Women’s swimming and diving at home Saturday

0

In a meet featuring just the women, the University of Evansville swimming and diving team will take on Arkansas Little Rock beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning at Wyttenbach Pool.

 

It will be a 16-event long format that will include short relays and quick diving events.  Last weekend, the ladies earned a 164-114 win over Eastern Illinois.  Several played a pivotal hand in the win.

 

In the 200 yard medley relay event, Michaela Kent, Amy Smith, Charlotte Lechner and Mackenzie Harris swam a 1:51.04 to defeat EIU by 1.38 seconds. In the 100 back, Taylor Davidson was the winner, registering a 1:01.50 to win by over two seconds.  Davidson also recorded a win in the 200 back race as her 2:13.24 was 2.54 seconds ahead of the field.

 

Maja Magnusson was the top performer in the 1000 free.  She won by 19.34 seconds with her time of 11:03.10.  Madi Jones was the winner in the 200 free, dominating the field with her 1:59.47.  She won by nearly five seconds.  Magnusson also earned the win in the 500 free.  Her 5:25.76 in the distance was 6.94 seconds better than EIU.

 

UE earned another sweep in the 200 breaststroke event.  Amy Smith (2:31.96) was the top female while Troy Burger (2:12.79) was the leading swimmer for the men.  In the 100 fly, Jones led the ladies with her effort of 1:00.91.  The 200 free relay also went Evansville’s way as Jones, Magnusson, Harris and Kent led the way with a 1:40.10, taking the win by a half second.

In the dives, it was Courtney Coverdale picking up the victories.  Coverdale recorded a 278.40 in the 1-meter and followed that up with a 283.72 in the 3.