Dec. 4, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Missouri men's swimming and diving team leads the Mizzou Invite after day one with 358 total points. With victories in four of the six events, the Tigers take a commanding lead over second place Arizona State who is 98 points back.
"Overall it was a pretty solid first day," head coach Brian Hoffer said. "We had some spots where we could have done better, but I think we will come out strong and have a really good day tomorrow."
In the 400 medley relay, the team of Jan Konarzewski, Michael Lopresti, Anders Melin and Jordan Hawley finished in first place with a time of 3:18.01 on the back of a 47.91 split on the first leg to take the race. Ryan Sellers, Scott Martin, Yaniv Schnaider and Jeff Hendricks finished third in 3:23.29.
The men's team of Hawley, Melin, Hendricks and Martin began the finals with a win in the 200 free relay, clocking in at 1:21.69, while the team of Joe Hladik, Cameron Sellers, Konarzewski and Adam Abernathy finished third in 1:23.58.
Hawley and Melin battled for the 50 free title to the end, with Hawley earning the edge in the race finishing in 20.27 second for first place, with Melin clocking in at 20.80 seconds for second place.
Dante Jones won his first 1-meter diving title of the year, besting teammates Greg DeStephen and Dallas Becerra who finished second and third. Jones won the title with 372.20 points, while DeStephen had 337.95 points and Becerra had 298.05 points.
Schnaider took second place in the 200 IM, clocking in at 1:49.71 while Konarzewski finished sixth in the race in 1:52.89.
Sellers, Spenser Lauver and Hendricks finished second, third and fourth in the 500 free, with Sellers clocking in at 4:29.46, Lauver finishing in 4:30.01 and Hendricks finishing in 4:30.21.
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.