COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou swimming and diving wrapped up its meet in Carbondale, Ill. against Southern Illinois at the Shea Natatorium with victories across the board for both teams.
The men’s squad won 233-120 and the women’s squad won 254-98 against the Salukis. Collectively, the Tigers took all four relays and placed first in 19 out of 20 events.
Senior Matthew Mortenson (Woodbury, Minn.) earned a first-place time of 9:07.75 in the 1000 freestyle, placing him at 3rd for top 10 best times in program history.
Peyton Drexler (Hartland, Wisc.) finished first in the 1000 free with a time of 10:05.88 and the 400 IM with a 4:17.84 time.
In the 50 free event, MU earned a sweep with a 19.24 first place time from junior Luke Nebrich (Lexington, N.C.), a 19.97 time from junior Ethan Vance (Osage Beach, Mo.) and a 20.43 finish from junior Ian Everett (Kansas City, Mo.)
Senior Tanner Braunton finished with a score of 355.73 to earn first place in the 3-meter. The women’s squad took on the 1-meter with junior Megan Jolly (Rockford, Mich.) with a 294.98 first place finish.
NOTABLE RESULTS
- Junior Nell Cagle (Mount Pleasant, S.C.), a newcomer, placed first in the 100 breast with a time of 1:02.51.
- Sophomore Oliver Millan de Miguel (Madrid, Spain) earned gold in the 200 free with a 1:38.54 time.
- Freshman Amelia Lee (Nicholasville, Ken.) scored first in both the 400 free relay and 200 medley relay alongside a first-place finish in the 100 back with a time of 52.95.
UP NEXT
The Black and Gold head home to host the Mizzou Invite from Tuesday, Nov. 17 through Friday, Nov. 20. The Invite will be held at Mizzou Aquatics Center and live updates and results will be available on Meet Mobile and Dive Meets.
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