Missouri
Show-Me Showdown
@MizzouSwimDive Kicks Off Season Friday With 12th Annual Show-Me Showdown
9/28/2017 3:16:00 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 2017-18 seasons on Friday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. CT with the 12th 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 COMPETITION
The Tigers will compete against in-state foes Lindenwood, Maryville, Missouri S&T, Missouri State, and Washington University at the meet. All teams besides Missouri S&T (men only) have men's and women's programs.
MEN'S OUTLOOK
The men's program enters 2017-18 after a ninth-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Championships, the second-best finish in program history. The Tiger men return six All-Americans in 2017-18: senior Jordy Groters, juniors Sam Coffman, Kyle Goodwin, Luke Mankus and Mikel Schreuders, and sophomore Daniel Hein. Groters and Schreuders also competed at this summer's FINA World Championships, representing Aruba.
WOMEN'S OUTLOOK
On the women's side, Mizzou returns a good portion of its roster that took 13th at last year's NCAA Championships. Seven Tiger women return to the pool and diving well as All-Americans, three of whom who have claimed individual honors in their careers. Returning All-Americans include seniors Sharli Brady, Rachel Hayden, Madeline McKernan, Erin Metzger-Seymour, Hannah Stevens and Kira Zubar and junior Maddie Gehrke.
THREE TIGERS REPRESENTED HOME COUNTRIES AT 2017 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Three returning Tigers competed at this summer's FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hannah Stevens, who represented the United States, and Jordy Groters and Mikel Schreuders, both of whom swam for Aruba. Stevens narrowly missed a top-eight spot in the 50m back, as she advanced to the semifinals but finished ninth, one spot out of the event final.
STEVENS WITH A BREAKOUT OFFSEASON
Senior Hannah Stevens made a name for herself on a national and international level this summer. She started by taking home the 50m national title at the 2017 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships, earning her a spot on Team USA's World Championship and World University Games teams. After swimming the 50m back at Worlds, Stevens claimed three medals in August's World University Games in Taipei. She won silver in the 100m back, silver in the 50m back and silver as a part of the U.S.'s 4x100 medley relay team.
GUTIERREZ LOZANO CLAIMS MEN'S OPEN WATER NATIONAL TITLE
Redshirt sophomore Giovanni Gutierrez Lozano won the CSCAA Men's Open Water National Title on Sept. 16. Swimming at the second annual College Swimming Coaches Association of America National Collegiate Open Water Championship in Lawrence, Kansas, Gutierrez Lozano swam a 59:25:05 to win the 5,000 meter race (3.1 miles) by over two and a half minutes.
BRADY WINS 400M TITLE AT U.S. OPEN
Senior Sharli Brady won the women's 400 IM title at the June's U.S. Open Swimming Championships in East Meadow, New York. She sat second after the breaststroke leg but outsplit the leader 1:04.64-1:05.96 in the freestyle to pull into first and claim the victory. Her time of 4:42.70 was a new personal best, besting her previous low of 4:44.28 set in June. Brady dropped more than eight seconds off her 400 IM LCM time from last year's Olympic Trials. The U.S. Open is a championship meet sanctioned by USA Swimming and is open to U.S. and international swimmers.
UP NEXT
Following the Show-Me Showdown, the Tigers host Southeastern Conference foes South Carolina and Arkansas (women only) on Saturday, Oct. 14 at Noon.
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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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