A top-podium finish for Luis De Oliveira in the 100 Yard Freestyle finals Luis De Oliveira highlighted the Incarnate Word Men's Swimming & Diving Team's effort during the final day of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Conference Championships.

De Oliveira swam the first 50 yards in 20.61 seconds and made the turn just 0.20 seconds behind the leader. The senior, however, swam the fastest closing 50 in the field, 22.40 seconds, touching the wall in 43.01 seconds and winning by 0.41 seconds. He was just 0.10 seconds off his career-best time in the event.

De Oliveira was also part of the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay team that took fifth in the MSPF Championships to close out the event. He teamed up with Ahmed Tork, Cheston Francis, and Derek Montoya to finish the relay in 2:59.81. Of note, De Oliveira improved upon his gold medal winning 100-yard time from his championship final earlier in the day, swimming his split in 42.94 seconds, the third fastest out of any of the relay competitors.

Max Likins opened the day by securing a 10th-place finish in the 1,650 Yard Freestyle, posting a time of 15:46.86 and earning points for the Cardinals. Okay Yildiz was also a point-getter in the event, finishing in 16:10.28 to place 16th.

Likins placed second in the 200 Yard Backstroke Consolation Final, posting a time of 1:46.35 to give the Cardinals another seven team points. Tristan Clark finished a little over a second after Likins, in 1:47.47, to take fifth in the consolation final, while two more Incarnate Word swimmers, Seth Lackey and Logan Graham, closed out the race in seventh and eighth place to garner additional team points.

Tork just missed out on qualifying for the championship final in the 200 Yard Butterfly, but he came out and won the consolation final, coming in at 1:46.24 in the heat. Fellow freshman, Hatem ElSayed, finished two spots behind Tork with a time of 1:48.52.

The Cardinals will take place in next week's NCAA Last Chance Meet, giving both swimmers and divers one last opportunity to better their qualifying times and performances in advance of the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships later in March.