COLUMBIA, Mo. - The No. 17/20 Mizzou swimming and diving teams return to the pool on Saturday, Nov. 7 when the squads host the Arkansas women and Missouri State men at Noon CT at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The meet will be open to team pass lists only but will be broadcast live on SEC Network +. Live results will be available on Meet Mobile. 

LAST TIME OUT

The Tigers notched 11 NCAA 'B' cuts and won 30 total events as the squads swept TCU in the teams' season openers on Oct. 16 at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The Mizzou women defeated TCU 193-100, while the men earned a 183.5-113.5 win over the Horned Frogs.

Overall, 10 Tigers won multiple events, including junior Megan Keil and sophomore Ben Patton, who both claimed three wins apiece.

Patton took home top honors in the 100 back, 100 free and 200 IM, with times of 48.65, 44.45 and 1:47.94, respectively. Keil won the 50 free and 100 free and tied sophomore Meredith Rees for the 100 fly win. Her 50 free time of 22.18 was only 0.11 off her personal best and easily would have qualified for last year's NCAA Championships.

The Tigers also swept all four events in the diving well, with junior Sarah Rousseau and sophomore Carlo Lopez both sweeping the springboards. Lopez posted scores of 314.93 on 1-meter and 352.73 on 3-meter to earn his wins, while Rousseau went 284.10 on 3-meter and 302.78 on 3-meter.

TIGERS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS

The Mizzou men's and women's programs are ranked 17th and 20th, respectively, in the CSCAA Division I Preseason Polls, announced by the organization on Oct. 22

Individually, a total of 24 Tigers rank in the top 20 of their respective events so far in 2020-21. Four different Tigers, senior Sarah Thompson and juniors Kayla Jones, Megan Keil and Danny Kovac all boast nation-leading times in the early going. Thompson own's the nation's top 100 back time (51.92), Keil ranks first in the 50 free (22.18), Jones is first in the 200 breast (2:11.26), and Kovac clocks in at first in the 100 fly (46.08).

Name	Event	Rank	Time
Jack Dahlgren	200 Free	5th	1:36.77
	200 Back	8th	1:45.43
Jack Dubois	1000 Free	17th	9:20.60
Will Goodwin	200 Breast	14th	2:00.31
	100 Breast	18th	55.08
	200 IM	20th	1:50.95
Danny Kovac	100 Fly	1st	46.08
	50 Free	2nd	19.74
	100 Free	3rd	43.38
Kyle Leach	100 Free	11th	44.50
Mikolaj Malec	200 Back	13th	1:46.74
Ben Patton	200 IM	5th	1:47.94
	100 Free	10th	44.45
	100 Back	10th	48.65
Grant Reed	200 IM	12th	1:49.98
	200 Free	14th	1:37.96
Frederik Rindshoej	200 Free	16th	1:38.12
	100 Free	18th	44.73
Daniel Wilson	100 Free	18th	44.73
Allison Bloebaum	500 Free	7th	4:52.21
	1000 Free	9th	10:01.08
Katrina Brathwaite	200 Breast	8th	2:13.53
	100 Breast	10th	1:01.80
	200 IM	16th	2:02.32
Anna Davis	200 Back	20th	2:00.87
Amy Feddersen	50 Free	8th	22.93
	100 Free	9th	49.90
Lili Horvath	500 Free	13th	4:54.47
	1000 Free	15th	10:04.52
Kayla Jones	200 Breast	1st	2:11.26
	100 Breast	7th	1:01.23
Megan Keil	50 Free	1st	22.18
	100 Free	5th	49.67
	100 Fly	17th	54.96
Alex Moderski	50 Free	11th	23.15
	200 Free	20th	1:50.11
CJ Kovac	200 IM	19th	2:03.16
Sammie Jo Porter	200 Free	11th	1:48.79
Ana Pozder	500 Free	3rd	4:50.69
	200 Fly	15th	2:00.30
	200 Free	17th	1:49.43
Meredith Rees	100 Back	10th	43.14
	200 Back	11th	1:59.92
	100 Fly	17th	54.96
Amanda Smith	200 Back	3rd	1:57.60
	200 IM	10th	2:01.35
	100 Back	16th	54.94
Sarah Thompson	100 Back	1st	51.92
	50 Free	2nd	22.30
	100 Free	2nd	48.69

FOUR TIGERS CLAIM SEC HONORS

Four Tigers claimed Southeastern Conference weekly honors for their performances against TCU on Oct. 16. Keil was named the Female Swimmer of the Week, Rousseau earned Female Diver of the Week honors, Lopez took home Male Diver of the Week accolades, and freshman Daniel Wilson was named the Male Freshman of the Week.

All four Tigers earned SEC Weekly honors for the first time in their career.

Keil won three individual events as the Mizzou women opened the 2020-21 campaign with a 193-100 win over TCU. She raced to outright wins in the 50 free and 100 free and tied for the top spot in the 100 fly against the Horned Frogs, more than doubling her career event win total to five. Her 50 free time of 22.18 was only 0.11 off her personal best and the fastest time in the nation this year. Additionally, Keil's 100 free time of 49.67 ranks second nationally, while her 54.96 in the 100 fly ranks fourth in the country.

Rousseau swept both springboards on Oct. 16, claiming top honors on 1-meter and 3-meter. The junior posted 284.1 points to win the 1-meter crown, and compiled 302.78 points on 3-meter for her fifth and sixth event crowns of her Tiger career.

Also sweeping the diving events was Lopez, who took home both wins on the men's side. He earned a six-dive score of 314.9 and tallied 352.73 points on 3-meter. The wins were the fourth and fifth of Lopez's career.

Wilson impressed in his first collegiate meet, as he tied for second in the 50 free with a time of 20.57, and tied for fourth in the 100 free in 44.73. Wilson also swam the 100 fly in exhibition in 49.14, a time that would have ranked him third overall in the event.

UP NEXT

The Tigers return to action on Wednesday, Nov. 18 for the Long Course Trials Qualifier at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The teams then return to action the next day for the three-day Mizzou Invite, held Nov. 19-21 at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. Each day swimming preliminaries will commence at 9 a.m. with swimming finals set for 6 p.m.. Diving preliminaries and finals will go back-to-back in the afternoon between swimming sessions.

ORDER OF EVENTS

200 Medley Relay
1000 Free 
200 Free
100 Back
100 Breast
200 Fly
50 Free
1-Meter Diving
100 Free
200 Back
200 Breast
500 Free
100 Fly
3-Meter
200 IM
400 Free Relay 
400 IM (exhibition)