Swimming and diving opens season at McKendree

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The 2025-26 marketing campaign begins on Saturday when the University of Evansville swimming and diving groups journey to McKendree for a 1:30 p.m. meet.
 
Both Purple Aces squads have a stable mixture of returning expertise to associate with proficient newcomers. The males return 13 from final season whereas including 10 to the group. Highlighting the returners are juniors Joseph Capo and Joao Pereira. Capo has established himself as one of many prime freestyle rivals in program historical past and ranks within the prime 10 in 4 occasions. He holds the three^rd-best time in each the 1000 and 1650 freestyle races. Pereira has excelled in breaststroke occasions. He holds the 4^th-fastest time within the UE file books within the 200 and ranks 10^th within the 100.
 
Evansville’s ladies return 11 from the 2024-25 marketing campaign to associate with eight newcomers. Juniors Rafaela Makariewicz and Rebecca Lago have made their marks on this system file e-book in simply two seasons. Makariewicz holds the 4^th-fastest time within the 100-breaststroke whereas rating 9^th within the 200. Lago holds the No. 6 time within the 100-free whereas rating 10^th within the 50-free.
 
McKendree is likely one of the prime faculties on the Division II stage. Last season the Bearcats males’s squad took third place on the NCAA DII National Championship, its greatest end in program historical past. The ladies earned a top-20 end on the National Championships, taking 17^th.