Image Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Redbird Swimming and Diving is having their first meet of the season this Friday at 2 pm in Horton Field House vs Indiana State. Head Coach Riley Hilbrandt shared her feelings for this upcoming meet and the season moving forward. Coach Hilbrandt and the team are showed excitement about their race this week after their Red vs. White intrersquad meet. The […]
Photo courtesy from ISU Athletics NORMAL- Ill. The 2021-2022 Illinois State Swimming and Diving season has finished with a splash. The team had started the season with 155-144 victory against Evansville and ended the regular season with a 186-113 lose to Indiana State. On, February 17-19, the redbirds had finished in 2nd place in the MVC championship they’re best season since the 2013-2014 season. On March 7-8, the team appeared […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- As the swim and dive season is coming to close it’s time senior swimmer Sarah Hein talks about her time here at Illinois State University and her upbringing into swimming. Every athlete has a story on how they started their sport, yet some of those stories may be crazy and out of the ordinary. It seems that Sarah had some guidance along the way […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- A 20-year old record comes crashing down at Horton Pool. The record was broken at a recent Illinois State swimming meet against UNI, The event was the 400-yard medley. The 400-yard medley members of the team include Madyson Morse, Cassiday Carey, Lauren Naegar and Emma Feltzer. The official time for the record is now 3:50.91. Swimmer Madyson Morse, talks about their experience and if […]
Photo Courtesy from goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.--The Illinois State Swim and Dive team notched two convincing victories this past weekend. The Birds bounced back after a tough day of back-to-back meets against SIU, and Illinois, winning against both Maryville (245-37) and McKendree (188-108) in yet another day of back-to-back meets. “Every time we get in the water there’s more improvements being made,” said junior swimmer Emily Keebler. “The atmosphere is just […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State Swimming kicks off their season on Saturday, October 23. With the season quickly approaching, head coach Caitlin Hamilton is looking to put together some final touch-ups as they are preparing to take on the Evansville Aces at home. Head coach Hamilton expands on where she expects her team to be in the first meet and how they will have a delayed […]
