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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Sophomore Rachel Manderscheid swims the backstroke leg of the women’s 200-yard individual medley against Western and Butler Oct. 2017. The Panthers open the Summit League Championships Wednesday Sioux Falls, S.D.

Swimmers confident going into conference

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter February 13, 2018

The Eastern men’s and women’s swim team’s effort and hard work will be put to the test as they travel to Sioux Falls, S.D. for the Summit League Championship. As the Panthers leave Monday, they...

Senior Brandon Robbins swims the men’s 100-yard butterfly Jan. 20 at the Padovan Pool against Valparaiso. Robbins took third in the event with a time of 55.17 seconds. The Panthers are gearing up for the Summit League Championships.

Panthers seeking record championship

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter February 6, 2018

The Eastern men’s and women’s swim team have the weekend off before they conclude their season at the Summit League Championship. Last year at the championship, the Panthers finished their season...

Swimmers look back on their season

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter January 31, 2018

  As the Summit League Championship approaches, the Eastern men and women’s swim teams look back to the beginning of October at their accomplishments this season. Both swim teams have compiled...

Sophomore Julia Martin swims the women’s 100-yard backstroke against Valparaiso Jan. 20 at the Padovan Pool. Martin took third in the event. Eastern’s men and women lost to Saint Louis Saturday.

Panther swim teams lose at Saint Louis

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter January 28, 2018

The Eastern men’s and women’s swim team finished out their regular season against the Saint Louis Billikens and University Missouri-St. Louis as the Panther swim teams both took losses. The Billikens’...

Swimmers make final push to conference

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter January 25, 2018

After coming off a win against Evansville, the Eastern men’s and women’s swim teams will take on the Saint Louis Billikens Saturday. As the season winds down, both the men and women will finish the...

Senior Patrick Wood swims the backstroke leg of the men’s 200-yard relay Saturday against Valparaiso at the Padovan Pool. He said one thing that has made his senior year fun was being able to be on the team with his younger sister, freshman Lindsey Wood.

Senior swimmers reflect on Eastern careers

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter January 23, 2018

Now that the Eastern men and women swimmers have concluded their careers swimming at the Padovan pool, they have a chance look back at their collegiate careers. Panther swimmers have been a part of...

Senior Brandon Robbins swims the men’s 100-yard butterfly where he took third at 55.17 Saturday at the Padovan Pool. Eastern’s men and women both beat Valparaiso.

Seniors go out with wins against Valparaiso

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter January 21, 2018

  In the Eastern men and women’s swim teams’ final home meet of the season, both teams finished with victories against Valparaiso for a sweep on the season. Each team won their meets comfortably...

File photo | The Daily Eastern News Junior Lauren Oostman finishes her backstroke race Oct. 28 at Padovan Pool against Western Illinois. Oostman returned back to the pool Saturday at Evansville.

Oostman returns as Panthers lose

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter January 15, 2018

  With a little over a month break from meets, the Eastern men and women’s swim teams both fell short to Evansville on Saturday. Evansville defeated the men’s team 158-130, handing them...

Panther swimmers prepare for Saturday

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter January 11, 2018

After two weeks of practice, the Eastern men and women’s swim team are preparing for Saturday as they travel to Evansville, Indiana, for their first meet of 2018.  The Panther swimmers returned to...

Photo courtesy of Steve Fishman’s Facebook Fishman pictured here with his fiance Nikki Peck. Peckk and Fishman were engaged on Dec. 22.

Panther swimmer becomes engaged over break

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter January 9, 2018

For some Eastern men and women swimmers, they practiced over break; however, senior Steve Fishman only swam once, as he was busy celebrating his recent engagement. On Dec. 22, Fishman proposed to Nikki...

Sophomore Rachel Manderscheid swims the backstroke leg of the individual medley relay in the Panthers’ meet against Butler and Western Oct. 28 at the Padovan Pool.

Men’s team finishes second, women’s team third

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter December 3, 2017

The Eastern men’s and women’s swim team performed well at the Indiana State Relay Meet this weekend as the men’s team finished second and women’s team finished third. The women went up against...

Panther swimmers are excited for Saturday

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter November 30, 2017

  The Eastern men’s and women’s swim team’s meet this weekend is different compared to all the other meets this season because there are no individual swimming events. The meet will only...

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