Mima Zaborska Breaks SIU School Record In Salukis’ Sweep of Evansville

Courtesy: Southern Illinois Athletics

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The Southern Illinois Salukis saw success in all relay events and a time trial broken record in a Missouri Valley and Mid-American Conference win over the University of Evansville, Friday afternoon. The men completed 11 events with a team tally of 134 points to 80, while the women finished with a posted 130 team points over the Purple Aces 80 points.

TOP PERFORMERS FROM THE SALUKI MEN

Cernek, Persson, Ransom, Yeap

• 400-Medley Relay (3:22.44)

Marc Avery

• 50-Free (21.00)
• 100-Free (46.69)

Adam Cernek

• 200-IM (1:51.24)
• 100-Back (49.29)

Terry Yang

• 500-Free (4:42.84)

Gustav Persson

• 100-Breast (57.00)

Csuvarszki, Avery, Chavez, Yeap

• 200-Free Relay (1:23.93)

TOP PERFORMERS FROM THE SALUKI WOMEN

Romero, Zaborska, Young, Forbord

• 400-Medley Relay (3:45.81)

Sierra Forbord

• 200-Free (1:51.56)
• 100-Free (51.73)

Ally Brown

• 3-Meter Dive (246.75 pts)

Abigail Young

• 100-Fly (57.44)

Lucia Romero

• 100-Back (55.68)

Mima Zaborska

• 100-Breast (1:02.54)

Romero, Jenkins, Scheiblein, Desmet

• 200-Free Relay (1:36.85)

MEET HIGHLIGHTS

Women’s Team:

The 400-medley and 200-free relay teams took first place wins in over three-second margins over the Evansville runner-ups.

MVC Elite-17 Award recipient, Sierra Forbord, took home two first-place titles in the women’s 100 and 200-freestyle.

Junior Abbey Desmet took runner-up to Evansville’s Jessie Steele by a narrow .03 seconds (24.63) in the 50-freestyle, inching closer to her personal record at 23.99.

Colorado-native, freshman Ally Brown, took the top spot for the Saluki women in the three-meter dive, earning 246.75 with the start of her collegiate career.

Freshman Mima Zaborska sprinted for first in the 100-breaststroke and broke the Saluki school record in the women’s 200 breaststroke (2:14.39), a time trial event at the end of the meet.

Men’s Team:
Freshmen Marc Avery, Donat Csuvarszki, and Will Chavez finished in the top three spots for the Salukis in the 50 and 100-freestyle events. Avery took the victory in both events (21.00 and 46.69), while Csuvarszki and Chavez flipped the two and three spot from the 50 to 100 freestyle.

2020 MAC Co-Swimmer-of-the-Year, Adam Cernek, took home wins in the 200-individual medley (1:51.24) and 100-backstroke (49.29) against the Purple Aces. The Slovakia native was the MAC Champion of the men’s 100 and 200 backstroke, and joined in the 400-medley winning relay along with Persson, Ransom, and Yeap.

Showcasing the strength of the Saluki newcomers, UC-Santa Barbara-transfer, Terry Yang took home first in the 500-freestyle at 4:42.84, while freshman Gustav Persson took the top spot in the 100-breaststroke (57.00) to finish out the individual events for Southern.

THOUGHTS FROM COACH HANSON

Reaction to today’s meet…
“It felt great to have them back in the water today. This was the first meet in a long time for some of these kids and everyone looked comfortable. It wasn’t perfect — we have a few things to work on but we got back at it in the second half and a good starting point for the rest of the season.”

On strength of freshman class…
“The men’s 50 and 100 free — we were back-to-back-to-back in the 1, 2, and 3 in spots all taken by freshman [Avery, Csuvarszki, Chavez]. It was great for them to have their first taste of college swimming today and shows the work we put in last semester.”

On Mima Zaborska’s new school record…
“She just missed the record for the 100 breast by a few seconds and wasn’t actually supposed to compete in the 200 today. It was an exciting moment for her, the whole team was on deck to cheer her on and definitely shows the strength of this freshman class and start of the season.”
NEXT UP

The Saluki men are back on the road to Muncie, Indiana to dual-meet MAC-opponent Ball State on Saturday, February 20.

Courtesy: Evansville Athletics

Final Results
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville Purple Aces took on visiting Southern Illinois swimming and diving team on Friday.

UE fell with a men’s score of 130-93 and the women’s 134-80.

Freshman, Jackson Caudill had another impressive weekend with a time of 9:42.16 in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing first.  Caudill also won the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.71).

Riccardo Di Domenico took two events. First, he set the fifth all-time school record and new pool record in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:40.10. Before winning the 100-yard butterfly (49.44), also a new pool record.

Sarah Jahns took the top spot in two events, the 1000-yard (10:22.72) with a new pool record and 500-yard freestyle (5:03.71).

Maya Cumming swam in the 200 IM with a time of 2:06.35, giving her first place. This time moved her to third all-time in the record books, also a new pool best.

Reed Slayden scored 161.1 on the 3-meter board, while Maggie Franz posted a 234.52 on the women’s side.

The Aces will get a second chance against the Salukis in Carbondale on March 19.

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