LEWISVILLE, Texas. – The Mizzou women's swimming and diving team sit in second place with 151 points after day one competition at the 22nd annual SMU Women's Classic Friday night in Lewisville, Texas. The Tigers trail only Louisville (184) in the team standings, while they lead UCLA (145), Florida State (136), SMU (124) and TCU (97). The Classic follows a unique format, where each team is limited to eight total swimmers and one diver, Teams send one swimmer to each event's championship and consolation finals.
Missouri opened the evening with a second-place showing in the 400 medley relay. Sophomore Hannah Stevens, redshirt senior Abby Duncan, senior Anna Patterson and sophomore Rachel Hayden combined to touch the wall in 3:38.07, only behind Louisville.
Stevens and Duncan both earned runner-up championship final finishes in their respective events on Friday. Stevens swam an NCAA 'B' time of 53.38 for second in the 100 back, while Duncan placed second in the 100 breast in 1:00.26.
The Tigers also won the 100 back and 100 breast consolation finals with stellar swims from juniors Nadine Laemmler and Katharine Ross. Laemmler matched Stevens' 100 back time of 53.38 to win that event's consolation final and Ross swam the second-fastest 100 breast time in the national to win the B final in 1:00.22.
In the diving well, sophomore Kendra Kieser finished third on 1-meter after a six-round score of 251.20 points.
Mizzou posted fourth-place championship final finishes in the 400 IM, 200 free, 50 free and100 fly. Patterson notched times of 23.26 in the 50 free and 55.02 in the 100 fly, sophomore Sharli Brady clocked a 4:17.88 in the 400 IM and sophomore Kira Zubar went 1:49.90 in the 200 free.
Laemmler won her second consolation final of the evening in the 400 IM, where she touched the wall in 4:15.92. In the 100 fly consolation final, Brady swam a 54.35 for second, and Hayden placed third in the 100 free B final in 1:49.55.
Mizzou concluded Friday action in the 800 free relay, where the foursome of Hayden, Brady, Zubar and Stevens took third in 7:20.87.
The Tigers conclude competition at the SMU Women's Classic on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. CT.