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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—After a month off from competition, the University of Evansville men's swimming team will return to the pool this week beginning on Wednesday night, as the Purple Aces will take part in the 2022 Mid-American Conference Swimming & Diving Championships in Carbondale, Illinois.

UE last competed on January 28, when the Purple Aces traveled to Bloomington, Indiana to battle the fifth-ranked Hoosiers of Indiana University.  Now, after over a month of training, UE will compete in its biggest meet of the year.

"The guys are ready for this week's challenge," said UE head swimming coach Stuart Wilson.  "They have had a good month of training, and I really like where we are at right now heading into the MAC Championships.

"Now, it is just about focusing on the task at hand, and doing the job that we have trained all year for."

Evansville will be returning to a pool at Southern Illinois which treated the Purple Aces well in November, when UE took part in the A3 Performance Invitational hosted by SIU.  The UE men broke three school records at the A3 Performance Invitational, as sophomore Jackson Caudill (Mount Sterling, Ky./Montgomery County) broke both the 1,000- and 1,650-yard Freestyle records, while freshman Carlos Souto Vilas (A Coruna, Spain) and sophomore Alon Baer (Gesher Haziv, Israel) both topped the previous school record in the 100-yard Breaststroke.  In all, the UE men posted 13 program top ten times at the A3 Invitational.

"The pool in Carbondale is a very fast pool, and we should feel very comfortable competing there," said Wilson.  "Like I said, now is the time where we just need to focus on the task at hand, and let all of our hard work in training pay off."

The 2022 MAC Championships will feature men's teams from UE, SIU, Missouri State, Valparaiso, Ball State and Miami (OH).  The meet will begin Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. with finals in both the 200-yard Medley Relay and the 800-yard Freestyle Relay.