Drury Males’s Swimming and Diving Dominates Season-Opening Twin

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – It could have simply been a season-opening twin, however Drury males’s swimming and diving workforce gave the impression to be in mid-season kind with a commanding 174-31 victory over Missouri S&T Saturday afternoon at Breech Pool.

The Panthers captured gold in all however two scored occasions, highlighted by a pair of wins by Matteo Vissotto within the 100 and 200 races, in addition to a Breech Pool document by Alvaro Zornoza, who clocked a 1:48.27 within the 200 IM. Lucas Mineur captured the 50 free race and a runner-up end within the 100 free, along with serving to the Panthers to a relay win within the 200 medley, as Drury swept the three podium positions in eight of the 11 competitions.

“This team is loaded with experienced, senior leaders,” head coach Brian Reynolds acknowledged. “We have a number of experienced athletes who are pushing themselves and that is showing already. Alvaro broke the pool record in the 200 IM today, he trained hard all summer. A lot of these kids have elevated their game and that’s exciting. They’re really stressing to the freshman class and the younger athletes that we have to keep consistently grinding away everyday. So it’s exciting to see and they had a really great day today.”

HIGHLIGHTS

• Vissotto captured the win within the 200 free with a swim of 1:37.76, whereas Josue Hernandez-Tellez (1:40.44) and freshman Max Hite (1:43.52) took second and third, respectively; the junior edged out Mineur for the 100 free crown with a time of 44.72.
• Drury additionally staked declare to the highest three spots within the 1000 free, with Matheus Siniscalchi capturing the highest podium spot with a time of 9:27.95, adopted by Austin Metzler (9:32.09) and Colby Hughes (9:35.69).
• Hughes posted a win himself within the 500 free, narrowly edging Siniscalchi (4:36.80) and Hernandez-Tellez (4:39.05).
• Hernandez-Tellez and Vissotto additionally performed key roles within the Panthers’ victory within the 200 free relay (1:22.87), becoming a member of forces with Yuri Cabral and Mike Jasinski to lock up certainly one of DU’s two relay wins.
• DU claimed the highest three finishes within the 200 medley relay, together with a time of 1:30.14 by the Panthers’ high workforce consisting of Ivan Adamchuk, Joao Nogueira, Bill Beckman and Mineur.
• Cabral (20.57) additionally posted a second-place end within the 50 free, as Minuer (20.50) captured the race by the narrowest of margins; Marwane Sebbata positioned third for Drury with a swim of 20.87.
• In addition to his record-setting swim within the 200 IM, Zornoza completed second within the 200 again (1:47.93), as Adamchuk (1:47.69) took the highest spot and freshman Reece Blackett (1:53.41) registered certainly one of his two third-place finishes in his Drury debut.
• Nogueira added a second-place end within the 200 IM, along with his 200 medley relay effort that led to a DU gold, and Jaime Gomez-Guillamon completed third (1:52.15), along with his runner-up end within the 200 breast (2:05.85).
• Additionally, Sebbata logged a second third-place end within the 100 free, whereas freshman Mathis Ducci positioned third within the 200 breast (2:07.86) to go with his second-place 200 medley relay efficiency.
• Hite, one other DU freshman, recorded recorded a third-place end within the 500 free (4:39.05), whereas serving to the Panthers’ 200 free relay B-team to a second-place end.

UP NEXT

Drury swimming will compete within the SMU Classic subsequent weekend (Oct. 10-11) in Dallas, whereas the Panthers divers will journey to Clarion, Pa., for the Don Leas Invitational (Oct. 10) and Clarion Fall Classic (Oct. 11).

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