Drury Sweeps Day 1, Split With Missouri State On Day 2 of Home-and-Home Dual

DRURY VS MISSOURI STATE

• January 16-17, 2026
• Springfield, Mo.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Day 1 Results
• Day 2 Results

Courtesy: Drury Athletics

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Drury men’s and women’s swimming and diving continued strong starts to the 2025-26 season, sweeping the opening round of a home-and-home dual matchup with Missouri State Friday evening at Breech Pool.

Ranked No. 1 in the latest College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division II Top 25 dual meet poll, the Drury men registered a 105-78 win over the Bears, powered by dominant all-around performances from Ivan Adamchuk and Lucas Mineur.

The DU women’s squad, ranked fourth in the December CSCAA D-II poll, came through with a 101-84 decision over their crosstown rivals, as Maria Fe Munoz and Gwen Bergum posted personal bests in the 100 fly and 100 breast, respectively.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Maria Fe Munoz earned a pair of individual golds, claiming the 400 IM (4:26.39) to help the Panthers sweep the three podium spots.
• Munoz also turned in a new personal best of 54.53 in the 100 fly to lead the Drury women.
• Petra Baumane also locked up an individual win in the 50 free with a swim of 23.83, then helped DU’s 200 free relay team to a win (1:34.64) along with Whitney Stortz, Ashlyn Moore and Juliana Harden.
• Gwen Bergum continued her strong 2025-26 season with a win — and personal best — in the 100 breast (1:01.94) to compliment a second-place swim in the 400 IM (4:29.66).
• Bergum also helped the Panthers’ 400 medley relay to a second-place finish with a season-best time of 3:44.05.
• Sophia Deane also brought home a win, turning in a time of 56.70 to win the 100 back.
• In the 3-meter diving competition, Piera Rufino placed third with a score of 222.00, followed by Maddie Rogers (211.88) and Anamarie Lewis (210.30).
• The DU men swept both relay events, paced by a 1:31.43 time in the 400 medley from the quartet of Alvaro Zornoza, Elliot Weber, Adamchuk and Mineur.
• Adamchuk led the Panthers with a pair of individual wins, taking the 100 back (47.19) and the 100 fly (47.30) in addition to his winning 400 medley relay effort.
• Mineur won the 50 free competition with a swim of 20.23 and powered the Panthers’ winning 200 free relay (1:21.65) effort, along with Weber, Matteo Vissotto and Yuri Cabral.
• Vissotto locked up a win in the 200 free (1:36.89) and placed third in the 500 free (4:31.42) in addition to his work in the Panthers’ 200 free relay.
• Belhassen Ben miled led a clean sweep of the podium in the 400 IM, posting a winning time of 3:55.00, followed closely by Jaime Gomez-Guillamon (3:57.32) in second and Austin Metzler (4:00.65) in third.
• Zornoza helped DU’s 400 medley relay team to gold, in addition to a silver in the 100 back (47.39) and a third-place finish in the 200 free (1:37.53).
• Carter Austin placed third in the 1-meter diving competition with a season-best score of 235.58.

UP NEXT
The same two squads meet again Saturday (Jan. 17) for the second half of their home-and-home series, beginning at 10 a.m. at Hammons Student Center on the Missouri State campus.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — After sweeping Missouri State Friday to open their home-and-home dual, Drury men’s and women’s swimming and diving split Saturday’s competition at Hammons Student Center Pool, with the DU men topping MSU for the second day in a row, while the women dropped a narrow decision to the Bears.

The Drury men remained perfect on the season in dual competitions, claiming an 86.5 to 77.5 decision over MSU, thanks to big mornings from  Alvaro Zornoza, who posted individual wins in the 200 back and 200 IM,while helping the Panthers’ 200 medley relay team to a win. Yuri Cabral also played key roles in DU’s two relay wins and earned a win in the 100 free.

On the women’s side, Maria Fe Munoz led the Panthers for the second day in a row, posting wins in the 200 fly and 200 IM, and Nikol Maniko and Gwen Bergum picked up individual victories in the 200 back and 200 breast, respectively.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Maniko came through with the first Drury win of the day, clocking a time of 2:03.87 in the 200 back.
• Maniko also helped the Panthers’ 400 free relay squad (Belen Morales, Sophia Kelly, Maniko, Ashlyn Moore) to a second-place finish (3:26.64).
• Bergum followed with a big performance in the 200 breast, finishing in 2:16.10; she also placed second in the 200 IM (2:04.27).
• Munoz notched the victory in the 200 fly (2:00.88) before duplicating the feat in the 200 IM (2:02.84).
• Rianne Rose also turned in a strong effort, placing second in the 200 fly (2:05.16) and fifth in the 1000 free (10:44.88).
• Sophia Deane placed second in the 200 back (2:03.95) and assisted on DU’s 200 medley relay second-place finish as well.
• In the 1-meter diving competition, Piera Rufino placed second with a score of 264.53, followed by Anamarie Lewis (235.43) and Claire Garrelts (233.63).
• The DU men swept both relay events, paced by a 1:28.18 time in the 200 medley from the quartet of Ivan Adamchuk, Alvaro Zornoza, Cabral and Lucas Mineur.
• Zornoza picked up victories in the 200 back (1:44.72) and 200 IM (1:48.95).
• Cabral followed his lead, earning the gold in the 100 free (44.26), as DU swept the three podium spots with Mineur placing second and Matteo Vissotto finished third.
• Drury also swept the top three positions in the 200 IM, with Adamchuk placing second and Belhassen Ben miled finishing third.
• Vissotto was DU’s top finisher in the 1000 free, clocking in 9:21.86 to place third.
• Carter Austin placed third in the 3-meter diving competition with a score of 276.38.

