Mizzou Records Five Top-Five Finishes During SEC Day Four Action
2/20/2015 10:31:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Senior Sam Tierney earned runner-up honors in the 100 breast
AUBURN, Ala. – The Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams recorded five top-five finishes, including a second-place showing in the 100 breast from senior Sam Tierney, to highlight Friday competition at the 2015 Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving Championships at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center in Auburn, Ala. The Tigers also set four school records on the day.
In addition to Tierney's finish, sophomore Katharine Ross and redshirt junior Abby Duncan took fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 100 breast, the women's 400 medley relay placed fourth and freshman Hannah Stevens took fifth in the 100 back.
The Tiger men sit in sixth-place with 549 points, while the women are eighth with 470 points.
Florida (980) leads the men's field, ahead of Georgia (848), Auburn (760), Tennessee (687.5) and Alabama (610.5). On the women's side, Georgia (1082) sits in first, followed by Texas A&M (875), Florida (730.5), LSU (614) and Tennessee (584.5).
Coming into finals as the top prelims qualifier, Tierney made a late charge in the final fourth of the race but was outtouched at the wall 51.51 to 51.64 to take runner-up honors. Tierney's 51.64 was 0.04 faster than his old Mizzou record, which he set at November's Mizzou Invite.
Senior Igor Kozlovskij and freshman Jordy Groters also competed in Friday night finals. Kozlovskij, swimming in the consolation final, placed 15th overall with a night time of 53.58, while Groters won the C final in a personal best 54.19.
In the women's 100 breast, Ross and Duncan led the Mizzou charge with finishes of fourth and fifth. The duo qualified for the championship final after swims of 59.67 (Ross) and 59.77 (Duncan) in prelims and notched times of 59.64 (Ross) and 1:00.02 (Duncan) in finals.
Stevens also earned a spot in a championship final Friday, in the 100 back. The freshman, who swam a 52.32 in prelims, touched the wall in 52.38 in finals for her fifth-place finish.
In the 200 fly events, senior Mack Darragh and freshman Sharli Brady both set school records twice during the day. Darragh won the consolation final in an NCAA A cut and MU record 1:42.56, after a 1:43.69 in prelims. Classmate Andrew Phillips, who owned the school mark for one heat after a 1:43.72 in prelims, placed 11th overall with a finals time of 1:43.80. Additionally, junior Daniel Graviss was 14th with a personal best 1:44.18 and sophomore Martin Wallace placed 19th in a personal best 1:45.81.
Brady initially broke her own 200 fly mark in the morning session with a 1:57.17. She then smoked the consolation final field, easily winning that heat with a new school record of 1:55.88. Competing in the C final, freshman Erin Metzger-Seymour took third for a 19th-place finish after a 1:59.27.
Sophomore Carter Griffin earned a 10th-place finish for the Tigers in the 100 back after taking second in the 100 back consolation final. Griffin, who swam a personal best 46.94 in prelims to move into second all-time at Mizzou in the event, went 47.15 in finals. Additionally, junior Dillon Love won the C final after a night swim of 47.58, a new career best.
In the diving well, junior Lauren Reedy paced the Tigers with a 14-place finish on platform with 225.50 points. Freshmen Alexa Beckwith and Madeline McKernan also earned points for the team with finishes of 19th and 20th, respectively.
The men's 400 medley relay knocked almost a full second off its old school mark with a 3:07.15 to place sixth. The quartet of Griffin, Tierney and sophomores Andrew Sansoucie and Michael Chadwick bested the old record of 3:08.08, set last season.
In the final event of the night, the Tiger women's team of Stevens, Ross, senior Danielle Barbiea and junior Anna Patterson finished fourth in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:34.34.
Final day preliminary action at the SEC Championships begins Saturday at 10 a.m. CT.
Day Four Results
Men's 200 Fly
9. Mack Darragh (1:42.56 finals, 1:43.69 prelims)
10. Andrew Phillips (1:43.80 finals, 1:43.72 prelims)
14. Daniel Graviss (1:44.18 finals, 1:44.69 prelims)
19. Martin Wallace (1:45.83 finals, 1:46.71 prelims)
33. Carter Wallace (1:48.46)
Women's 200 Fly
9. Sharli Brady (1:55.88 finals, 1:57.17 prelims)
24. Erin Metzger-Seymour (1:59.27, 1:59.87 prelims)
Men's 100 Back
10. Carter Griffin (47.15 finals, 46.94 prelims)
17. Dillon Love (47.58 finals, 47.87 prelims)
26. Alex Glogoza (48.52)
31. Austin Fish (48.81)
33. Grant Kelton (47.94)
Women's 100 Back
5. Hannah Stevens (52.38 finals, 52.32 prelims)
27. Emily Doucette (54.71)
Men's 100 Breast
2. Sam Tierney (51.64 finals, 51.97 prelims)
15. Igor Kozlovskij (52.58 finals, 53.47 prelims)
18. Jordy Groters (54.19 finals, 54.21 prelims)
32. Christian Aragona (56.44)
Women's 100 Breast
4. Katharine Ross (59.64 finals, 59.67 prelims)
5. Abby Duncan (1:00.02 finals, 59.77 prelims)
31. Miranda Mercke (1:03.63)
Women's Platform
14. Lauren Reedy (225.50)
19. Alexa Beckwith (216.75)
Men's 400 Medley Relay
6. Griffin, Tierney, Sansoucie, Chadwick (3:07.15)
Women's 400 Medley Relay
4. Stevens, Ross, Barbiea, Patterson (3:34.34)
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