TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State swimming and diving heads to Muncie, Ind. and the Lewellen Aquatic Center on Friday evening as the Sycamores take on Ball State in one of their final meets ahead of the 2026 Missouri Valley Conference Championships. Events are scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET with results available on MeetMobile.
 
The Sycamores have the dual meet against Ball State, while the divers head to the UIC Diving Invite in Chicago, Ill. on February 7, before Indiana State heads down to Evansville, Ind. in defense of their MVC Championship title over February 25-28 at the Deaconess Aquatic Center.
 
"We're wrapping up our dual meet season against a very tough Ball State team," head coach Josh Christensen said. "This meet will challenge us to race and compete at a high level and will serve us well as we head into our finals preparations for conference at the end of next month."
 
Friday, January 30 Event Schedule – 5:30 p.m.
200 Medley Relay, 1000 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Fly, 50 Freestyle, 3M Diving, 100 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 200 Breaststroke, 500 Freestyle, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 400 Freestyle Relay, 1M Diving
 
The Sycamores continue their spring schedule with the short turnaround time from this past weekend's Tim Welsh Classic hosted by Notre Dame at the Rolfs Aquatic Center. Indiana State took on Notre Dame, Illinois, and Akron at the annual event, posting six top three results at the meet, while Grace Cummings recorded the Sycamores' first two wins in program-history at Notre Dame in both the 500-yard and 1000-yard Freestyle events.
 
Cummings topped the field in the 500-yard Freestyle in 4:47.90 in recording the second-fastest time in the Missouri Valley this season in the event. She followed up with the fastest time in the MVC in the 1000-yard Freestyle, touching the wall in 9:46.97, finishing just .6 seconds off the Valley record in the event to topthe field by nearly 16 seconds. For her efforts, Cummings was named the Valley's Swimmer and Freshman of the Week, claiming the latter honor for the third time overall in the 2025-26 season.
 
Jecza Lopez led the Sycamores' diving efforts with a pair of top six finishes in both the 1M and 3M springboard events on her way to earning MVC Diver of the Week honors for a program-record seventh time in the 2025-26 season. Brenna Woodruff added a finals appearance in the 3M springboard to highlight the five Sycamore divers in the field.
 
The Sycamores also posted top three finishes from Cummings (200 Free), Erin Cummins (500 Free), Maria Saldana Riebeling (1000 Free), Ali Pearson (100 Breast), and the 800-yard Freestyle Relay. Overall, Indiana State posted a school-record 644.5 total points over the two-day event to finish fourth among the teams in competition.
 
Indiana State saw nine new entries in the program's all-time Top 10 Performance List over the weekend with Cummings (200, 500, 1000 Freestyle), Saldana Riebeling (1000 Freestyle), Jenna Nave (50 Breaststroke), Addison Johnson (100 Fly), and Raine Boles (200 Fly), improved on their individual times. The Sycamores also saw new entries in both the 200 Freestyle and the 800 Freestyle Relays.
 
Indiana State heads to Muncie for the first time since the fall of 2023 when the Sycamores competed against Ball State in a preseason exhibition meet. The Sycamores hosted Ball State last season on February 7 in Indiana State's Senior Day at the Vigo County Aquatic Center. Indiana State topped both the Cardinals (216-84) and the Butler Bulldogs (251-42) over the meet, setting seven new program records and winning 14 of the 16 events in the meet.
 
The Sycamores head into the meet with the MVC leader in five separate events to date including the 500-yard Free (Claire Parsons), 1000-yard Free (Grace Cummings), 1650-yard Free (Cummings), 1M Diving (Jecza Lopez) and 3M Diving (Lopez). Indiana State also features the deepest distance group in the MVC this season with four swimmers in the top four in the 1000-yard Free, three in the top four in the 500-yard Free, and three in the top four in the 1650-yard Freestyle events.
 
Sycamores Among the Valley Top 10

• 50-yard Free: Kaleigh Kelley (23.06, 5th), Raine Boles (23.07, 6th)
• 100-yard Free: Erin Cummins (50.51, 7th)
• 200-yard Free: Erin Cummins (1:48.33, 3rd), Claire Parsons (1:48.64, 4th), Grace Cummings (1:50.34, 9th)
• 500-yard Free: Claire Parsons (4:46.65, 1st), Grace Cummings (4:47.90, 2nd), Erin Cummins (4:51.14, 4th), Maria Saldana Riebeling (4:54.61, 9th)
• 1000-yard Free: Grace Cummings (9:46.97, 1st), Claire Parsons (9:57.39, 2nd), Maria Saldana Riebeling (10:03.88, 3rd), Gemma Dilks (10:04.20, 4th)
• 1650-yard Free: Grace Cummings (16:23.09, 1st), Claire Parsons (16:34.29, 2nd), Maria Saldana Riebeling (16:49.27, 3rd), Haley Halsall (17:04.93, 9th)
• 100-yard Back: Sahara Visscher (55.72, 5th)
• 200-yard Back: Anna Asplund (1:59.83, 4th), Sahara Visscher (2:00.33, 5th)
• 50-yard Breast: Ali Pearson (28.67, 2nd), Jenna Nave (29.70, 9th)
• 100-yard Breast: Ali Pearson (1:01.35, 2nd), Jenna Nave (1:04.38, 9th)
• 200-yard Breast: Ali Pearson (2:15.22, 3rd)
• 50-yard Fly: Raine Boles (25.04, 6th)
• 100-yard Fly: Raine Boles (54.47, 4th), Sophia Diaz (54.74, 7th), Erin Cummins (55.13, 9th), Addison Johnson (55.28, 10th)
• 200-yard Fly: Haley Halsall (1:59.73, 2nd), Raine Boles (2:02.20, 4th), Sophia Diaz (2:03.53, 7th)
• 400-yard IM: Maria Saldana Riebeling (4:25.05, 7th)
• 1M Diving: Jecza Lopez (287.40, 1st)
• 3M Diving: Jecza Lopez (315.75, 1st), Bree Cleary (241.65, 10th) 

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