Olivia Herron Units MVC File as Southern Illinois Sweeps UIC
Olivia Herron set a Missouri Valley Convention file amongst 4 program marks as Southern Illinois swept a pair of wins from convention foe College of Illinois Chicago on Saturday.
The Salukis scored a 202-96 determination on the ladies’s facet and a 187-111 win for the lads.
Herron, a junior from Manchester, England, had a meet keep in mind. She set program data en path to victory in each breaststroke occasions and the 400 particular person medley. Her time of two:11.13 is greater than a second faster than the time she used final spring to win an MVC title. It erases the convention mark set in 2023 by Illinois State’s Madyson Moore (2:11.58).
Herron went 1:01.00 within the 100 breast to decrease her program and Shea Natatorium mark. The identical was true for her time of 4:17.17 in successful the 400 IM.
Herron additionally teamed with Celia Pulido, Bea Padron and Susana Hernandez to go 3:37.46 to win the 400 medley relay. That’s 1.1 seconds faster than the time SIU used to complete second on the 2024 MVC Championships, which had been the varsity file. Puildo, Padron and Hernandez swam the identical legs again in February, and Herron’s cut up of 1:00.22 was 1.25 seconds faster than what breaststroker Ali Robertson provided on the convention meet, making up a lot of the distinction. Their time is .36 seconds off the convention file set by Missouri State in successful the title final yr.
Pulido swept the backstroke occasions and gained the 100 butterfly. Hernandez gained the 100 free and 200 free, beating 50 free winner Zaria Terry within the former. Padron gained the five hundred free.
On the lads’s facet, Alex Santiago swept the sprints, anchored the successful medley relay and led off the victorious 200 free quartet. Willem Huggins swept the backstroke occasions after main off the medley relay triumph. Henrique Pacheco gained the 200 breast and 400 IM for the Salukis.
