Mizzou Takes Runner-Up Honors in Women's 200 Medley Relay at SECs

Wednesday, February 17

Columbia, Mo.

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SEC Diving Championships

Mizzou Takes Runner-Up Honors in Women's 200 Medley Relay at SECs

2/17/2021 8:15:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou earned two top eight placements, including a earned a runner-up finish in the women's 200 medley relay, to highlight day one action at the Southeastern Conference Women's Swimming Championships and SEC Diving Championships on Wednesday. The split meets, held at Gabrielsen Natatrium in Athens, Ga., (women's swimming) and the Mizzou Aquatic Center in Columbia, Mo., (diving) will run concurrently through Saturday, Feb. 20.

Junior Sarah Rousseau (Melbourne, Fla.) also earned a top eight finish as she took eighth overall in the women's 1-meter competition.

After two relays and one diving event, the Mizzou women sit in eight-place with 118 points. Texas A&M leads the field with 185 points.

TOP TIGERS

For the second consecutive year, the Tigers earned runner-up honors in the 200 medley relay at SECs. The 2021 relay of sophomores Meredith Rees (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Molly Winer (Ames, Iowa), senior Sarah Thompson (Collierville, Tenn.) and junior Megan Keil (Derby, Kan.) tied the Mizzou school record with a 1:35.61.

In diving competition, Rousseau placed eighth after a finals tally of 276.35. It marked the second SEC top eight finish of her Tiger career but first such placement on 1-meter.

UP NEXT

Day two action at the SEC Women's Swimming Championships gets underway with prelims at 9 a.m. CT, followed by finals at 5 p.m. CT. At the SEC Diving Championships, women's 3-meter prelims are scheduled for 11 a.m. CT, with men's 1-meter prelims at 3 p.m. CT. The women's final will start at 6 p.m. CT, followed by the men's final at 7 p.m. CT.

QUOTABLES

Mizzou Head Coach Andrew Grevers
"The Tigers had a great first night. We had a lot of positive energy out there in the stands. Both relays tonight improved on their seed times and swam their hearts out. I'm pleased with the second-place result in the 200 medley relay, and our 800 free relay improved its seed time by six seconds, which was great. The results were good but I was even more pleased with the energy the whole team brought tonight. It was a lot of fun to hear our athletes up in the stands cheering, I'm pretty sure we were the loudest team tonight."

Mizzou Diving Coach Kyle Bogner
"It's a great way to start off the meet. Sarah was super consistent both in prelims and finals. In general we get a little bit better as we get to the higher boards so I'm looking forward to the next three days to see how the women progress and how the men start off tomorrow."