Swimming Bears to Finish Common Season at UIC

SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri State males’s and girls’s swimming & diving groups shut the common season with a two-day meet in opposition to the University of Illinois Chicago beginning on Friday, January 30 at 3:00 p.m. on the Flames Natatorium.

Bear Splashes (Women)

• The ladies’s group overcame Drury within the Bears’ newest meet, with a troublesome 86-81 scoreline.

Standout performances in opposition to Drury included:

• Freshman Delaney Nickles secured the Bears’ win with a rating of 264.75-264.53 within the decisive the 1-meter diving competitors.
•  Junior Hadleigh Henslee, senior Lana Janson, sophomore Lillie Freulon and junior Makenzie Kurre claimed the 200-yard medley relay title (1:42.03).
• The 400-yard freestyle relay group of Kurre, senior Ainsley Jenkins, freshman Paige Corbin and junior Cameryn Johnson secured victory with a time of three:24.51.
• In the 1000-yard freestyle senior Evie Kolb took prime spot (10:16.90), whereas junior Lindsey Hervey was second (10:28.83) and senior Sophia Coleta was third (10:38.32).
• In the 100-yard freestyle the Bears secured one other podium end with Kurre taking gold (49.98), Jenkins claiming silver (51.37) and Janson getting bronze (51.56).
• 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 group had been overpowered by Drury within the Bears’ newest meet, with a detailed 86.5-77.5 scoreline.  
• Standout performances in opposition to Drury included:
• In the 1000-yard freestyle freshman Zach Mendez got here first (9:17.36) and sophomore Ilias El Fallaki completed proper behind in second (9:18.72).
• The Bears swept the rostrum within the 200-yard butterfly, with junior Anderson Brown successful with a time of 1:48.38. Freshman Kayden Hedrick was second (1:49.44) and senior Chris Bedsole third (1:49.57).
• On the diving board within the 3-meter competitors senior claimed gold Logan Schelfaut (358.58) and classmate Storm Opdahl earned silver (330.68). 
• Missouri State males’s swimming & diving can also be seeking to enhance on a third-place end on the MVC Championship in February. The group has gained 21 convention championships in its historical past, together with 5 MVC championships.

Series History vs. UIC    

·        Missouri State males’s swimming & diving holds a 2-0 twin document in opposition to the Flames.

·        Missouri State ladies’s swimming & diving holds a 2-0 twin document in opposition to the Flames.

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

Friday Jan thirtieth

Diving – Women’s 3-Meter & Men’s 1-Meter

-15 Minute Break-

400 Medley Relay

400 IM

100 Fly

200 Free

-10 Minute Break-

50 Free

100 Breaststroke

100 Back

500 Free

200 Free Relay 

Saturday thirty first

Diving – Women’s 1-Meter & Men’s 3-Meter

-15 Minute Break-

200 Medley Relay

1650 Free

-10 Minute Break-

200 Back

100 Free

200 Breaststroke 

200 Fly

-10 Minute Break-

200 IM

400 Free Relay

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