University of Missouri
Texas A&M
Tigers Fall to Aggies 171-129
10/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving
Oct. 17, 2009
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COLUMBIA, Mo-- - After three straight days of competition the Missouri Swimming and Diving team fell to the Texas A&M Aggies 171-129, and completed the day with seven first place finishes. The team was lead by Lisa Nathanson and Kim Jasmer who combined had four first place finishes and two second.
"Obviously going into a meet against a top 10 team in the country, we knew we would have some challenges, but I'm very pleased with the way the team competed today," Tiger coach Brian Hoffer said. "We won some events, and after the schedule the last three days, I couldn't be happier with the way the team handled the fatigue of swimming three straight days."
Jasmer was the first Tiger to earn a first place finish on the day, clocking in at 1:49.62 just ahead of Texas A&M's Kristen Heiss in the 200-yard freestyle.
Coming off her first place finish last night at the Big 12 Relays, Nathanson continued the trend by finishing first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.05 seconds. Freshman Cassie Cunninghman finished third as well in 23.91 seconds.
Nathanson also placed second in the 100-yard freestyle behind Aggie swimmer Julia Wilkinson.
The relay team of Nathanson, Cunningham, Jasmer and Francie Szostak finished the dual with a first place finish in the 200-yard free relay. The team finished in 1:33.69.
Bouchard, the freshman, finished first in the 200-yard backstroke, coming off a second place finish in the 100 backstroke early in the day.
Senior Colleen Gordon (Missouri City, Texas), swam her way to a first place finish in the 100-yard butterfly this afternoon.
Freshman Jordan Morcom dove her way to a first place finish in the three-meter diving event. Morcom also finished second in the one-meter dive today.
"Coming into this meet, we gained a lot of experience over the last three day, which is something you want to see," diving coach Jamie Sweeney said. " We ended up beating out A&M in diving points, and was especially pleased with the win of the 3-meter dive."
In the first event of the day against the Aggies, the women's 200-yard medley Relay team of Nathanson, Cunningham, Jasmer and Morgan McCleery finished second, clocking in at 1:43.88.
Mizzou teammates McCleery and Emy DiBenigno placed second and third in the 100-yard breaststroke, with McCleery finishing in 1:04.71 and Dibenigno finishing in 1:06.25.
Junior Lauren Lavigna (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), placed second in the 200-yard backstroke, after taking a third place finishing in the 100 Back earlier this morning.
Swimming in the 500-yard freestyle, Jasmer placed second clocking in at 4:56.04.
McCleery, along with freshman Amanda Master placed second and third in the 200-yard breaststroke. McCleery coming in at 2:21.54 and Masters at 2:24.28.
Sophomore Stephanie Rovig (Houston, Texas), finished third in the 1000-yard freestyle, (10:14.24), the second event of this mornings dual.
Competing on the 1-meter board, Sharon Finn and Christina Gailey placed third and fourth. Finn with 248.18 points and Gailey posting a score of 237.30.
The Tigers will be back in action next weekend in Dallas at the SMU Invitational next Friday and Saturday.
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