Results

ST. LOUIS – The divers on the men's and women's side earned victories as the University of Evansville swimming and diving teams opened up the spring season on Saturday at Saint Louis.
 
Cory Barnes and Miguel Marcano swept the top two spots in the 1-meter dive as Barnes won with a score of 256.58 while Marcano was credited with a 213.83 to take second.  Courtney Coverdale took top honors in the women's 1-meter as her score of 269.40 was almost 40 points better than her nearest competition.
 
Building off of her efforts over the break, Charlotte Lechner came home victorious in the 100 fly.  Lechner finished in 1:01.25, just over a half second ahead of second place.  Also earning a win was Michaela Kent, who paced the competition in the 100 backstroke.  She recorded a time of 1:00.15, 0.97 ahead of the runner-up.
 
Kent contributed to a 2^nd place finish in the 200 medley relay.  Joining her were Amy Smith, Kristen Myers and Mackenzie Harris as they swam a 1:51.71.  Myers came in second in an exciting race in the 50 free.  Her 25.14 put her in second, just 0.05 behind the winner of SLU.  She followed that up with a 27.05 in the 50 fly, good for her second runner-up finish of the day.  Harris registered a second place of her own as a 55.21 put her second in the 100 free.
 
Ethan O'Rourke had a strong day for the men.  Teaming up with Troy Burger, Matt Duke and Matt Childress, the four took second in the 200 medley with a 1:37.93.  O'Rourke also did well in the 50-yard backstroke, earning a second with his time of 25.02.  He wrapped up the day with another second place outing in the 100 back, posting a 53.06.  In the 100 fly, Prescott Marcy recorded another runner-up for the men, completing the race in 53.43.
 
In the final team results, the Billiken women finished with a 182-92 win while Saint Louis finished with a 205-76 win on the men's side.
 
Next up for the women is a meet at Illinois State on Friday at 5 p.m. while the men's next action will come on January 29 versus Ball State at Wyttenbach Pool.
 

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