Final Results

CARBONDALE, Ill. – In the final regular-season meet of the season, the University of Evansville swimming and diving teams fell at Southern Illinois on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Purple Aces women fell by a final of 191-46 while the men dropped their meet by a 179-62 score.
 
Michaela Kent was the top performer of the day, earning the win in the 50 backstroke with a time of 27.35.  She also grabbed a pair of 3^rd place efforts in the 25 and 50 free races.  Her time in the 25 free was a 16.40 while she checked in with a 24.82 in the 50 free. 
 
In the 50 free, Kaylee Gubricky had a solid 4^th place finish with a time of 25.72.
 
Adrianne Gamester, Jessi Hildebrand, Maja Magnusson and Megan Schremp combined to take third in the 100 free relay as they swam a time of 49.94.
 
On the men's side, Ethan O'Rourke had a strong day, taking 4^th in the 50 free, swimming a 22.04.  Matt Childress was just behind him with a 22.32 to take 5^th.
 
O'Rourke combined with Jared Sutphin, Childress and Everett Plocek to take second in the 200 free relay.
 
Diving excelled on Saturday as Cory Barnes picked up two victories.  In the 1-meter dive, he won with a score of 249.60 while his 3-meter victory was a 223.05.  Courtney Coverdale took third place in both dives.  In the 1-meter, her score was a 238.72 while she was credited with a 232.50 in the 3-meter.
 
Next up for the Aces are their conference championships.  The women travel to the Missouri Valley Conference championship in Carbondale from February 17-20 while the men head to Ypsilanti, Mich. for the Mid-American Conference championship from March 2-5.
 

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