CARBONDALE, Ill.- The University of Evansville women's swimming and diving team traveled to Carbondale, Ill. on Wednesday to compete in the first day of the Missouri Valley Conference championships.
 
The 200-yard freestyle relay kicked off the finals with a seventh-place finish. Jessie Steele, Alexa Markl, Emily Vasquez, and Iryna Tsesiul swam the race with a time of 1:35.73.
 
Tsesiul and Steele were also both a part of the 400-medley relay along with their teammates Sage Moore and Maya Cunningham. The relay finished in fourth place with a time of 3:46.66.
 
Steele also swam in the 50-yard freestyle where she finished thirteenth (24.05).
 
Three Aces set personal records today. First was Sonsoles Aguayo. She swam the 500-yard freestyle in 5:04.43, coming in fourteenth place. This time put her name at seventh place in the Evansville record book.
 
Moore followed her lead in the 200-yard IM with an eighth-place finish (2:06.71).
 
Cunningham completed the personal record streak in the 200-yard IM, as well. She qualified for the B final where she earned fifteenth place in the event with a time of 2:06.63. Her performance earned her fifth place on the record books. She previously held ninth place with a time of 2:08.40.
 
On the 1-meter diving board Maggie Franz took ninth (223.25), Natalie Gerard (202.55) took 12th, Maddie Rollett (201.00) took 13^th and Sarah Kempf took 16^th (187.70).
 
The Aces return to Southern Illinois University's pool for day two of the championship. Preliminary trials begin at 10 a.m. CT, diving begins at 2 p.m. CT and finals begin at 5:30 p.m. CT.

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