@MizzouSwimDive Notches Seven Top Eight Individual Finishes at U.S. Open
8/7/2017 8:17:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. - The Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams compiled seven individual top eight finishes during the 2017 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, held Aug. 2-6 at the Nassau County Aquatics Center in East Meadow, N.Y. The meet was sanctioned by USA Swimming and was open the both U.S. and international swimmers.
Senior Sharli Brady (Burlington, Kentucky) led Mizzou with two top seven finishes during the event. Brady took home the U.S. Open 400 IM title with a personal best 4:42.70 on Friday and also took seventh in the 200 fly with a 2:12.71, also a personal best. In the 400 IM final, she led through the first 200 meters, was overtaken in the breaststroke leg before racing down the leader in the freestyle. Brady knocked three and a half seconds off her old mark, set in morning prelims.
A trio of Tigers earned sixth-place finishes as well. Junior Griffin Schaetzle placed sixth in the 200 back in a career best 1:59.79. That marked the first time Schaetzle broke 2:00. Incoming freshman Carter Grimes was sixth in the 400 IM after a finals time of 4:22.97, a personal best. Additionally, 2017 senior Katharine Ross earned a sixth-place finish in the 100 breast in a time of 1:09.04.
Also claiming top eight finishes were junior Courtney Evensen and senior Kira Zubar. Evensen took seventh in the 400 free in 4:15.15, after a prelims PR of 4:15.03. Zubar touched eighth in the 800 free after a career best swim of 8:43.10. Zubar narrowly missed another top eight placement in the 1500 as well, as she took ninth in the event in 16:43.86.
2017 U.S. Open Swimming Championships
Women's 200 Fly
7. Sharli Brady (2:12.71 finals, 2:13.23 finals)
Men's 200 Fly
10. Carter Grimes (2:00.32 finals, 2:01.36 Prelims
12. Micah Slaton (2:00.67 finals, 2:00.49 prelims)
26. Giovanni Gutierrez Lozano (2:02.88 finals, 2:03.65 prelims)
Men's 100 Free
19. Sam Coffman (50.76 finals, 50.94 prelims)
Women's 800 Free
8. Kira Zubar (8:43.10)
11. Courtney Evensen (8:45.34)
Men's 1500 Free
38. Giovanni Gutierrez Lozano (15:58.78)
Women's 4x100 Free Relay
7. Evensen, Brady, Zubar, Wilts (3:49.55)
Women's 400 Free
7. Courtney Evensen (4:15.25 finals, 4:15.03 prelims)
20. Kira Zubar (4:18.79 finals, 4:18.44 prelims)
Men's 400 Free
29. Grant Reed (3:59.10 finals, 4:00.63 prelims)
48. Carter Grimes (4:01.38)
Women's 200 Breast
35. Katharine Ross (2:37.95)
Men's 200 Breast
25. Jordan O'Brien (2:19.49)
Women's 200 Back
14. Jennifer King (2:13.85 finals, 2:14.38 prelims)
22. Kylie Dahlgren (2:16.10 finals, 2:15.83 prelims)
32. Samantha Wilts (2:17.52)
Men's 200 Back
6. Griffin Schaetzle (1:59.79 finals, 2:00.05 prelims)
12. Nick Alexander (2:01.30 finals, 2:01.15 prelims)
26. Alex Walton (2:03.10)
47. Carter Grimes (2:05.63)
48. Daniel Hein (2:05.70)
58. Anthony Ashley (2:07.62)
Men's 4x100 Free Relay
9. Coffman, Slaton, Alexander, Walton (3:26.20)
Women's 400 IM
1. Sharli Brady (4:42.70 finals, 4:46.64 prelims)
35. Jennifer King (5:00.94)
Men's 400 IM
6. Carter Grimes (4:22.97 finals, 4:23.84 prelims)
38. Alex Walton (4:32.52)
41. Nick Alexander (4:34.45)
Men's 100 Fly
9. Micah Slaton (53.69 finals, 53.68 prelims)
27. Daniel Hein (54.93)
Women's 4x200 Free Relay
3. Evensen, Zubar, Brady, Dahlgren (8:11.44)
Men's 4x200 Free Relay
5. Coffman, Alexander, Walton, Slaton (7:33.70)
Women's 200 Free
27. Courtney Evensen (2:03.65)
43. Kira Zubar (2:04.58)
Men's 200 Free
20. Sam Coffman (1:51.77 finals, 1:51.99 prelims)
22. Grant Reed (1:51.95 finals, 1:52.17 prelims)
Women's 100 Breast
6. Katharine Ross (1:09.04 finals, 1:09.20 prelims)
Men's 100 Breast
14. Jordan O'Brien (1:02.84 finals, 1:02.98 prelims)
Women's 100 Back
41. Kylie Dahlgren (1:03.93)
45. Jennifer King (1:04.23)
48. Samantha Wilts (1:04.38)
Men's 100 Back
13. Daniel Hein (56.30 finals, 56.10 prelims)
26. Nick Alexander (56.98)
35. Alex Walton (57.27)
59. Anthony Ashley (58.83)
Women's 4x100 Medley Relay
4. Dahlgren, Ross, Brady, Evensen (4:11.25)
Men's 4x100 Medley Relay
4. Hein, O'Brien, Slaton, Coffman (3:42.31)
Women's 1500 Free
9. Kira Zubar (16:43.86)
Women's 200 IM
Sharli Brady (2:16.05) – scratched finals
36. Kylie Dahlgren (2:21.40)
Men's 200 IM
Nick Alexander (2:04.09) – scratched finals
Men's 800 Free
T-41. Carter Grimes (8:23.54)
T-41. Giovanni Gutierrez Lozano (8:23.54)
Women's 50 Free
72. Maddie Gehrke (27.32)
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