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Salukis take fourth at Missouri State Invitational
10/08/2016 | 11:24:00 | Swimming & Diving
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SPRINGFIELD, MO. – The women's swimming and diving team will be coming home with a fourth place finish at the first ever Missouri State Invitational. Southern Illinois University finished in the top four in 15 of the 16 events.
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"The girls really stepped up and raced well today," SIU head coach Rick Walker said. "Only being one month into the season I really like how we swam. I thought we saw the very best from the other schools there, and we handled it well."
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The Salukis had six total top three finishes, including a first place finish from Bryn Handley in the 500-yard freestyle. Handley's time of 4:51.52 was a pool record, a record held by none other than Kelsie Walker. Walker would have a top three finish of her own, taking third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:50.67. Sophomore Emma Brazeau secured a second place finish for the Salukis in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.29, which is .50 seconds faster than the team's top time last year. The story of the day was the performance of newcomer, Samantha Parsons. Parsons had two-second place finishes, the first in the 400-yard IM and the second in the 200-yard breaststroke.
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"I really like where we are at right now. I feel like our times are already comparable to last years conference times. We are definitely building up to something special," Walker said.
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The women's team will be back in action exactly two weeks from today to take on Illinois and Illinois State in Champaign, Illinois.
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SPRINGFIELD, MO. – The women's swimming and diving team will be coming home with a fourth place finish at the first ever Missouri State Invitational. Southern Illinois University finished in the top four in 15 of the 16 events.
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"The girls really stepped up and raced well today," SIU head coach Rick Walker said. "Only being one month into the season I really like how we swam. I thought we saw the very best from the other schools there, and we handled it well."
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The Salukis had six total top three finishes, including a first place finish from Bryn Handley in the 500-yard freestyle. Handley's time of 4:51.52 was a pool record, a record held by none other than Kelsie Walker. Walker would have a top three finish of her own, taking third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:50.67. Sophomore Emma Brazeau secured a second place finish for the Salukis in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.29, which is .50 seconds faster than the team's top time last year. The story of the day was the performance of newcomer, Samantha Parsons. Parsons had two-second place finishes, the first in the 400-yard IM and the second in the 200-yard breaststroke.
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"I really like where we are at right now. I feel like our times are already comparable to last years conference times. We are definitely building up to something special," Walker said.
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The women's team will be back in action exactly two weeks from today to take on Illinois and Illinois State in Champaign, Illinois.
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