EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men's swimming and diving team kicked off the Mid-American Conference championship in Oxford, Ohio.
 
The 200-yard freestyle relay, consisting of Jackson Kennedy, Credence Pattinson, Diego Navarro, and Eli James, started the meet off with a 5^th place finish and a time of 1:24.27.
 
Pattinson and Kennedy also swam in the 50-yard freestyle. Pattinson finished in 14th (21.12) and Kennedy finished in 16th (21.19).
 
Grant Kay and Jackson Caudill competed in the 500-yard freestyle and finished in 12th (4:35.07) and 13th (4:35.56) place, respectively. Austin Smith also competed in the 500-yard freestyle final finishing in 15^th place at 4:36.44.
 
The 200-yard IM was swam by Zeke Metz and Griffin Hammet. Metz placed 12 (1:52.26) and Hammet placed 16th (1:54.49).
 
Reed Slayden placed 10th in the one-meter dive with a score of 197.2.
 
The Aces return to the pool tomorrow at 9:30a.m. CT for preliminary trials and 5:30p.m. CT for the finals.
 

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