University of Missouri swimming and diving definitively defeated the McKendree Bearcats and Vanderbilt Commodores within the Tigers’ house opener on Nov. 1. The males’s and girls’s groups received 29 of the 32 occasions mixed.
The males competed in opposition to McKendree, besting them 213.5-85.5. The ladies received in opposition to each groups, defeating Vanderbilt 236-57 and McKendree 244-40.
“The big win was executing our process very well,” head coach Andrew Grevers stated.
Missouri now boasts a 1-1 males’s file and a 1-1 ladies’s file on the season following each groups loss to Purdue Oct.18.
“We were exposed, Purdue was good,” Grevers stated. “…That’s good to get punched in the face like that so to speak and see how resilient our team was, and see that they didn’t fold or crumble, but got hungry for more.”
That starvation was proven in sophomore Matthew Judkins.
“We had a bit of a chip on our shoulder after Purdue,” Judkins stated. “And we kind of just wanted to come in here (and) swim faster than that, and we did.”
Missouri positioned within the high two occasions for all 4 relays and took all however three of the person occasions.
“We’re talking personal bests, which at this level in the season is not common,” Grevers stated. “I’m pretty confident we’re well into the double digits for today, so that’s a massive day.”
Luke Nebrich was a kind of swimmers, because the sophomore positioned first in all 4 of his occasions. In the 50 yard freestyle, Nebrich completed with a 19.03 time, two seconds sooner than the subsequent McKendree swimmer and surpassed the NCAA qualifying time for final 12 months.
Junior Quinlan Gould completed first in three occasions, together with his career-best within the 100 yard backstroke. The Arizona State switch boasted a 46.47 second time, 3.6 seconds sooner than second place. The time changed his previous file of 47.31 seconds set in January.
On the ladies’s aspect, freshman Libby Bakker, junior Zara Zallen and senior Karolina Bank all had a minimum of three wins.
Zallen had an ideal day, putting first within the 200 yard medley relay, 200 yard freestyle, 100 yard freestyle and the 400 yard freestyle relay.
Bank’s 100 yard breaststroke time was 1:00.10, almost three seconds forward of the subsequent non-Missouri finisher and over two seconds sooner than teammate Paige Striley’s second place end.
Bakker’s three victories earned three private bests in her budding profession.
“Hopefully, this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Grevers stated.
Mizzou’s diving crew will return Nov. 13-15 on the Georgia Tech Invitational. The swimming and diving crew’s subsequent occasion would be the Mizzou Invite on the Mizzou Aquatic Center Nov. 20-22.