EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving teams will host Quincy University in a dual meet on Saturday, October 22, at 1pm at the USI Aquatic Center.
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USI Men
USI Men’s Swimming & Diving fell in their inaugural meet against Valparaiso University on October 1, 156-124. The Screaming Eagles captured their first-ever event victory in the first-ever event in program history by winning the 100-yard medley relay with a time of 1:37.92. The winning team was comprised of freshmen Colten Agdeppa (Redding, California), freshman Caleb Davis (Spring, Texas), freshman Gregory Benson (Plainfield, Indiana), and sophomore Payton Buse (Lynnville, Indiana).
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USI was victorious in five other events on the day. Freshman Carson Faley (Dixon, Illinois) won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:46.38. Agdeppa took home the win in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.65. Buse was victorious in the 50-yard freestyle with a final time of 21.71. The Eagles took back-to-back mens events as Gabriel Groves (New Carlisle, Indiana) took the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.04. Faley won his second event of the day as he took home the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:57.22.
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Freshman Lane Pollack (Boonville, Indiana) took both diving events on the day. Pollack took the 1-meter diving with a final score of 264.75 and the 3-meter diving with a score of 231.07. Pollack was named the Summit League TicketSmarter Peak Performance Diver of the Week after his performance against Valparaiso. He also competed against the University of Evansville on Octobter 14, placing second in both the 3-meter and 1-meter. In the 3-meter Pollack finished with a score of 216.53 and in the 1-meter he finished with a final score of 223.58.
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USI Women
USI Women’s Swimming & Diving earned their first-ever program victory over Valparaiso on October 1, 188-92. The Eagles would go on to win 14 out of the 16 total women’s events on the day. Freshmen Hannah Gardner (Bowling Green, Kentucky) and Sarah-Catherine Dawson (Prospect, Kentucky) led the team with three first-place finishes each. Gardner took the 100-yard breaststroke, 1:11.83, the 200-yard breaststroke, 2:34.20, and was a part of the 200-yard medley relay team, 1:53.78. Dawson joined Gardner on the 200-yard medley relay team while also taking the 100-yard butterfly, 1:00.85, and the 200-yard butterfly, 2:14.65.
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The other members of the 200-yard medley team included freshmen Makana Goss (Noblesville, Indiana) and Paige Neal (Owensboro, Kentucky). Goss also won the 200-yard backstroke, 2:14.30, and Neal took home the 50-yard freestyle, 25.74. USI had three other girls take home victories on the day. Freshman Mattilynn Smith (Morgantown, Kentucky) took both the 1000-yard freestyle, 11:00.85, and the 500-yard freestyle, 5:21.81. Freshman Adele Schnautz (Evansville, Indiana) took the 200-yard freestyle, 2:04.55, as well as the 200-yard IM, 2:17.08. Freshman Kate Hilgarth (Indianapolis, Indiana) took home the 100-yard backstroke for the Eagles with a time of 1:01.44.
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Freshman Autumn Turley (Hobart, Indiana) took home a pair of victories in diving for the Eagles. Turley took the 1-meter diving with a score of 173.40 and the 3-meter diving with a final score of 155.92. Against Evansville, Turley finished in third in both the 3-meter and 1-meter dives. She record a score of 149.03 in the 3-meter and a score of 162.90 in the 1-meter.
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Quincy Hawks
The Quincy Men’s Swimming team has competed in three meets this season. The Hawks fell to Lewis University, 151-43, and Saint Ambrose University (Iowa), 110-86, in their two dual meets. They also finished in second out of four teams at the University of Saint Mary (Kan.) Relays. The Quincy Women’s Swimming team has competed in the same three meets as the men. They fell to Lewis, 147-37, and Saint Ambrose, 145-42. The women also finished fifth out of five teams at the University of Saint Mary (Kan.) Relays.
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Tickets will be available at the door- $5 for adults 18+; $3 for ages 3-17; and those under 3 are free. USI students and employees are free. Doors will open at 11:30am, and the USI Aquatic Center’s Capacity is 285.
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