TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State heads into the midseason meet as the Sycamores travel to the 2025 Miami University Invitational this week at the Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center over November 19-22.
"We're excited to go back to the Miami Invite again this year," head coach
Josh Christensen said. "It's been a great meet for us the last two years. This year's meet shapes up a bit differently, with it being two weeks earlier and having a slightly larger and stronger field of teams. This weekend is going to provide a lot of learning and growth opportunities. It's our first meet in tech suits so far this year and our only prelim/final meet before the conference championship. We're going to embrace the competition and stay focused on our process and using this meet to progress through the season."
Wednesday Event Schedule – 5 p.m.
800 Freestyle Relay
Thursday Schedule – 10 a.m. / 5:30 p.m.
500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, 3M Diving, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay
Friday Schedule – 10 a.m. / 5:30 p.m.
100 Fly, 400 IM, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breast, 100 Back, 1M Diving, 200 Medley Relay
Saturday Schedule – 10 a.m. / 5:30 p.m.
200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 1650 Free, 400 Free Relay
The Sycamores are coming off their best competition to date as Indiana State hosted both Illinois and Vanderbilt over November 7-8 inside the Vigo County Aquatic Center. Indiana State topped the Commodores for the second consecutive season, 260-87, while falling to the Illini (194-135) in their second home meet of the 2025-26 season.
Claire Parsons shined over the weekend as the junior earned Missouri Valley Conference Swimmer of the Week honors after taking victories in the 200-, 500-, and 1000-yard Freestyle events. Parsons was joined by
Jecza Lopez's school record in the 3M Springboard diving event among the weekend winners, while
Sophia Diaz took home the win in the 200-yard Fly.
Indiana State will suit up in their tech suits for the first time of the 2025-26 season over the four-day meet in Oxford, Ohio with the Sycamores looking to make another impact on the all-time performance list. Already to date,
Grace Cummings (1000 Free) and
Sara Keefe (50- and 100-Back) have appeared on the top 10 lists, while additional swimmers are rounding into form this year and ready to continue the success the program has achieved at Miami over the last two years.
The 2024 Miami Invitational saw a number of Indiana State records going down last season as the Sycamores established 14 new standards and 23 entries in the all-time Top 10 performance list over the December 5-7, 2024 meet in the Nixon Aquatic Center. Among the marks still standing today include the following:
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