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Swimming And Diving Slated For Busy Senior Day Weekend Schedule
The Evansville swimming and diving teams have a busy schedule this weekend with the women on the road at Illinois State on Friday night, and both teams back at Wyttenbach on Saturday morning for a Senior Day matchup against Saint Louis.
The Illinois State meet will begin at 6 p.m. CT in Normal, Illinois, and the Saint Louis meet will begin at 1 p.m. with Senior Day events beginning at 12:45.
On the women’s last outing, they produced a victory over Eastern Illinois, winning every single event.
The 200 Medley Relay team of senior Sam Gowdy, junior Alaina Sylvester, senior Kristen Myers, and junior Emma Hennessy clocked a 1:50.05 for the top spot, while the B-Relay of junior Kristy Kupfer, senior Kaylee Gubricky, sophomore Kara Steward, and freshman Pearl Muensterman took 2nd with 1:53.88.
Junior Ashton Adams won the first individual event. Her 1000 freestyle performance resulted in a final time of 10:50.18, while sophomore Emily Lane took the runner up spot with a 11:12.55.
Senior Madi Jones grabbed the next win in the 200 freestyle, clocking in a 1:56.93. Freshman Nicolette Wickes snuck into 2nd place by a hundredth of a second with a time of 2:02.05. Jones also won the 100 freestyle with a final time of 54.64, with freshman Jessie Steele taking runner up in a 54.83.
Gowdy and Hennessy kept their winning momentum up in the 100 backstroke, taking 1st and 2nd with times of 59.15 and 1:01.69 respectively. Gowdy went on to win the 200 as well, clocking a 2:08.39, with Kupfer following in 2nd with a 2:09.42.
Sylvester took her turn on the individual podium as well, her 1:09.66 100 breaststroke taking the win. Sophomore Sarah Alexander and senior Sylvia McFadden completed the sweep with 1:12.39 and 1:13.63 respectively. Sylvester led another breaststroke sweep in the 200, finishing in a 2:31.63. Gubricky and McFadden clocked 2:36.63 and 2:38.96 respectively.
Myers and Steward continued their run to place 1st and 2nd in the 200 butterfly, clocking in a 2:08.16 and 2:11.10. Gubricky won the 50 freestyle with a 25.26. Steward then finished the 100 butterfly in a 59.88 for first place.
Freshman Emily Vasquez took the win in the 500 freestyle with a final time of 5:22.71, followed by senior Megan Schremp in 2nd with 5:27.64.
The women finished the night with a 1-2 finish in the 200 Freestyle Relay. Muensterman, Steele, Gubricky, and Hennessy teamed up to clock in a 1:41.12, while the B-Relay of Gowdy, Kupfer, Vasquez, and Jones came shortly in 2nd with a 1:42.44.
The men most recently competed at Ball State, also taking a win.
The men kicked of the evening with a win in the 200 Medley Relay. Sophomore Credence Pattinson, sophomore Eli James, and seniors Matt Duke and Jared Sutphin together clocked in a 1:35.62.
Freshman Ee Tan led an Aces sweep of the 1000 freestyle. He took the win at a 10:00.41, while fellow freshmen Oskar Menkhaus and David Killian followed in 2nd and 3rd with times of 10:02.07 and 10:06.20 respectively. Tan also won the 500 freestyle in a final time of 4:48.24. Sophomore Austin Smith placed a close 2nd with a 4:48.99. Tan took yet another win in the 200 IM, finishing in a 1:59.32.
Junior Brandt Hudson took the next win in the 200 freestyle, clocking in a 1:44.55. Smith took a close runner up with 1:44.81.
Pattinson took a definitive individual win in the 100 backstroke in a 52.18, over two seconds faster than 2nd place. He then took 1st in the 100 butterfly with a 51.60. James took his own victory with a 59.57 100 breaststroke. He also won the 200 breaststroke with a 2:12.90.
Junior Paul Cozzens took the top spot in the 200 butterfly, touching in at 1:59.01. Junior Zack Sagan followed up in a 2:01.32 while sophomore Ryan Wood clocked a 2:01.85 to finish the sweep.
