Results

CHICAGO – The Butler swim team competed against UIC in a dual meet over the weekend. The Flames posted 169 points while the Bulldogs came up with 86. Senior Emily Landwehr was tabbed "Swimmer of the Meet" for Butler. Landwehr had a great split in the Medley Relay, swam for BU in the 400 Free Relay and was a top competitor in the 50 and 100 Free.
 
"After a few days of tough training over fall break, I'm really pleased to see the effort and speed our team put into today's meet," assistant coach Hannah Cressman stated. "The team put up a good amount of season-best times and raced with a lot of mental toughness against the Flames today. I'm proud of their progression since our last meet and excited to see their hard work pay off with some fast times."
 
Landwehr was the top BU sprinter on Saturday, taking second place in the 50 Free and fourth in the 100 Free. In the 50, Landwehr clocked in at 24.86 and teammate Lauren Bergman finished fourth with a time of 25.41. Landwehr's season-best time of 54.63 in the 100 Free also doubled as a BIG EAST Qualifying Time.
 
Landwehr swam with Megan VanValkenburgh, Kate Schilling, and Alani Hightower-Bend to make up the BU A Relay Team in the 400 Free. They posted the team's best time of the season (by over two seconds) by finishing at 3:40.40.
 
The 200 Medley A Relay featured Landwehr, Schilling, Hightower-Bend, and Olivia Stotts. The group finished second with a time of 1:49.47. Hightower-Bend posted a 27.89 split in the back, Landwehr went 30.31 in the breast, Schilling took the fly with a time of 26.17 and Stotts was the free swimmer with a 25.1 split.
      
Gianna Leffler, Olivia McKee and Sadie Brown also highlighted the event for the Bulldogs. Leffler had a great split in the B Relay of the 200 Medley while also competing for BU in the 100 and 200 Back. McKee joined Leffler in the 200 Back while also swimming the 500 Free. Brown was Butler's event winner in the 400 IM. She touched the wall at 4:46.25 and teammate Caroline Zimner was right behind in second with a time of 4:47.11.
 
Leffler earned second place in the 100 Back with a BIG EAST Qualifying Time of 59.42. She set a second BIG EAST Qualifying Time in the 200 Back with a season-best time of 2:12.29. McKee was the lead BU swimmer in the 200 Back, taking third place with a time of 2:10.41.
 
McKee also placed third overall in the 1000 Free with a time of 11:17.83. Teammate Elizabeth Naylor was close behind in fourth place (11:20.88). The 500 Free featured Caroline Zimner posting a season-best time of 5:25.16.
 
Kate Schilling recorded the fastest time for the team this season in the 200 Free. Her BIG EAST Qualifying mark of 1:57.62 was good enough for third on Saturday. Schilling and Lauren Bergman also set conference qualifying times in the 100 Fly finishing second and third in the event with times of 59.39 and 1:00.21.
 
BU also got a lift from Ava McGonigle in the breast events. She finished fourth in the 200 Breast (2:33.35) and fifth in the 100 Breast (1:10.58) with a BIG EAST Qualifying Time.
 
Butler will be in action again this weekend when they compete at the Indiana Intercollegiates Meet. Purdue will host the action on Saturday with events starting at noon.
 
Dual Meet at UIC
UIC 169 – Butler 86