Women Start MWC Championships With Fourth Best Medley Relay in MC History

by Nathan Baliva

Please Note: Name correction.

MONMOUTH, Ill. (02/20/2026) — The Monmouth College swim teams started the Midwest Conference Championships on Thursday night in Grinnell with two relays. The women are tied for fourth place after delivering a top 10 swim in school history and the men are in sixth place.

WOMEN
In the 200 medley relay, Cally Tate (Monmouth, Illinois), Allie Warren (Galesburg, Illinois, Stewart (Monmouth, Illinois) and Nora Collins (Hopedale, Illinois) delivered the fourth-best result in school history at 1:55.22. They finished in fifth place and scored 32 points.

In the 800 freestyle relay, Stewart, Warren, Addie Smith (Monmouth, Illinois) and Nicole Fitch (Marengo, Illinois) finished fifth in 8:21.75 to earn 32 points. They missed their fourth-ranked result from this event at last year's MWC Championships by 0.05 seconds.

With 64 points the Scots are tied for fourth with newcomer MSOE. Grinnell is in first place with 82 points.

MEN

In the men's 800 freestyle relay, Jordan Bridgford (Kapolei, Hawaii) Luke Foster (Galesburg, Illinois), Kody Coyne (Bluffton, Indiana) and Bucket Youvan (Rochester, Indiana) finished sixth in 7:31.37. They earned 30 points in the relay.

In the 200 medley relay, Foster, Coyne, Tariq McLarty (South Holland, Illinois) and Ethan Main (Oneida, Illinois) finished sixth in 1:41.20 to pick up another 30 points.

The Scots are in sixth place with 60 points, six behind Illinois College and St. Norbert. Grinnell leads with 88 after winning both races.

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: The MWC Championships continue on Friday with the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle and 200 free relay ... The prelims are at 10 a.m. with the top nine in each event advancing to the finals at 5:30 p.m.

Media Attachments

Thursday_PM_Results.pdf

results

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NF

Nicole

Fitch

• engineering
• Class of 2026
• Marengo, IL

EM

Ethan

Main

• environmental studies/sustainability and biology
• Class of 2026
• Oneida, Illinois

Kody

Coyne

• biochemistry
• Class of 2027
• Bluffton, IN

LF

Luke

Foster

• physical education
• Class of 2027
• Galesburg, IL

TM

Tariq

McLarty

• biology
• Class of 2027
• South Holland, IL

CT

Cally

Tate

• environmental studies/sustainability
• Class of 2026
• Monmouth, IL

JB

Jordan

Bridgford

• health science and human movement
• Class of 2028
• Kapolei, HI

BY

Bucket

Youvan

• engineering
• Class of 2028
• Rochester, Indiana

NC

Nora

Collins

• political science
• Class of 2029
• Hopedale, IL

Monmouth College

For more information contact: Nathan Baliva 309-457-2322 nbaliva@monmouthcollege.edu

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