Nov. 21, 2014
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou men's swimming and diving team set three new school records and won five of seven events during day two competition at the Mizzou Invite on Friday at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The Tigers lead sit in first place with 876 points after day two. West Virginia is in second with 478 points, followed by Drury (477), UNLV (285) and Missouri S&T (179).
Three different Tigers broke their own school records twice during Friday action. Senior Sam Tierney went 51.68 in the 100 breast in finals after a prelims time of 52.02 and now stands as the only Tiger to swim under both 51 and 52 seconds in the event in program history.
Senior Mack Darragh swam a 3:45.64 in the morning and went 3:45.58 in finals in the 400 IM to twice go under his old school mark. Additionally, sophomore Michael Chadwick became the first Mizzou swimmer to post a 200 free time under 1:35 after swims of 1:34.47 in finals and 1:34.86 in prelims.
Mizzou started finals off with a win in the 200 medley relay, as the A team of senior Alex Glogoza, Tierney, sophomore Andrew Sansoucie and junior Matthew Margritier combined to go 1:26.32 in the event.
In the 400 IM, Darragh barely outtouched junior Daniel Graviss in finals, 3:45.58 to 3:45.59. Graviss' time was a full second under his old personal best and puts him second all-time at Mizzou in the event.
Chadwick led the way in the 200 free, as Missouri took seven of the top eight spots in the A final. Senior Andrew Phillips placed second with a 1:36.28, senior Eegan Groome was fourth in 1:37.82 and junior Levi Hanks took fifth in 1:37.83.
The Tigers also took three of the top four spots in the 100 breast, paced by Tierney's record breaking swim. Senior Igor Kozlovskij was third in 53.97 after he went a personal best 52.79 in prelims, and freshman Jordy Groters finished fourth in a career best 54.55.
In the diving well, junior Clark Thomas completed a sweep of the springboards with a win on 3-meter. Thomas took first with a finals score of 379.05. Freshmen Elliot Cecil and Hunter Fritter took second and third, respectively, with tallies of 346.10 and 328.75.
The Mizzou Invite concludes on Saturday, Nov. 22 with preliminary action at 10 a.m. and finals a 6 p.m.