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Mizzou Swimming & Diving Takes Down Arkansas, Missouri State
11/7/2020 3:23:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The No. 17/20 Mizzou men's and women's swimming and diving teams both recorded victories at the Mizzou Aquatic Center on Saturday, as the women took down Arkansas, 185.5-114.5, and the Tiger men defeated Missouri State, 193-92.
Four different Tigers won multiple events in the meet, with junior Danny Kovac (Fort Collins, Colo.) and sophomore Ben Patton (Wichita, Kan.) leading the way with three wins each. Also with multiple first-place finishes were senior Sarah Thompson (Collierville, Tenn.) and sophomore Carlo Lopez (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada).
TOP TIGERS
For the second meet in a row, Patton won all thee of his individual races for a team-best six event titles in 2020-21. The sophomore earned top honors in the 100 breast (53.41), 200 back (1:48.05) and 100 fly (47.56), with his 100 breast time easily besting his old personal-best time of 55.37.
Kovac won all of his individual events on Saturday, with wins in the 200 fly (1:43.20), 100 free (44.80) and 200 IM (1:46.62). His 200 fly time was a personal-best and good enough to move him into fourth all-time at Mizzou in the event. The junior has now won all five individual races he's entered two meets into the season.
In the diving well, Lopez also made it a perfect four-for-four in wins in 2020-21, as he swept the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions for the second meet in a row. He went 363.7 to take top honors on 3-meter and 325.1 for the 3-meter victory.
Thompson clocked wins in the 100 free and 100 fly, with times of 48.80 and 52.65, respectively. Her 100 fly time of 52.65 was a new personal-best, bettering her old time of 52.91 from the 2019 Mizzou Invite. She also moved from ninth to seventh on Mizzou's all-time list in the event.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Andrew Grevers
"We were really looking at this meet as another opportunity to work out the kinks and set ourselves up for an incredible Mizzou Invite. We're so excited to have Arkansas back for the Mizzou Invite, along with Kentucky on the men's and women's side. This was our opportunity to make sure we got the technical details coming through to prepare us to put it all together."
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.
MIZZOU WINNERS
Women's 200 Medley Relay – Meredith Rees, Kayla Jones, Sarah Thompson, Megan Keil (1:37.14)
Men's 200 Medley Relay – Jack Dahlgren, Frederik Rindshoej, Daniel Wilson, Kevin Hammer (1:27.79)
Men's 1000 Free – Daniel Seabaugh (9:18.66)
Men's 200 Free – Kyle Leach (1:37.72)
Women's 100 Back – Meredith Rees (52.88)
Men's 100 Breast – Ben Patton (53.41)
Women's 200 Fly – Lili Horvath (2:00.97)
Men's 200 Fly – Danny Kovac (1:43.20)
Men's 1-Meter – Carlo Lopez (325.1)
Women's 50 Free – Megan Keil (22.14)
Men's 50 Free – Kevin Hammer (20.03)
Women's 100 Free – Sarah Thompson (48.80)
Men's 100 Free – Danny Kovac (44.80)
Women's 200 Back – Amanda Smith (1:57.48)
Men's 200 Back – Ben Patton (1:48.05)
Men's 200 Breast – Will Goodwin (1:59.98)
Women's 500 Free – Allison Bloebaum (4:49.51)
Men's 500 Free – Jack Dahlgren (4:27.73)
Women's 100 Fly – Sarah Thompson (52.65)
Men's 100 Fly – Ben Patton (47.56)
Men's 3-Meter – Carlo Lopez (363.7)
Men's 200 IM – Danny Kovac (1:46.62)
Women's 400 Free Relay – Sierra Smith, Sammie Jo Porter, Molly Gowans, Allison Bloebaum (3:19.16)
Men's 400 Free Relay – Grant Reed, Charlie Bunn, Kevin Hammer, Kyle Leach (2:58.40)
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