EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women's swimming and diving squad is back at home tomorrow for a quad meet against Indiana State, Butler, and Little Rock.
Competition will take place at Wyttenbach Pool at 1p.m. CST on Saturday.
At the Aces' last competition at the Indiana Intercollegiate at Purdue, the women took a 2
nd place finish out of seven teams.
Senior Danielle Freeman took top marks in both her individual events. She took the 200 freestyle title by over 3 seconds for a final 1:56.24. Sophomore Kristy Kupfer followed with a 2:00.90 for 4
th place, while sophomore Emma Hennessy snagged 5
th with a 2:01.50. Additionally, Freeman took another decisive win with a 52.57 100 freestyle. Junior Madi Jones came in 3
rd place with a 54.79. Freeman also teamed up with sophomore Emma Hennessy, junior Sam Gowdy, and Jones to clock in a 1:39.26 200 Freestyle Relay, good for 2nd place. Freeman's split of 23.36 was the fastest in the race, and was over a second faster than Ball State's Peighton Gilbert's winning individual 50 freestyle time of 24.55.
Jones also played an important role in the afternoon's relays. She teamed up with freshman Kasey O'Rourke, sophomore Alaina Sylvester, and junior Kristen Myers in the 200 Medley Relay to clock in a 3
rdplace finishing 1:53.49. Additionally, she joined freshmen Andrea Ramis and Jenna Krolikowski, and sophomore Ashton Adams in the 200 freestyle relay to take 4
th place with a 1:42.87.
Sylvester also performed well individually in the 100 breaststroke, finishing in 1:08.95 for 2
nd place. Myers took a 4
th place finish for the Aces with a 59.54 in the 100 butterfly, followed by senior Kasey Rein in 6
th with a 1:00.21. Myers also took 5
th place in the 200 IM with a 2:18.06, following freshman Andrea Ramis' 2
nd place 2:13.95, and sophomore Shaina Weisberg's 4
th place 2:17.63.
Freshman Emily Lane and Adams rounded out the women's top 5 finishers with the 500 freestyle. They took 4
th and 5
th with 5:23.91 and 5:25.70 respectively.
Senior Courtney Coverdale took two 2
nd place finishes, 255.35 on 1-Meter and 244.05 on 3-Meter. Freshman Natalie Gerard took 3
rd place on 1-Meter with 205.85 points.
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