Missouri
The Mizzou men’s swimming and diving team set three new school records and won five of seven events during day two competition at the Mizzou Invite on Friday at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The Tigers lead sit in first place with 471 points after day one. Drury is in second with 310 points, followed by West Virginia (220), UNLV (164) and Missouri S&T (80).
Three different Tigers broke their own school records twice during Friday action. Senior Sam Tierney went 51.68 in the 100 breast in finals after a prelims time of 52.02 and now stands as the only Tiger to swim under both 51 and 52 seconds in the event in program history.
Senior Mack Darragh swam a 3:45.64 in the morning and went 3:45.58 in finals in the 400 IM to twice go under his old school mark. Additionally, sophomore Michael Chadwick became the first Mizzou swimmer to post a 200 free time under 1:35 after swims of 1:34.47 in finals and 1:34.86 in prelims.
Mizzou started finals off with a win in the 200 medley relay, as the A team of senior Alex Glogoza, Tierney, sophomore Andrew Sansoucie and junior Matthew Margritier combined to go 1:26.32 in the event.
In the 400 IM, Darragh barely outtouched junior Daniel Graviss in finals, 3:45.58 to 3:45.59. Graviss’ time was a full second under his old personal best and puts him second all-time at Mizzou in the event.
Chadwick led the way in the 200 free, as Missouri took seven of the top eight spots in the A final. Senior Andrew Phillips placed second with a 1:36.28, senior Eegan Groome was fourth in 1:37.82 and junior Levi Hanks took fifth in 1:37.83.
The Tigers also took three of the top four spots in the 100 breast, paced by Tierney’s record breaking swim. Senior Igor Kozlovskij was third in 53.97 after he went a personal best 52.79 in prelims, and freshman Jordy Groters finished fourth in a career best 54.55.
In the diving well, junior Clark Thomas completed a sweep of the springboards with a win on 3-meter. Thomas took first with a finals score of 379.05. Freshmen Elliot Cecil and Hunter Fritter took second and third, respectively, with tallies of 346.10 and 328.75.
Sophomore Katharine Ross and freshman Sharli Brady each set new school records to lead the Mizzou women’s swimming and diving team during day two action at the Mizzou Invite Friday at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The Tigers swept all seven events on the day as they lead all teams with 813 points.
Florida International sits in second with 414 points, followed by Nebraska (350), Illinois (315), Drury (297), West Virginia (257), New Mexico (162), Northern Colorado (66) and UNLV (24).
Ross broke her own 100 breast school record in finals as she touched the wall in 59.43. Junior Abby Duncan, who swam a 59.81 in prelims to move into second all-time at Mizzou, finished second in a finals time of 1:00.26, followed by junior Lauren Stoeckle in 1:01.38.
Brady made her mark in the 400 IM, winning finals in a program record 4:11.53, three seconds faster than her prelims swim. She became the first Tiger to record a time under 4:12 in the event. Senior Danielle Spradlin finished third in the event.
In the diving well, junior Lauren Reedy completed a sweep of the springboards as she recorded 309.75 points in finals to win 1-meter. Redshirt senior Loren Figueroa placed third with a score of 296.75 points.
Mizzou opened the finals session with a win in the 200 medley relay, as freshman Hannah Stevens, Duncan, senior Danielle Barbiea and junior Anna Patterson clocked a time of 1:37.90.
Stevens earned an individual win of her own in the 100 back, where she went 52.71 in finals for the victory.
Another freshman was victorious in the 200 free, as Rachel Hayden took first in the A final after a swim of 1:48.72, just off her prelims time of 1:48.59. Fellow freshman Erin Metzger-Seymour was third in 1:48.76
The Tigers closed the night with a first-place finish in the 800 free. Barbiea, Stevens, Brady and Hayden combined to give Mizzou a time of 7:12.99 in the event for the win.
The Mizzou Invite concludes on Saturday, Nov. 22 with preliminary action at 10 a.m. and finals a 6 p.m.
Illinois
The Fighting Illini swimming and diving team was back in the pool Friday for the second day of the Missouri Invitational. Senior Alison Meng highlighted the day with her second school record in just as many days, this time in the 100 back. The Illini made seven more changes to the top 10 individuals list and have now set a total of 50 lifetime bests over the course of the meet.
The Orange and Blue are now in fourth-place with 315 points after two days of competition. Missouri still leads the way with 813 points followed by Florida International (414), Nebraska (350), the Illini, Drury University (297), West Virginia (257), New Mexico (162), Northern Colorado (66) and UNLV (24).
“We completed another strong day of competition,” head coach Sue Novitsky said. “I was very proud of how the team came back from the first day and continued to race tough all the way through the day.”
It didn’t take long for the Illini to start making more changes to the record book on day two. In the morning prelims, Meng broke her own school record in the 100 back. Her time of 53.92 just edged out her previous mark, set at last year’s Big Ten Championships, by two hundredths of a second.
