overall.
The Sycamore pair improved their standing over the final 650 yards with Parsons moving up into 11th finishing in 16:43.21, while Cummins improved to 26th overall in 17:02.41.
Saturday CSCAA Distance Results
Saturday Morning Recap
Indiana State put two more athletes in event finals on Saturday morning as
Kaleigh Kelley (100 IM) and
Dorotea Bukvic (200 Breaststroke) both advanced following their preliminary swims in Ocala, Fla.
Kelley took the water first finishing 13th overall in the 100-yard IM to qualify for her second event final of the week after touching the wall in 57.38.
Alexandria Cotter narrowly missed joining her teammate finishing 22nd in 58.13.
Chloe Farro (50.88, 26th) and
Alexa Szadorski (51.07, 35th) both took on the field in the 100-yard Freestyle prelims.
Bukvic advanced to her first event final in the 200-yard Breaststroke as the junior touched the wall in 2:16.89 to place 19th overall in the field. Ali Pearson wrapped up the event finishing 36th in 2:18.66.
Saturday CSCAA Prelim Results
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