Feb. 22, 2012

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Columbia, Mo. - Mizzou Swimming and Diving hosted the first day of the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships at the Mizzou Aquatic Center on Feb. 22. In the first day of action in the 2012 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships the Tigers are in third place with a score of 92 points. The men's team will be competing against the Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies.

In the 200 Yard Medley Relay, the team Ryan Sellers, Igor Kozlovskij, Neil O'Halloran, and Ramom Melo finished third with a time of 1:26.87, barely missing the Missouri all-time record of 1:26.31. The team of Sam Tierney, Mark Conroy, John Krause, and Joe Hladik finished in fifth lace with place with a time of 1:28.16, shaving a little under a second off of their preliminary time of 1:29.58.

In the 800 Freestyle Relay, the team of Eegan Groome, Kozlovskij, O'Halloran, and Yaniv Shnaider finished third in 6:30.62, setting a Missouri all-time team record while shaving over five seconds off their preliminary time of 6:36.05.

In diving, David Bonuchi finished second in the 1 mtr diving event with 379.80 points.

Preliminary competition resumes at 10:00 AM on Thursday Feb. 23 with finals at 6:00 PM.