INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler swim team wrapped up competition at the House of Champions Invite hosted by IU Indy on Saturday. Butler placed ninth out of 13 teams in the event narrowly behind St. Louis.

"Today was our best day of the meet!" said head coach Maurice Stewart. "The strong swims from this morning and the time drops seen this evening reflect all of the hard work that has been put in during the first half of the season."
 
"We had a fantastic finals session tonight and nearly every swim was a time drop from this morning," said assistant coach, Emily Landwehr. "The girls showed a lot of mental toughness and really created a positive and exciting atmosphere on deck for the last session! Senior Olivia Stotts ended her collegiate swimming career on a great note, dropping 0.5 in the 100 freestyle tonight from her prelims swim and anchoring the 400 Free A relay." 



Women Team Standings
Ball State University 2995.5 
Missouri State University 2115.5 
University of Illinois Chicago 2029.5 
University of Arkansas Little Rock 1673 
UW-Milwaukee Panthers 1616.5 
IU Indianapolis 1488.5 
Lynn University 1059 
St. Louis University 1024 
Butler University 951.5 
University of Southern Indiana 620 
Lewis University 470 
University of Montevallo 332 
Northern Kentucky University 296 

Swimmers of the Meet for Day 3
Kayla Wright, So. –  Sixth place and new school record 1650 Free, also earned the 1000 free school record in the swim! 
Olivia Stotts, Sr. – Season best 100 free and anchor of 400 Free A relay, wrapping up her college career on a fantastic note! 
Kate Schilling, Sr. – A-Final, 2nd place and season best 200 breastroke, fastest 100 free split on the 400 Free A relay with a time of 51.59
 
1650 Free 
Kayla Wright, So. - 6th place with a school record in the 1650 and with her 1000 split, times of 17:03.26 and 10:22.82 respectively
Sam Tomic, Jr. - 25th place, 17:57.75, personal best time and 20 second drop from previous best time
 
50 Fly
Ava Whittaker, So. - 6th place (A final) finishing with a time of 24.99 
Ashlyn Canale, Fr. -  22nd place (C final) with time of 26.35 
 
200 Back
Caroline Zimner,  Sr. - 12th place (B final) 2:03.18 
Sophia Amendola, Fr. - 23rd place (C final) 2:06.08, season best time 
Sarah Jones, Fr. - 41st place in prelims, 2:08.55 and season best time 
Paisely Walkley, So. - 54th place in prelims, 2:14.54 and BIG EAST qualifying time

100 Free
Olivia Stotts, Sr. – 26th place (D final), 52.33 season best time 
Elizabeth Naylor, Sr. - 37th place in prelims, season best of 53.31 
Ava Whittaker, So. - 38th place in prelims, season best of 53.36 
Meghan Voelker, So. - 62nd place in prelims, career best time of 55.05 

200 Breast 
Kate Schilling, Sr. - 2nd (A final), 2:16.47 and season best time 
Ashlyn Canale, Fr. - 12th (B final), 2:21.28 and season best time 
Lydia Eberlein, Jr. - 22nd (C final), 2:23.87 and season best time 
Ava McGonigle, Sr. - 29th (D final), 2:26.81 (prelims 2:25.49 and season best time) 

200 Fly 
Caitlin Herring, So. - 14th place (B final), 2:06.67 and lifetime best time 
Sadie Brown, Sr. - 17th (Winner of C final), 2:06.81 and season best time 
Emma Ciesla, So. - 18th (C final), 2:07.35 and season best time 
Megan Voelker, So. - 42nd place in prelims, career best of 2:16.40 

100 IM 
Ava Whittaker, So. - 18th place, 59.15 and career best time 
Gabi Rapetti, Fr. – 36th in prelims, 1:02.93
Elizabeth Naylor, Sr. - 39th place in prelims, 1:03.36 
Paisley Walkley, So. – 41st in prelims, 1:04.49
 
400 Free A Relay – 9th place 3:29.82 
Caitlin Herring, 52.21 lead off split
Ava Whittaker, 53.40 
Kate Schilling, 51.59 
Olivia Stotts, 52.32
 
Other Notable swims: 
Megan VanValkenburgh, Sr. - BIG EAST qualifying time of 54.88 lead off 100 free on 400 Free B relay 
Madeleine Russell, Fr. – BIG EAST qualifying time of 54.44 lead off 100 free on 400 Free C relay 
Elizabeth Naylor, Sr. - 52.9 anchor leg of 400 Free B relay 
Caroline Zimner, Sr. - 52.3 100 freestyle split on 400 Free B relay 
Sarah Jones, Fr. - 53.13 100 freestyle split on 400 Free B relay 
Zizi Mateja, So. - 55.0 100 freestyle split on 400 Free C relay 
Meghan Voelker, So. - 55.3 100 freestyle split on 400 Free C relay 
Cotter Welch, 5th year - 55.85 season best 100 freestyle split on 400 Free C relay 
 
 
UP NEXT
Butler will return to competition in 2026 as the Bulldogs will compete against IU Indy and Northern Kentucky on January 17. Butler will then host the 17th Annual Butler Invitational on Sunday, January 25 in Fishers, Indiana.