Tigers Complete Day One Of Invite
12/4/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Dec. 4, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. - With an NCAA qualifying time, three overall titles and loading up on points by finishing in the top six, the Missouri women's swimming and diving team leads the field after day one of the Mizzou Tiger invite with 364 total points.
"The girls did a great job today, and we had a lot of good performances all around," Tiger coach Brian Hoffer said. "I think if we come out and compete as well as we did today, tomorrow could be even better."
Taking the first event of the finals, the group of Lisa Nathanson, Kim Jasmer, Cassie Cunninngham and Frances Szostak won the 200 free relay in 1:32.28, hitting the NCAA "B" cut line just ahead of Arizona State who finished in 1:33.25. The time is also set a meet record in the process.
Jasmer then took her success in the relay and transferred it to the 500 free, taking first place with a time of 4:48.39, while Szostak, Colleen Gordon and Stephanie Rovig all finished in the top six.
Christina Gailey earned her first diving title of the year in winning the 3-meter event. Her 308.25 points was more than thirty points better than teammate Abby Zepeda who had 207.90 points. Jordan Morcom and Sharon Finn finished fourth and fifth with 268.90 and 262.45 points respectively.
In the 50 free, Jasmer finished .01 seconds behind North Dakota's Carissa Gormally finishing in second place in the event in 23.16 seconds. Following Jasmer was Nathanson who took in 23.37 seconds.
Dominique Bouchard took third place in the 200 IM, finishing in 2:03.92, besting her preliminary mark by nearly two seconds.
Day two of the Mizzou Invite will begin on Saturday at 10 a.m. with the 100 fly and can be followed at http://www.mutigers.com/livestats/c-swim/realtime.
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