INDIANAPOLIS - Butler secured two dual wins over Southern Indiana and Bellarmine on Saturday. BU defeated Southern Indiana 108-96 while also defeating Bellarmine 104-101. 

 

"We swam and raced well this weekend. I was impressed with our swimmers' focus, cheering for each other, and determination to win events from start to finish," said Head Coach Maurice Stewart."Our performance today gave us momentum and motivation that should set us up to have a successful House of Champions Invite in three weeks."

Swimmer of the Meet: The coaching staff chose junior Lydia Eberlein as our team's swimmer of the meet, as her 400 Individual Medley and 200 Breastroke times were very strong performances and close to personal best times. The coaching staff also considered the following swimmers as runner-up to swimmer of the meet for their excellent contributions to the team's final results: 

 

• Kayla Wright for her wins in both the 1000 Free and 500 Free.

• Sarah Jones for her third place finish in the 200 Back at nearly a personal best time, and her season best time in the backstroke leg of the A 200 Medley Relay, and a sixth place finish in 50 Free.

• Caitlin Herring for her win in the 200 Free and 200 Fly. 

 

200 Medley Relay

• Butler's A relay placed third with a time of 1:48.95

  • Back: Sarah Jones (27.78)

  • Breast: Kate Schilling (30.46)

  • Fly: Ava Whittaker (25.88)

  • Free: Olivia Stotts (24.83)

 

1000 Free

• Kayla Wright - first place at 10:41.48, team's season best time

• Sam Tomic - fifth place with a personal best time of 11:02.10

 

200 Free

• Caitlin Herring - first place at 1:56.58

• Kate Schilling - second place at 1:56.70

• Sophia Amendola - seventh place at 2:03.87

 

50 Free

• Ava Whittaker - fourth place at 25.21

• Sarah Jones - sixth place at 25.92

• Madeleine Russell - eighth place at 26.02

 

400 IM

• Caroline Zimner - third place at 4:41.22

• Sadie Brown - fourth place at 4:44.17

• Ashlyn Canale - fifth place with personal best time of 4:45.29

 

100 Free

• Ava Whittaker - fourth place at 55.47

• Olivia Stotts - sixth place at 55.87

• Elizabeth Naylor - seventh place at 55.95

• Sam Tomic - eighth place at 56.46

 

200 Fly

• Caitlin Herring - first place with personal best time of 2:09.64

• Sadie Brown - third place at 2:13.68

• Meghan Voelker - seventh place at 2:23.36

 

200 Back

• Sarah Jones - third place at 2:08.99

• Caroline Zimner - fourth place at 2:09.09

• Olivia McKee - seventh place at 2:11.43

 

500 Free

• Kayla Wright - first place at 5:11.67

• Elizabeth Naylor - sixth place at 5:31.23

200 Breast

• Kate Schilling - first place at 2:22.86

• Lydia Eberlein - fourth place at 2:25.53

• Ashlyn Canale - fifth place at 2:25.57

• Ava McGonigle - sixth place at 2:31.63

• Gabi Rapetti - seventh place at 2:35.47 

 

200 Free Relay

• Butler's A relay placed third with a time of 1:42.28

  • Caitlin Herring (25.59), Zizi Mateja (26.32), Elizabeth Naylor (25.55), and Olivia Stotts (24.82)

UP NEXT

Butler will return to action next weekend at Valparaiso. BU will face both Valpo and Green Bay on Saturday, Nov. 8.