Articles filed under Swimming

Sparta Stingrays met up with the Red Bud Waverunners for a dual meet at Red Bud Tuesday, June 21. Red Bud won the meet with combined team scores of 490 to Sparta's 168.

Submitted by Sparta Stingrays Jun 28, 2022 4:23 PM

Swimmer of the Week

Congratulations to Hillari Cowan, the Sparta Stingrays Dairy Queen Swimmer of the Week, shown here with coaches Addie Blechle, Avery Runge and Josie Kattenbraker. Hillari was selected by her coaches for her exceptional motivation.

Submitted by Sparta Stingrays Jun 28, 2022 4:20 PM

Swimmer of the Week

Congratulations to Sam Haury, the Sparta Stingrays Dairy Queen Swimmer of the Week. Sam competes at his very best anytime he is in the water. The coaches particularly noticed that while always successful in his events at meets, he is always striving to be better.

Jun 22, 2022 8:50 AM

Swim season under way for Sparta Stingrays

See photos from the Sparta Stingrays' dual meet against the Millstadt Dolphins Thursday, June 16.

Jun 22, 2022 8:43 AM

Du Quoin finishes second at SISL Championships

The Marion Marlins won the Southern Illinois Swim League Championship for the first time in eight years Saturday at the Anna City Park pool

By Justin Walker Jul 31, 2018 1:43 AM

Marlins win SISL championship

The Marion Marlins won the Southern Illinois Swim League Championship for the first time in eight years Saturday at the Anna City Park pool

By Justin Walker Jul 31, 2018 5:10 AM

Saluki women swimmers, divers defeat Illinois and Illinois State

The Saluki women's swimming and diving traveled to Normal on Saturday and pulled out two big wins over Power-Five conference foe Illinois and Missouri Valley Conference rival Illinois State.

Submitted by Tony McDaniel/SIU Athletics Nov 1, 2017 3:59 PM

Marlins place fourth as host of SISL Championships

The weather was absolutely gorgeous Saturday as the Marion Marlins hosted the 2017 Southern Illinois Swim League Championships at the Ray Fosse Park swimming pool

By Justin Walker Aug 2, 2017 1:03 AM

SWIMMING: DHS's Cravens, Halstead compete at Sectional

Du Quoin High School swimmers Olivia Cravens and Madeline Halstead both competed this past weekend at the IHSA Girls Swimming & Diving Sectional in Springfield, and Cravens brought home a medal for her sixth place showing in the 100 yard freestyle out of 41 participants. Cravens was also ninth overall in the 50y freestyle out of 42 swimmers. Halstead was 26th in the 100y freestyle and 14th of 19 in the 500y freestyle. Cravens is pictured with her medal from the 100y freestyle.

Nov 18, 2015 12:58 AM

SWIMMING: Du Quoin repeats at SISL Championships

For the second straight year, and the fifth year in the last six, the Swimming Indians are champions of the Southern Illinois Swim League after beating out six other squads at Saturday's league championship meet at the Du Quoin Municipal Pool.Herrin held a slim lead about three-fourths of the way through the meet, but Du Quoin rallied late with wins in six of the ten freestyle relay races to finish with 601 points to the Tigersharks' 559. Salem was third with 427 points, followed by Marion (317.5), Anna (157), Mt. Vernon (98.5) and Carbondale (30).Four Swimming Indians brought home first place High Point honors for their age group - Mikah Montgomery (girls 7-8), Maddax Thompson (boys 7-8), Olivia Cravens (girls 13-14) and Paxton Higgerson (boys 13-14) - with ten others finishing in the top three, giving Du Quoin fourteen individual trophies along with their League Championship.Top-three finishers for the Indians included Kelby Funk (2nd, girls 6 & under), Mckenzie Eaton (3rd, girls 6 & under), Bryson McClanahan (2nd, boys 6 & under), Kallie Oestreicher (3rd, girls 7-8), A.J. Keith (2nd, boys 7-8), Adalyn Darnell (3rd, girls 9-10), Makoa Montgomery (2nd, girls 11-12), Meesha Montgomery (3rd, girls 11-12), Quinn Kirkpatrick (2nd, girls 15-18) and Caleb Gomes (3rd, boys 15-18).Nine Du Quoin team records also fell at the SISL Championships, including the girls 11-12 medley relay mark. Makoa Montgomery, Lauren Heape, Lindsey Gossman and Meesha Montgomery improved the Indians record they already held to 2:26.50, which is also a new SISL record. Two other Du Quoin relay records were set as well - the girls 7-8 medley (Claire Rose, Mikah Montgomery, Kallie Oestreicher, Ellee Green; 1:34.97) and the girls 15-18 medley (Quinn Kirkpatrick, Haley Kuhnert, Olivia Cravens, Maci Montgomery; 2:15.25).Cravens improved a pair of her records in the girls 13-14 division, swimming the 50 meter freestyle in 29.14 and the individual medley in 1:13.12. She won both of those events as well as the 100m freestyle. In the same girls 13-14 division, Amelia McLain bettered her team-best time in the backstroke to 33.91.Kirkpatrick set a new mark in the girls 15-18 butterfly at 31.72, finishing second. She was a winner in the 50m freestyle. Higgerson (boys 13-14; butterfly, 28.91) and Keith (boys 7-8; 25m freestyle, 17.59) also improved team records they already held.Other Du Quoin swimmers who won at least one event on Saturday include Oestreicher (25m freestyle), Mikah Montgomery (50m freestyle, breaststroke), Makoa Montgomery (50m freestyle, backstroke), Meesha Montgomery (100m freestyle), Haley Kuhnert (girls 15-18; breaststroke), Keith (25m freestyle, backstroke), Thompson (50m freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly) and Higgerson (breaststroke, butterfly, IM).Complete results for the Swimming Indians appear on the scoreboard page.

Doug Daniels Jul 28, 2015 12:28 AM