COLUMBIA, Mo. - Former Mizzou All-American Michael Chadwick (Charlotte, North Carolina) will swim in the TYR Derby Pro Swim Meet at 3:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, April 29 in Louisville, Kentucky. The event, in its second year, is hosted by the University of Louisville and serves as a fundraiser for the Drowning Prevention Foundation.
The meet features professional swimmers competing in a 50m long-course meter freestyle with a preliminary, semifinal and final format, all within one hour. The last two finishers in each round are eliminated with the final four racing for prize money and the title of TYR Derby Pro Swim Meet Champion.
Chadwick is one of 16 professionals in the event, which includes Olympians Joao de Lucca, Kristian Gkolomeev, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Josh Schneider, Grigory Tarasevich, Michelle Toro, Kira Toussaint and Kelsi Worrell,
In March Chadwick concluded his collegiate career as the most decorated Tiger in program history. He lis an 11-time first team and 11-time honorable mention All-American, with five of those first team honors coming as an individual, including four over the last two seasons. He finished second in the 100 free at the 2017 NCAA Championships in a school record time of 40.95, which also made him the event's fourth-fastest performer in history. Chadwick also placed fourth in the 50 free and 12th in the 100 breast at NCAAs and swam on Mizzou's third-place 400 medley relay, fourth-place 200 medley relay and seventh-place 200 free relay teams at the Championships. He owns four different Tiger records (50 free, 100 free, 200 free and 200 IM) and is a two-time member of the USA Swimming National Team.
Internationally, Chadwick won three medals at December's FINA Short Course World Championships, where he anchored the U.S.'s mixed 4x50m medley relay and brought the team back from seventh-place to first and claim the gold medal in a meet record time of 1:37.22. He also earned a silver on the men's 4x50m free relay team and a bronze with the men's 4x100m free relay squad.