CARBONDALE, Ill.  –  Swimming and Diving traveled to Carbondale this morning for the final regular season meet of 2016-17. The Aces fought hard, but the Salukis took both wins.
 
The women posted a final score of 164-79, and the men 170-66.
 
"I'm happy with some of the performances we had today," said head coach Rickey Perkins. "At this point in the season we're really tired; these past two weeks we've been pushing hard. The women are in the middle of taper so they're really tired and don't have a good feel for the water right now. But the strokes are looking good. It's the small things we need to work on for conference: starts, turns, finishes. Other than that things are great. A little more rest and they will be awesome. Again, the men are super tired, working hard in the weight room—training has been incredible. A couple more weeks until the MAC Championships, and I think we're going to be ready for that."
 
Junior Danielle Freeman paced the women with a handful of individual wins. She took the 25 freestyle with a final time of 12.09. She continued to win the 50 butterfly by a margin of .02 seconds at a 26.64.

Senior Michaela Kent followed with a pair of second place finishes. She clocked in a 53. 27 in the 100 freestyle and 24.79 in the 50 freestyle. Sophomore Madi Jones stepped out of her comfort zone to take an effortless second place in the 500 freestyle at a 5:16.79. Freshman Ashton Adams followed for a fourth place 5:22.73, and fifth place sophomore Megan Schremp posted a 5:28.84.
 
Sophomore Sam Gowdy led the Aces in the 50 backstroke taking third place with a final time of 28. 36. Senior Taylor Davidson followed in fourth and freshman Kristy Kupfer in fifth at 28.57 and 29.16 respectively.
 
Freshman Alaina Sylvester took third place in the 50 breaststroke, dropping her seed time by nearly .4 seconds to finish at a 31.83. Also dropping time was junior Kayla Aitken with a sixth place finish 32.90 and sophomore Amy Smith with a seventh place 33.76.
 
The ladies finished the day with a win in the 100 Freestyle Relay. Freeman, sophomore Kaylee Gubricky, freshman Emma Hennessy, and Jones took a final time of 46.49.
 
Senior Everett Plocek led the way on the men's side. He posted a second place finish in the 50 freestyle with a 22.00. He continued on to the 100 freestyle with a third place finish at 47.95.
 
Freshman Brandt Hudson earned another second place finish in the 200 backstroke. His time of 1:57.29 was followed by third place sophomore Blake Wheeler's 2:00.54 and fourth place junior Blake Ninneman's 2:06.29.
 
Sophomore Jared Sutphin clocked in a 10:18.64 1000 freestyle for third place. Freshman Zack Sagan and sophomore David Stoddard finished the race in fourth and fifth at 10:23.59 and 10:52.44 respectively.
 
Junior Dan O'Brien earned another third place finish for the Aces in the 200 freestyle, finishing in 1:49.74. Freshman Paul Cozzens took yet another third place finish in the 400 IM in a final time of 4:10.82. Cozzens stayed consistent in the 200 butterfly, his 1:58.50 good for third place.
 
The men's final 200 Freestyle Relay took second place. Sophomore Matt Duke, Hudson, junior Gabe James, and Plocek clocked in at 1:27.67
 
On the diving side, junior Courtney Coverdale posted a 244.35 1-Meter score for second place, while junior Kasey Rein took fifth with 157.28 and freshman Alyssa Vonder Haar's 147.68 was good for sixth. Coverdale took third on 3-Meter with a 233.17. Vonder Haar placed fifth with 152.17. Sophomore Miguel Marcano took a pair of wins for the men, scoring 275.83 on 3-Meter and 240.81 on 1-Meter.
 
Up next for the Aces are the championship meets. The women travel to Iowa City, IO for the Missouri Valley Conference Championships on February 15^th. The men return to Shea Natatorium for the SIU hosted Mid-American Conference on March 1^st.

 

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