Salukis improve on day two of Purdue Invite

Saturday, November 21

West Lafayette, Ind.

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Southern Illinois University

Purdue Invite

11/17/2017 | 7:59:00 | Swimming & Diving

26 Salukis advanced to the final round

By: Tony McDaniel, SIUSalukis.com

The Salukis improved on day two of the Purdue Invite with 26 student athletes reaching the Friday night's finals.

Three swimmers placed inside the top-20 overall in their events. Senior Joao Facciotti was 12^th in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 49.15. His preliminary time of 48.89 was the fastest for Southern this season. Junior Alex Netzel was 30^th in the same race.

In the women's 100-yard butterfly, junior Emma Brazeau and sophomore Rita Naude placed 15^th and 16^th respectively. Freshman Abbie Young and junior Audrey Snyder were 27^th and 28^th in the event.

In the women's 200-yard freestyle, senior Bryn Handley set a new MVC best time for the second-straight day with a time of 1:49.99.

In the women's 400-yard IM, Laura Carver was 16^th with a time of 4:27.63. Her prelim time of 4:24.65 was the best for Southern this season by more than five seconds. Five Salukis swam in the finals of the 400 IM, the most in any event for Southern today. Sophomores Payton Parman and Samantha Parsons were 20^th and 21^st. Sophomore Juliana Carvalho and freshman Brittany Scott were 30^th and 31^st.

On the men's side of the 400 IM, freshmen Sam Drew and Kyle Berquist both advanced to the finals. Drew placed 27^th and Berquist was 32^nd.

In the women's 200-yard breaststroke, sophomore Samantha Parsons finished 24^th and Junior Abby Kresal was 27^th and Carver was 30^th.

In the women's 100-yard backstroke, Naude was 24^th while Carvalho and Brazeau were 31^st and 32^nd. On the men's side of the same event, Alex Crawford swam the race with a time of 50.26 and finished 22^nd Facciotti was 30^th.

In diving, both of the Ji twins advanced to the one-meter diving finals. Beibei Ji finished ninth and Baobao Ji was 11^th.

The Purdue Invite concludes tomorrow with the final round of the event. The preliminary round begins at 9 a.m.