University of Missouri
SEC Championships
Mizzou Men Place Sixth, Women Eighth at SEC Championships
2/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving
AUBURN, Ala. - The Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams completed action at the five-day 2015 Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday, with the men finishing in sixth-place with 768 points and the women taking eighth with 594 points.
Florida won the men's title with 1,314.5 points, while Georgia (1,134.5) took second and Auburn was third (1,084).The Georgia women claimed their sixth consecutive SEC crown after scoring 1,450 points. Texas A&M was second (1,166) and Florida placed third (963.5).
Over the course of the Championships, the Tigers set 10 school records, including two from freshman Sharli Brady (200 fly and 400 IM). Individuals also setting marks were seniors Mack Darragh (200 fly) and Sam Tierney (100 breast), junior Daniel Graviss (400 IM) and sophomores Carter Griffin (200 back) and Andrew Sansoucie (100 fly). Mizzou also set program records in the women's 200 medley relay, men's 400 medley relay and men's 800 free relay.
The Tigers also recorded 13 top-eight finishes, including second-place showings from Griffin (200 back), Tierney (100 breast) and junior Clark Thomas (3-meter springboard).
Griffin highlighted Saturday action with his runner-up finish in the 200 back. After breaking his school record with a 1:40.55 in prelims, Griffin dropped his time to 1:40.17 in finals, lowering his program mark and notching an NCAA A cut.
Tierney followed up his second-place showing in Friday's 100 breast with a fourth-place finish in the 200 breast on Saturday with a finals time of 1:53.86. Senior Igor Kozlovskij easily won the consolation final in the event, placing ninth overall in 1:55.00, while freshman Jordy Groters took 21st in 1:59.03.
In the women's 200 breast, junior Abby Duncan placed sixth (2:10.67) in the championship final, joining her fifth-place showing in the 100 breast. Sophomore Katharine Breast took home the consolation final win in a season best swim of 2:11.11.
Also swimming a championship final on Saturday was sophomore Michael Chadwick. The Charlotte, N.C., native qualified for the top final in the 100 free, ultimately placing seventh in 43.19. Also earning points for the Tigers in the event was junior Matthew Margritier, who took second in the C final with a 43.80.
In the diving well, freshman Hunter Fritter used a personal best prelims score of 352.40 to advance to Saturday night's platform finals session. He scored 341.65 points in finals to place eighth in the event, which included dives of 79.20 and 72.00
In the women's 1650 free, freshman Kira Zubar just missed Mizzou's school record after a 16:25.49, less than a second off the program mark. Her time was good enough to earn her 13th place in the event.
Also earning top-13 finishes were freshman Hannah Stevens and junior Anna Patterson. Stevens took 12th in the 200 back in 1:55.10, while Patterson was 13th in the 100 free after a 49.05.
On the men's side, senior Eegan Groome and sophomore Nick Davis had finishes of 16th and 19th respectively. Groome's 15.18.36 was a season best, while Davis set a new personal best of 15:26.74, moving into fourth all-time at Missouri in the event.
The men and women had finishes of sixth and eighth, respectively, in the 400 free relay to close out the meet. The men's team of Chadwick, Margritier, senior Alex Glogoza and Tierney clocked a time of 2:54.29, while the women's squad of Patterson, senior Danielle Barbiea, Hayden and Stevens swam a 3:18.12.
Day Five Results
Men's 1650 Free
16. Eegan Groome (15.18.36)
19. Nick Davis (15:26.74)
Women's 1650 Free
13. Kira Zubar (16:25.49)
Men's 200 Back
2. Carter Griffin (1:40.17 finals, 1:40.55 prelims)
23. Austin Fish (1:46.40 finals, 1:45.53 prelims)
29. Grant Kelton (1:45.96)
35. Dillon Love (1:46.88)
Women's 200 Back
12. Hannah Stevens (1:55.10 finals, 1:56.04 prelims)
32. Ellie Suek (1:59.55)
42. Emily Doucette (2:02.16)
Men's 100 Free
7. Michael Chadwick (43.19 finals, 43.15 prelims)
18. Matthew Margritier (43.80 finals, 43.79 prelims)
29. Alex Glogoza (44.54)
33. Andrew Sansoucie (44.80)
44. Christian Aragona (45.45)
Women's 100 Free
13. Anna Patterson (49.05 finals, 49.20 prelims)
23. Rachel Hayden (49.86 finals, 49.72 prelims)
29. Erin Metzger-Seymour (50.11)
42. Danielle Barbiea (50.45)
49. Brittany Hammond (51.23)
50. Victoria Trost (51.27)
58. Arianna Bernstein (52.18)
62. Kellie Barbiea (52.89)
Men's 200 Breast
4. Sam Tierney (1:53.86 finals, 1:54.72 prelims)
9. Igor Kozlovskij (1:55.00 finals, 1:55.59 prelims)
21. Jordy Groters (1:59.03 finals, 2:00.53 prelims)
Women's 200 Breast
6. Abby Duncan (2:10.67 finals, 2:10.44 prelims)
17. Katharine Ross (2:11.11 finals, 2:13.25 prelims)
28. Danielle Spradlin (2:16.20)
39. Miranda Mercke (2:20.59)
Men's Platform
8. Hunter Fritter (341.65 finals, 352.40 prelims)
12. Clark Thomas (316.05)
18. Elliot Cecil (277.95)
Men's 400 Free Relay
6. Chadwick, Margritier, Glogoza, Tierney (2:54.29)
Women's 400 Free Relay
6. Patterson, Barbiea, Hayden, Stevens (3:18.12)
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