Mankus, Goodwin, Two Mizzou Relays Claim All-America Honors During Day Two at NCAAs

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Mankus, Goodwin, Two Mizzou Relays Claim All-America Honors During Day Two at NCAAs

3/28/2019 8:46:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

AUSTIN, Texas. – Two relays and two individuals garnered All-America honors during day two competition Thursday at the 2019 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin, Texas. The Tigers sit eighth in the team standings with 60 points with two days of competition remaining and have already surpassed their total point total of 29 from the 2018 NCAA Championships.

Mizzou's 400 medley relay earned first team honors, while the 200 free relay and seniors Kyle Goodwin (Aurora, Colo.) and Luke Mankus (Keller, Texas) earned honorable mention accolades during day two action.

KEY PERFORMANCES

Missouri's 400 medley relay touched in seventh to claim All-America first team honors, as junior Daniel Hein (Sycamore, Ill.), senior Jordan O'Brien (Naperville, Ill.), freshman Danny Kovac (Fort Collins, Colo.) and senior Mikel Schreuders clocked a 3:04.51 in the championship final. In morning prelims, Mizzou went 3:04.34 to earn a spot in the championship final, with Hein resetting his own 100 back school mark with a 45.26 on the first leg of the relay.

Mankus garnered individual All-America honors for the first time in his career on Thursday, as the senior placed 13rd in the 50 free for honorable mention accolades. Mankus, who entered the meet seeded 23rd, clocked a 19.20 in finals after a personal-best time of 19.11 in prelims.

In the diving well, Goodwin garnered the second All-America honor of his career and the first since his freshman season in 2016. The senior placed 16th overall on 1-meter with a finals score of 276.95. In preliminary action, he sat 20th with one dive remaining but a 61.5 on his final dive to moved him up four places and to nab the final spot in the consolation final. Goodwin also took home All-America honorable mention accolades in 2016, when he finished 13th on platform.

The Tigers also earned points and set a new school record in the 200 free relay. Mizzou's quartet of Mankus, Schreuders, Kovac and freshman Kyle Leach (Colorado Springs, Colo.) won the consolation final to take ninth overall in a school record time of 1:16.34.

Seven other Tigers competed on Thursday as well. In the 500 free, freshman Jack Dahlgren (Victoria, Minn.) placed 28th with a personal-best time of 4:16.82, freshman Jack Dubois took 37th in 4:18.97, and senior Jacob Wielinski (Mounds View, Minn.) also clocked a personal-best 4:19.34 to place 40th.

Mizzou got finishes of 26th and 30th in the 200 IM, by Kovac and junior Nick Alexander (St. Louis, Mo.) in times of 1:43.75 and 1:43.97, respectively. Additionally, Schreuders finished 27th in the 50 free (19.43) and Hicks took 40th (19.81).

QUOTABLES

Mizzou Interim Head Coach Andrew Grevers
"We competed our hearts out this morning and did everything we could to get back in the right place. Unfortunately we were ninth in the 200 free relay but we came back tonight, solidified ninth and set a team record. Luke Mankus is now going down as the second-fastest 50 freestyler in school history and swam four phenomenal 50s today. We're so happy Kyle (Goodwin) did what he had to do to get 16th-place, and we're really excited to see what he does tomorrow on 3-meter. And that 400 medley relay was an absolutely wonderful effort in a rough place with waves crashing. Mikel (Schreuders) found a way to get his hand on the wall ahead of Florida and get us those extra two points. I'm really proud where we are after day two and can't wait for tomorrow morning."

UP NEXT

The 2019 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships continue on Friday, March 29 with preliminary swimming at 10 a.m., preliminary diving at 12:15 p.m. and finals at 6 p.m.