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LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
GALESBURG VOLLEYBALL
Streaks open play in Limestone tourney
BARTONVILLE — The Galesburg High School volleyball team opened play in the Limestone Tourney on Friday, and the Silver Streaks split a pair of matches.
Galesburg fell to Peoria Notre Dame 25-20, 17-25, 16-18 in its first match but the Streaks rebounded for a 13-25, 25-19, 15-9 win over LaSalle-Peru.
The Streaks held a 10-20 overall mark heading into the second day of the event, which took place Saturday.
COLLEGE SWIMMING
Monmouth wins every relay vs. Knox
MONMOUTH — The Monmouth College swimming team got back in the pool for the first time in 20 months, paid tribute to their former coach Tom Burek, and swept Knox on the scoreboard.
The women won 177-54 while the men beat Knox 113-29.
The season-opening match began with a moment of silence and remembrance for Burek, who passed away from COVID-19 last December. The Scots will honor Burek next Saturday with the unveiling of a memorial plaque at a Homecoming ceremony and his family will be in attendance.
The Scots immediately took control of the meet with a women’s win in the 200-yard medley relay while the men competed solo in their relay, taking all the points. The wins continued to pile up for the Scots as Monmouth won each of the first 12 events before Knox won the women’s 100-yard freestyle.
The only men’s event won by the Prairie Fire was the 100-yard backstroke. Monmouth won every relay on the night and won five of the final six individual women’s races as well, the exception being the 50-yard butterfly.
Individually, the Scots’ women had five different event winners while the men had four. On the women’s side, Brooke McCormick won three individual events: the 100-yard butterfly, the 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard individual medley. Jaidlyn Sellers won the 50-yard backstroke and the 100-yard backstroke while Katie Oberheu won the 50-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard breaststroke. Lauren Fulscher won the 50-yard freestyle and Marissa Logan won the 200-yard freestyle.
On the men’s side for Monmouth, Camden Schmidt took first place in three events: the 50-yard breaststroke, 100-yard breaststroke and 50-yard butterfly. Trevor Davis, Tristan Kennon and Finn VanDyke each won two events. Davis won the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle. Kennon won the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard individual medley. VanDyke won the 50-yard freestyle, 50-yard backstroke and 100-yard backstroke.
Knox’s Alyssa Stringer had a strong first college meet, picking up wins in the 50 fly (:31.54) and 100 free (1:01.51). She also placed a close second in the 50 free (:27.54), getting beat by just .12 secconds.
The Prairie Fire’s Rachel Schonfeld picked up three second place finishes in the 50 back (:32.01), 100 back (1:09.90), and the 100 IM (1:13.58).
Stringer and Schonfeld also teamed up with Kiely Thompson and Scout Nguyen for a second place finish in the 200 Medley Relay.
Knox’s Joe Pederson placed first in the 100 back (1:05.44). He also earned second place finishes in the 100 IM (1:03.95) and 200 free (2:06.87).
The Fire’s Eita Ueda picked up a pair of second place finishes in the 50 breast (:36.39) and the 100 free (1:02.32)
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