TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State swimming and diving opens up the 2025-26 schedule this weekend as the Sycamores head to Springfield, Mo. taking on fellow MVC member Missouri State in a two-day meet at the Hammons Student Center Pool. Competition is set to begin on Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. ET, while Saturday's competition is set to begin at 10 a.m. ET. Results will be available on MeetMobile.
 
"We're looking forward to finally getting into our competition schedule this weekend," head coach Josh Christensen said. "This is a bit later than we normally have our first meet, but that's allowed us to be really consistent with our training through the early part of the Fall. Missouri State is going to provide us a very challenging meet. They are a talented, well coached team that we have a lot of respect for. I'm excited to see how we respond and compete as a team."
 
Friday Competition Schedule
400 Medley Relay, 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 50 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, 500 Free, 200 Free Relay, 3M Springboard
 
Saturday Competition Schedule
200 Medley Relay, 1000 Free, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 Free Relay, 1M Springboard
 
The Sycamores head into their first competition of the 2025-26 season after hosting a pair of exhibition meets. Indiana State competed in their annual intrasquad competition with the Blue-Gray Meet on September 26, while welcoming back their alumni in a competition this past Friday night at the Vigo County Aquatic Center.
 
Indiana State looks to build off the first Missouri Valley Championship in program history after claiming the conference title this past spring in Waukee, Iowa. The Sycamores recorded six event championships on their way to scoring a program-record 1440.5 points over the four-day event. Head coach Josh Christensen (Coach of the Year), diving coach Teresa Hall (Co-Diving Coach of the Year), and Jecza Lopez (Diver of the Year) received several of the conference's pre-eminent awards as voted on by the league's head coaches.
 
Early Sycamore standouts in the pool include the return of Missouri Valley Champion Claire Parsons (200-yard, 1650-yard) champion, while Jecza Lopez (1M & 3M Springboard) headlines the conference's divers. Sara Keefe, Sahara Visscher, Kaleigh Kelley, Gemma Dilks, Ali Pearson, Erin Cummins, and Haley Halsall have all posted early season success in the pool with individual wins in the exhibition slate.
 
Additional highlights for the season to date includes the emergence of freshman Grace Cummings in the distance squad, placing seventh in the Indiana State Performance List in the 1000-yard Freestyle, while Keefe made her debut sitting eighth in the 100-yard Backstroke Performance List this season.
 
The Sycamore diving team has also seen marked improvement over the early meets with Brenna Woodruff exceeding her top marks from the 2024 season, while Bree Cleary and Sophia Dansereau also made their debuts on the Performance List.
 
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