KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Mizzou men's swimming and diving team claimed the Tennessee Invite team crown over four other teams after three days of competition on Sunday (Nov. 22), while the Tiger women tied second with Virginia Tech behind host Tennessee at the meet. The men tallied 1283.5 points to earn the win and the women earned 946.5 points.
Over the three-day event, Mizzou set 11 school records and notched nine NCAA automatic qualifying times. Junior Michael Chadwick had three individual school records and two A cuts on his own. Redshirt senior Abby Duncan also notched automatic qualifying times in both the 100 and 200 breast, while juniors Katharine Ross and Fabian Schwingenschlogl both earned A times in the 100 breast.
Sunday night, Chadwick set his third individual school record of the event after a swim of 41.89 in the men's 100 free final. The time, an NCAA automatic qualifying time and the fastest time in the nation this season, broke his own Mizzou record by 0.38 seconds. Junior Andrew Sansoucie moved up to seventh all-time in the event after a personal best time of 43.98 for second-place.
Duncan claimed her second A cut of the meet in the 200 breast, where she clocked a personal best and school record time of 2:07.02 to take the win. Ross also notched a career best time in the event, with a time of 2:09.70, which was good for second in the championship heat.
Sophomore Kira Zubar notched her second school record of the meet Sunday in the 1650 free. Zubar, who took third in the event, clocked a time of 16:18.64, a full six seconds under Mizzou's eight-year-old previous mark.
Mizzou's 11th school record of the meet came in the final event, the men's 400 free relay. The Tigers' A team of freshman Mikel Schreuders, Chadwick, Sansoucie and Schwingenschlogl clocked a time of 2:52.21, which was also an NCAA automatic qualilfying time.
Schwingenschlogl completed the breaststroke sweep Sunday with a win in the 200 breast. The junior touched in 1:53.64 to move into second-place all-time in the Mizzou record books. Junior Eddie Mapel (1:55.89), sophomore Jordy Groters (1:57.70) and freshman Jordan O'Brien (1:59.16) all had career best times for finishes of second, third and sixth, respectively.
Also an individual winner on the final day was senior Daniel Graviss, who claimed top honors in the 200 fly with a finals time of 1:45.14. Junior Martin Wallace was third in 1:46.15, freshman Griffin Schaetzle took fifth in 1:49.61 and sophomore Carter Wallace placed sixth in 1:49.96.
The Tigers went one-two in the women's 200 back championship final, led by junior Nadine Laemmler's personal best time of 1:53.81 for the win. Sophomore Hannah Stevens was close behind for second in 1:54.40.
In the diving well, sophomore Madeline McKernan finished second on platform after a five-round score of 230.45 points. On the men's side, sophomore Hunter Fritter took fifth with 315.05 points.
Junior Carter Griffin and freshman Alex Walton also led a two-three finish for the Tiger men in the 200 back. Griffin placed second in a season best swim of 1:44.12, while Walton's third-place 1:45.23 was good enough to rank sixth all-time in the Mizzou record books. Additionally, Schaetzle swam a 1:45.96 to rank ninth all-time in school history.
In the women's 200 fly, sophomore Sharli Brady swam a time of 1:57.20 to claim second in the event, while sophomore Erin Metzger-Seymour was fifth in 1:59.53.
The divers next compete at the 2015 USA Diving Winter National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, Dec. 15-20, while the swimming teams are idle until an away dual against LSU on Jan. 14.