Friday, October 24
Urbana-Champaign, IL
5 PM / 11 AM
Southern Illinois University
at
Illinois/Illinois State (Women)
Women’s Swim and Dive Splits Tri-Meet, Beating Illinois State and Falling to Illinois
10/25/2025 | 2:46:00 | Swimming & Diving
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois' women's swim and dive team spent Friday and Saturday in Champaign, taking on in-state rivals Illinois and Illinois State. While the Salukis fell to the Illini, 212-134, SIU picked up a 215-129 win over the Redbirds.
"We are pleased with how the women have performed through three out of four weeks on the road, for two-day meets each time," says head coach Geoff Hanson. "It's a lot of travel and racing in hostile environments. Many individual event and relay wins this weekend again showed this group can compete at a very high level with a Big Ten opponent. We're also happy to come away with another MVC win versus Illinois State, keeping our women undefeated in the conference."
How it Happened
Friday
After podium finishes in the 200-yard medley relay and the 1000-yard freestyle, SIU picked up its first win of the day when Susana Hernandez took first in the 200-yard freestyle. Southern won the next event as well, with Liseska Gallegos Gutierrez's 54.26 in the 100-yard backstroke putting her atop the podium.
Olivia Herron and Madalyn Booker bookended the 200-yard breaststroke before Zaria Terry and Ava Rines both finished top-three in the 50-yard freestyle. Herron then grabbed another gold in the 100-yard IM for SIU's final win on Friday.
Saturday
Day two of the meet brought another gold for Hernandez, who was first in the 200-yard freestyle. Gallegos continued her excellent meet with a win in the 100-yard backstroke, and Herron pulled off another win in the 200-yard breaststroke. Southern's final win of the meet came in the last individual meet, with Herron taking home gold in the 100-yard IM.
Up Next
The Salukis now enjoy some time off from competition before hosting the A3 Performance Invite on November 13-15.
Follow the Salukis
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the swim and dive teams by following the them on X at @SIU_SwimDive, on Instagram at @siu_swimdive, and on Facebook at facebook.com/SIUSwimDive. Fans can also download the "Salukis" Mobile App on the App Store or Google Play Store.
"We are pleased with how the women have performed through three out of four weeks on the road, for two-day meets each time," says head coach Geoff Hanson. "It's a lot of travel and racing in hostile environments. Many individual event and relay wins this weekend again showed this group can compete at a very high level with a Big Ten opponent. We're also happy to come away with another MVC win versus Illinois State, keeping our women undefeated in the conference."
How it Happened
Friday
After podium finishes in the 200-yard medley relay and the 1000-yard freestyle, SIU picked up its first win of the day when Susana Hernandez took first in the 200-yard freestyle. Southern won the next event as well, with Liseska Gallegos Gutierrez's 54.26 in the 100-yard backstroke putting her atop the podium.
Olivia Herron and Madalyn Booker bookended the 200-yard breaststroke before Zaria Terry and Ava Rines both finished top-three in the 50-yard freestyle. Herron then grabbed another gold in the 100-yard IM for SIU's final win on Friday.
Saturday
Day two of the meet brought another gold for Hernandez, who was first in the 200-yard freestyle. Gallegos continued her excellent meet with a win in the 100-yard backstroke, and Herron pulled off another win in the 200-yard breaststroke. Southern's final win of the meet came in the last individual meet, with Herron taking home gold in the 100-yard IM.
Up Next
The Salukis now enjoy some time off from competition before hosting the A3 Performance Invite on November 13-15.
Follow the Salukis
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the swim and dive teams by following the them on X at @SIU_SwimDive, on Instagram at @siu_swimdive, and on Facebook at facebook.com/SIUSwimDive. Fans can also download the "Salukis" Mobile App on the App Store or Google Play Store.
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