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.
