TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State swimming & diving hits the road for the first time in the 2026-27 season as the Sycamores head to Columbia, Mo. and the Mizzou Aquatic Center to take on both Missouri State and host Missouri in a double dual meet.
 
Competition will start on Friday evening at 6 p.m. ET and will continue on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. The meet will be streamed live on SEC Network+ with results carried on MeetMobile.
 
"This weekend will be a challenging early season test," said head coach Josh Christensen. "We're facing an SEC team and a very talented, well-coached conference opponent. It's a great opportunity to see where we are at right now and it will give us a lot of information on the things we need to work on as we continue to progress through the season. This is a big learning and growth opportunity and I'm excited to see how we handle it."
 
Schedule of Events
Friday Night: 400 Medley Relay, 500 Free, 200 Fly, 100 Breast, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 IM, 200 Free Relay, 1M Diving
 
Saturday Morning: 200 Medley Relay, 1000 Free, 50 Free, 100 Back, 200 Breast, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 400 IM, 400 Free Relay, 3M Diving
 
Indiana State heads into their 2026-27 road opener taking on both the Missouri Tigers and Missouri State Bears following a sweep over Illinois State in their season opening meet over October 9 at the Vigo County Aquatic Center. The Sycamores topped the visiting Redbirds 240-58 on Alumni Weekend with Indiana State winning all 16 events in the field to open their regular season competition slate.
 
Grace Cummings (1000 & 500 Free), Sara Keefe (100 & 200 Back), Kaleigh Kelley (50 Free & 100 Fly), Eva Nordyke (200 Breast & 200 IM), and Jecza Lopez (1M & 3M Springboard Diving) all claimed multiple event wins on the day to highlight the Sycamore win. Erin Cummins (200 Free), Lily Glasgow (100 Breast), Maria Saldana Riebeling (200 Fly), and Addison Johnson (100 Free) helped the Sycamores complete the sweep in the water.
 
The Sycamores came out of the meet sitting atop the Missouri Valle leaderboard in multiple events, while putting at least one athlete inside the top five in every event in their first swim.
 
Sycamores Among Valley Leaders

• 50-yard Freestyle – Kaleigh Kelley (23.55, Valley Leader)
• 100-yard Freestyle – Addison Johnson (52.32, Valley Leader)
• 200-yard Freestyle – Erin Cummins (1:54.55, 4th in Valley)
• 500-yard Freestyle – Grace Cummings (5:01.75, Valley Leader), Erin Cummins (5:06.16, 4th in Valley)
• 1000-yard Freestyle – Grace Cummings (10:09.73, Valley Leader), Gemma Dilks (10:19.24, 2nd in Valley)
• 100-yard Backstroke – Sara Keefe (57.65, 3rd in Valley)
• 200-yard Backstroke – Sara Keefe (2:06.53, 3rd in Valley)
• 100-yard Breast – Lily Glasgow (1:04.63, 2nd in Valley), Ilkim Karaali (1:05.05, 4th in Valley)
• 200-yard Breast – Eva Nordyke (2:21.14, 3rd in Valley), Lily Glasgow (2:21.17, 4th in Valley)
• 100-yard Fly – Kaleigh Kelley (55.89, Valley Leader)
• 200-yard Fly – Maria Saldana Riebeling (2:07.77, 4th in Valley)
• 200-yard IM – Eva Nordyke (2:07.65, 5th in Valley)
• 400-yard Free Relay – 3:30.97 (3rd in Valley)
• 200-yard Medley Relay – 1:43.83 (Valley Leader)
• 1M Springboard – Jecza Lopez (280.85, Valley Leader – NCAA Zone C Qualifier)
• 3M Springboard – Jecza Lopez (276.50, Valley Leader), Alessandra Mittelstadt (2:51.50, 3rd in Valley) 

Among the events from the opening weekend featured several new entries into Indiana State's Top 10 performance list as Eva Nordyke took over the 10th spot in the 200-yard Breaststroke following her time of 2:21.14 to claim the event win over the Redbirds.
 
Divers Alessandra Mittelstadt and Sofia Dansereau also made new entries into the 1M and 3M Springboard events. Mittelstadt moved into 15th in the Performance List with a score of 225.65 in the 1M, while her score of 251.50 put her sixth on the 3M boards. Dansereau moved into 12th on the 3M board with a score of 235.10.
 
The Sycamores will be suiting up in the performance suits for the first time in the 2026-27 season as they take on the Tigers and the Bears.
 
Missouri heads into the meet after finishing fourth overall at the season-opening SMU Classic. The Tigers feature a pair of NCAA qualifiers returning to the roster in Libby Baker (200 Medley Relay) and Katie Kuehn (200 Free Relay).
 
Missouri State heads into the meet after falling to Southern Illinois in the season-opening meet held in Carbondale over October 2-3. Makenzie Kurre (200 Free), Lauren Konarske (200 Breast), Lillie Freulon (200 Fly), Valeria Meza (3M Springboard), and Delaney Nickles (1M Springboard) all recorded individual wins in the meet against the Salukis.
 
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