Illinois started the finals session with a fifth-place finish in the 200 medley relay. Meng, freshman Samantha Stratford, junior Lori Lynn and freshman Gabrielle Bethke combined to record Illinois’ fourth-fastest time in the event in school history with a finish of 1:42.14.
Junior Stephanie Hein was the lone Illini in the 400 IM finals, finishing in 10th place with a personal-best time of 4:27.02. Stratford competed unattached in the prelims, setting an Illinois season-best time of 4:22.01.
In the 200 free Stecker led the way for the Orange and Blue, touching the wall in 1:49.28 for a third-place finish. Stecker’s performance moves her up to eighth on Illinois’ fastest individuals in the event. Sophomore Amelia Schilling improved on her time in the prelims with a seventh-place finish of 1:50.01.
Stratford took fifth-place for the Illini in the 100 breast, moving up to eighth on Illinois’ fastest individuals list with a time of 1:03.00. Junior Jennifer Coady finished in 13th with a new lifetime best time of 1:04.49.
In the finals of the 100 back, Meng placed fifth with a time of 54.59. Junior Sloane McDermott was the second finisher for the Illini, touching the wall in 57.67 for 16th place.
Stecker, Stratford, freshman Sascha Meyers and Schilling teamed up for the first 800 free relay of the season for the Orange and Blue. The relay team finished in third with a time of 7:22.49.
Olivia Kassouni was Illinois’ highest scorer in the one-meter dive (224.55). Raquel Corniuk, Emily Fung and Erika Murphy finished just below their fellow Illini with scores of 224.30, 222.65 and 217.50, respectively.
“The number of races that each athlete is swimming is a lot, but they are handling it well,” Novitsky said. “They are staying focused and getting prepared very well. We have one more day of competition and need to keep our keys to success in mind and stay calm and confident.”
West Virginia
The West Virginia University men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams completed day two of action of the Mizzou Invite at the Mizzou Aquatic Center in Columbia, Missouri, on Friday night.
The team of Nate Carr, Nathan Cobbe, Chris Brill and Andrew Marsh claimed first place in the men’s 800 free relay, touching the wall in 6:39.79. The group took first while cutting nearly 15 seconds off its seed time.
In the men’s 200 free, Nathan Cobbe trimmed two seconds off his prelim time and more than five seconds off his season-best time entering the weekend, finishing in 13th place in 1:39.73.
“Cobbe’s 200 was great for this time of year,” said coach Vic Riggs. “I think we lost some focus on our relays at the end which cost us on the women’s side. We still are in a great team race on the men’s side and hopefully can move up in the women’s team race.”
The finals session began with a sixth-place finish by the women’s 200-yard medley relay team comprised of Courtney Miller, Jenelle Zee, Julie Ogden and Jaimee Gillmore. The group teamed up for a time of 1:42.79.
The men’s 200-yard medley relay team of Andrew Marsh, Max Spencer, Chase Williams and Tim Squires followed with a fourth-place finish in 1:29.69.
Andrew Marsh, who took first in the 100 fly on day one, finished second in the 100 back finals on Friday night in 47.05.
“Andrew continues to have some great swims,” Riggs said. “Nate Carr had a solid night as well.”
Sammie Guay touched the pad seventh in the women’s 400-yard IM in 4:25.71, while Nate Carr claimed third place (3:54.16) for the men in the event, besting his season-best mark by nearly six seconds.
In the men’s 3-meter diving finals, Alex Obendorf led the way for the Mountaineers, placing fourth overall with a mark of 322.95. Obendorf shattered his prelim mark of 266.40. Mike Proietto took fifth overall (314.20) and Markus Perry finished sixth (239.30).
Jenelle Zee touched the wall in fourth place in the women’s 100 breaststroke in 1:02.38 while Max Spencer finished in ninth for the men, finishing in 55.53.
To finish off the day, the women’s 800 free relay team of Julie Ogden, Kelsey Frantz, Emma Skelley and Courtney Parenti placed eighth overall in 7:31.99.
New Mexico
The University of New Mexico swimmers finish action in day two of the Mizzou Invite and add another 78 points for an overall team score of 162 points to stay at seventh place.
The Lobos started back up today at the Mizzou Aquatic Center with the 200-yard medley relay where the team of Kaela McKee, Kristin Walker, Abigail Wheeler, and Shayla King finished the race at 1:44.09 for 10th place.
Next up was the 400-yard IM which kicked off New Mexico’s trend of eighth place finishes.
Celine Bertrand swam the event with a preliminary time of 4:27.54 and an A-final time of 4:26.89.
Walker took another eighth place finish for UNM in the 100-yard breaststroke with a preliminary time of 1:03.54 and an A-final time clocking in at 4:26.89.
