Mizzou vs Saint Louis vs Evansville
- January 18, 2020
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Results
Courtesy: Mizzou Athletics
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Mizzou men’s and women’s swimming teams swept SLU and Evansville in a tri-dual Saturday afternoon at the Simon Rec Center in St. Louis, Mo. The Tiger men defeated SLU 124-81 and Evansville 124-72, while the women beat the Billikens 124-81 and the Purple Aces 124-88.
A total of 13 different Tigers claimed event wins against SLU and Evansville, led by a pair of victories from junior Amanda Smith (Dry Ridge, Ky.). In the first individual race of the meet, Smith touched first in the 1000 free with a time of 10:12.57. She then took top honors in the 100 fly after touching in 56.10.
On the men’s side, freshman Joseph Gutierrez (Las Vegas, Nev.) won the 1000 free (9:29.23) and junior Grant Reed (Austin, Texas) placed first in the 100 fly (49.21).
Mizzou also earned event sweeps in the 200 free from sophomore Allison Bloebaum (Mason, Ohio) and senior Giovanny Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil), the 50 free with wins from sophomore Megan Keil (Derby, Kan.) and freshman Kevin Hammer (Austin, Texas), the 200 IM from seniors Azra Avdic (Skokie, Ill.) and Nick Alexander (St. Louis, Mo.), the 100 free from freshman Alex Moderski (McFarland, Wis.) and senior Daniel Hein (Sycamore, Ill.), and the 100 back with wins from junior Sarah Thompson (Collierville, Tenn.) and sophomore Danny Kovac (Fort Collins, Colo.).
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Andrew Grevers
“This meet was definitely a little bit different for us, as far as the race circumstances. It was good to take the team out of our comfort zone and keep them on their toes. We had some athletes step up and respond to the obstacles in front of them. I’m excited to use this opportunity to fine tune and sharpen for the end of the season.”
UP NEXT
The Tigers close out the regular season on Friday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. when they host Southern Illinois at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.
MIZZOU WINNERS
Women’s 200 Medley Relay – Sarah Thompson, Kayla Jones, Megan Keil, Molly Gowans (1:41.85)
Men’s 200 Medley Relay – Nick Alexander, Caleb Hicks, Micah Slaton, Kyle Leach (1:28.37)
Women’s 1000 Free – Amanda Smith (10:12.57)
Men’s 1000 Free – Joseph Gutierrez (9:29.23)
Women’s 200 Free – Allison Bloebaum (1:51.74)
Men’s 200 Free – Giovanny Lima (1:37.40)
Women’s 50 Free – Megan Keil (23.23)
Men’s 50 Free – Kevin Hammer (20.86)
Women’s 200 IM – Azra Avdic (2:04.95)
Men’s 200 IM – Nick Alexander (1:46.83)
Women’s 100 Fly – Amanda Smith (56.10)
Men’s 100 Fly – Grant Reed (49.21)
Women’s 100 Free – Alex Moderski (50.94)
Men’s 100 Free – Daniel Hein (44.91)
Women’s 100 Back – Sarah Thompson (52.87)
Men’s 100 Back – Danny Kovac (49.00)
Courtesy: Saint Louis Athletics
ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis swimming and diving teams began the spring-semester portion of their schedule Saturday at Simon Recreation Center with a double-dual meet against Missouri, ranked among the top 15 nationally, and Evansville.
The Billiken women defeated Evansville 154-68 and fell to Missouri 124-81. The Billiken men topped Evansville 112-101 and were defeated 124-81 by Missouri.
Claire Koh and Alexis Beine were individual winners for the SLU women. Koh captured the 500 freestyle in 5:10.89, while Beine touched first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.43. The 200 freestyle relay team of Natalie Daniel, Rylee Stone, Olivia Tate and Sophie Kishish also was victorious, clocking a 1:40.27.
For the Billiken men, Collin O’Brien won the 100 breaststroke, covering the distance in 57.81. SLU also won the 200 freestyle relay as Matthew Terrian, Grant Streid, Tyler Guist and Nick Soltys turned in a 1:25.21.
Other top-5 finishers for Saint Louis:
WOMEN
Daniel – fourth, 200 freestyle (1:55.24); fifth, 100 backstroke (59.48)
Mary First – fourth, 50 freestyle (24.65)
Katie Schmude – fourth, 200 individual medley (2:10.58)
Emily Smith – fourth, 100 freestyle (54.71)
MEN
Peter Hurst – third, 500 freestyle (4:52.57)
Streid – fourth, 100 butterfly (51.16); fifth, 50 freestyle (21.60)
O’Brien – fifth, 200 individual medley (1:55.47)
Keegan Paulson – fifth, 100 backstroke (51.25)
Up next for the Billikens is a dual meet at Truman State Friday, Jan. 24.
Courtesy: Evansville Athletics
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The University of Evansville men’s and women’s swimming and diving team matched up against Saint Louis and Missouri in a dual, Saturday night.
As a team the men lost to Saint Louis 112-101 and to Missouri 124-72, while the women were taken down 154-68 against Saint Louis and 124-88 with Missouri.
In the 1-meter diving UE took the top four spots, led by Maggie Franz with a score of 250.20.
Austin Smith captured first place in the 500-yard freestyle at 4:46.42, Ee E Tan took second place in the event at 4:48.70.
Alaina Sylvester earned second place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.93) and Sage Moore (1:09.28) took third.
Eli James finished the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:00.00 getting second, while Max Dehen took third in 1:00.91.
The Purple Aces are back in action at home Jan. 24 at 4 p.m. against Illinois State for the women’s senior day.