EDWARDSVILLE - Laine Curry won twice as Edwardsville's girls swimming team swept all 12 events en route to the Southern Illinois girls high school swimming championship Thursday evening, Oct. 29, 2026, at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center.
The Tigers won the meet with 326 points, with O'Fallon placing second at 260 points, Granite City finished third at 118 points, Alton and Belleville Althoff Catholic tied for fourth with 97 points each, Father McGivney Catholic was sixth with 79 points, and Metro-East Lutheran was seventh with 18 points.
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It's the final regular season meet of the year for Edwardsville and the other teams, with the IHSA sectional meet coming up on Nov. 7 at the CFAC, with the state meet going Nov. 13-14 at the FMC Natatorium in Ty Warner Park in Westmont.
The Tigers began their sweep of the events with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, as the team of Aster Carson, Ashley Hong, Sidney Becker, and Vivian Lu won the race at 2:01.98, with O'Fallon finishing second at 2:02.94, and Edwardsville's B team placing third at 2:14.14. In the 200-yard freestyle, Morgan Mitton of the Tigers won the event at 2:01.10, with Claire Berger of the Griffins coming in second at 2:11.00, and Edwardsville's Karissa Osborn finishing third at 2:12.40. In the 200-yard individual medley, the winner was the Tigers' Alex Suhre at 2:12.15, with Ava Brown of the Panthers placing second at 2:30.76, and Josie Albert of the Warriors was third at 3:19.19.
IN the 50-yard freestyle, the winner was Laine Curry, with a time of 24.45 seconds, with teammate Greta Deist second at 24.58, and O'Fallon's Alexi Albertyn was third at 25.07 seconds. In the one-meter springboard diving competition, Edwardsville's Natalie Kaiser was the winner with 250.95 points, with teammate Zoey Ludwig second with 201.40 points, and Riley Edmundson completed the Tigers' sweep of the top three with 192.35 points. In the 100-yard butterfly, Deist won the race with a time of 1:00.07, with Brown in second at 1:02.70, and Berger was third at 1:08.10.
Suhre won her second race of the day by taking the 100-yard freestyle at 53.65 seconds, with Albertyn second at 54.74 seconds, and Reilly Curry of the Tigers was third at 55.42 seconds. Osborn won the 500-yard freestyle with time of 5:38.86, with O'Fallon's Lexi Stafford coming in second at 6:08.89, and Aurora Cothran of the Tigers was third at 6:23.08, The Edwardsville team of Reilly Curry, Deist, Suhre, and Laine Curry won the 200-yard freestyle relay with a clocking of 1:38.54, with the Tigers' B team finishing second at 1:47.57, and O'Fallon's A team was third at 1:48.63.
Laine Curry won her second race by taking home the 100-yard backstroke at 57.24 seconds, with Hong coming in second at 1:05,92, and Lucy Blankenship of O'Fallon took third at 1:09.08. In the 100-yard breaststroke, Magdalena Luitjohan of the Tigers won at 1:22.40, with Kate Riepe of O'Fallon second at 1:22.58, and Lily Wuller of the Crusaders finishing third at 1:25,75. In the final race of the meet, the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Edwardsville team of Reilly Curry, Deist, Suhre, and Laine Curry completed the team sweep of the event with the win at 3:42.24, with O'Fallon's A team coming in second at 4:07.03, and the Tigers' B team finishing third at 4:08.12.
