Press Release courtesy of the Missouri Valley Conference.
Swimmer
Josie Pearson, Jr., Missouri State (Evergreen, Colorado)
200 IM – 1st place, 2:03.89
200 Fly – 1st place, 2:04.82
400 Medley Relay – 1st place, 3:48.99
Pearson had an excellent home meet against Southern Illinois, bringing in two individual victories and one relay win. She brought in her first victory in the 200 IM, where she dominated the event with a time of 2:03.89 – nearly seven seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Her time in the 200 IM was just .28 seconds away from breaking the Hammons Student Center pool record. Claiming the 200 fly by nearly two seconds, Pearson finished the event in 2:04.82. Along with her individual wins, she aided the Bears to a first-place finish in the 400 medley relay. Serving as the third leg of the relay, the Bears finished the race seven seconds faster than the second-place relay.
Diver
Beibei Ji, So., Southern Illinois (Taiyuan, China)
Beibei Ji recorded a personal best score of 286.80 to record her second-straight victory in the three-meter dive. She finished nearly 12 points ahead of second place Baobao Ji in the dive. In the one-meter, Beibei posted a score of 270.90 to finish in second and help secure a one-two finish for Southern against the event against Missouri State.