Swimming & Diving Plunges into House of Champions Invitational

SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri State males’s and ladies’s swimming & diving groups journey to Indiana to compete within the House of Champions Invitational, a three-day meet beginning on Nov. 20. Each day of competitors begins at 9:00 a.m. on the IU Natatorium.

Bear Splashes (Women)

• The ladies’s staff dominated Omaha within the Bears’ newest meet, with a 179-118 scoreline.

Standout performances in opposition to Omaha included:

• Senior Lana Janson was awarded MVC Women’s Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 4 after she gained the 100-yard freestyle with the main time within the MVC (50.57). She additionally gained the 200-yard freestyle with the second-fastest time within the MVC (1:49.12).
• In the 200-yard medley, junior Olivia Sala, Janson, sophomore Addie Ludbrook, and junior Makenzie Kurre gained with a time of 1:42.94.
• In the 100-yard butterfly, sophomore Lillie Freulon (54.29) edged previous Ludbrook (55.32) to safe victory.
• Sala was once more victorious within the 400-yard particular person medley (4:24.34).
• Junior Lindsey Hervey secured a victory within the 500-yard freestyle (4:56.90).
• The Bears picked up a formidable win within the 200-yard freestyle relay. Janson, junior Cameryn Johnson, Kurre and Ludbrook gained with a time of 1:34.33.
• On the diving board, within the one-meter competitors, freshman switch Delaney Nickles gained with a rating of 263.35. In the three-meter competitors, Nickles completed second with 276.95 factors. 
• Junior Evie Kolb gained her first collegiate race within the 1650-yard freestyle with a dominant time of 17:04.60.
• In the 100-yard freestyle, Janson gained with a time of fifty.57 simply forward of Kurre (50.70).
• Freulon took out the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.82) simply forward of Ludbrook (2:04.18) to safe first and second place for the Bears.
• The Bears wrapped up the meet with a win within the 400-yard freestyle relay. Janson, freshmen Aleca Howard and Paige Corbin, and Kurre gained comfortably with a time of three:25.40.
• Missouri State ladies’s swimming & diving has gained 20 of the final 23 Missouri Valley Conference championships and appears to return to the highest spot this season after a third-place end in 2025. 

Bear Splashes (Men)

• The males’s staff beat Omaha in a commanding third straight meet victory with a 182.5-109.5 scoreline.

Standout performances in opposition to the Tigers included:

• Senior Luigi Maciel da Silva acquired the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Swimmer of the Week award on Nov. 4 after he gained the 100-yard breaststroke with the main time within the MVC. He additionally gained the 200-yard breaststroke with but once more the main time within the MVC. 
• Sophomore Carter Crook, Da Silva, sophomore Jack Ailshire and junior Matvei Chesakov secured the win within the 200 medley relay (1:29.08).
• Junior Anderson Brown took the highest spot within the 400-yard particular person medley (3:57.12) simply forward of sophomore Mate Miszlai who was second (3:58.33) and junior Tomas Chocholaty (4:03.85) who completed in third.
• Freshman Zach Mendez gained the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.04).
• In the 100-yard backstroke, sophomore Gonzolo Ruiz gained with a time of 49.18.
• Sophomore Ilias El Fallaki gained the 500-yard freestyle (4:28.89).
• On the diving board, within the three-meter competitors senior Logan Schelfaut got here in second with 297.10 factors. In the one-meter dive, Schelfaut additionally completed second with 297.10 factors.
• In the 1650-yard freestyle, El Fallaki gained (15:54.58) scraping previous Chocholaty 15:56.39.
• Ruiz secured a win within the 200-yard backstroke (1:45.98), forward of Miszlai (1:48.69) and senior Alex Boutin (1:49.22) for a tightly contested Bears podium end.
• Brown gained the 200-yard butterfly (1:46.24) with freshman Kayden Hedrick (1:48.42) in second place.
• The Bears completed off the meet with a victory within the 400-yard freestyle relay. Chesakov, senior Chris Bedsole, Mendez and Miszlai gained with a time of two:58.70.
• Missouri State males’s swimming & diving can be seeking to enhance on a third-place end on the MVC Championship in February. The staff has gained 21 convention championships in its historical past, together with 5 MVC championships. 

House of Champions Invitational Information     

·        Teams represented are Ball State, Lewis, Milwaukee, Illinois Chicago, Missouri State, Lynn, Northern Kentucky, Saint Louis, Southern Indiana, Montevallo, Butler, and Little Rock.

·       The meet might be run as eight swimming periods. All particular person swimming occasions are preliminary/closing, (excluding the 1650 free and relays) with circle seeding for preliminaries.

·       There is not any restrict to the variety of divers per staff.

Head Coach Dave Collins

• Missouri State swimming & diving head coach Dave Collins enters his fifteenth season and can search for his thirteenth ladies’s convention championship and fourth males’s league title. He has been named MVC Swimming Coach of the Year eight instances. He was additionally a five-time Mid-American Conference Swimming Coach of the Year.

