TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Blue Team rallied back after the break to win the final six events on Friday night on their way to topping the Gray Team, 161-119. The Blue Team snapped a two-year skid at the annual Blue-Gray Meet with the win at the Vigo County Aquatic Center.
 
The Gray Team winners of the annual intrasquad meet in both 2022 and 2023 started the evening off strong winning the first two events, as well as five of six at one point in the meet on their way to taking a lead. Gray Team captains Chloe Farro (50 & 100 Free) and Olivia Diruzza (200 Back) claimed event wins during the stretch to highlight the midway point of the meet.
 
However, Alexandria Cotter swung the momentum back to the Blue Team with a win in the 200-yard Breaststroke and added a victory in the 200-yard IM to spark the Sycamores' Blue Squad to six consecutive event wins. The winning streak was capped by the quartet of Kaleigh Kelley, Erin Cummins, Sahara Visscher, and Alexa Szadorski claiming the win in the 400-yard Freestyle Relay to claim Blue Team's first win since 2021.
 
Blue Team's win was highlighted by Cummins picking up wins in both the 200-yard Free and 500-yard Free, while Visscher (100 Back), Daniela Orta Castaneda (3M Diving), Kelley (100 Fly), and Lucia McDougall (1M Diving) claimed event wins in addition to Cotter's pair of triumphs in the pool.
 
Claire Parsons (1000 Free), Ali Pearson (100 Breast), and Sophia Diaz (200 Fly) joined Farro and Diruzza as event winners for the Gray Team, while the quartet of Trista Bullock, Pearson, Raine Boles, and Farro took the win in the 200-yard Medley Relay.
 
Additional notes throughout the meet include Orta Castaneda setting a new personal mark and a top-five all-time spot on the Performance List in the 3M Diving (254.90).
 
Indiana State Winners in Each Event
200-Yard Medley Relay: Gray Team (Trista Bullock, Ali Pearson, Raine Boles, Chloe Farro) – 1:45.16
1000-Yard Free: Gray Team (Claire Parsons) – 10:25.34
200-Yard Free: Blue Team (Erin Cummins) – 1:53.94
100-Yard Back: Blue Team (Sahara Visscher) – 57.93
100-Yard Breast: Gray Team (Ali Pearson) – 1:03.80
200-Yard Fly: Gray Team (Sophia Diaz) – 2:05.04
50-Yard Free: Gray Team (Chloe Farro) – 23.75
3M Diving: Blue Team (Daniela Orta Castaneda) – 254.90
100-Yard Free: Gray Team (Chloe Farro) – 51.34
200-Yard Back: Gray Team (Olivia Diruzza) – 2:06.26
200-Yard Breast: Blue Team (Alexandria Cotter) – 2:22.15
500-Yard Free: Blue Team (Erin Cummins) – 5:06.30
100-Yard Fly: Blue Team (Kaleigh Kelley) – 56.32
1M Diving: Blue Team (Luica McDougall) – 227.80
200-Yard IM: Blue Team (Alexandria Cotter) – 2:06.44
400-Yard Free Relay: Blue Team (Kaleigh Kelley, Erin Cummins, Sahara Visscher, Alexa Szadorski) – 3:29.96

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Up Next
Indiana State opens the 2024-25 regular season on Friday, October 4, as the Sycamores travel to Normal, Ill. to take on Illinois State in a dual meet. Events are set to begin at 3 p.m. ET at the Horton Field House.
 
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