Jan. 11, 2000
Tigers Take to The Pool Again
Up next for the Tigers is a trip to Springfield, Mo., to compete in a dual with Southwest Missouri State. The meet will take place Saturday (Jan. 15) at 1 p.m. It will be the first time the swimmers and divers will be competing after a month hiatus from competition.
Last Time Out
Southwest Missouri State will present the Tigers with quite a challenge for their first meet of the new year. The last time either team was in action was Dec. 3-5 at the Indiana Invitational in Bloomington, Ind. The women defeated nationally ranked Tennessee and Indiana while the men finished second to the Hoosiers. Both MU squads defeated SMS in 1999 in Columbia, Mo. The women won with a score of 171-79 while the men defeated the Bears 141-102. The Black and Gold women bring a 4-2 record into the meet while the men boast a 3-0 record. SMS's men's squad is undefeated in dual meet action with a 7-0 record while the women are carrying a 5-3 record into the meet on Saturday.
Ready, Set, Go
So how did the Tigers spend their holiday break, they traveled to St. Louis to train at the Rec-Plex. MU spent the week prior to the holidays doing quite a bit a training. After the New Year, Mizzou came back to Columbia a week early to get back into the swing of things before classes started.
MU Swimmers Rank in Top 50 MU Swimmers Rank in Top 50
On the women's side, four swimmers totaling five individual performances are ranked in the 1999-2000 top 50. Headlining the swimmers is freshman Leslie Hoh who has the 39th best 200 IM time and the 27th best 400 IM time. Junior Kara Bramer is ranked 47th in the 200 IM while fellow junior Jeanna Willi is ranked 33rd in the 50 free. Senior captain Tawney Larm is currently ranked 43rd in the 400 IM.
All five of Missouri's relays are ranked in the top 32. The top relay for the Tigers is the 200 free relay that is ranked 10th overall. Those members include Willi, freshman Ellen Cross, junior Kim Lambert and sophomore Kim Lambert. Mizzou's 800 free relay is also ranked in the top 20 as sophomore Molly Vetter, junior Kara Bramer, senior Cristina Souza and freshman Katy Chandler have swam the 14th best time of the season thus far. The 200 medley relay is ranked 24th with senior Rikki Janes, Hoh, Willi and Lambert each swimming a leg. The same four swimmers also swam the 30th best performance in the 400 medley relay. The 400 free relay in ranked 31st with Willi, Brooks, Janes and Larm each swimming a leg.
Missouri Getting it Done in the Classroom
As a team, the women's swimmers and divers turned in solid performances in the classroom. There were also two members that earned a 4.0 GPA. Senior Julia Alexander and freshman Ellen Cross were MU's stars. Nine MU student-athletes made the Dean's List. They were Alexander, Katy Chandler, Cross, Leslie Hoh, Kim Lambert, Tawney Larm, Whitney Nigh, Sarah Stowe and Kristin Ziemke.