Alabama and Missouri split a pair of SEC dual meet. The Missouri won won 167-132 while the Bama men claimed a 187-114 win.
Missouri Press Release
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving programs split their Southeastern Conference openers against Alabama Friday afternoon at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
The Tiger women defeated the Crimson Tide, 167-132 and the Tiger men suffered a 187-114 loss. Redshirt senior diver Lauren Reedy (Rochester Hills, Mich.) broke Mizzou's 3-meter springboard school record during the meet.
Five different Tigers took home two event wins on the day: seniors Katharine Ross (Des Moines, Iowa), Reedy and Michael Chadwick (Charlotte, N.C.), junior Rachel Hayden (Indianapolis, Ind.) and sophomore Kyle Goodwin (Aurora, Colo.).
Reedy and Goodwin each swept the springboards. Reedy notched her school record 381.98 on 3-meter, besting Mizzou's old mark of 376.05 set by Loren Figueroa in 2011, and give her possession of both springboard records. The senior also notched a 313.95 on 1-meter to win that event. Goodwin tallied scores of 329.48 on 1-meter and 382.43 on 3-meter to win his first two event titles of the season.
Junior Alexa Beckwith (Denver, Colo.) took second behind Reedy on 1-meter with a 298.28 and junior Madeline McKernan (Montgomery, Texas) placed second on 3-meter with 307.73 points.
Ross, who entered the meet with the nation's top time in the 100 breast, swept the breaststroke events. She clocked a time of 1:01.19 in the 100 and a 2:15.37 in the 200.
On the men's side, Chadwick swept the 50 and 100 free races. His winning 50 free time of 19.81 stands as the fastest time in the country this season, while he also clocked a 43.28 in the 100 free.
Hayden, the other double winner of the day, claimed wins in both the 100 and 200 events. She swam a 50.98 in the 100 free and a 1:49.90 in the 200 free. She has now won four individual event titles in two meets for far this season.
The women opened the meet with a victory in the 200 medley relay, where freshman Haley Hynes (Lee's Summit, Mo.), Ross and juniors Erin Metzger-Seymour (Westminster, Colo.) and Hannah Stevens (Lexington, Ohio) combined to swim a 1:40.92 to defeat the Crimson Tide.
Freshman Azra Avdic (Skokie, Ill.) claimed the first win of her career as she proved victorious in the 200 fly in 2:00.13, just ahead of junior Sharli Brady (Burlington, Ky.) in 2:00.40.
In the men's 100 breast, senior Fabian Schwingenschlogl touched the wall in 54.25 to mark the second-fastest time in the country in 2016.
The Mizzou women dominated the backstroke events against Alabama. Stevens led a top three finish by the Tigers in the 100 back after a swim of 54.36. She was followed by senior Nadine Laemmler (Wackersdorf, Germany) in second in 54.59 and freshman Sam Coloma (Pittsburg, Calif.) in third in 55.50. Laemmler then took top honors in the 200 back with a time of 1:59.29, ahead of freshman Jennifer King (Glasgow, Scotland), who placed second in 2:01.02.
Missouri's final winner of the day was senior Andrew Sansoucie (Wentzville, Mo.), who took first in the 100 fly in 48.08.
The Tigers next hit the pool Nov. 4-5 for a two-day meet against Kentucky, Northwestern and Southern Illinois in Lexington, Ky.
Alabama Press Release
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Alabama men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams split at Missouri in the Crimson Tide’s first road meet of the young season with the men winning 183-114 while the women fell 167-132. The Alabama men move to 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in Southeastern Conference competition while the Tide women go to 3-1 overall, 1-1 in the SEC.
Senior Anton McKee and junior Luke Kaliszak led the way for the Alabama men. McKee was the only member of the men’s team to pick up two individual wins, taking first in both the 200 breaststroke (1:59.26) and the 400 individual medley (1:59.26). Kaliszak won the 100 backstroke (47.42) and swam legs on the winning 200 medley relay (1:26.92) and 200 freestyle relay (1:21.25).
Senior Connor Oslin and freshman Robert Howard also swam legs on the winning 200 medley and freestyle relays while senior Pavel Romanov filled out the medley relay and senior Alex Gray anchored the free relay.
Junior Mia Nonnenberg continued her stellar junior season, winning three individual events on the day, pushing her season total to eight wins in three meets. Nonnenberg picked up the women’s first win of the day, taking top honors in the 1,000 freestyle (10:08.29), and went on to earn victories in the 500 free (4:55.45) and the 400 individual medley (4:14.78).
Alabama remains on the road for its next meet, traveling to Auburn on Friday, Nov. 4 to take on in-state rival Auburn at 1 p.m.
