TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State swimming and diving returns to action this weekend as the Sycamores welcome both Illinois and Vanderbilt for a double dual meet inside the Vigo County Aquatic Center over November 7-8. Friday night's events are set to begin at 7 p.m. ET, while Saturday's schedule is set to start at 11 a.m. Results will be available on MeetMobile.
 
"We're looking forward to our first official home meet of the season," head coach Josh Christensen said. "Illinois and Vanderbilt will provide some excellent competition that will challenge us and require us to be at our best. We've had a couple great weeks of training since our last meet and the goal for this weekend will be to see some progression in how we are racing."
 
Friday Event Schedule – 7 p.m.
400 Medley Relay, 500 Freestyle, 3M Diving, 200 Butterfly, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 IM, 200 Freestyle Relay
 
Saturday Event Schedule
200 Medley Relay, 1000 Freestyle, 50 Freestyle, 1M Diving, 100 Backstroke, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 400 IM, 400 Freestyle Relay
 
Indiana State heads back into action following after two weeks off following their double dual meet in Evansville, Ind. against both Evansville and Southern Indiana inside the Deaconess Aquatic Center. The Sycamores claimed nine of the 16 event wins over the event to top both UE (200-99) and USI (221-79) on their way to improving to 3-0 overall on the season.
 
The Sycamores' wins over both the Purple Aces and the Screaming Eagles featured multiple swimming event wins from both Erin Cummins (200 & 500 Free) and Claire Parsons (1000 Free & 200 Back), while Jecza Lopez swept the 1M and 3M Springboard diving events for the second consecutive meet. Haley Halsall (200 Fly) and Ali Pearson (100 Breast) also picked up event wins at the Saturday afternoon meet.
 
Lopez has claimed MVC Diver of the Week honors twice already over the 2025 fall season after claiming the honors against both Missouri State, and the double dual meet against Evansville/USI. The junior has already clinched her spot at the 2026 NCAA Zone C Qualifiers, marking the first Sycamore to achieve the feat in both the 1M and 3M events for two consecutive seasons.
 
Indiana State has already seen several new marks on the all-time Top 10 Performance List through two meets on the year. Freshman Grace Cummings moved into the top 10 in the 1000 Freestyle with a 10:13.02 at the Blue-Gray Intrasquad, while Sara Keefe has made her mark in both the 50 Backstroke (27.12, Missouri State) and 100 Backstroke (56.82, Blue-Gray).
 
Divers Brenna Woodruff, Sophia Dansereau, and Bree Cleary have also jumped into the Indiana State Diving Top 15 all-time performance list following the Missouri State and Evansville/USI meets.
 
This weekend's meet marks the second consecutive season Indiana State, Illinois, and Vanderbilt will compete against each other in the pool. The trio of teams battled last season at the House of Paign Invite hosted by Illinois at the Arc Pool over October 26-27.
 
The Sycamores claimed the 194-135 win over Vanderbilt at the meet, marking Indiana State's first win over an SEC opponent in the inaugural meeting between the two programs. The Sycamores fell to Illinois (250.5-130.5) at the meet.
 
Highlighting the competition last season included the Sycamores winning the 400 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay, and the 200 Freestyle Relay. Alum Chloe Farro claimed the 100 Freestyle Super Final win to put points in the Indiana State scoring column.
 
Claire Parsons (500 & 1000 Free), Ali Pearson (50 & 100 Breast), Raine Boles (100 Fly), Kaleigh Kelley (50 & 100 Fly), Brenna Woodruff (3M Diving), Erin Cummins (200 Free), Sahara Visscher (50 Back), Sophia Diaz (200 Fly) all recorded top three finishes for the Sycamores across the two day meet to highlight the Indiana State returners to the pool.
 
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