Duke took his first individual win of the evening in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.55. Freshman Jacob Bailey placed 3rd with a 22.83. Sutphin won the 100 freestyle in a 48.63; Duke took a close 2nd with 48.84.
Hudson, Pattinson, Duke,and Sutphin teamed up to win the 400 Freestyle Relay, ending the evening in a 3:11.99.
Senior Miguel Marcano scored 254.55 on the 1-Meter to take 2nd place. He placed 4th on 3-Meter with 216.75 points.
Eagles Outpace Miners For Fourth Straight Win
Four players reached double-figures in the scoring column Thursday evening as University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball outpaced visiting Missouri University of Science & Technology, 76-61, in a Great Lakes Valley Conference tilt at the Physical Activities Center.
USI (14-4, 7-1 GLVC) trailed 21-19 early in the second quarter, but runs of 11-2 and 7-2 put the Eagles up, 39-30, heading into the intermission.
Missouri S&T (7-8, 3-5 GLVC) opened the second half with a quick basket and held the Eagles off the scoreboard for the first minute-and-a-half of the third quarter. Sophomore guard Kennedy Williams (Marshall, Illinois), however, broke the drought with a three-pointer, kick-starting a 10-0 USI surge that put the Eagles in front, 49-32, a little more than four minutes into the third period.
Williams, who had all 10 of her points in the second half, drained another three-pointer in the run as USI took control of the contest.
The Miners trimmed the deficit to 11 late in the third period, but a 7-0 run that featured a three-pointer by sophomore guard Emma Dehart (Indianapolis, Indiana) put USI up 59-41.
USI, which shot 42.6 percent from the field, extended its lead to as much as 23 points early in the fourth quarter before settling on the 16-point victory.
Head men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty suspended one game
McCarty will miss Saturday’s game at UNI
 Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Doug Elgin has announced that University of Evansville head men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty has been suspended for Saturday’s game at UNI following comments McCarty made that were critical of the officiating on the postgame radio show following Wednesday’s game at Drake.
“I accept full responsibility for what happened, I know the referees have a tough job and I let my emotions get the best of me,†McCarty said. “I apologize to the referees, the MVC and the University of Evansville community and our team. This is not the way I want to represent those groups and will use this as a learning tool for myself going forward.â€
McCarty will miss Saturday evening’s road game at UNI in Cedar Falls. He will be back on the sideline next week when the Aces return home to face Bradley on Wednesday evening.
Indiana federal courts work as funds dwindle amid shutdown
Marilyn Odendahl for www.theindianalawyer.com
In the Southern and Northern Indiana district courts, no workers have been furloughed and no pay periods have been skipped, but with the federal judiciary estimating it has funding only to sustain current levels of operations through the end of January, Hoosier jurisdictions are preparing for potential changes.
The partial government shutdown, which is now the longest in U.S. history, has forced the federal courts to dip into court filing fees and other available balances to continue functioning as normal. That funding stream has enabled the judiciary to extend operations through January, but the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts announced Jan. 22 that no further extensions are possible beyond Feb. 1.
If the government does not reopen before the end of the month, the federal courts will begin working under the terms of the Anti-Deficiency Act, which permits mission-critical work, including the activities related to the resolution of cases. Each court would determine the staff necessary to support its mission-critical work.
Indiana federal courthouses and courts have been open as normal since the partial government shutdown began Dec. 22, 2018. Both jurisdictions are making plans to keep working if funding lapses.
The Northern Indiana District Court has a plan for continued operations that is assessed weekly, according to the clerk of court Robert Trgovich. Noting the situation is subject to change, Trgovich said he believes the Northern District should be able to continue at full strength if the shutdown stretches into February.
However, while no court employees have been furloughed, the clerk’s office has delayed hiring more workers. The office, Trgovich said, is authorized to have a staff of 53. It currently has 40 and had been preparing to hire five more, but the process has been halted. Only one person had been hired prior to the shutdown and that individual has since agreed to wait until the impasse in Washington has ended before joining the clerk staff.
