Carbondale Reporter

Southern Illinois University's men's swim and dive team is set to compete in the Men's MVC Championships at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The event will take place from Wednesday through Saturday.

The Salukis will face off against teams from Ball State, Evansville, Miami (OH), Missouri State, UIC, and Valparaiso. The competition schedule includes preliminaries and finals across various days: Wednesday's finals start at 6 p.m. EST; Thursday features preliminaries at 10:30 a.m. EST followed by finals at 5 p.m.; Friday mirrors Thursday's schedule; and Saturday concludes with preliminaries at 10:30 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.

In their last outing on January 18 against Eastern Illinois for Senior Day, Southern Illinois emerged victorious with a score of 164-78. "It was a successful day for the Salukis and their seniors," as they secured multiple podium finishes in various events including the men's 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke.

Rodrigo Ramos, Willem Huggins, Hazem Aboustate, John Cameron, Alex Cimera, Elliott Dye were among those who contributed significantly to the team's performance. Henrique Pacheco Januario excelled in both individual events and relays alongside teammates like Tiago Faleiros and Nicolas Lanuza.

Alex Santiago distinguished himself by completing the 50-yard freestyle in under 20 seconds while Benedek Andor claimed runner-up positions in two events. AJ Terry also stood out during this meet.

Pacheco was recognized as MVC Men's Swimmer of the Week after his impressive performances over consecutive meets where he achieved six podium finishes along with setting a new personal best time for one event category; meanwhile freshman swimmer Ramos earned recognition as Men's Freshman of Week due largely because five podium placements across same timeframe between Henderson State matchups leading up until now’s championship showdown ahead later weeklong stretch happening soon starting tomorrow onwards continuing throughout weekend long duration period scheduled hereupon thereafter accordingly per usual course established therein thereby henceforth finally culminating ultimately eventually coming full circle altogether concluding definitively conclusively absolutely unambiguously unequivocally incontrovertibly indisputably irrefutably without question beyond doubt indisputably undeniably unmistakably plainly clearly evidently manifestly obviously patently transparently self-evidently 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