Swimmers Sweep Millikin on Friday

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (01/25/2025) — The Monmouth College swim teams swept Millikin on Friday night in a home duel. The women won 104-60 and the men won 85-78.

WOMEN

Cally Tate (Monmouth, Illinois) won the 100 backstroke by four seconds with a time of 1:02.91 . She also won the 50 freestyle in 27.22 with Abbie Ames (Rhinelander, Wisconsin) taking third in 28.70 and Emily Davis (Beloit, Wisconsin) in fifth at 33.89.

Allie Warren (Galesburg, Illinois) won the 200 freestyle in 2:03.94 with Tate in second at 2:05.89. Warren also won the 200 yard IM in a time of 2;28.42, just ahead of Nicole Fitch (Marengo, Illinois) in 2:29.54. Warren also won the 100 breaststroke by five seconds with a time of 1:14.58. Ames was third in 1:25.94 and Smith was fourth in 1:30.14.

Addie Smith (Monmouth, Illinois) won the 500 freestyle with a PR of 5:50.43.

Caitlyn Stewart (Monmouth, Illinois) won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 12:09.28. She also won the 100 yard butterfly in 1':06.83.

Fitch took second in the 100 freestyle in 1:00.08 with Isabel Lynch (Rock Island, Illinois) in third at 1:05.53 and Davis in fourth at 1:13.56.

The 200 yard medley relay team of Stewart, Warren, Fitch and Smith won with a time of 2"03.95

The 200 yard freestyle relay team of Smith, Lynch, Ames and Davis took second in 1:69.19.

MEN

Kody Coyne (Bluffton, Indiana) won the 200 IM 2:13.73. He also won the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.16 with Ethan Main (Oneida, Illinois) in third at 1:07.36.

Eli Wills (Blue Springs, Missouri) won the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 58.50 as Jaydon Wilbon (Crown Point, Indiana) took fourth in 1:09.84.

Tariq McLarty (South Holland, Illinois) won the 100 freestyle in 49.57.

Bucket Youvan (Rochester, Indiana) took second in the 50 freestyle in 22.93.

Luke Foster (Galesburg, Illinois) got second in the 200 freestyle in 2:00.22.

Jordan Bridgford (Kapolei, Hawai'i) was second in the 100 backstroke in 1:02.55

Jaeden Peters (Greenfield, Indiana) took second in the 500 freestyle in 5:50.29.
The 200 yard medley relay team of Bridgford, Coyne, McLarty and Youvan won by two seconds with a time of 1:44.21

The Scots were also 1-2 in the 200 yard freestyle relay. The A-team of Youvan, Wills, Foster and McLarty won in 1:33.27 while the team of Bridgford, Wilbon, Main and Peters took second in 1:44.19.

The Scots finish the dual meet part of the schedule on Saturday with a 1 p.m. home meet against Illinois College. Saturday is Senior Day for Davis and Wilbon.