The Butler swim team defeated Valparaiso 103-89 on Saturday afternoon. “I think the meet went pretty well, we finished the meet stronger than we have in the past,” freshman Allie Dvorchak said. “I was impressed on how our ladies performed with getting the win,” coach Maurice Stewart said. Stewart was especially impressed with how the…
Women’s swimming: success in classroom leads team
After beating only a handful of teams last year, the Butler women’s swim team faces a huge challenge in moving to the Atlantic 10 Conference this season. Despite the lingering competition, the non-scholarship squad has a positive outlook that it will have a good season, particularly in the classroom. “I think, at first, we were…
Swimming: Personal bests set in conference meet
The Butler swim team finished its season last weekend, placing eighth at the Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championships in Brown Deer, Wisc. The Bulldogs finished at the bottom of the pack, 13 points behind the seventh-place Valparaiso Crusaders. Butler scored 124 points in the meet, held from Wednesday to Saturday. Wisconsin-Milwaukee won the event…
Swimming: League meet begins today
The Butler swim team is in Wisconsin this week for the Horizon League Championships. Despite a few mid-season mishaps, the Bulldogs have been strong recently, winning their penultimate meet and coming in second place at their most recent contest, which was a triangular held at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. With such a young squad—there are…
Bulldogs record many season-bests
The Butler swim team made waves at the House of Champions Invitational with several season-best times. The team finished sixth out of nine teams in attendance. The meet, hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, marked the halfway point of a season that has been full of fast swims. Sophomore Lauren Lambrecht paced the team with…
Swimming: Bulldogs take second at IUPUI
The Butler swim team continued its red hot start this season with a second place finish at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Natatorium Friday night. The three-team meet saw the Bulldogs competing against Centre College and IUPUI. Butler took care of Centre College to place second in the contest. “Everyone is contributing to the team’s…
Swimming: Dawgs stop EIU
The Butler swim team continued its hot start with a win over Eastern Illinois last Friday. The Bulldogs took care of the Panthers by a score of 110-96, recording their second win in as many meets this season. Led by sophomore Lauren Lambrecht, who took home victories in the 200 individual medley and the 100…
Ring leads swim team at HL meet
At her first Horizon League championship meet, freshman Kaitie Ring wasted no time making her presence known to the rest of the league. Ring, who swam the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke, along with the 200-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard medley relay, the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay, had a meet full of…