RESULTS
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Illinois Swimming and Diving team began their road schedule in East Lansing on Friday, Oct. 23. The Illini came away with the victory, defeating Michigan State 182-112. Illinois now owns a 17-9 advantage in the overall series, including victories in each of the last eight meetings.
 "Overall we put together a very strong meet from start to finish," said head coach Sue Novitsky. "We had talked about building true excellence and to be willing to fight and to take some risks."
The Illini started fast by winning the first three events. The Illinois 200 medley relay team of Sloane McDermott, Isabella Schamber, Lori Lynn and Kirsten Zborek won the first event with a time of 1:44.03. In event two, junior Amelia Schilling took first place in the 1000 freestyle (10:19.43).
Sophomore Samantha Stratford continued her success by winning three events on the afternoon, including the 200 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and the 200 IM. Freshman Megan Vuong also won multiple events, finishing first in the 200 fly (2:02.95) and the 100 free (:51.83).
Other first place finishers included Jennifer Coady (100 breast), McDermott (200 back), Gabbie Stecker (500 free) and Lynn (100 fly).
On the boards, junior Olivia Kassouni improved on her 3-meter diving score from a week ago, registering a 299.03 in East Lansing.
"I felt we executed our details and race plans better than last week and that showed up to be the difference when we were in some very tight races," said Novitsky. "It is always tough to get a road win and now we have to go back and continue to work."
The Illini will return home to host Northwestern in the annual Splash Bash, Friday, October 30, at 5 p.m. at the ARC Pool.
FIRST PLACE FINISHES
200 medley relay – McDermott, Schamber, Lynn, Zborek – 1:44.03
1000 free – Schilling – 10:19.43
200 free – Stratford – 1:50.94
100 breast – Coady – 1:05.46
200 fly –Vuong – 2:02.95
100 free – Vuong - :51.83
200 back – McDermott – 2:02.31
200 breast – Stratford – 2:18.48
500 free – Stecker – 5:01.22
100 fly – Lynn - :55.19
200 IM – Stratford – 2:03.82
400 free relay – Rodawig, Vuong, Bethke, Zborek – 3:27.65
