SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams combined to win 22 of 26 events as the Tigers swept the Missouri State Bears Saturday afternoon at Hammons Student Center in Springfield, Mo. The women (4-2), who claimed all 13 of their events, posted a 188-51 win over the Bears, while the men (6-1) were victorious 152-84.
Senior Clark Thomas and sophomores Sharli Brady and Kira Zubar each notched double wins in the meet. Thomas swept the springboards with wins on 1-meter and 3-meter, with scores of 382.15 and 378.15, respectively, while Zubar took first in the 500 and 1000 free races after swims of 10:14.27 and 5:03.36. Meanwhile, Brady clocked times of 4:20.55 in the 400 IM and 2:01.19 in the 200 fly for her two wins.
The teams opened the dual with a sweep in the women's and men's 400 medley relays. The women's squad of junior Nadine Laemmler, redshirt senior Abby Duncan, sophomore Erin Metzger-Seymour and senior Patterson touched first in 3:43.98, while the men's quartet of juniors Carter Griffin, Fabian Schwingenschlogl and Andrew Sansoucie and senior Matthew Margritier took first in 3:17.19.
In the 200 breast, Duncan and Schwingenschlogl earned wins. Duncan clocked a time of 2:11.94, while Schwingenschlogl took first in 2:00.78.
Mizzou also claimed event sweeps in the 50 free, 200 free and 200 back events. Freshman Maddie Gehrke (23.81) and Margritier took home wins in the 50 free, sophomore Rachel Hayden (1:53.49) and freshman Sam Coffman (1:42.59) won the 200 free, and junior Nadine Laemmler (1:59.15) and Griffin won the 200 back.
Also victorious for the Tigers were senior Daniel Graviss in the 400 IM (3:58.02), freshman Iliana Jones in the 100 free (51.97), sophomore Alexa Beckwith on 1-meter (303.40) and sophomore Madeline McKernan on 3-meter (300.15).
The Tigers women closed the meet with first-place finishes in the 200 free relay. On the women's side, Hayden, Jones, Gehrke and Patterson clocked a 1:34.07, and on the men's side, Margritier, junior Christian Aragona, Sansoucie and freshman Luke Mankus touched the wall in 1:22.22.
The Mizzou women are back in action on Thursday, Jan. 28 as the team hosts Vanderbilt at 2 p.m. at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.