EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Saturday's meet saw a pair of freshmen highlight the day for the University of Evansville swimming and diving teams. Grace Moody picked up two individual victories while Alex Willis added a win and runner-up effort was the Purple Aces took on USI and Indiana State. The Sycamores only compete on the women's side.
Results
Moody earned wins in the 50-free and 100-free races. She swam a 23.80 in the 50-free to win by 0.72. Jillian Giese was third with a 24.63. Moody's tie was just 0.07 off the 10
th-best time in program history. She followed that up with a victory in the 100-free with a time of 51.56. Her finish marked the #6 time in the UE record books. On top of her individual performances, Moody contributed to victories in the 200-medley relay and 200-free relay.
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Willis took top honors in the 100-fly. His time of 50.97 bested the competition by 0.15. Brendan Ulewicz took third in the race with a finish of 52.82. In the 200-fly, Willis took second place with a 1:53.45. The time put him 10
th in the Evansville all-time list. He was just over a second off the winning time.
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Claire Mewbourne was victorious in the 200-breaststroke. She swam a 2:25.21 to win by 0.41. Giese took fourth in the race. Mewbourne picked up a 3
rd-place finish in the 100-breaststroke. Her time of 1:06.44 was 0.40 behind second place. Evelyn Chin took top honors in the 100-fly. Her 56.25 was 1.15 in front of second place.
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Ane Madina took a podium in the 100-back. Swimming a 59.50, she placed third just 0.51 off the top time. Jillian Giese earned her top finish of the day in the 200-IM. Completing the race in 2:10.66, she was just over two seconds off the top time.
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Joseph Capo was victorious in the 200-free. He swam a 1:41.62 to win by well over a second. Tyler Jackson took fourth in the race (1:45.71) while Carter Bolling placed sixth (1:47.20). Capo added his second win of the day in the 500-free. Posting a time of 4:43.39, Capo won by close to six seconds. Wyatt Gallas was third while Tyler Jackson finished fourth.
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Logan Tenison was victorious in the 100-backstroke. Recording a 50.69, Tenison won by just under a full second while setting the No. 10 time in program history. Boris Tavrovsky rounded out the top five in the event with a 55.03. Tenison added another win in the 200-backstroke registering a finish of 1:54.69 to win by close to two seconds. Tavrovsky placed third (2:03.22).
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Sammy McCall and Michael Pruett helped UE take a 1-2 finish in the 100-free. McCall finished in 46.58 while Pruett was 0.14 behind.
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Luke Cook earned a podium finish in the 1000-free. His 10:16.46 saw him finish just ahead of Bryce Ryan (10:16.53). Jesse Montano and Chris Rector took second and third in the 100-breaststroke race. Their times finished at 57.30 and 57.83, respectively. Sammy McCall and Ulewicz matched the feat in the 50-free taking second and third. They finished in 21.16 and 21.68.
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Later, Rector and Montano rounded out the podium in opposite order in the 200-breaststroke. Rector was runner-up with a 2:07.66 while Montano placed third (2:09.84). Rector completed his day with a second in the 200-IM swimming a 1:57.76.
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The men fell to USI by a score of 172-126 while the ladies lost to the Screaming Eagles (161-134) and Sycamores (200-99).
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