University of Missouri
SEC Championships
@MizzouSwimDive Notches Four Top Seven Finishes on Day Two of SEC Championships
2/15/2018 9:29:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
COLLEGE STATION, Texas. – Two individual top seven finishes, including the second top eight finish from junior diver Kyle Goodwin (Aurora, Colo.) in as many days, highlighted day two action for the Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams Thursday at the 2018 Southeastern Conference Championships in College Station, Texas. With two days of competition remaining, the Tiger women are seventh with 236 points, while the men sit ninth with 267.5 points.
KEY TIGERS
Goodwin recorded his second top eight finish of the meet as he tied for sixth in the men's 1-meter springboard final. The junior scored 339.95 points in the evening session, including a 70.5 on his fifth dive, a reverse two and a half somersault tuck, to garner sixth. During day one action, Goodwin took eighth on men's 3-meter with a finals score of 378.45.
Also posting a top eight finish was junior Luke Mankus (Keller, Texas), who finished seventh in the men's 50 free in a time of 19.59, an improvement of seven spots from last year's SEC Championships.
The Tigers earned important points with impressive swims in the B finals. Junior Annie Ochitwa (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) won the women's 50 free B final in 22.42 to place ninth overall. Additionally, senior Sharli Brady (Burlington, Ky.) took 10th overall in the women's 200 IM (1:56.06) and sophomore Nick Alexander (Crestwood, Mo.) clocked a personal-best 1:44.38 in the men's 200 IM to take 10th as well.
The men's and women's 200 free relay teams claimed finishes of fifth and sixth respectively, in the final event of the night. The men's quartet of Mankus, junior Mikel Schreuders (Oranjestad, Aruba), junior Sam Coffman (Centennial, Colo.) and sophomore Caleb Hicks (Colorado Springs, Colo.) touched in 1:18.33, while the women's team of freshman Sarah Thompson (Collierville, Tenn.), senior Hannah Stevens (Lexington, Ohio), Ochitwa and sophomore Haley Hynes (Lee's Summit, Mo.) posted a time of 1:29.02.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Greg Rhodenbaugh
"The morning was a mixed bag, we had some really good stuff and we had some not very good stuff. This evening was really good, because the people who got it done this morning were in the right frame of mind and were ready to go. They came back tonight and did a really nice job. We have a little momentum coming out of tonight, hopefully that will take us into tomorrow morning and we'll get some good stuff done."
UP NEXT
Day three action at the 2018 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships continues on Friday, Feb. 16 with preliminary swimming action at 10 a.m. and preliminary diving competition at 12:30 p.m.
MIZZOU RESULTS
Women's 500 Free
13. Courtney Evensen (4:43.60 finals, 4:45.12 prelims)
35. Kira Zubar (4:50.37)
48. Sammie Jo Porter (4:55.42)
Men's 500 Free
20. Jacob Wielinski (4:21.21)
28. Grant Reed (4:23.66)
31. Giovanny Lima (4:25.15)
Women's 200 IM
10. Sharli Brady (1:56.06 finals, 1:56.17 prelims)
15. Kylie Dahlgren (1:57.58 finals, 1:57.58 prelims)
22. Lauren Savoy (1:58.92 finals, 1:58.16 prelims)
T-26. Amanda Smith (1:59.35)
44. Devan Sweeney (2:01.54)
54. Emily Snyder (2:04.47)
Men's 200 IM
10. Nick Alexander (1:44.38 finals, 1:45.07 prelims)
19. Alex Walton (1:46.60 finals, 1:46.64 prelims)
25. Anthony Ashley (1:47.13)
41. Jordan O'Brien (1:48.98)
Women's 50 Free
9. Annie Ochitwa (22.42 finals, 22.60 prelims)
14. Hannah Stevens (22.64 finals, 22.47 prelims)
17. Sarah Thompson (22.42 finals, 22.70 prelims)
27. Haley Hynes (22.89)
T-29. Maddie Gehrke (22.94)
31. Iliana Jones (22.95)
Men's 50 Free
7. Luke Mankus (19.59 finals, 19.64 prelims)
17. Mikel Schreuders (19.69 finals, 19.97 prelims)
31. Sam Coffman (20.16)
35. Caleb Hicks (20.19)
44. Jordy Groters (20.67)
52. Caleb Rhodenbaugh (21.74)
Men's 1-Meter
T-6. Kyle Goodwin (339.85 finals, 348.10 prelims)
21. Hunter Fritter (276.45)
22. Will Gottsch (273.70)
Women's 200 Free Relay
6. Sarah Thompson, Hannah Stevens, Annie Ochitwa, Haley Hynes (1:29.02)
Men's 200 Free Relay
5. Luke Mankus, Mikel Schreduers, Sam Coffman, Caleb Hicks (1:18.33)
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