Swim Drops Opening Meet of the Season

By: Ryan Luttrell, Director of Athletic Communications

SPRINGFIELD, MO  —  The Miners opened their 2025-26 season with a twin meet towards Drury at present, ending in a 174-31 victory for the Panthers.

The Miners took first in 2 of the 13 occasions on the meet. Connor Bichsel (Lee’s Summit, MO/Lee’s Summit West) gained the 200-yard breast stroke with a time of two:05.6 whereas Nathan Butler (Lee’s Summit, MO/Lee’s Summit) completed first within the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:55.22.

The Miners took 4th and fifth out of 5 groups within the 200-yard medley relay and later completed third and sixth out of 6 groups within the 200-yard freestyle relay. Gabriel Peragallo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colégio Santo Antônio), Grady Ashley (St. Louis, MO/Kirkwood), Nathan Butler (Lee’s Summit, MO/Lee’s Summit), and Bryce Naquin (Thibodaux, LA/Thibodaux) made up 200-yard free relay group that took third with a time of 1:26.78.

Naquin took sixth within the 200-yard free, ending with a private better of 1:44.97. He would later end 4th within the 100-yard free with a time of 46.85. Adam Wiedemeier’s (West Monroe, LA/West Monroe) 21.19 within the 50-yard free earned him fifth place. Bichsel took fifth within the 200-yard particular person medley with 1:54.66.

Butler’s first-place end within the 200-yard fly was accompanied by a third-place end by John Cottrell (Fort Madison, IA/Fort Madison) and a fifth-place end by Oscar Iden (Oslo, Norway/Oslo Private Gymnasium). Jordan Christensen (Coralville, IA/Iowa West) completed 4th and Artur Becker (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colégio Santo Antônio) took fifth together with Bichsel’s first-place end within the 200-yard breast.

What’s Next

The Miners will head to William Jewell subsequent week for one more matchup towards a GLVC opponent.

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