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CARBONDALE, ILL. - This week the men's swimming and diving team will host the Mid-American Conference Championships starting Wednesday and going through Saturday. Southern Illinois University is one of seven teams in the field looking to grab the title.

Last season the Salukis finished in fourth place at the championships. SIU won four titles during the four-day meet and three members of the 2017 team were apart of the title wins. Andre Brilhante was apart of both championship relay teams (200-yard freestyle relay & 400-yard medley relay), Bobby Wood swam the second leg in the 400-yard medley relay, and Filippo Dell'Olio captured an individual title in the 200-yard butterfly for the Salukis.

Over the course of the season the men's team have competed in seven meets. Southern was last in action nearly a month ago at the Butler Invite. SIU took first of six teams at the meet, scoring 50 points better than the second place team. After the Butler meet SIU had 18 top ten times in the MAC, spread across 13 different events. For all the top times in the MAC this season click here.

Going into this year's championships the favorite is Eastern Michigan. The Eagles won the title last year when they hosted in Ypsilanti, Michigan by more than 100 points. University at Buffalo finished in second place, followed by Missouri State and Southern. EMU received three of the seven first place votes in the pre-championship poll for the 2016-17 season and are favored to repeat. Buffalo was close behind them with two, and MSU came in third receiving the final vote.

For more information about this year's championships click here to go to the MAC's championship central page. Live scoring can be seen in the Meet Mobile app ($) and results from every race will be posted in the MAC Championships tab at the top of the page. The doors will open one hour prior to every session for the general public.

FULL SCHEDULE

Day 1 - Wednesday, March 1
Finals 7 p.m.
200-yard Medley Relay
30 minute break
800-yard Freestyle Relay

Day 2 - Thursday, March 2
Preliminaries 11 a.m. – Finals 7 p.m.
500-yard Freestyle
200-yard IM
50-yard Freestyle
1-Meter Dive
200-yard Freestyle Relay

Day 3 - Friday, March 3
Preliminaries 11 a.m. – Finals 7 p.m.
400-yard IM
100-yard Butterfly
200-yard Freestyle
100-yard Breaststroke
100-yard Backstroke
3-Meter Dive
400-yard Medley Relay

Day 4 - Saturday, March 4
Preliminaries 10 a.m. – Finals 5 p.m.
1650-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Breaststroke
200-yard Butterfly
3-Meter Dive
400-yard Freestyle Relay

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Andre Brilhante

Filippo Dell'Olio

Bobby Wood

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