UP NEXT
Both Drury squads will be back at Breech Pool next weekend when they host Oklahoma Christian for a dual, beginning Friday (Jan. 23).

Courtesy: Missouri State Athletics

SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams were beaten by the Drury Panthers, with the men trailing 105-78, while the women lost 101-84 on Friday night.

On the men’s side, senior Chris Bedsole was the first Bear to individually finish on the podium, coming in second in the 100-yard butterfly (48.74), behind Drury’s Ivan Adamchuk (47.30).

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

In the 50-yard freestyle, senior Lucas Chadwell came in second place (20.49) just in front of junior Matvei Chesakov (20.69) who finished in second.

Freshman Kiefer Roemer won the 100-yard breaststroke (53.67) just in front of senior Luigi Da Silva (54.86).

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

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

The Bear’s effort was not enough today, with Drury winning 105-78.

On the women’s side, 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 in the 100-yard Butterfly (54.64) just behind Drury’s Maria Fe Munoz (54.53).

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

Janson also took second place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.71) just behind Panther Gwen Bergum (1:01.94).

The Bears had another podium finish in the 500-yard freestyle, with Jenkins taking the gold (5:00.21). Junior Linsey Hervey took silver (5:03.88), whilst classmate Claire Culberson took out the bronze (5:06.18).

On the diving board, in the three-meter competition, freshman Delaney Nickles won comfortably (256.95) in front of junior Grace Affeldt, who came in second (231.38).

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

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

SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State celebrated its senior class in front of a packed house at Hammons Student Center Pool Saturday by splitting with crosstown rival Drury in the home finale. The MSU women avenged Friday’s setback with an 86-81 victory over the Division II fourth-ranked Panthers, while the Bears suffered a close 86.5-77.5 loss to top-ranked Panthers on the men’s side.

“It was great to get the opportunity to recognize our seniors before the meet,” said Missouri State head coach Dave Collins. “This group has been fantastic in and out of the pool and meant a lot to our program. I am very proud of each of them.”

The Missouri State women bookended the meet with relay victories and earned podium sweeps in both the 1000- and 100-yard freestyle events, finishing the swimming portion of the event tied with the Panthers.

“We were disappointed with how we competed last night over at Drury, so it was great to see the ladies grab the first relay and then sweep the 1000 to get the crowd going,” Collins added. “The DJ and a capacity crowd really helped bring the energy all day.”

That left the 1-meter diving competition to decide the outcome, and freshman Delaney Nickles edged Drury for the top spot by a score of 264.75-264.53 to secure the Bears’ win.

Hadleigh Henslee, Lana Janson, Lillie Freulon and Makenzie Kurre got the meet off to a good start by claiming the 200-yard medley relay title in a time of 1:42.03.

Kurre was also part of the 400-yard freestyle relay team alongside Ainsley Jenkins, Paige Corbin and Cameryn Johnson that capped the swimming portion with a winning time of 3:24.51.

“We knew we had to win the last relay and then win the 1-meter diving event to win the meet, so seeing Kenzie get to the wall first then Delaney nail some big dives was huge for us,” Collins continued.

Evie Kolb (1^st – 10:16.90), Lindsey Hervey (2^nd – 10:28.83) and Sophia Coleta (3^rd – 10:38.32) took the top three spots in the 1000 free, while Kurre (49.98), Jenkins (51.37) and Janson (51.56) went 1-2-3 in the 100 free.

On the men’s side, it was another strong start with Zach Mendez (1^st – 9:17.36) and Ilias El Fallaki (2^nd – 9:18.72) finishing 1-2 in the 1000 free.

The Bears earned a podium sweep in the 200-yard butterfly, led by Anderson Brown’s winning time of 1:48.38. Kayden Hedrick followed in 1:49.44 and Chris Bedsole snagged bronze in 1:49.57.

“Our 200-fly group takes a lot of pride in toughness and racing, so we had to have a sweep there to stay in the meet and they delivered,” Collins concluded.

On the diving board, seniors Logan Schelfaut (1^st – 358.58) and Storm Opdahl (2^nd – 330.68) grabbed the top two spots in the 3-meter competition.

Up next for the Bears is a two-day dual at UIC on Jan. 30-31 in Chicago in the final meet before the Missouri Valley Conference Championships on Feb. 25-28 in Evansville, Ind.