KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Mizzou swimming and diving teams set two school records, won five events and notched four NCAA A qualifying cuts during day one action at the three-day Tennessee Invite Friday (Nov. 20) at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The Mizzou men lead host Tennessee, Virgiina Tech, West Virginia and UMass with 353.5 points, while the women trail only Tennessee after a one-day total of 306 points.
Junior Michael Chadwick won the men's 50 free championship final with a time of 19.17, a time that broke his own school record, was the second-fastest in the nation this season and was an automatic NCAA qualifying time. Redshirt senior Matthew Margritier took second in the A final after a swim of 19.87, while junior Andrew Sansoucie was fourth in a personal best 20.08.
Also breaking a Tiger school mark was sophomore Kira Zubar, who took down Mizzou's 500 free mark. She claimed third in the championship final after a swim of 4:42.52, almost four seconds faster than her previous best and more than a second better than the old school mark.
The Tigers also claimed a win in the 200 IM, with junior Eddie Mapel taking top honors in a personal best 1:46.21. Junior Fabian Schwingenschlogl was just behind Mapel in 1:46.24 to take second, while the two moved up to fifth and sixth all-time at Mizzou in the event, respectively. Additionally, senior Daniel Graviss took fifth in championship final after a swim of 1:47.66.
Day one finals got underway with a bang, as the men's 200 free relay A team of Margritier, Chadwick, Sansoucie and junior Christian Aragona notched an NCAA 'A' cut of 1:17.54 for the win. The B team of sophomore Jordy Groters, freshman Mikel Schreuders, junior Mitchell Forde and freshman Luke Mankus placed third in 1:20.50.
On the women's side, Mizzou's A 200 free relay quartet of sophomore Rachel Hayden, senior Anna Patterson, freshman Maddie Gehrke and sophomore Hannah Stevens finished second with a time of 1:30.53.
Junior Katharine Ross earned a second-place finish in the women's 200 IM championship final after a career best time of 1:57.72. Junior Nadine Laemmler was fourth in 1:58.78, ahead of redshirt senior Abby Duncan in fifth in a personal best 1:59.10 and sophomore Sharli Brady in sixth in 1:59.54.
Junior Nick Davis clocked a fourth-place finish in the men's 500 free championship final after a swim of 4:24.65, an NCAA 'B' time.
In the women's 50 free, Patterson earned an NCAA B time of 22.82 for fifth in the championship final, while Stevens went 22.87 for seventh.
Freshman Kyle Goodwin tallied a finals score of 358.3 on men's 3-meter to finish fourth on the springboard. His score was good enough to rank sixth all-time at Mizzou in the event.
Mizzou went four-six-seven in women's 1-meter finals, led by freshman Payton Conrad, who took fourth with a score of 263.85. Also in finals were sophomores Madeline McKernan and Alexa Beckwith, who tallied finals scores of 260.30 and 259.40, respectively.
The Tigers clocked A cuts in both the men's and women's 400 medley relays to close out day one action. On the women's side, Stevens, Duncan, sophomore Erin Metzger-Seymour and Patterson swam a 3:33.11 to place first, while the B team of Laemmler, Ross, Brady and Hayden took second in 3:34.55.
The A men's 400 medley relay team of junior Carter Griffin, Schwingenschogl, Sansoucie and Chadwick swam the nation's fastest time of 3:06.21 to take the win.
Day two action at the Tennessee Diving Invite continues Saturday with long course preliminary action at 10 a.m. ET and short course finals at 6 p.m. ET. Diving prelims will begin at 1 p.m. ET.