Competition continues this weekend as the University of Evansville swimming and diving teams head to West Lafayette for the Indiana Intercollegiates on Saturday.
Set or a 12 p.m. start time, the meet will feature ten swimming events as well as 1 and 3 meter dives for both the men and women. Also taking part in the meet are: Ball State (women), DePauw, UIndy, IUPUI (diving), Purdue, Rose-Hulman, Valparaiso and Wabash.
Last weekend, the Aces swam at Missouri State and have been in preparations this week for their trip to Purdue.
A pair of freshmen have been strong so far for the Purple Aces. Matt Duke ranks 8th in the Mid-American Conference in the 50 free event while his efforts so far in the 100 free rank 20th in the league.
Madison Jones has four top ten rankings in the Missouri Valley Conference. She ranks 8th in both the 200 free and 200 fly while her time in the 1000 free has her 9th in the MVC and 10th in the 100 fly.
At MSU last Friday, Evansville had several notable finishes, performing exceptionally well in the shorter distances. Michaela Kent took second place in the 50 free, posting a 25.36. The men did well in the same event, taking second through fourth place, led by Matt Duke’s time of 21.78. Everett Plocek and Matt Childress followed. Kent did well in the 100 backstroke race, notching another runner-up finish at 1:00.46. Ethan O’Rourke did well in the men’s 100 backstroke event, swimming a 53.94, less than a second off the victor.
