Evansville vs. Eastern Illinois
- Oct. 12, 2019
- Evansville, Indiana
- Men: Evansville def. EIU 121-79; Women: Evansville def. EIU 162-70
- Results
Courtesy: Evansville Athletics
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The University of Evansville men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams picked up a pair of team wins at home, Saturday afternoon against Eastern Illinois.
The women’s team took the win 162-70, while the men won 121-79. The two winning scores mark the first two home wins for first year head coach Stu Wilson.
Highlighting the meet was a pool record by Sarah Jahns in the 200-yard backstroke. Jahns first place finish, 2:04.53 was almost two seconds faster than the previous record set back in 2013. Jahns also added a second place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a 2:00.51 time.
Winning three events during the event was Paul Cozzens. The senior took first in the 200-yard IM (1:59.33), the 200-yard butterfly (1:57.34) and in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.87).
Sonsoles Aguayo took titles in the 100 (55.02) and 200-yard (1:57.31) freestyle, while also holding down the third leg of the 200-yard medley relay, helping the team earn first place.
Ashton Adams took first place in the 500 (5:23.93) and 1000-yard (11:00.97) freestyle races, while Maya Cunningham earned event championships in the 200 IM (2:12.55) and the 200 butterfly (2:09.93).
Natalie Gerad took first place in the 3-meter diving, while taking second in the 1-meter. Fae Keighley captured first in the 1-meter and second in the 3-meter.
Evansville is back in action next Friday (Oct. 18) as the Aces travel to McKendree University for a dual.
Courtesy: Eastern Illinois Athletics
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Eastern Illinois men’s & women’s swimming teams hit the road this weekend as they took on Evansville. The men and women both went head-to-head with the Purple Aces. The men lost to Evansville 79-121 and the women lost 70-162.
The men’s unit had a strong showing all throughout the meet. Scott House won the 100-free with a time of 46.46 which was just off his time from last weekend. Forrest Baumgartner won the 50-free with a time of 21.71.
The men swept the 200-breaststroke with Jarod Farrow leading the pack with a time of 2:15.14. Reese Latto was right behind with a time of 2:18.95 and then Race Archibald with a time of 2:23.09.
In the 200-free relay EIU went one and two with the first EIU team winning with a time of 1:26.97 and the second team with a time of 1:36.59. In the 200-medley relay the Panthers took second place with a time of 1:38.91.
Other top three finishers for the men are, Scott House in the 200-free with a time of 1:44.38 to place third, Austin Kueck in the 200-butterfly with a time of 2:00.59, in the 200-backstroke Ethan Dolan took second with a time of 1:59.74 and in the 500-free Jarod Farrow placed third with a time of 4:57.73.
On the women’s side, Jessica Harris had a great race in the 500-free and placed second with a time of 5:24.91. She also was a part of the EIU team that placed second in the 200-free relay.
In the 200-breaststrok the lady Panthers swept with Ashley Glesing leading the pack with a time of 2:30.85 which is just two seconds off of the All-time list at EIU. Rachel Manderscheid took second with a time of 2:40.11 and right behind her was Jaelyn Williams with a time of 2:47.80.
Other top three finishers for the women are, Ziv Marco in the 1000-free taking third with a time of 11:29.45, in the 200-free Sabrina Chu placed second with a time of 2:01.02; Lily Shafer took second in the 50-free with a time of 25. 86, in the 200-IM Kate Black placed third with a time of 2:18.38, in the 200-butterfly Julia Martin swam her way to third place with a time of 2:16.26, Sarah Lohman placed third in the 100-free with a time of 56.10.
In the 200-free relay the women went one and two; the first EIU team had a time of 1:41.94 while the second team had a time of 1:51.28. In the 200-medley relay the EIU team place third with a time of 1:53.73.
The EIU men’s & women’s swimming teams will return to action on the road against Saint Louis on Saturday (Oct. 19) at 1 p.m.
