All four of the Valpo men's and women's swimming teams' relays Friday posted times that cracked the programs' all-time top-10 charts as the Beacons competed against Green Bay and IU Indy in De Pere, Wis.
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How It Happened
- The top performing relay capped the meet for the Beacons, as the quartet of Brian Bosse (Bowling Green, Ky./South Warren), Isaac Dinari (Houston, Texas/Memorial), Kingston Vickers (Houston, Texas/Memorial) and Evan Curran (Golden, Colo./Golden) placed second in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:05.26, second-fastest in program history.
- Vickers was also part of the other top men's relay team Friday, anchoring a team which included Caleb Smesko (Green, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit), Ben Mettler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) and Connor Benoit (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) as they moved into eighth in program history in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:32.87.
- On the women's side, the group of Una Dizdarevic (Bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park), Mia Ceballos (Joliet, Ill./Plainfield North), Zoey Switzer (Tucson, Ariz./Catalina Foothills) and Audrey Morgan (Villa Park, Ill./Willowbrook) covered the 400 free relay in 3:33.76, seventh-fastest in program history.
- Morgan also anchored the meet-opening 200 medley relay, joined by Ceballos, Ashlynn Taylor (Skiatook, Okla./Bartlesville) and Faith Bargwell (Grand Rapids, Mich./Rockford) to come home in 1:48.57, good for second place in the event and 10th-fastest all-time at Valpo.
- Ceballos and Taylor each had an individual second-place finish as well to match the best individual placement of the meet. Ceballos placed second in the 100 back with a time of 58.54, while Taylor earned runner-up honors in the 100 breast with a time of 1:07.12.
- Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) earned a second-place finish in the 1000 free, covering the distance in 10:43.33, and also paced the Beacons with a time of 5:12.74 in the 500 free.
- Dizdarevic led the Valpo women in a pair of events as well, posting the team's top times in the 50 free (24.42) and the 100 free (53.37).
- Curran boasted the top individual finish on the men's side with a third-place finish in the 100 free (46.44) and also led Valpo in the 200 free (1:41.86).
- Bosse posted team-best times in the 50 free (21.51) and the 100 fly (51.06), the latter just four-hundredths of a second away from the team's top-10 chart, while Griffin Schilz (Suamico, Wis./Bay Port) led the Beacons in the 500 free (9:37.39) and the 500 free (4:41.50).
- The women fell to IU Indy, 152-52, and took a narrow 104-98 loss against Green Bay, while the men dropped a 162-42 decision to IU Indy and a 135-69 decision to Green Bay.
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Next Up
Valpo's next dip into the pool for competition comes at its major midseason meet, as the Beacons travel to Cleveland for the Magnus Cup Nov. 19-21.