Salukis Set 20 Pool Records on Route to Sweep Over Eastern Illinois

Friday, January 30

Charleston, IL

1 PM

Southern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois University

Salukis Set 20 Pool Records on Route to Sweep Over Eastern Illinois

01/30/2026 | 10:53:00 | Swimming & Diving

By: Peter Borkowski

CHARLESTON, Ill. – Southern Illinois swim and dive began their weekend with a trip to Eastern Illinois Friday after. The Salukis dominated their sister school to the east throughout the meet, with the women's team winning 208-46 and the men taking home a 202-58 victory as 18 different Salukis combined to break 20 records at EIU's Padovan Pool.

How it Happened
The meet started with the 400-yard medley relay. SIU's women's teams swept the podium, with the "A" squad setting a pool record while the men's "A" team did the same as they and the "B" squad took first and second. Individual events began with the 1000-freestyle, which Karen Rodriguez and Kyler Beights won in the women's and men's events respectively.

Lívia Munkácsi-Nagy set the next pool record with her win in the 200-freestyle, and Willem Huggins took care of business to win the men's side of the event. In the 100-backstroke, Liseska Gallegos Gutierrez took the crown for the women with her pool record time of 55.02.

The next Saluki to break a pool record was Madalyn Booker thanks to her win in the 100-breaststroke. Maddax Thompson did the same in the men's side of the event. In the 200-butterfly, Tamara De la Torre finished first for the women's team while Nate Worsham led all male swimmer while also breaking the event's pool record.

Zaria Terry and Carter Ruthven added two more pool records to Southern's resume in the 50-freestyle events while Susy Hernandez and Huggins rewrote the pool's record book for the 100-freestyle. Both 200-backstroke winners, Tia Jankovics and Juraj Barcot became record holders, and Booker and Thompson added to their record counts by both winning the 200-breaststroke events.

The 500-freestyle was up next, which Ale Hoyos Horvath and Joshua Aceves won, with Aceves' time being another pool record. Two more pool records came in the 100-butterfly events, courtesy of Olivia Herron and Ruthven. Individual events concluded with the 200-IM, where Jankovics added another gold medal to her day's count. The meet wrapped with the 200-freestyle relays. On the women's side, SIU's "A" squad pulled out the win and pool record, while the men's "A" team did as well.

Up Next
Swim and dive is right back in action tomorrow morning when they visit Missouri at 10 a.m.

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