O'FALLON, Ill. – The McKendree University women's swimming and diving team closed out the regular season here Saturday by winning one event, placing second in 12 events and recording a school record in the 200 freestyle in a dual meet against 18th-ranked University of Missouri at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex Pool.
In Saturday's meet, the NCAA Division I Tigers collected a 184-67 win over the 16th-ranked Bearcats.
Against Missouri, the top performance of the meet was turned in by senior
Hallie Dixon (Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville) as she set a new school record in the 200 freestyle as she recorded an NCAA 'B' time of 1:52.60 and finished seventh in the event. Dixon's time bettered the old school record of 1:51.02 set by Meredith Geyer at the 2018 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships.
In addition to setting a school record and an NCAA 'B' time in the 200 freestyle, Dixon also won the 200 IM with an NCAA 'B' time of 2:05.12, which was a McKendree season best time. Along with Dixon, graduate student
Molly Smalley (Windhoek, Namibia/Plymouth College) was second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:06.36 and she was also second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:15.04.
Freshman
Karley Sonnenberg (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North) also recorded an NCAA 'B' time in the 50 freestyle as she swam a time of 23.19 on the lead leg of the 200 freestyle relay. McKendree's 200 freestyle relay team was second with a season best time of 1:34.24. The other members of the team were freshman
Aurora Abbruscato (Reggio Emilia, Italy/I.I.S. Blaise Pascal), sophomore
Alexis Kachkin (Glenview, Ill.Glenbrook South) and senior
Abigail Rumpp (Knoxville, Tenn./L&N STEM Academy).
Sophomore
Regan Gubera (Jamestown, Ind./Western Boone) was second in both the 1 and 3-meter diving events as she scored a 214.20 in the 1-meter and 239.18 in the 3-meter.
Junior
Emily Drabick (Barto, Pa./Florida Southern) was second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.72 and was fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:32.76).
Sophomore Vanda Vorshazy (Herceghalom, Hungary/Saint Joseph) was second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 57.91, while the other second place event finisher was junior
Grace Credit (La Grange Highlands, Ill./Lyons Township), who was second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:24.85.
The Bearcats had three of the top five finishers in the 100 freestyle as Sonnenberg was second, Abbrusacato was fourth with a time of 52.64 and Kachkin was fifth with a time of 52.74.
With the regular season complete, the Bearcats will now turn its attention to the 2022 GLVC Swimming Championships, which are scheduled for Feb. 9-12 at the Elkhart Health & Aquatics Center in Elkhart, Ind.
Here are the McKendree individual results from Saturday's dual meet with Mizzou.
200 Medley Relay
4. McKendree 'A' – 1:48.00 – Rumpp, Credit, Abbruscato, Sonnenberg
5. McKendree 'B' – 1:52.60 – Cam Anderson, Drabick, Voroshazy,
Sarah Gromley
200 Freestyle
7. Dixon, 1:52.60 – NCAA 'B' Time / School Record
8. Smalley, 1:54.43
9. Gromley, 1:55.62
10. Kachkin, 1:55.70
11.
Presley Heitzmann, 2:02.01
100 Backstroke
6. Rumpp, 59.46
100 Breaststroke
2. Drabick, 1:07.72
50 Freestyle
5. Sonnenberg, 23.27
6. Abbruscato, 23.78
7.
Hope Euler, 24.32
8. C. Anderson, 24.63
9. Credit, 24.63
1-Meter Diving
2. Gubera, 214.20
100 Freestyle
2. Sonnenberg, 50.50
4. Abbruscato, 52.64
5. Kachkin, 52.74
6. Rumpp, 53.15
7. Euler, 53.89
200 Breaststroke
2. Credit, 2:24.85
3. Heitzmann, 2:28.17
4. Drabick, 2:32.76
500 Freestyle
2. Smalley, 5:15.04
100 Butterfly
2. Voroshazy, 57.61
3-Meter Diving
2. Gubera, 239.18
200 IM
1. Dixon, 2:05.12 – NCAA 'B' Time
2. Smalley, 2:06.36
4. Gromley, 2:17.54
200 Freestyle Relay
2. McKendree 'A' – 1:34.24 – Sonnenberg, Abbruscato, Kachkin, Rumpp
3. McKendree 'B' – 1:39.25 – Drabick, Euler, Credit, Gromley
4. McKendree 'C' – 1:40.98 – C. Anderson, Heitzmann, Smalley, Dixon
