The Valpo men's and women's swimming teams returned to the pool for their first competition of 2026 Friday evening at the Valparaiso Aquatic Center and continued their strong campaigns, combining to win 21 of 22 events in a dual meet sweep of Rose-Hulman. The Beacon women earned a 162-37 victory, while the men emerged with a 157-48 win.
 
How It Happened

• The women won all 11 of their events, with two swimmers winning a pair of individual events apiece. Audrey Morgan (Villa Park, Ill./Willowbrook) moved into 10^th place in program history in the 1000 free with a winning time of 10:49.62, and later claimed the 100 back with a time of 1:00.59.
• Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) took top honors in both the 200 free (2:02.42) and the 500 free (5:25.38).
• Other individual event winners included Bri Keese (Brighton, Colo./Brighton) in the 50 free (24.93), Sophie Schoch (Medina, Ohio/Medina) in the 200 IM (2:18.27), Kailyn Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) in the 100 fly (1:01.75), Una Dizdarevic (Bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park) in the 100 free (56.25) and Brianne Flikkema (Bowling Green, Ky./Greenwood) in the 100 breast (1:13.09).
• The Beacon women claimed both relays as well. The team of Keese, Natalie Eaton (Tulsa, Okla./Jenks), Benoit and Faith Bargwell (Grand Rapids, Mich./Rockford) touched the wall first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:53.46, while the foursome of Dizdarevic, Schoch, Keese and Morgan took first place in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:42.01.
• Valpo's men won eight individual events, with eight different swimmers earning one win apiece — Matthew Mantz (Spokane, Wash./Mead) in the 1000 free (10:08.53), Evan Curran (Golden, Colo./Golden) in the 200 free (1:45.43), Isaac Dinari (Houston, Texas/Memorial) in the 50 free (22.03), Jackson Oostman (Aurora, Ill./Marmion Academy) in the 200 IM (1:56.78), Asa Sadowsky (Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port [Milwaukee]) in the 100 fly (53.17), Anthony Martin (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) in the 100 free (47.93), Caleb Smesko (Green, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) in the 100 back (53.12) and Carson Parker (Silver Lake, Ind./Tippecanoe Valley) in the 100 breast (59.85).
• The Beacon men bookended the meet with relay wins as well. Smesko, Ben Mettler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton), Sadowsky and Dinari combined to cover the 200 medley relay in 1:36.21, while Curran, Luke Snider (Germantown, Tenn./Memphis University School), Dinari and Martin took the 200 free relay with a time of 1:27.34.
• The women improved to 4-4 on the season, the four dual meet wins their most since the 2019-20 team won four dual meets. Meanwhile, the men clinched at least a .500 dual meet record as they improved to 4-3, matching their most wins in a single season since at least 2000-01.

 
Next Up
Valpo closes out its home schedule with its Senior Meet against Bethel next Friday at 5 p.m. at the Valparaiso Aquatic Center. The senior ceremony will begin at 4:50 p.m.