MACOMB, Ill.  -  The Western Illinois men's and women's swimming and diving teams defeated Eastern Illinois at Brophy Hall Pool.

On the women's side, the Westerwinds defeated the Panthers 187-110.

“The women swam very well tonight,” said Western Illinois head coach Sean Raffile. “We had quite a few season bests and even some career bests, that is very encouraging for where we are at this point in the season.”

The Westerwinds were paced by senior Shannon Nelson and junior Taylor Martin, who both swam well. Nelson won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:08.86 and the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:30.20. Martin won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.42 and finished second in the 100 breastsroke in a time of 1:10.02.

Martin and Nelson teamed with Alyssa Deffner and Amanda Smith took first-place in the 200-yard medley relay. Smith also won the 50-yard freestyle and took third in the 100-yard freestyle. Smith and Martin teamed with Kaley Rowe and Gabrielle Klinefelter took first in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:41.06.

Senior Amber Piercy won two races in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:53.67 and in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:24.74.

In women's diving, sophomore Molly Carrignan won the 1-meter diving event with a mark of 192.45 and the 3-meter diving event with a mark of 193.27. Senior Stephanie Roley finished third in the 1-meter event with a mark of 160.50

On the men's side, it came down to the last event to determine the winner. The men's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Jeff Davis, Phil Kurz, Mike Regan, and Brandon Wilkinson won the event with a time of 3:16.52 to defeat the Panthers, 150-143.

“On the men's side, they showed a lot of heart with the way they finished,” said Raffile. “I told the guys we need to stay in the dog fight all the way to the finish. The last 25 yards of the 400-yard relay by Jeff Davis finished with that type of mentality and left it all in the pool tonight.”

Sophomore Jeff Davis led the men's team with two first-place individual finishes in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:59.66 and in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:53.69. Jeff Davis also took second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:13.74 .

Sophomore Phil Kurz finished first in the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.66 and second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.78. Regan took first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:03.08.

Teammates Brandon Wilkinson and Seth Clayton both had a pair of second place finishes. Wilkinson finished the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.67 and the 100 freestyle with a time of 50.69. Clayton finished the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 57.37 and the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:02.36.

In diving, senior Eric Campbell finished first in the 1-meter event with a mark of 310-58 and in the 3-meter event with a mark of 290.43. Teammate Anthony Holzhauer took second in both events with marks of 297.07 in the 1-meter and 290.43 in the 3-meter.

The swimmers and divers will be back in action on Dec. 5 when they participate in the House of Champions meet in Indianapolis, Ind.