MINNEAPOLIS, Min. – The University of Southern Indiana Men's Swimming & Diving Team finished off their inaugural season with an eighth-place finish at the Summit League Championships. The Screaming Eagles finished the championships with an incredible 18 school records set. USI set records in 17 swim events with 12 being individual and five coming from relay events and set one diving record.
 
Individual:
Freshmen Carson Faley (Dixon, Illinois) led the way for the Eagles as he went on to set three school records during the event. Faley would set records in the 200 and 500-Yard Freestyles as well as the 200-Yard Butterfly. USI had three swimmers set two records each. Freshmen Creed Loy (Knoxville, Tennessee) and Caleb Davis (Spring, Texas) along with sophomore Payton Buse (Lynnville, Indiana) each had two record setting races each. Loy set records in the 400-Yard IM and the 1650-Yard Freestyle. Davis was dominate in the 100 and 200-Yard Breastroke races. Buse had record setting performances in the 50 and 100-Yard Freestyles.
 
Three more Eagles set an individual record. Freshmen Liam Murray (Indianapolis, Indiana), Connor Harden (Centennial, Colorado), and Colten Agdeppa (Redding, California) each set a new record in one event. Murray in the 200-Yard Backstroke, Harden in the 200-Yard IM, and Agdeppa in the 100-Yard Butterfly.
 
Relay Events:
The Eagles saw a new record set in all five of the relay events over the tournament, in both medley relays and all three freestyle relays. The 200-Yard Medley Relay team saw the likes of Buse and Davis along with freshmen Gabriel Groves (New Carlisle, Indiana) and Gregory Benson (Plainfield, Illinois). The grouping of Agdeppa, Buse, Davis, and Groves set records in both the 400-Yard Medley Relay and the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay. Agdeppa, Buse, Davis were joined by Faley to set the record in the 400-Yard Freestyle. Faley and Harden teamed up with freshmen Caleb Beaven (Newburgh, Indiana) and Jack Hannon (Lowell, Indiana) to take the record in the 800-Yard Freestyle.
 
Diving:
Junior Donnevun Banks (Evansville, Indiana) set a new school record in the three-meter dive, scoring a 245.70 and earning a 10th place finish. Banks would also earn a 13th place finish in the one-meter while freshman Lane Pollock (Boonville, Indiana) would take 13th in the three-meter and 14th in the one-meter.
 
Other Top Men's Finals Results:
 
1-Meter Diving: 211.90 pts (13th) - Banks
3-Meter Diving: 245.70 pts * (10th) - Banks
200-Yard Medley Relay: 1:33.34* (8th) – Groves, Davis, Benson, Buse
800-Yard Freestyle Relay: 6:59.71* (8th) – Faley, Hannon, Beaven, Harden
500-Yard Freestyle: 4:35.43* (18th) – Faley
50-Yard Freestyle: 21.05 (19th) – Buse
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: 1:23.62* (6th) – Groves, Davis, Agdeppa, Buse
100-Yard Butterfly: 50.61 (20th) – Agdeppa
200-Yard Freestyle: 1:41.04* (17th) – Faley
100-Yard Breaststroke: 57.38 (19th) – Davis
100-Yard Backstroke: 53.17 (22nd) – Groves
400-Yard Medley Relay: 3:25.90* (8th) – Groves, Davis, Agdeppa, Buse
100-Yard IM: 56.99 (23rd) – Freshman Colin Lee (Lakeland, Tennessee)
200-Yard Backstroke: 2:00.55 (20th) – Murray
100-Yard Freestyle: 47.05 (24th) – Buse
200-Yard Breaststroke: 2:11.84 (21st) – Davis
200-Yard Butterfly: 1:56.17* (14th) – Faley
1650-Yard Freestyle: 17:03.24* (20th) – Loy
400-Yard Freestyle Relay: 3:07.87* (8th) – Agdeppa, Faley, Davis, Buse
 
Team Standings
Men

1. University of Denver – 902 pts
2. Lindenwood University – 798.5
3. University of South Dakota – 546
4. South Dakota State University – 495
5. University of Nebraska Omaha – 345
6. University of St. Thomas – 242
7. Eastern Illinois University – 171.5
8. Southern Indiana – 137

 
*Denotes School Record