Beard Wins Third Occasion At GLVC Swimming and Diving Championships – University of Missouri

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Justice Beard has been the star of the 2026 Great Lakes Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championships profitable her third occasion of the week on Friday night on the Deaconess Aquatic Center. She was certainly one of seven University of Missouri-St. Louis swimmers to complete within the high eight in Friday’s remaining session.

Swimming within the first championship remaining of the night, Beard recorded 9 of her 10 laps with sub 0:30 splits on the best way to breaking the GLVC meet document within the 500 free which she set ultimately yr’s championship meet by greater than two seconds at 4:48.17. Her time was additionally ok for an ‘A’ normal qualifying time for the NCAA Championship in March.

Libby Smith joined Beard on the rostrum after the five hundred free along with her sixth place end within the occasion with a time of 5:06.59. Kelsey Roth completed eighth within the bonus remaining of the five hundred free in a time of 5:16.50.

Ella Lantz took third within the 100 again remaining at 55.29 and improved her ‘B’ normal time for the NCAAs within the occasion. She dropped 0.36 seconds from her time within the morning preliminary race. Madison Bottorff and Aeri La completed second and sixth within the bonus remaining of the 100 again with occasions of 59.24 and 1:00.70 respectively.

Stella Garrison was seventh within the comfort remaining of the 100 breast at 1:05.36 whereas Romina Itzkovich and Uxue Ortiz de Pinedo went 1-2 within the bonus remaining of the 100 breast. Itzkovich touched the wall 0:16 seconds forward of Pinedo.

Chiara Alberola and Callie Clinton completed fourth and fifth within the comfort remaining of the 200 fly with occasions of two:13.48 and a pair of:13.53 respectively.

UMSL’s 200-yard free relay squad of Audrey Lantz, Bottorff, Itzkovich and Beard dropped 1.68 seconds off their time to complete fourth total with a time of 1:34.03.

On the lads’s aspect, Mikael Larsson completed sixth within the bonus remaining of the five hundred free in a time of 4:37.83. He dropped three seconds from his prelim time. Donald Saunders took seventh within the bonus remaining of the 100 again with a time of 51.67 seconds.

Gabriel Wells, Dylan Bonnett and Landon Hanesworth swam within the comfort remaining of the 100 breast. Wells completed sixth at 56.24 and was adopted by Bonnett and Hanesworth with occasions of 56.46 and 56.72 respectively. Aaron Wicklund was third within the bonus remaining of the 100 breast at 56.49 seconds.

Mattia Nardi was third whereas Adam Campbell completed sixth within the comfort remaining of the 200 fly. Nardi completed at 1:49.20 whereas Campbell touched the wall at 1:50.98. Kaleb Suitor was eighth within the bonus remaining of the 200 fly in a time of 1:55.91.

Heading into Saturday’s remaining day the Triton girls are in third place with a rating of 719 factors and are 96.5 factors forward of fourth place Lewis. UMSL’s males are in seventh place heading into Saturday having tallied 405 factors and are two factors forward of eighth place Rockhurst however path the sixth place Flyers by 45.5 factors.

Saturday’s competitors on the Deaconess Aquatic Center options the 100 free, 200 again, 200 breast and 1650 free. There might be 4 preliminary rounds within the morning for the 100 free, 200 again and 200 breast. The 1650 free will happen in the course of the afternoon session with the ultimate warmth for each genders main off Saturday night’s remaining. Prelim motion will get underway at 10 a.m. with the finals scheduled to start out at 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s remaining session additionally consists of the 400 free relay.