Caitlin Gardiner finished off New Mexico’s eighth place run in the 100-yard backstroke after touching the wall with a preliminary time of 55.53 and an A-final time of 56.30. McKee raced the same event at 56.34 for the preliminary round and finished in the B-finals at 56.75 for 10th place. Amelie Braul followed for 25th place in the D-finals with a preliminary time of 57.95 and a finals time of 57.89.
The Lobos finished off a consecutive day of competition with another relay event. The 200-yard freestyle relay stood as the final event and also one UNM ranked highest in for the day.
New Mexico’s team of Bertrand, Gardiner, Anna Lengyel, and Anna Lilliestrom came in for sixth place after clocking in at 7:27.99.
Nebraska
Anna Filipcic dove her way to a second-place finish in the one-meter dive, Nicole Schwery finished fourth in the one-meter dive and Julia Roller raced her way to a sixth-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley as Nebraska finished day two of the Mizzou Invitational.
The evening session of day two began with the 200-yard medley relay team racing to an eighth-place finish. The team of Jacqueline Juffer, Jordan Ehly, Bria Deveaux and Taryn Collura finished in a time of 1:43.12.
The session's second event saw Roller swim to sixth-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley. The sophomore posted a time of 4:25.13. Aimee Fischer and Michaela Cunningham also qualified for the finals. Fischer placed 16th with a time of 4:36.11, while Cunningham placed 21st with a time of 4:46.09.
400-Yard Individual Medley
6th- Julia Roller, 4:25.13
16th- Aimee Fischer, 4:36.11
21st- Michaela Cunningham, 4:46.09
Katt Sickle led the Huskers in the 200-yard freestyle. Sickle earned a 15th-place finish swimming to a time of 1:51.17. Kelly Dunn (24th), Deveaux (28th) and Natalie Morris (31st) all earned trips to the finals.
200-Yard Freestyle
15th- Katt Sickle, 1:51.17
24th- Kelly Dunn, 1:53.91
28th- Bria Deveaux, 1:53.38
31st- Natalie Morris, 1:54.52
In the 100-yard breaststroke, Katie Ditter swam to a seventh-place finish posting a time of 1:03.98. Sam Hardewig and Ehly finished shortly after Ditter earning ninth-place and 11th-place respectively. Krista Van Wie (20th) and Ciara Jenkins (28th) also earned spots in the finals.
100-Yard Breaststroke
7th- Katie Ditter, 1:03.98
9th- Sam Hardewig, 1:04.05
11th- Jordan Ehly, 1:04.12
20th- Krista Van Wie, 1:05.56
28th- Ciara Jenkins, 1:08.12
Cassie Brassard placed seventh in the 100-yard backstroke finishing with a time of 55.75. The Huskers sent four other swimmers to the finals. Juffer (11th), Erin Oeltjen (13th), Rebekah Land (14th) and Amanda Moran (22nd) all earned trips to the finals.
100-Yard Backstroke
7th- Cassie Brassard, 55.75
11th- Jacqueline Juffer, 56.74
13th- Erin Oeltjen, 56.78
14th- Rebekah Land, 56.79
22nd- Amanda Moran, 57.89
In the diving well Nebraska continued its success. Filipcic dove her way to a second-place finish (304.75), while Schwery finished fourth and posted a score 281.90. Francesca Giganti finished in 19th-place with a score of 216.00.
One-Meter Dive
2nd- Anna Filipcic, 304.75
4th- Nicole Schwery, 304.75
19th- Francesca Giganti, 216.00
In the final event of the night, the Huskers' 800-yard freestyle relay team swam to a ninth-place finish. The team of Sickle, Dunn, Brassard and Deveaux swam to a time of 7:41.12.
UNLV
For the second straight day UNLV claimed an individual event win, as Henrique Machado won the 100 back on Friday night at the Mizzou Invitational. Machado is one of 11 men and two women competing at this year's meet for UNLV.
Machado posted a time of 46.39 to win the 100 back, a NCAA 'B' provisional time standard. He was one of two Rebels in the top eight of the event, with Caio Dini placing seventh in 49.43. The night's first event was saw another 'B' time for UNLV, with the 200 medley relay team of Machado, Tom Paco-Pedroni, Dillon Virva and Or Sabatier touching the wall in 1:26.56, just behind the first place Missswell, tghe ouri squad.
The 400 IM had Hannon Daigler turn in a fifth-place time of 3:59.09, while Kristina Hendrick scored on the women's side, placing ninth in 4:26.29. UNLV scored on both sides of the next event as well, the 200 free. This time Michelle Troup finished in 1:49.77 to place ninth, while Joe Riggert swam a time of 1:41.64 to finish in 16th place. The final event for UNLV on Friday was the 100 breast, where Boris Kulizhnikov touched the wall in 55.01 to finish in fifth place in a NCAA 'B' time.
The Rebels conclude the meet on Saturday.
