Swim Bears Fall to Drury in First January Meet

SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State males’s and ladies’s swimming & diving groups have been overwhelmed by the Drury Panthers, with the boys trailing 105-78, whereas the ladies misplaced 101-84 on Friday night time.

On the boys’s facet, senior Chris Bedsole was the primary Bear to individually end on the rostrum, coming in second within the 100-yard butterfly (48.74), behind Drury’s Ivan Adamchuk (47.30).

Freshman Zach Mendez completed in second place within the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.28) proper behind Matteo Vissotto (1:36.89).

In the 50-yard freestyle, senior Lucas Chadwell got here in second place (20.49) simply in entrance of junior Matvei Chesakov (20.69) who completed in second.

Freshman Kiefer Roemer gained the 100-yard breaststroke (53.67) simply in entrance of senior Luigi Da Silva (54.86).

Mendez comfortably gained the 500-yard freestyle (4:57.87). Sophomore Illias El Fallaki got here in second (4:29.68).

On the diving board, within the 1-meter competitors, senior Logan Schelfaut was victorious (262.13) in entrance of classmate Storm Opdahl (248.48).

The Bear’s effort was not sufficient in the present day, with Drury successful 105-78.

On the ladies’s facet, Junior Hadleigh Henslee, senior Lana Janson, sophomore Lillie Freulon, and junior Makenzie Kurre opened the meet with a 400-yard medley relay win (3:42.90).

Freulon took second place within the 100-yard Butterfly (54.64) simply behind Drury’s Maria Fe Munoz (54.53).

The Bears dominated the 200-yard freestyle, with a podium end. Kurre took first place (1:49.61). Janson was proper behind in second (1:50.56), and senior Ainsley Jenkins took third (1:50.72).

Janson additionally took second place within the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.71) simply behind Panther Gwen Bergum (1:01.94).

The Bears had one other podium end within the 500-yard freestyle, with Jenkins taking the gold (5:00.21). Junior Linsey Hervey took silver (5:03.88), while classmate Claire Culberson took out the bronze (5:06.18).

On the diving board, within the three-meter competitors, freshman Delaney Nickels gained comfortably (256.95) in entrance of junior Grace Affeldt, who got here in second (231.38).

However, the Panthers proved too robust all spherical, claiming the victory with a 101-84 scoreline.

The Bears face Drury once more Saturday with a pre-meet salute to the squad’s seniors at 10:00 a.m. at Hammons Student Center Pool.

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