Sophomores Kailyn Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) and Sophie Schoch (Medina, Ohio/Medina) both set pool records on Thursday afternoon, while a pair of men's swimmers combined for five individual event wins as the Valpo men's and women's swimming teams competed in a dual meet at Southern Indiana.
 
How It Happened

• Benoit was the first Beacon to set a pool record on Thursday, touching the wall first in the 200 fly with a time of 2:12.14. Later in the afternoon, she paced Valpo in the 100 fly as well with a time of 1:01.93.
• Schoch's pool record came in the 200 back, as she won the event with a time of 2:12.98. The sophomore led a 1-2 Valpo finish in the event, as classmate Lily Kirkpatrick (Parker, Colo./Legend) came home second with a time of 2:15.80.
• Schoch also led the Beacons on Thursday in the 100 back with a time of 1:02.32, good for second place.
• Benoit and Schoch were two of five Valpo women's swimmers to lead the team in a pair of events Thursday. Senior Sara Strauss (Spring Lake, Mich./Spring Lake) did so with second-place showings in the 100 breast (1:08.66) and the 200 breast (2:29.99).
• Sophomore Bri Keese (Brighton, Colo./Brighton) paced the Beacons in the sprints, coming in second in the 50 free (25.63) and touching the wall in the 100 free in 56.26.
• Freshman Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) led Valpo in the distance swims, covering the 1000 free in 11:02.41 and the 500 free in 5:24.00.
• On the men's side, two Beacons led the team in three events apiece. Junior Anthony Martin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) kicked things off by leading a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 free with a time of 1:45.22. Sophomore Nate Bolinger (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) came in behind Martin with a time of 1:46.28, while freshman Tristan Haver (League City, Texas/Lutheran South Academy) rounded out the top-three sweep with a time of 1:47.87.
• Later in the afternoon, Martin paced Valpo with a second-place finish in the 50 free (22.20) and turned around to take top honors in the 100 free (47.83).
• All three of the team-best swims for junior Jackson Oostman (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) were event victories. Oostman touched the wall first in the 100 back (53.00), the 200 back (1:57.12) and the 400 IM (4:11.80).
• Oostman also swam leadoff for the Beacons' 200 medley relay which came home in first place with a time of 1:37.32. Behind Oostman were senior Brendan Stangeland (West Fargo, N.D./Sheyenne), junior Luke Snider (Germantown, Tenn./Memphis University School) and freshman Carson Parker (Silver Lake, Ind./Tippecanoe Valley).
• Bolinger had a pair of runner-up individual finishes on Thursday, as he also placed second in the 500 free (4:54.17). Senior Andrew Berzai (South Bend, Ind./Mishawaka Marian) recorded a second-place finish as well in the 200 breast (2:13.67).
• The host Screaming Eagles won both sides of the dual meet, earning a 171-123 victory on the men's side and a 209-85 win on the women's side.

 
Next Up
Valpo continues action over Fall Break on Saturday, making the trip to West Lafayette, Ind. for the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate. The meet is slated to begin at 11 a.m. CT, and while no live video stream will be available, live results will be linked at ValpoAthletics.com.