Feb. 22, 2013
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Sophomore Igor Kozlovskij and junior Logan Mosley both earned top-three finishes and Mizzou set two school records to highlight day four competition at the 2013 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships on Friday, Feb. 22 in College Station, Texas. Kozlovskij placed second in the 100 breast and Mosley took third in the 100 back, while sophomore Mack Darragh shattered the program's 200 fly record.
After four days of action down and one to go, the Tigers sit in fifth place with 531 points.
Kozlovskij took second place in the 100 breast in a personal best time of 52.89. It marked the first time the sophomore dipped below 53 in the event and bettered his prelims swim by 0.31, which was also a career best. It was also Kozlovskij's second career second-place finish at a conference meet, as he took the runner-up spot at last year's Big 12 Championships.
Also in the 100 breast A final, junior Mark Conroy just missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in 53.07, which also marked a personal best. Sophomore Sam Tierney took seventh in 53.43. In the B final, senior Jowan Qupty finished fourth with a time of 53.92.
Mosley continued to rewrite to Mizzou record books with his third-place finish in the 100 back in a time of 46.74. The junior broke his own record from the prelims session, to go along with his 100 fly Mizzou record set on Thursday.
In the 100 back B final, sophomore Austin Fish claimed sixth with a swim of 48.42 and senior Joe Hladik eighth in 48.78. Senior John Higgins won the C final after clocking a time of 48.75, senior Ryan Sellers swam a personal best 48.80 for third and freshman Max Grodecki placed eighth in 49.06.
After resetting his own school record in the 200 fly in prelims, Darragh shattered that time in the A final with a 1:44.21 to place sixth. Darragh's time was almost a full second faster than his morning swim and is almost three seconds faster than the Gilad Kaufman's second-place time in the record books.
Sophomore Andrew Phillips swam in the C final, where he placed sixth in 1:47.49.
The Mizzou 400 medley relay team did not place as they were disqualified.
Mizzou concludes competition at the SEC Championships with day five prelims action at 10 a.m. and the finals session at 6 p.m.