Missouri Valley Conference – Women
- Wednesday, February 19 – Saturday, February 22
- Mizzou Aquatic Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (Central Time Zone)
- Defending Champion: Missouri State (3x) (results)
- Live results (Available on MeetMobile)
- Live Video
- Championship Central
- Day 1 Results
TEAM SCORES THROUGH DAY 1
- Missouri State – 74
- Southern Illinois – 68
- Northern Iowa – 66
- Indiana State – 62
- Illinois State – 58
- Little Rock – 52
- Evansville – 48
- Valparaiso – 44
Missouri State leads the Missouri Valley Champs through the first day of competition, taking the 800 free relay, and finishing in a close 2nd in the 200 medley relay. The Bears were dominant in the 800 free relay, swimming a 7:16.33 to finish over 10 seconds ahead of the field. Grace Beahan led the squad off in 1:49.90, with Anna Miller (1:48.75), Alex Thorson (1:50.29), and Liberty Howell (1:47.39). It was Illinois State that got out to the earlyh lead, with Kierston Farley-Sepe leading the Redbirds off in 1:48.37, which was the 2nd fastest time in the entire field, despite being off a flat-start. Illinois State ended up in 4th with a 7:30.51. There was one other sub-1:50 split in the field, coming from UNI’s lead-off, Katie Taylor, who posted a 1:49.68. Northern Iowa went on to come in 2nd with a 7:26.59.
Southern Illinois won the 200 medley relay in a very tight race with Missouri State and Northern Iowa. Here is the split comparison between the 3:
| SIU | MSU | UNI | |||
| Lucia Romero | 25.11 | Sarah Allegri | 25.67 | Katie Taylor | 25.33 |
| Sarah Vogt | 29.11 | Yuliya Zubina | 29.06 | Moriah Ross | 28.20 |
| Rita Naude | 24.21 | Ulyana Zubina | 24.44 | Lauren Havertape | 24.21 |
| Sierra Forbord | 22.85 | Anna Miller | 22.34 | Sydney Schmidt | 24.20 |
| 1:41.28 | 1:41.51 | 1:41.94 |
Lucia Romero got SIU out to a slight early lead with her lead-off split, but UNI took over afer that, posting a 52.41 on the middle 100, compared to 53.32 for SIU, and 53.50 for Missouri State. SIU then out-split UNI by 1.35 seconds on the anchor leg, while MSU out-split UNI by 1.86, with both teams overtaking UNI.
