COLUMBIA, Mo. - The No. 15/10 Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams open three consecutive days of competition this week with a dual against in-state opponent Drury on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 4 p.m. CT at Mizzou Aquatic Center. Prior to the meet, the Tigers will honor their 11 seniors for their contributions to the Missouri program. Admission to the meet is free. Additionally, the swimmers will take part in the two-day Tiger Invite, held Friday, Jan. 26 - Saturday, Jan. 27, also at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. Friday action gets underway at 5:30 p.m. There will be two sessions on Saturday, the first session begins at 8:15 a.m., with the second session scheduled to begin two hours after the first session ends Admission for the Tiger Invite is $8 for Friday and $10 for Saturday for spectators 13 and over. Heat sheets will be included in the price of admission. 

Live results will be available on Meet Mobile for both meets

Parking for Thursday's meet and Friday's Tiger Invite session (if arriving before 6 p.m.) must be purchased in advance through University of Missouri Parking & Transportation (Thursday's link; Friday's link). 

LAST TIME OUT

Mizzou earned a road sweep over in-state foe Missouri State on Jan. 20 in Springfield, Missouri. The Missouri women downed Missouri State 146-88, while the men posted a 138-98 win. Tiger sophomore Giovanny Lima won the men's 500 free and took down the Hammond Student Center Pool record with a 4:28.79, besting the old mark of 4:31.16 set in 2011. The win also marked his team-leading 11th event title of the 2017-18 campaign.

Additionally, four Tigers earned two wins apiece in action against the Bears.

In the diving well, senior Kendra Kieser and junior Kyle Goodwin both swept the springboards. Kieser, who earned consecutive sweeps after wins at Texas A&M on Jan. 6, claimed the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions with scores of 304.12 and 295.28, respectively. Goodwin easily took top honors on both boards with totals of 376.95 on 1-meter and 356.55 on 3-meter.

Senior Sharli Brady took home wins in the 200 fly (2:03.34) and 400 IM (4:24.49), her ninth and 10th event victories of the season.

Also with two individual wins on the day was sophomore Nick Alexander, who was victorious in both the 200 IM (1:41.98) and 200 back (1:49.45).

IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS

The Tigers enter this weekend ranked 10th (women) and 15th (men) in the latest CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Poll. 

IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS - INDIVIDUALS

A total of 19 Tigers are ranked in the top 25 in their respective events, including four who are in the top 10. Junior Mikel Schreuders ranks third nationally in the 200 free (1:33.24), senior Hannah Stevens is fourth in the 100 back (51.16), senior Sharli Brady is fifth in the 400 IM (4:04.37) and ninth in the 200 fly (1:54.56) and junior Annie Ochitwa is seventh in the 100 free (47.58). 

NAME	EVENT	RANK	TIME
Nick Alexander	200 IM	22nd	1:44.93
	200 Back	24th	1:41.97
Sam Coffman	200 Free	23rd	1:34.98
Carter Grimes	400 IM	20th	3:45.20
Jordy Groters	100 Breast	19th	53.12
Daniel Hein	100 Back	24th	46.41
Caleb Hicks	100 Breast	15th	52.95
Giovanny Lima	200 Free	22nd	1:34.88
Luke Mankus	50 Free	17th	19.39
Micah Slaton	100 Fly	13th	46.00
	200 Fly	14th	1:43.08
Mikel Schreuders	200 Free	3rd	1:33.24
	100 Free	23rd	42.86
Alex Walton	400 IM	11th	3:44.08
	200 IM	14th	1:44.29
Jacob Wielinski	1650 Free	24th	14:59.10
Sharli Brady	400 IM	4th	4:04.37
	200 Fly	9th	1:54.56
	200 IM	12th	1:55.55
Kylie Dahlgren	200 IM	25th	1:56.55
Haley Hynes	100 Back	23rd	52.54
Jennifer King	200 Back	25th	1:54.13
Annie Ochitwa	100 Free	7th	47.58
	50 Free	23rd	22.34
Hannah Stevens	100 Back	4th	51.16
	200 Back	12th	1:52.31
Kira Zubar	500 Free	14th	4:38.80
	1650 Free	18th	16:09.51

ORDER OF EVENTS

200 Medley Relay
1000 Free
200 Free
50 Free
200 IM
Women's 1-Meter Diving
Men's 3-Meter Diving
100 Fly
100 Free
100 Back
500 Free
Women's 3-Meter Diving
Men's 1-Meter Diving
100 Breast
200 Free Relay