CARBONDALE, Ill. – The men's swimming and diving team continued the 2017 MAC Championship today with more season best times.

"I am very excited for Miguel. He did a great job of diving today and helped score some valuable points," said head coach Rickey Perkins. "I am also happy with the 200 freestyle relay. The guys swam a season best time. Overall it was a decent first day. We had a lot of best times and we are a little better at this point in the meet that we were last year. Our goal for tomorrow is to be better than what we were today."

Sophomore diver Miguel Marcano led the Aces with a 16^th place finish in the 1-Meter with a final score of 200.95 to earn points for Evansville.

In the 200 Freestyle Relay, sophomores Matt Duke and Jared Sutphin, and seniors Matt Childress and Everett Plocek clocked in a season best time of 1:24.63 for seventh place.

The Aces saw a number of season best times fall in this morning's preliminaries. Freshman Brandt Hudson led the 500 freestyle swimmers with a 21^st place finishing 4:38.07, a season best time by nearly 3 and a half seconds. Freshman Zack Sagan took the win in his heat with a season best 4:41.91, a season best by 17 and a half seconds. Sophomore Blake Wheeler followed with a 4:43.04, an 11 second improvement. Senior Andrew Cotton took the final season best in the 500 with a one second improvement at 4:48.64.

In the 200 IM, junior Brendan Ninneman took home a season best by over four seconds with a 1:59.47. Sophomore Derek Stauder followed closely with a 1:59.61, a nearly seven second improvement. Keystone Marcy brought up the rear with a 2:03.94, his seed time a 2:11.75.

Sophomore Matt Duke led the Aces in the 50 freestyle with a half second drop at 21.19. He outtouched a two-way tie at 21.20 for 20^th place. Senior and junior Matt Childress and Gabe James took part in their own tie at a 21.93, both season best times. Junior Prescott Marcy also reached a new mark at 21.66.

The Aces currently sit in seventh place at 75 points, a mere second behind Ball State. Missouri State takes the lead at 248 points.

The Aces return to Shea Natatorium tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. CST with the 200 freestyle, the 100s of the strokes, and 3-Meter diving.

 

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