Chadwick Drops 41.89 100 Free On Final Night Of Tennessee Invite

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The Tennessee Invite concluded tonight, and the theme of fast swimming at night continued. There were some mind blowing performances.

1650 Freestyle

Maddie Tegner led a 1-2 finish for the Vols, with Morgan Dickson finishing 2nd. Tegner went 16:10.88, and Dickson finished in 16:16.15. Kira Zubar of Mizzou finished 3rd in 16:18.64, a full 6 seconds under the old school record.

After posting the top time in the NCAA in the 500 free on Friday, Evan Pinion followed up tonight with a dominant performance in the men’s 1650. He posted a 14:44.23, obliterating the field by 26 seconds and posting the top time in the NCAA this season. Pinion’s 1000 split (8:52.49) broke his own school record in that event. 2nd place went to Jake Ores of Loveland Swim Club in 15:10.49, and Michael Szuba of Virginia Tech was 3rd in 15:16.68.

200 Backstroke

After a strong prelim swim, Nadine Laemmler backed it up in finals winning in a quick 1:53.81. Her Mizzou teammate Hannah Stevens was 2nd in 1:54.40, and Lauren Driscoll was 3rd in 1:55.13.

Sean Lehane backed up his 1:58.7 swim this morning, winning easily in 1:40.30 over Carter Griffin who was 2nd in 1:44.12. Griffin’s Mizzou teammate Alex Walton was 3rd in 1:45.23. Lehane’s 1:40.30 ranks him 2nd in the NCAA this season.

100 Freestyle

Tennessee’s Faith Johnson completed the sprint sweep winning the 100 free in 48.35 after winning the 50 earlier in the weekend. She led a 1-2-3 Tennessee sweep in the event, with Harper Bruens (49.03) and Alex Cleveland (49.55) coming in 2nd and 3rd. Anna Patterson of Mizzou was 4th in 50.17, and Madeline Banic of Tennessee put up the 3rd fastest time of the night, but did so in the C-final going 49.12.

After already establishing school records in the 50 and 200 yard free earlier this weekend, Mizzou’s Michael Chadwick managed to top himself yet again blasting a 41.89 in the 100 free, a new school record and the top time in the NCAA. He won by more than 2 seconds, as his teammate Andrew Sansoucie finished 2nd in 43.98, and West Virginia’s Andrew Marsh was 3rd in 44.17.

200 Breaststroke

The Mizzou breaststroke duo of Abby Duncan and Katharine Ross continued their strong meet, going 1-2 in the 200 breast. Duncan won in 2:07.02, breaking her own school record, and Ross was 2nd in 2:09.70. Ross was over 4 seconds clear of 3rd place Colleen Callahan of Tennessee who was 2:13.95.

Fabian Schwingenschlogl capped off his meet sweeping the breaststrokes with a win in the 200 going 1:53.64. His Mizzou teammates Eddie Mapel (1:55.89) and Jordy Groters (1:57.70) completed the 1-2-3 sweep. Tennessee’s Ethan Browne was 4th in 1:58.09.

200 Butterfly

Virginia Tech’s Klaudia Nazieblo claimed the women’s 200 fly in 1:55.30. 2nd place went to Sharli Brady of Mizzou (1:57.20) and 3rd was Heather Lundstrom of Tennessee (1:58.00).

Mizzou’s Daniel Graviss put an exclamation point on the men’s meet, claiming the final individual event in 1:45.14, out-touching Tennessee’s Sam McHugh who was 2nd in 1:45.32. Martin Wallace of Mizzou was 3rd in 1:46.15.

400 Freestyle Relay

The Tennessee women dominated the 400 free relay, with their A and B teams going 1-2. The A team of Harper Bruens, Madeline Banic, Alex Cleveland and Faith Johnson won in 3:15.81, with Johnson splitting a 48.13. The B team was 2nd in 3:18.51. Anchor Kira Toussaint threw down a 48.33 anchor leg. Virginia Tech was 3rd (3:22.19) and Tennessee was 4th (3:22.83).

The Mizzou men capped the meet off with a dominant win in the 400 free relay, with fast splits across the board from Mikel Schreuders (43.99), Michael Chadwick (41.53), Andrew Sansoucie (43.19) and Fabian Schwingenschlogl (43.50).  They won by over 4 seconds in 2:52.21, an A-cut and new school record. Tennessee was 2nd (2:56.46) and 3rd went to Mizzou B in 2:57.67.

Final Scores

The Tennessee women completed their wire-to-wire win, scoring 1214.5 points. The Virginia Tech team made up some ground on Missouri, as they ended up tying with 946.5 points apiece.

On the men’s side, the Mizzou men also led wire-to-wire, winning with 1283.5 points. 2nd place went to Tennessee with 923, and Virginia Tech was 3rd with 849.5.

We saw some incredible swimming this weekend from all teams, especially the Tennessee women and Mizzou men who look very strong heading into the rest of this season.