Swimming Completes Final Pre-Conference Competition at Butler Invitational

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The Valpo men’s and women’s swimming teams completed their final meet before heading to the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championships, traveling to the Butler Invitational in Fishers, Ind. on february 1, 2026.

How It Happened

• Five Valpo women won one event apiece on Sunday, highlighted by Natalie Eaton (Tulsa, Okla./Jenks) taking top honors in the 200 breast with a time of 2:25.52.
• Eaton’s swim led a Valpo sweep of the top three spots in the 200 breast. The Beacon women also achieved sweeps in three events – Bri Keese (Brighton, Colo./Brighton) touched the wall first in the 50 free (24.84) to lead a 1-2-3 Valpo finish, while Ally Unruh (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap) did the same in the 500 free with a winning time of 5:15.73.
• Valpo’s other event victories came from Kailyn benoit (Sussex, Wis./hamilton), who earned her win in the 200 fly with a time of 2:10.73, and Una Dizdarevic (bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park), who came home in front in the 100 free with a time of 54.37.
• A trio of Beacons led the team in a pair of individual events Sunday. Along with their event wins, Eaton paced the squad in the 100 breast (1:07.80) and Benoit led Valpo in the 100 fly (1:00.73), while Audrey Morgan (Villa Park, Ill./willowbrook) was Valpo’s fastest in the 200 free (1:55.64) and the 200 back (2:09.31).
• Mille Hayosh (Brighton, Mich./Brighton) swam a time of 18:11.57 in the 1650 free.
• on the men’s side, Valpo’s top individual finishes came from Evan Curran (Golden, Colo./Golden) and Gabe Vasquez (Houston, Texas/Memorial). Curran came home in second place in the 100 free (47.34) and also paced Valpo in the 200 free (1:41.49), while Vasquez took the runner-up spot in the 200 breast (2:07.39) and also led the beacons in the 100 breast (57.72).
• Caleb Smesko (Green, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) was the top Valpo swimmer in both backstroke events as well, posting times of 52.35 in the 100 back and 1:55.