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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...

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...

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...

Swim team is ready for House of Champs

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter November 15, 2017

The Eastern men’s and women’s swim teams have been training harder over the last two weeks since they have not had a meet. Despite the two weeks of not swimming against other schools, the Panther...

Freshman Gloria Gonzales swims the women’s 200-yard freestyle in the Panthers meet against Lewis Oct. 13 at the Padovan Pool. Gonzales came in fourth with a 2:06.29 finish.

Panthers prepared for Saturday’s meet

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter October 25, 2017

After a weekend’s rest, the Eastern men’s and women’s swim teams host Western and Butler on Saturday in hopes of continuing their win streaks. The Panthers have had two weeks of practice and have...

Members of the Eastern swim teams cheer on their teammates as they compete in their race. Eastern is 2-0 to start the season after a win against Lewis. Eastern has the weekend off from competition.

Eastern, Western used to close meets

Adam Shay, Swim Reporter October 18, 2017

The Eastern men and women’s swim team are on a two-meet win streak as they prepare for their meet against Western and Butler on Oct. 28. Over the past few years, the Panthers have lost to Western in...

Eastern swim teams to open at Valparaiso

Adam Shay, Swimming Reporter October 5, 2017

The Eastern men’s and women’s swim teams begin the season as the Panthers travel to Valparaiso this Saturday. Despite having losing records last season, both teams are ready to begin their season...

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