Stevens, Men's 400 Medley Relay Earn Runner-Up Finishes at SEC Championships
2/17/2017 8:08:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Junior Hannah Stevens (Lexington, Ohio) and the men's 400 medley relay team claimed runner-up finishes to highlight the Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams performances during day four competition at the 2017 Southeastern Conference Championships Friday at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatics Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tigers also posted five other top six placements during the day.
The Tiger women enter the final day in sixth place with 631 points, while the men sit seventh with 521 points.
The men's 400 medley relay team of earned Mizzou's first-ever top two SEC finish as freshman Daniel Hein (Sycamore, Illinois) and seniors Fabian Schwingenschlogl (Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany), Andrew Sansoucie (Wentzville, Missouri) and Michael Chadwick (Charlotte, North Carolina) finished second. Mizzou's time of 3:06.66 tied the school record set at the 2016 NCAA Championships.
Stevens set a new school record to claim runner-up honors in the 100 back in 50.82 to also become the first Tiger under 51 seconds in the event. She finished only two-tenths of a second behind Olympian Olivia Smoligia of Georgia to improve on her fifth-place SEC placement a season ago.
Also in the women's 100 back championship final was senior Nadine Laemmler (Wackersdorf, Bavaria, Germany), who touched fifth in 51.96. Additionally, freshman Haley Hynes (Lee's Summit, Missouri) took ninth in 52.51, freshman Jennifer King (Glasgow, Scotland) was 18th in a personal best 53.61 and freshman Sam Coloma (Pittsburg, California) was 24th in 54.58.
Schwingenschlogl, who owns the nation's top time in the 100 breast, clocked a 52.28 in the event's championship final to tie for third in the race. Chadwick also represented Missouri in the final and placed fifth in a career-best time of 52.41. Four other Tigers earned points in the event as well, as senior Eddie Mapel (Hinsdale, Illinois) was 12th, junior Jordy Groters (Oranjestad, Aruba) took 17th, sophomore Jordan O'Brien (Naperville, Illinois) was 21st and sophomore Nick Staver (Bettendorf, Iowa) was 24th.
Junior Sharli Brady (Burlington, Kentucky), who was seventh after prelims, dropped her time to 1:56.65 in finals to post a fifth-place finish in the 200 fly. The junior placed eighth in the race a season ago. Also earning evening swims in the event were junior Erin Metzger-Seymour (Westminster, Colorado) and junior Azra Avdic (Skokie, Illinois). Metzger-Seymour took 18th in a personal-best time of 1:58.88, and Avdic took 20th in 1:59.18.
Also swimming in a championships final was Hein in his first SEC Championships. In finals, he finished sixth as he set a new personal best and moved into second all-time in the Mizzou record books with a 46.6. Senior Carter Griffin (Parker, Colorado) swam in the B final and placed 13th in 47.04.
In the diving well, four Tigers earned points on women's platform, led by redshirt senior Lauren Reedy (Rochester Hills, Michigan) in 12th and junior Madeline McKernan (Montgomery, Texas) in 14th. Additionally, junior Kendra Kieser (Plano, Texas) was 18th and junior Alexa Beckwith (Denver, Colorado) took 23rd.
Senior Martin Wallace (Broomfield, Colorado) and freshman Micah Slaton (Austin, Texas) had finals swims in the 200 fly as well, as Wallace took 14th in 1:44.81 in the B final and Slaton clocked a 1:44.35 in the C final for 18. Both times were career-bests for the Tigers.
The women's 400 medley relay team of Laemmler, Brady, Metzger-Seymour and Stevens finished seventh in 3:35.41.
The SEC Championships conclude on Saturday, Feb. 18 with prelims action at 10 a.m. ET.
Day Four Results
Women's 200 Fly
5. Sharli Brady (1:56.65 finals, 1:57.02 prelims)
18. Erin Metzger-Seymour (1:58.88 finals, 1:59.90 prelims)
20. Azra Avdic (1:59.18 finals, 2:00.12 prelims)
Men's 200 Fly
14. Martin Wallace (1:44.81 finals, 1:44.84 prelims)
18. Micah Slaton (1:44.35 finals, 1:45.11 prelims)
30. Giovanny Lima (1:46.85)
Women's 100 Back
2. Hannah Stevens (50.82 finals, 51.13 prelims)
3. Nadine Laemmler (51.96 finals, 51.98 prelims)
9. Haley Hynes (52.51 finals, 52.82 prelims)
18. Jennifer King (53.61 finals, 54.11 prelims)
24. Sam Coloma (54.58 finals, 54.26 prelims)
32. Maddie Gehrke (54.75)
33. Samantha Wilts (54.85)
Men's 100 Back
6. Daniel Hein (46.60 finals, 46.65 prelims)
13. Carter Griffin (47.04 finals, 46.87 prelims)
33. Griffin Schaetzle (48.84)
Women's 100 Breast
37. Iliana Jones (1:04.18)
Men's 100 Breast
3. Fabian Schwingenschlogl (52.28 finals, 52.08 prelims)
5. Michael Chadwick (52.41 finals, 52.76 prelims)
12. Eddie Mapel (53.12 finals, 53.11 prelims)
17. Jordy Groters (53.52 finals, 53.81 prelims)
21. Jordan O'Brien (54.39 finals, 54.33 prelims)
24. Nick Staver (54.84 finals, 54.59 prelims)
Women's Platform
12. Lauren Reedy (258.05)
14. Madeline McKernan (251.6)
18. Kendra Kieser (231.75)
23. Alexa Beckwith (223.4)
25. Payton Conrad (216.15)
Women's 400 Medley Relay
8. Laemmler, Brady, Metzger-Seymour, Stevens (3:35.41)
Men's 400 Medley Relay
2. Hein, Schwingenschlogl, Sansoucie, Chadwick (3:06.66)
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