CARBONDALE, Ill. - McKendree University men's swimming and diving competed in its first meet of the year at Southern Illinois University on Oct. 6. The Bearcats defeated the Division I Salukis 160.5-137.5. The Bearcats will host Saint Louis University and Drury University this coming weekend Oct. 13-14 at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex.  

Against SIU, McKendree came away with nine first-place finishes, seven runners-up, and 11 third-place performances.  

Junior Jackson Lustig led the Bearcats with three victories on the day in the 200 butterfly (1:47.21), 100 butterfly (48.76), and 200 individual medley (1:54.88). Freshman Christian Davidson swept the freestyle distance events, taking first in the 1000 freestyle (9:31.07) and the 500 freestyle (4:38.14) in his collegiate debut. Senior Filipe Pinheiro captured wins in the 100 (56.32) and 200 breaststroke (2:06.02) events while freshman Come Jaegle rounded out the first-place performances in the 200 freestyle (1:39.90).  

McKendree took second place in seven events including two relays - the 200 medley relay featuring junior Patryk Rozenek, Pinheiro, Lustig, and sophomore Mario Perez Torrado (1:31.38) and the 200 freestyle relay comprised of senior Caleb Law, Rozenek, freshman Patrick Cramer, and freshman Tyson Upton (1:23.08). Individually, five different Bearcats touched in second place: Rozenek in the 100 backstroke (51.04), sophomore Noah Tague in the 200 breaststroke (1:53.24), sophomore Preston Troyer in the 500 freestyle (4:42.84), Law in the 50 freestyle (20.85), and Jaegle in the 100 freestyle (46.10).  

The Bearcats finished third in 11 events, beginning with the 200 medley relay team of senior DaVante Carey, Law, junior Alireza Yavari, and Upton (1:31.44) as well as the 200 freestyle relay of Jaegle, junior Leo Gandaria-Hernandez, junior Arthur Souza, and Carey (1:24.02). Junior Ethan Hanson finished third in both breaststroke events with a time of 59.00 in the 100 breaststroke and 2:09.88 in the 200 breaststroke. Yavari and sophomore Caden Brooks each captured two third-place finishes as Yavari competed in the 200 freestyle (1:41.45) and 200 individual medley (1:57.57) and Brooks swam in the 100 (51.33) and 200 (1:53.24) backstroke events. In the butterfly events, sophomore Joey Ovanic took third in the 100 butterfly (50.63) while freshman Archie Minto was the second runner-up in the 200 butterfly (1:50.50). Rounding out the third-placers was senior Chance Conde in the 1000 freestyle (9:51.39).  

McKendree Results (1st-8th Place):  

200 Yard Medley Relay  
2nd – Rozenek, Pinheiro, Lustig, Perez Torrado - 1:31.38 
3rd – Carey, Law, Yavari, Upton - 1:31.44 
5th – Abram Hagedorn, Tague, Ovanic, Souza - 1.33.99 
6th – Colton Grimes, Hanson, Khatkovyy, Cramer - 1:34.87 

1000 Yard Freestyle 
1st – Davidson - 9:31.07 
3rd – Conde - 9:51.39 
4th – Troyer - 9:54.04 
6th – Michael Stooke - 10:03.81 
8th - Mason Enthoven – 10:12.88 

200 Yard Freestyle  
1st – Jaegle - 1:39.90 
3rd – Yavari - 1:41.45 
4th – Gandaria-Hernandez - 1:41.74 
7th – Souza - 1:46.87 

100 Yard Backstroke 
2nd – Rozenek - 51.04 
3rd – Brooks - 51.33 
4th – Carey - 51.61 
7th – Hagedorn - 52.66 

100 Yard Breaststroke  
1st – Pinheiro - 56.32 
3rd – Hanson - 59.00 
4th – Tague - 59.60 
6th – Neill Mauss - 1:01.33 
7th – Nathan Pollard - 1:03.99 
8th – Owen Brubaker - 1:04.46 

200 Yard Butterfly  
1st – Lustig - 1:47.21 
3rd – Minto - 1:50.50 
6th – Wyatt Kurtz - 1:57.52 
8th – Miles Fleischer - 2:06.46 

50 Yard Freestyle 
T2nd – Law - 20.85 
4th – Perez Torrado - 21.32 
5th – Upton - 21.34 
8th – Nick Khatkovyy - 22.28 

1 Meter Diving  
4th – Xander McWhorter 161.03 

100 Yard Freestyle 
2nd - Jaegle - 46.10 
5th – Gandaria-Hernandez - 46.54 
7th – Yavari - 47.36 
8th – Cramer - 47.62 

200 Yard Backstroke 
1st – Rozenek - 1:50.28 
3rd – Brooks - 1:53.24 
5th – Hagedorn - 1:55.95 
7th – Kadence Griffin - 2:02.08 

200 Yard Breaststroke 
1st – Pinheiro - 2:06.02 
2nd – Tague - 2:09.88 
3rd – Hanson - 2:10.54 
6th – Mauss 2:15.18 

500 Yard Freestyle 
1st – Davidson - 4:38.14 
2nd – Troyer - 4:42.84 
5th – Conde - 4:46.61 
7th - Michael Stooke - 4:49.92 
8th - Spencer Meyers - 4:50.21 

100 Yard Butterfly  
1st – Lustig - 48.76 
3rd – Ovanic - 50.63 
5th – Carey - 50.79 
6th – Minto - 51.74 

3 Meter Diving 
4th - McWhorter - 162.00 

200 Yard Individual Medley  
1st – Lustig - 1:54.88 
3rd – Yavari - 1:57.57 
4th – Minto - 1:58.22 
6th – Troyer - 1:58.88 

200 Yard Freestyle Relay  
2nd – Law, Rozenek, Cramer, Upton - 1:23.08 
3rd – Jaegle, Leo, Souza, Carey - 1:24.02 
4th – Khatkovyy, Ovanic, Hagedorn, Brotherton - 1:25.27 
7th – Moseley, Samuel Davey, Grimes, Matthew Stooke - 1:27.30 
8th – Troyer, Meyers, Mauss, Brubaker - 1:31.60 

Team Results 
McKendree – 160.5 
SIU – 137.5