List of Events

Swimming

Thursday Prelims, November 20, 2025

Session #1 Swimming:

Swimming Starts: 9:00 am

Women’s Event #1 & Men’s Event #2: 50-yard Backstroke

Women’s Event #5 & Men’s Event #6: 500-yard Freestyle

Women’s Event #7 & Men’s Event #8: 200-yard Individual Medley

Women’s Event #9 & Men’s Event #10: 50-yard Freestyle

Session #2 FINALS Swimming:

Swimming Starts: 4:00 pm

Women’s Event #3 & Men’s Event #4: 200-yard Freestyle Relay

Women’s Event #1 & Men’s Event #2: 50-yard Backstroke

Women’s Event #5 & Men’s Event #6: 500-yard Freestyle

Women’s Event #7 & Men’s Event #8: 200-yard Individual Medley

Women’s Event #9 & Men’s Event #10: 50-yard Freestyle

Women’s Event #11 & Men’s Event #12: 400-yard Medley Relay

*There might be a 10-minute break after occasion #4 and a 15-minute break after occasion #10

Friday Prelims, November 21, 2025

Session #3 Swimming:

Swimming Starts: 9:00 am

Women’s Event #13 & Men’s Event #14: 400-yard Medley Relay

Women’s Event #17 & Men’s Event #18: 100-yard Butterfly

Women’s Event #19 & Men’s Event #20: 400-yard Individual Medley

Women’s Event #21 & Men’s Event #22: 200-yard Freestyle

 Women’s Event #23 & Men’s Event #24: 100-yard Breaststroke

Women’s Event #25 & Men’s Event #26: 100-yard Backstroke

Session #4 FINALS Swimming:

Swimming Starts: 4:00 pm

Women’s Event #15 & Men’s Event #16: 200-yard Medley Relay

Women’s Event #13 & Men’s Event #14: 50-yard Breaststroke

Women’s Event #17 & Men’s Event #18: 100-yard Butterfly

Women’s Event #19 & Men’s Event #20: 400-yard Individual Medley

Women’s Event #21 & Men’s Event #22: 200-yard Freestyle

Women’s Event #23 & Men’s Event #24: 100-yard Breaststroke

Women’s Event #25 & Men’s Event #26: 100-yard Backstroke

Women’s Event #27 & Men’s Event #28: 800-yard Freestyle Relay

*There might be a 10-minute break after #16 and a 10-minute break after occasion #26

Saturday Prelims, November 22, 2025

Session #5 Swimming:

Swimming Starts: 9:00 am

Women’s Event #29 & Men’s Event #30: 50-yard Butterfly

Women’s Event #31 & Men’s Event #32: 200-yard Backstroke

Women’s Event #33 & Men’s Event #34: 100-yard Freestyle

Women’s Event #35 & Men’s Event #36: 200-yard Breaststroke

Women’s Event #37 & Men’s Event #38: 200-yard Butterfly

Women’s Event #39 & Men’s Event #40: 100-yard Individual Medley

Women’s Event #41 & Men’s Event #42: 1650-yard Freestyle*

*1650 yd. Freestyle Event: Fastest 1650 warmth for males & ladies (high 8) might be swum on the

starting of Saturday Finals Session #6.

Session #6 FINALS Swimming:

Swimming Starts: 4:00 pm

Women’s Event #41 & Men’s Event #42: 1650-yard Freestyle

Women’s Event #29 & Men’s Event #30: 50-yard Butterfly

Women’s Event #31 & Men’s Event #32: 200-yard Backstroke

Women’s Event #33 & Men’s Event #34: 100-yard Freestyle

Women’s Event #35 & Men’s Event #36: 200-yard Breaststroke

Women’s Event #37 & Men’s Event #38: 200-yard Butterfly

Women’s Event #39 & Men’s Event #40: 100-yard Individual Medley

Women’s Event #43 & Men’s Event #44: 400-yard Freestyle Relay

*There might be a 10-minute break after Event #40

DIVING

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Event Starts at 12:00 p.m.

Event #1:

Simultaneous W3m/M1m Prelim

Consolation Finals (9-16) W3m & M1m

Combined W Team Event & W Team Event-SB Approx

2:30 p.m. end

Finals Starting at 4:30 p.m.

Simultaneous Final W3m/M1m Approx. 5:30 p.m. end

Friday, November 21, 2025

Event Start 12:00 p.m.

Event #2:

Simultaneous W1m/M3m Prelim

Consolation Finals (9-16) W1m & M3m

Combined M Team Event & M Team Event-SB Approx

2:30 p.m. end

Finals Starting at 4:30 p.m.

Simultaneous Final W1m/M3m Approx. 5:30 p.m. end

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Event Start 12:00 p.m.

Event #3:

Combined Men’s & Women’s Platform Prelim

Consolation Finals (9-16) Approx. end 1:00 p.m.

Finals Starting at 4:30 p.m.

Combined Final M & W Platform Approx. end 5:30 p.m.

 

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