KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Mizzou swimming and diving teams set five school records and NCAA automatic qualifying times and won seven events during day two Saturday (Nov. 21) at the three-day Tennessee Invite at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The Mizzou men sit first with 851.5 points, ahead of Tennessee, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and UMass, while the women are second with 651 points, behind Tennessee.
Junior Katharine Ross (100 breast), redshirt senior Abby Duncan (100 breast) and junior Fabian Schwingenschlogl (100 breast) all clocked individual NCAA automatic qualifying times, while the Tigers also notched A cuts in the men's and women's 200 medley relays.
Mizzou started the night with a sweep of the men's and women's 200 medley relays. The women's team of junior Nadine Laemmler, Duncan, freshman Maddie Gehrke and senior Anna Patterson clocked an NCAA 'A' time of 1:37.38, while the men's quartet of senior Dillon Love, Schwingenschlogl, junior Andrew Sansoucie and junior Michael Chadwick went 1:24.35, also an NCAA automatic qualifying time and a school record.
In the men's 100 breast, Schwingenschlogl earned top honors and broke Mizzou's school record after touching the wall in 51.36. Junior Eddie Mapel took third in 53.16 to move into fourth all-time at Mizzou, while sophomore Jordy Groters clocked a personal best 54.03 for fourth.
Ross and Duncan finished second and third, respectively, in the women's 100 breast. Ross broke her own school mark in the event with 58.66, while Duncan was close behind in 58.83, times that were easily under the NCAA automatic qualifying cut.
Sansoucie broke his own 100 fly school record after claiming the win in the event with a time of 46.10. Junior Martin Wallace and freshman Luke Mankus finished fifth and sixth, respectively, after swims of 48.13 and 48.57.
In the women's 100 back, sophomore Hannah Stevens claimed top honors with a season best time of 52.22, while Laemmler touched third in 52.99.
Freshman Mikel Schreuders won the men's 200 free after a personal best swim of 1:36.00. Schreuders led five Tigers in the top seven, as freshman Sam Coffman took second in 1:37.66, junior Nick Davis finished fourth in 1:38.03, junior Mitchell Forde placed fifth in 1:38.07 and senior Levi Hanks took seventh in 1:39.37.
Mizzou went two-three in the final of the women's 200 free, as sophomore Rachel Hayden took second in 1:47.83 and sophomore Kira Zubar was third in 1:47.95, both career best times.
In the men's 400 IM, senior Daniel Graviss placed second with a season best time of 3:48.28, while sophomore Carter Wallace was sixth in the championship final in 3:58.76.
The men's 100 back saw junior Carter Griffin (48.23), sophomore Grant Kelton (49.07) and freshman Alex Walton (49.20) place three-four-five in the championship final. Additionally, Love won the consolation final in 48.09.
In the diving well, senior Clark Thomas took third in the men's 3-meter springboard after a finals score of 345.00. Sophomore Kendra Kieser finished fifth on the women's 1-meter after a finals score of 271.00.
Mizzou's final school record and win of the night came in the men's 800 free relay. The team of Chadwick, Schreuders, Coffman and Schwingenschlogl finished first in 6:23.12, while Chadwick's leadoff 200 free split of 1:34.38 broke his own school record.
Day three action at the Tennessee Diving Invite continues Sunday with long course preliminary action at 10 a.m. ET and short course finals at 4:30 p.m. ET. Diving prelims will begin at 1 p.m. ET.