Missouri
Show-Me Showdown
@MizzouSwimDive Hosts Show-Me Showdown Friday to Open 2016-17 Season
10/6/2016 1:59:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams officially open their 2016-17 seasons on Friday, Oct. 7 at 1 p.m. CT with the 11th Annual Show-Me Showdown at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. Friday also marks the Swim for the Cure event, where fans can purchase pink swim caps for $10 (cash only), with proceeds going towards the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. Heat sheets will be available for purchase for $2.
The Tigers will compete against in-state foes Drury, Lindenwood, Maryville, Missouri S&T, Missouri State, Truman State, Washington University and William Jewell at the meet. All teams besides Missouri S&T (men only) have men's and women's programs.
Both the men's and women's programs are coming off record years in 2016-17. Both teams set program record finishes at the NCAA Championships, with the men placing eighth and the women 11th.
The Mizzou men return eight All-Americans in 2016-17, led by senior Fabian Schwingenschlogl, who claimed the first NCAA title in program history a year ago with a win in the 100 breast at the NCAA Championships. Also returning is senior Michael Chadwick, already the most decorated Tiger in program history, sophomore Kyle Goodwin, senior Carter Griffin, junior Jordy Groters and senior Andrew Sansoucie, all of whom earned individual All-America honors a year ago. Additionally, sophomore Mikel Schreuders was a 2016 Olympian, as he represented his home country of Aruba and the Rio Games in August.
Eight Tiger women return to the pool and diving well as All-Americans, five of whom claimed individual honors a year ago. Senior Katharine Ross leads the way, as the All-American became the first swimmer in Mizzou history to claim a Southeastern Conference title with a win in the 100 breast in 2016. Other returning individual All-Americans include junior Sharli Brady, senior Nadine Laemmler, junior Madeline McKernan, redshirt senior Lauren Reedy and junior Hannah Stevens.
Following the Show-Me Showdown, both programs host Alabama in a Southeastern Conference dual on Friday, Oct. 14 at Noon at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
For complete coverage of the Mizzou swimming and diving team, log on to MUTigers.com, follow the team on Twitter, @MizzouSwimDive, or `like' the team on Facebook, Mizzou Swimming and Diving.
Schedule of Events
200 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle 200 IM
50 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
Women's 1-Meter and Men's 3-Meter Diving
500 Freestyle
200 Freestyle Relay
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
400 Freestyle Relay
Women's 3-Meter and Men's 1-Meter Diving
Scoring Format
Individual Scoring: Each team may score their top three finishers in each event. Top 16 places score.
Breakdown: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Relay Scoring: Each team can score only their top two relays in each event. Top 16 places score.
Breakdown: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2
Number of Events: Each swimmer of diver may compete in a maximum of two individual events and two relays.
1-Meter Diving: Each team will do a diving scramble to try and score the largest point total. Each member on the team will do six dives covering all five groups with true degree of difficulty. The points from each diving group's highest scorer will count toward the team total score. The best score per diving group (front, back, reverse, inward, twist, 6th opt.) will count towards the total.
3-Meter Diving: Each diver will be required to do six dives from all five groups. No matter what first three dives the divers choose the degree of difficulty will be set at 2.0. The remaining three dives will be of true degree of difficulty.
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