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SEC Championships
Schreuders Takes Third in 200 Free at SEC Championships
2/16/2018 9:07:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
COLLEGE STATION, Texas. – Junior Mikel Schreuders (Oranjestad, Aruba) earned a bronze finish in the men's 200 free to highlight four top five finishes and two school records for the men's and women's swimming and diving teams during day three action at the 2018 Southeastern Conference Championships in College Station, Texas. The Tiger women sit in fifth with 355 points with two days of competition remaining, while the men are sixth with 424.5 points.
KEY TIGERS
Schreuders earned a podium finish and tied his own 200 free school record as he placed third in the event with a 1:33.24. The time matched his own program mark the junior set in November. The finish also bettered his SEC Championships 200 free placements of fourth in 2017 and fifth in 2016.
Swimming in her first SEC Championships, junior Annie Ochitwa (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) nabbed fourth in the women's 100 fly. She tallied a season-best time of 51.86, dropping almost four-tenths off her prelims swim of 52.23.
Seniors Sharli Brady (Burlington, Ky.) and Erin Metzger-Seymour (Westminster, Colo.) both finished fifth in their respective events. Brady notched a 4:07.47 in the women's 400 IM final to better her previous finishes in the race of eighth the past three seasons. Metzger-Seymour dropped a 1:45.34 to take fifth in the women's 200 free, an event she did not swim at the Championships in her first three seasons.
Additionally, freshman Carter Grimes (Las Vega, Nev.) broke Mizzou's men's 400 IM record after he won the consolation final in a time of 3:43.02. The swim easily lowered the old mark of 3:44.08 and was over two and a half seconds better than his old personal-best.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Greg Rhodenbaugh
"We had a lot of best times today and a lot of swimming within themselves and doing it the way they trained to do it. We had some really good outcomes that way. It's always fun to see people do what they can do, that's the best part. That last (time trial) relay was a testament to how fast we can swim when there are no distractions. We have to get used to blocking out the distractions."
UP NEXT
Day four action at the 2018 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships continues on Saturday, Feb. 17 with preliminary swimming action at 10 a.m. and preliminary diving competition at 12:30 p.m.
MIZZOU RESULTS
Women's 400 IM
5. Sharli Brady (4:07.47 finals, 4:06.57 prelims)
21. Kylie Dahlgren (4:12.66 finals, 4:14.90 prelims)
22. Jen King (4:13.31 finals, 4:14.29 prelims)
24. Devan Sweeney (4:15.45 finals, 4:12.97 prelims)
Men's 400 IM
9. Carter Grimes (3:43.02 finals, 3:45.72 prelims)
14. Nick Alexander (3:46.43 finals, 3:46.70 prelims)
19. Alex Walton (3:46.57 finals, 3:48.45 prelims)
34. Anthony Ashley (3:51.87)
38. Jacob Wielinski (3:54.50)
Women's 100 Fly
4. Annie Ochitwa (51.86 finals, 52.23 prelims)
35. Maddie Gehrke (54.79)
39. Sammi Wilts (55.56)
Men's 100 Fly
11. Micah Slaton (46.58 finals, 46.58 prelims)
15. Luke Mankus (47.00 finals, 47.13 prelims)
16. Daniel Hein (47.13 finals, 46.93 prelims)
26. Caleb Hicks (47.77)
33. Drew Dvorchak (48.34)
34. Grant Kelton (48.37)
39. Griffin Schaetzle (49.05)
Women's 3-Meter
11. Kendra Kieser (309.3)
22. Alexa Beckwith (264.7)
24. Payton Conrad (246.65)
25. Madeline McKernan (243.8)
Women's 200 Free
5. Erin Metzger-Seymour (1:45.34 finals, 1:45.87 prelims)
15. Sammie Jo Porter (1:46.71 finals, 1:46.87 prelims)
22. Courtney Evensen (1:47.82 finals, 1:47.95 prelims)
42. Kira Zubar (1:49.70)
Men's 200 Free
3. Mikel Schreuders (1:33.24 finals, 1:33.90 prelims)
8. Giovanny Lima (1:34.75 finals, 1:34.42 prelims)
10. Sam Coffman (1:34.88 finals, 1:34.77 prelims)
14. Grant Reed (1:35.99 finals, 1:35.91 prelims)
Women's 200 Medley Relay Time Trial
Haley Hynes, Emily Snyder, Annie Ochitwa, Hannah Stevens (1:36.52)
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