University of Missouri
SEC Championships
Stevens Earns 100 Back Runner-Up Honors at SEC Championships
2/17/2018 9:13:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving
COLLEGE STATION, Texas. – Senior Hannah Stevens (Lexington, Ky.) earned a runner-up finish in the women's 100 back as she paced the Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams to five top eight placements Saturday during day four competition at the 2018 Southeastern Conference Championships in College Station, Texas. With one day of action remaining, the Tiger men sit in fifth with 604.5 points, while the women are sixth with 508 points.
KEY TIGERS
Stevens led throughout much of the race but was out-touched at the finish to record her second-consecutive second-place finish in the event. The senior went a season-best 50.91 in the final, just behind Kentucky's Asia Seidt.
Led by Stevens', the women's team picked up huge points in the 100 back, as five total Tigers scored in the event, including sophomore Haley Hynes (Lee's Summit, Mo.), who breezed to a win in the consolation final.
Senior Sharli Brady (Burlington, Ky.) earned her first-ever podium finish and broke her own school record as she took third in the 200 fly. Brady, who was only 0.02 off her program mark of 1:54.56 in prelims, blew away her record with a finals swim of 1:54.01 and a bronze finish. Her previous best SEC finish was fifth, which she accomplished Friday in the 400 IM and last season in the 200 fly.
Three other Tigers also earned spots on their respective championship finals for top eight finishes. Junior Jordan O'Brien (Naperville, Ill.) took seventh in the men's 10 breast in 53.14, sophomore Daniel Hein (Sycamore, Ill.) placed seventh in the men's 100 back in 46.82, and sophomore Micah Slaton (Austin, Texas) finished eighth in the men's 200 fly after a time of 1:43.82.
Mizzou closed the night with finishes of fourth and sixth in the men's and women's medley relays. The men's quartet of Hein, O'Brien, Slaton and junior Mikel Schreuders (Oranjestad, Aruba) took fourth in 3:07.25, while the women's team of Hynes, freshman Lauren Savoy (Highland Village, Texas), junior Annie Ochitwa (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and Stevens were sixth in 3:32.90.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Greg Rhodenbaugh
"We actually weren't too good this morning but we came back tonight and swam really well. We tend to compete pretty well at night, we just have to get it done in the morning. But we ended with two really good relays and figured some stuff out. We could have swam the women's medley about four or five different ways and I think we picked the right way tonight. We put a new breaststroker on there and (Lauren Savoy) went really fast, so that was a lot of fun."
UP NEXT
Day five action at the 2018 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships continues on Sunday, Feb. 18 with preliminary swimming action at 10 a.m. and preliminary diving competition at 12:30 p.m.
MIZZOU RESULTS
Women's 200 Fly
3. Sharli Brady (1:54.01 finals, 1:54.58 prelims)
15. Devan Sweeney (1:58.71 finals, 1:58.18 prelims)
26. Erin Metzger-Seymour (1:59.77)
Men's 200 Fly
8. Micah Slaton (1:43.82 finals, 1:43.57 prelims)
13. Carter Grimes (1:44.30 finals, 1:44.39 prelims)
23. Giovanny Lima (1:56.10 finals, 1:45.09 prelims)
Women's 100 Back
2. Hannah Stevens (50.91 finals, 51.91 prelims)
9. Haley Hynes (51.50 finals, 52.28 prelims)
17. Jennifer King (53.30 finals, 53.90 prelims)
20. Sarah Thompson (53.81 finals, 54.21 prelims)
24. Maddie Gehrke (54.59 finals, 53.96 prelims)
32. Sammi Wilts (54.86)
Men's 100 Back
7. Daniel Hein (46.82 finals, 46.91 prelims)
19. Grant Kelton (47.62 finals, 47.81 prelims)
21. Griffin Schaetzle (48.41 finals, 48.29 prelims)
Women's 100 Breast
22. Emily Snyder (1:02.16 finals, 1:02.09 prelims
34. Iliana Jones (1:03.73)
Men's 100 Breast
7. Jordan O'Brien (53.14 finals, 52.94 prelims)
18. Caleb Hicks (53.48 finals, 53.75 prelims)
22. Jordy Groters (53.78 finals, 53.34 prelims)
33. Caleb Rhodenbaugh (56.04)
Men's Platform
10. Hunter Fritter (327.40)
18. Will Gottsch (290.35)
Women's 400 Medley Relay
6. Haley Hynes, Lauren Savoy, Annie Ochitwa, Hannah Stevens (3:32.90)
Men's 400 Medley Relay
4. Daniel Hein, Jordan O'Brien, Micah Slaton, Mikel Schreuders (3:07.25)
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