Likewise, the Southern Indiana District Court is preparing how it will move forward as the calendar turns to February, according to Doria Lynch, special projects administrator for the court.
Civil and criminal cases will continue to be opened and processed while hearings and trials will proceed as much as possible without interruption in the Southern District, Lynch said. Also, any employees performing such excepted activities will work without pay during the funding lapse and any furloughs that take place will be rotated among staff.
The potential impact on the federal courts is already disrupting plans for the one of the regional Indiana Mock Trial competitions. Although the contest in northwest Indiana has traditionally been held at the federal courthouse in Hammond, the Indiana Bar Foundation, which oversees the state’s mock trial program, is working on contingency plans so the Feb. 23 event can go on even if the courthouse is unavailable.
The bar foundation has been talking to another court and a school in the area about accommodating the mock trials, according to Collin Gruver, director of civic education programs at the IBF. The new space will have to have enough room for the estimated 60 students who will be coming from five schools in the area, including Hammond, Merrillville, and Valparaiso, along with their teachers, attorney coaches and volunteer judges.
Gruver said the bar foundation will have to choose the new location next week in order to ensure the contest can go on as scheduled.
“Obviously our desire if (the shutdown) ends soon, then we would gladly go back (to Hammond),†Gruver said, “because the kids, coaches, volunteers, everybody loves being in that courthouse.â€
House supports legislation to provide perinatal care for at-risk mothers
The Indiana House of Representatives today voted in favor of legislation co-authored by State Reps. Wendy McNamara (R-Evansville) and Holli Sullivan (R-Evansville) that would provide at-risk mothers with better access to health care and reduce Indiana’s infant mortality rate.
Under House Bill 1007, medical providers would check for signs of substance abuse in pregnant women through a consultation, referring women to substance abuse treatment programs as early as possible.
Sullivan said Indiana’s infant mortality rate is among the highest in the nation, and this legislation has the power to change that in supporting healthier mothers and babies.
“As author of the Safety PIN bill in 2015, I am thrilled to see that Evansville was a leader by participating in the grant program,†Sullivan said. “Southwest Indiana is now providing the state leadership in the innovative approach they fostered to help at-risk mothers, and are therefore helping reduce our state’s infant mortality rate.â€
The proposal would also establish a perinatal navigator pilot program, which would help connect expecting mothers with prenatal care and wrap-around services. The pilot program would be based off of Vanderburgh County’s Pre to 3 program, which is one of the most successful Safety PIN grant programs in the state. This free program was designed to provide consistent care for families from pregnancy until the baby reaches age three.
“Vanderburgh County health officials have worked extremely hard to provide the best services to at-risk mothers,†McNamara said. “Expanding this program to areas of the state with the highest infant mortality rates and least access to perinatal care is a primary goal and reason for this legislation.
Providing this care for expectant mothers and babies through proactive testing and treatments would decrease Hoosier infant mortality rates and potentially save lives.â€
McNamara said Indiana is continuing to work for better perinatal care for mothers and children, especially improving patient care for those at-risk of substance use disorder. This legislation would connect at-risk pregnant women with more obtainable resources and health care providers.
House Bill 1007 now moves to the Senate for consideration. Visit iga.in.gov to learn more.
Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana – South union employees ratify new labor agreement
Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana – South (Vectren) announced that its employee-members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 702 notified the company Tuesday evening that they have ratified a new three-year labor agreement. The approximately 300 employee-members of IBEW Local 702 serve natural gas and electric customers in southwestern Indiana.
Vectren and the IBEW had been in contract negotiations in advance of the expiration of the current contract, which was scheduled to expire June 30, 2019.
“We are pleased to have reached this agreement well in advance of the impending contract expiration,†said Lynnae Wilson, vice president of Vectren Energy Delivery. “The willingness of both parties to come to the table and finalize a contract shows our commitment to maintain a productive work partnership and continue to reliably and safely serve our customers.â€
The tentative agreement was finalized with union leadership in early-January and moved for a vote Tuesday evening.
Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana – South serves 144,000 electric customers and 111,000 natural gas customers in southwestern Indiana.
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