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Swim Season Kicks Off with Home Duel Against Augustana

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (10/28/2023) — The Monmouth College men's and women's swimming teams began their seasons on Friday night with a home duel against Augustana College. The men fell 144-38 while the women lost 153-31.

Men

The men were led by freshman Tariq McLarty (South Holland, Illinois) who won the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 48.9 seconds. Freshman Jaeden Peters (Greenfield, Indiana) was second in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:25.91.

Freshman Luke Foster (Galesburg, Illinois) and sophomore Ethan Main (Oneida, Illinois) both scored in the 200 yard IM with times of 2:14.93 and 2:21.76 respectively. Foster also scored points with a third-place finish in the 100 yard backstroke.

Freshmen Eli Wills (Blue Springs, Missouri) and Kody Coyne (Bluffton, Indiana) scored in the 50 free with times of 24.06 and 25.32 respectively. Peters and Brady Hild (Tremont, Illinois) scored in the 200 free while Hild added points in the 500 free.

Wills and Tristan Kennon (Flossmoor, Illinois) earned Monmouth points in the 100 yard butterfly while Coyne and Main scored in the 100 yard breaststroke.

The 200 yard medley relay team of Foster, Camden Schmidt (Washington, Illinois) , McLarty and Kennon was third with a time of 1:44.12. Schmidt, Peters, Wills and Hild were third in the 200 free relay as well.

Women

Cally Tate (Monmouth, Illinois) took second in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 26.38 while Emily Davis (Beloit, Wisconsin) also scored points in the event. Tate was also second in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:03.12.

Freshman Aiden Bach (Stetsonville, Missouri) was fourth in the 200 yard IM with a time of 2:25.73 and Nicole Fitch (Marengo, Illinois) scored the Scots a point in 2:34.84. Bach added a fourth place finish in the 100 yard backstroke.

Mady Gaus (Herscher, Illinois) swam the 200 yard freestyle in 2:19.56 to score two points. She scored two points in the 100 yard butterfly while freshman Rudy Poffinbarger (Rockford, Illinois) also scored. Fitch finished fourth in the 500 yard freestyle, just ahead of Poffinbarger as both scored points.

Freshman Claire LaBadie (Griffith, Indiana) scored a point in the 100 yard freestyle. Katie Oberheu (Fort Worth, Texas) and Davis both scored points in the 100 yard breaststroke.

The 200 yard medley relay of Tate, Oberheu, Fitch and LaBadie was third in 2:03.97 while Bach, Poffinbarger, Davis and Oberheu were third in the 200 free relay.

The Scots were originally scheduled to host Knox last Friday but that meet was canceled. The Scots swim at Illinois College next Saturday at 1 p.m. The next home meet is a double duel against Grinnell and IC on Saturday Nov. 11.

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Results


BH
Brady
Hild
  • engineering
  • Class of 2024
  • Tremont, Ill.
TK
Tristan
Kennon
  • mathematics
  • Class of 2024
  • Flossmoor, Illinois
KO
Katie
Oberheu
  • environmental studies/sustainability
  • Class of 2024
  • Benbrook, Texas
CS
Camden
Schmidt
  • business administration
  • Class of 2024
  • Peoria, IL
ED
Emily
Davis
  • elementary education
  • Class of 2025
  • Beloit, WI
NF
Nicole
Fitch
  • engineering
  • Class of 2026
  • Marengo, Ill.
EM
Ethan
Main
  • Biology & Environmental Studies Double Major
  • Class of 2026
  • Oneida, Illinois
AB
Aiden
Bach
  • health science and human movement
  • Class of 2023
  • Stetsonville, Wisconsin
Kody Coyne
Kody
Coyne
  • biochemistry
  • Class of 2026
  • Bluffton, IN
LF
Luke
Foster
  • physical education
  • Class of 2027
  • Galesburg, Ill.
CL
Claire
LaBadie
  • business administration
  • Class of 2027
  • Griffith, Ind.
TM
Tariq
McLarty
  • biology
  • Class of 2027
  • South Holland, Illinois
JP
Jaeden
Peters
  • engineering
  • Class of 2027
  • Greenfield, Indiana
CT
Cally
Tate
  • environmental studies/sustainability
  • Class of 2025
  • Monmouth, IL
EW
Eli
Wills
  • physics
  • Class of 2027
  • Blue Springs, Missouri

Monmouth College

Nathan Baliva 309-457-2322 nbaliva@monmouthcollege.edu

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