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Women’s Swim & Dive Wins Beloit Midseason Invitational

Titans take home seven wins on day two

11/22/2025 8:27:00 PM

BELOIT, Wis. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's swimming and diving team completed the second and final day of the Beloit Midseason Invitational, hosted by Beloit College Saturday, Nov. 22, recording seven wins on the evening. With 758 total points, the women's team won the invitational, notching their second invite win of the year. The men's team finished third in the field of five.

Kicking off day two with the 200-yard medley relay following prelims, the Titans took home first on the men's side, as the quartet of senior Jay Jenkins (Aurora, Ill.-West Aurora), and sophomores Ben Huk (Des Plaines, Ill.-Maine West), Jacob Nacional (Bolingbrook, Ill.-Bolingbrook), and Tate Thomas (Joliet, Ill.-Joliet West) touched at 1:40.83, beating Monmouth's relay by less than a second.

Huk clocked in with the fastest time in his career to win the 100-yard breaststroke, as he finished over a second ahead of the field (1:01.98).

Nacional collected a win in the 100-yard butterfly, as his time of 2:03.48 was eight seconds faster than the next finisher.

Jenkins registered a first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, as he touched in with a personal-best time of 54.64. The senior posted a runner-up effort in the 50-yard freestyle (22.21).

Thomas registered a top-three finish in the 200-yard freestyle, as his time of 1:47.26 was good for third.

Senior Natalie Porter (Danville, Ill.-Danville) and junior Claire Paule (Godfrey, Ill.-Alton) completed a one-two punch for the Titans in the 1650-yard freestyle to kick off the finals portion of the day. Porter clocked in at 18:20.54, while Paule finished behind her teammate with a time of 18:54.06.

Coming in as the third seed in the 400-yard individual medley, senior Kayleigh Kuschewski (Batavia, Ill.-Batavia) dropped an impressive 14.75 seconds off her time to take first in the event. Her time of 4:54.27 narrowly edged out Monmouth's Caitlyn Stewart, who finished .08 seconds behind. The Batavia, Ill. native took second in the 100 back, as she clocked in at 1:02.63.

The freshmen duo of Abby Schnittker (Lombard, Ill.-Willowbrook) and Ellen Hoover (Naperville, Ill.-Naperville Central) dazzled for the second straight day, as the pair posted a one-two finish in the 50-yard freestyle behind personal-best efforts. Both began the day with career-best times in the preliminary rounds, and then beat it once again in the finals. Schnittker took the crown behind a time of 25.31, while Hoover touched in at 26.04. Hoover followed up her personal-best performance by claiming a first-place finish in the 200 fly, touching in at 2:19.21, smashing her personal-best time by three seconds.

The women's team closed out the meet by claiming first in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Composed of Hoover, Porter, junior Julia Jozwiak (McHenry, Ill.-Wauconda), and Schnittker, the Titans came in three seconds ahead of the field (3:47.69).

Following Thanksgiving break, the Titans will travel to Wheaton College for the Wheaton Invite Friday-Saturday, Dec. 5-6.

IWU Individual Results (Prelims) Final
*indicates personal-best time

Women's 400 IM
1. Kayleigh Kuschewski, (5:09.02) 4:54.27

Men's 50 Free
2. Jay Jenkins, (22.33) 22.21
6. Tate Thomas, (23.42*) 23.44
7. Jacob Nacional, (23.50) 23.55

Women's 50 Free
1. Abby Schnittker, (25.46) 25.31*
5. Ellen Hoover, (26.38) 26.04*
t12. Isabella Cano, (26.93) 27.10
t12. Julia Jozwiak, (27.16) 27.10
xx. Libby Hamer, (28.47*)
xx. Julianna Boyle, (29.24)

Men's 100 Breast
1. Ben Huk, (1:03.18) 1:01.98*

Women's 100 Breast
11. Caroline Stenger, (1:18.22) 1:18.83

Men's 100 Back
1. Jay Jenkins, (54.71) 54.64*

Women's 100 Back
2. Kayleigh Kuschewski, (1:03.21) 1:02.63
4. Sam Borre (1:02.95), 1:03.32
6. Abby Schnittker (1:05.03), 1:05.58
7. Natalie Porter (1:06.03*), 1:07.70
8. Claire Paule (1:08.28), 1:08.48
12. Libby Hamer (1:13.02), 1:12.27

Men's 200 Free
3. Tate Thomas, (1:47.51) 1:47.36
5. Ben Huk (1:58.45), 1:52.42*

Women's 200 Free
4. Julia Jozwiak (2:07.87), 2:06.04
7. Sam Borre (2:07.77), 2:11.22
10. Isabella Cano (2:15.14*), 2:10.99
14. Emilee Spicer (2:18.20), 2:21.99

Men's 200 Fly
1. Jacob Nacional (2:06.33), 2:03.48

Women's 200 Fly
1. Ellen Hoover (2:21.77), 2:19.21*

Women's 1650 Free
1. Natalie Porter, 18:20.54
2. Claire Paule, 18:54.06
7. Julianna Boyle, 20:19.70
9. Emilee Spicer, 21:10.61
10. Caroline Stenger, 21:20.10

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