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@MizzouSwimDive Drops Close Duals Against No. 2/6 Georgia
11/10/2016 5:03:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams dropped close Southeastern Conference dual against Georgia on Thursday afternoon at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The No. 23 men fell to the No. 6 men, 152-147 and the No. 18 Tiger women lost to the No. 2 Bulldogs, 159-140.
Four different Tigers won two individual events apiece, as redshirt senior Lauren Reedy (Rochester Hills, Mich.), seniors Michael Chadwick (Charlotte, N.C.) and Katharine Ross (Des Moines, Iowa) and sophomore Kyle Goodwin (Aurora, Colo.) each took home two victories to help the Tigers.
Reedy broke her own 3-meter school record as she tallied a score of 387.23 on the board, bettering the 381.98 she set against Alabama on Oct. 14. Junior Kendra Kieser (Plano, Texas) took second on 3-meter with a score of 333.53. Reedy also claimed top honors on 1-meter with 299.95 points, ahead of junior Alexa Beckwith (Denver, Colo.), who had 295.65 points.
Goodwin also swept both springboards with wins in the men's competitions. He totaled a personal-best 398.40 to win 3-meter and move himself into fourth all-time at Mizzou in the event. Junior Hunter Fritter (Houston, Texas) was third on the board with 384.86 points, also a caree- best. Goodwin also won 1-meter after a round of 325.43 points, ahead of freshman William Gottsch (Elkhorn, Neb.), who went 302.70.
The Tigers opened with a sweep of the 200 medley relay races. On the women's side, freshman Haley Hynes (Lee's Summit, Mo.), Ross, sophomore Maddie Gehrke (Clive, Iowa) and junior Hannah Stevens (Lexington, Ohio) led throughout after a time of 1:39.80. The men's team of freshman Daniel Hein (Sycamore, Ill.) and seniors Fabian Schwingenschlogl (Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany), Andrew Sansoucie (Wentzville, Mo.) and Chadwick touched in 1:26.96 to take the win.
Chadwick swept the sprint freestyle races as he breezed to wins in the 50 and 100 free. He clocked a 19.89 to win the 50, ahead of Sansoucie in second with a 20.36 and sophomore Luke Mankus (Keller, Texas) in third with a 20.56). Chadwick then won the 100 free in a season best 43.20, almost two full seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Mizzou's other double-winner was Ross, who claimed top honors in the 100 and 200 breast. She clocked a 1:00.92 to win the 100 and a 2:13.50 to touch first in the 200.
In one of the more exciting races of the day, Sansoucie won the 100 fly in a time of 46.97, the third-fastest time in the nation this season.
Stevens took top honors in the women's 100 back, notching a 54.20 to defeat U.S. Olympian Olivia Smoliga. Hynes took third in 54.46, a time that ranks her 10th all-time at Mizzou, and senior Nadine Laemmler (Wackersdorf, Bavaria, Germany) was fourth in 54.56. Stevens also placed second in the 200 back in a time of 1:58.13, ahead of freshman Sam Coloma (Pittsburg, Calif.) in 1:59.96 and Laemmler in 2:00.71.
Junior Sharli Brady (Burlington, Ky.) used a strong final 100 yards to race to victory in the women's 200 fly in a season-best time of 1:58.31.
In the men's 200 breast, Schwingenschlogl proved victorious in 1:57.56, the fourth-fastest time in the nation so far this season. Senior Eddie Mapel (Hinsdale, Ill.) was second in 2:01.96 and sophomore Jordan O'Brien (Naperville, Ill.) took third in 2:03.38. Schwingenschlogl finished second in the 100 breast in 54.07, only 0.04 behind first. Junior Jordy Groters (Oranjestad, Aruba) placed third in 55.66.
In the men's 400 free, the Tigers trailed most of the race until a quick final leg from Chadwick to give to relay team of Sansoucie, Schwingenschlogl, sophomore Mikel Schreuders (Oranjestad, Aruba) and Chadwick the win in 2:57.28.
Junior Kira Zubar (Chaska, Minn.) clocked personal-best 10:01.29 in the women's 1000 free to move up to fourth all-time at Mizzou in the event.
The Tigers next return to the pool for the three-day Mizzou Invite, which runs Thursday, Nov. 17-Saturday, Nov. 19. Preliminary action will begin at 10 a.m. each day, with finals slated to start at 6 p.m.
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