Day Two Results (M/W)
Day Two Diving Results

CARBONDALE, Ill. – The University of Evansville swimming and diving teams broke two more school records on Friday, as junior Maya Cunningham (Yakima, Wash./Eisenhower) and freshman Carlos Souto Vilas (A Coruna, Spain) both made school history at the A3 Performance Invitational hosted by Southern Illinois.

Cunningham lowered her own school record in the women's 400-yard IM by winning the event with a time of 4:27.16.  Souto Vilas, meanwhile, and sophomore Alon Baer (Gesher Haziv, Israel) both went below the previous UE record of 56.10 in the 100-yard breaststroke, as Souto Vilas swam a time of 55:74, while Baer went 55.77.  The two new school records are the second and third new records this weekend for UE, as freshman Sveva Brugnoli (Rome, Italy) broke the 200 IM record yesterday.

"Three school records and over 15 UE All-Time top 10 swims in the last two days is outstanding," said UE swimming and diving head coach Stuart Wilson.  "The team is really swimming with heart!

"I'm looking forward to finishing the meet on a great note tomorrow!"

Sophomore Iryna Tsesiul (Minsk, Belarus) nearly made history herself in the women's 100-yard backstroke, as she posted the second-fastest time in UE history with a mark of 55.61.  She finished just .12 off of Michaela Kent's 2017 school mark of 55.49. 

Souto Vilas also moved into fourth all-time at UE in the men's 400 IM, as he posted a time of 4:02.02.  Fellow freshman Daniel Santos Lopez (Madrid, Spain) had another strong day in the pool, as he became the fifth-fastest UE male in school history in the 100 back with a time of 50.05, and the sixth-fastest Ace in the 100 fly with a time of 49.33. 

Brugnoli moved up UE's all-time list in the women's 100-yard butterfly, as she moved into fourth place with a time of 56.36.  Junior Sarah Jahns (Lilburn, Ga./Parkview) also joined UE's top 10 fastest female swimmers in the 200-yard freestyle, as she now ranks 9^th all-time after posting a time of 1:53.42.

In diving, senior Maggie Franz (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) continued her strong weekend on the boards, as she placed third in the one-meter competition with a finals' mark of 249.90.  Sophomore Madison Rollett (Evansville, Ind./Reitz) and freshman Val Marx (Evansville, Ind./Reitz) finished right behind Franz in fourth and fifth respectively.

Evansville remains solidly in second place on both the men's and women's sides behind only host Southern Illinois.  UE will conclude action in the A3 Performance Invite on Saturday, with preliminary round races at 10 a.m. and final round competitions set for 4 p.m.