Meet begins at 11 a.m. CST
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In the second meet of the 2025-26 season the University of Evansville swimming and diving teams travel to West Lafayette, Ind. for the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate.
Along with host Purdue, the field includes Ball State, Butler (women), UE, Indiana Wesleyan, IU Indy, UIndy, Rose-Hulman, USI, Valparaiso, and Wabash (men). The order of events will be 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free, 50 Free, 100 IM, 100 Fly, 500 Free Relay, 100 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Free Relay, and the 1-meter & 3-meter dives.
UE opened the season last weekend at McKendree as the Purple Aces put up solid performances across the board. Chris Rector picked up a win for the men in the 200-IM. Posting a 2:00.85, he defeated teammate Joao Guiherme by close to five seconds. Rector was second in the 200-breasstroke (2:11.20) and added a third-place finish in the 100-breaststroke with his time of 1:044.14. The group of Michael Pruett, Alex Willis, Brendan Ulewicz, and Sammy McCall won the 400 free relay. They combined for a time of 3:11.62.
Willis took second place in the 50-free. Swimming a 21.76, he was 0.23 off the top time. He added a third place run in the 100-fly, finishing in 52.34. Ulewicz was fourth in the race. Pruett picked up a second-place finish in the 100-free race. He swam a 47.07.
Ane Madina, Claire Mewbourne, Evelyn Chin, and Grace Moody opened the day with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay. Their time of 1:47.26 was just over a second on top of second place. Making her debut with the Purple Aces, Moody continued her solid day with a victory in the 100-free. Her time of 52.50 was just 0.20 away from one of the top ten times in program history. She was the runner-up in the 50-free race, finishing in 24.38, just 0.01 off the winning time. Jadyn Dauphinais was third, finishing in 25.41.
Claire Mewbourne took the victory in the 200-IM. With a time of 2:12.27, she came in just under two seconds in front of her nearest competition. She posted runner-up finishes in the 100-breaststroke recording a time of 1:06.18 before adding another second in the 200-breaststroke (2:23.17).
