The University of Evansville’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams closed out the regular season with a strong performance at Southern Illinois, Saturday afternoon.
Zeke Metz earned an event title in the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:45.66 time, while Austin Smith took third with a 4:49.11 event finish.
Ee E Tan posted a second place 1000-yard freestyle time of 9:53.02, while Samad Abu-Shamab took fifth in the event at 10:32.25.
Sonsoles Aguayo captured second place at 1:57.68 in the 200-yard freestyle, while Andrea Ramis (2:01.13) and Sarah Jans (2:02.11) took fifth and sixth respectively in the event.
Paul Cozzens took down a 1:57.70 200-yard IM time finishing in second, while also taking fifth place in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:03.58.
Alaina Sylvester (1:09.38), Sage Moore (1:10.56) and Allison McDonald (1:11.44) took second through fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke.
In diving Fae Keighley took fourth place on the 3-meter board with a 224.70 score, while Maggie Franz earned third in 1-meter with a 237.89 score.
The Purple Aces now ready for the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Championship, Feb. 19-22 held in Columbia, Mo., while the men will set for the Mid-American Conference Championship March 4-7 back in Carbondale, Ill.
