Swim and Dive Males’s Group Falls to Purdue in First Meet After Winter Break

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For the primary time since earlier than the winter break, Southern Illinois swim and dive was in motion on Friday with a males’s meet at Purdue. Despite reaching a podium in practically each occasion, the Salukis ended up falling to the Boilermakers, 207-103.

How it Happened
Southern Illinois began the day with a silver medal within the 400-yard medley. Their first particular person podium end got here within the 200-yard IM, the place Benedek Andor was the runner-up. Southern’s first win of the day got here courtesy of Carter Ruthven within the 100-yard butterfly.

Moving to the 200-yard breaststroke, Maddax Thompson got here in second together with his time of two:00.26, and Willem Huggins rounded out the 200-yard backstroke podium. In the primary diving occasion of the day, Oliver Mebs got here in third within the 3-meter dive with a rating of 336.08.

The 1650-yard freestyle featured Tomáš Peciar ending second, and two Salukis, Alex Cimera and Rodrigo Ramos Chávez, cease on the 200-yard freestyle podium. Ruthven podiumed as soon as once more within the 200-yard butterfly, and Tiago Faleiros earned his first medal of the day after ending third within the 100-yard breaststroke.

Huggins claimed one other bronze medal within the 100-yard backstroke earlier than SIU swept the 100-yard freestyle podium due to Cimera, Ramos, and Andor. Southern claimed first and second within the 400-yard IM with Juraj Barcot and Nate Worsham for his or her last particular person medals, and the day closed with Southern’s 200-yard freestyle relay crew putting third.

Up Next
SIU is true again at it tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 10, with a house meet in opposition to Evansville and Indiana State’s girls’s solely crew. It can also be Senior Day for the Salukis. The meet begins at 1 p.m. whereas the Senior Day ceremony begins round 12:40 p.m.

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