Missouri State vs Indiana State (W) vs Missouri S&T (M)
- November 5-6, 2021
- Springfield. Mo.
- Results
Courtesy: Missouri State Athletics
SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri State swimming and diving programs wins were highlighted by standout performances by Dylan Moffatt in the 1,000 freestyle and A.J. Huskey in the 400 IM on Saturday morning at Hammons Student Center. The men defeated Missouri S&T, 211.5-102.5 while the women defeated Indiana State, 221-132.
Moffatt dominated the men’s 1,000 freestyle, winning with a pool record-breaking performance of 9:06.91. The time was the 25th-fastest among all collegiate swimmers this season.
“It was great to set a pool record today,” Moffatt reflected. “It is always nice to break a pool record at home, especially on senior day. I thought everyone performed very well and I executed my race very well. I am excited for what is to come.”
Huskey won the 400 IM with a time of 3:58.05, which was the 43rd-fastest time nationally this season.
“My first two college wins were this weekend which felt great,” Huskey said. “Going into the 400 IM, I was keeping my eye on that pool record board which was the goal. Unfortunately, I was six one-hundredths off but it was still a great time for me and still my best in-season time. I could not be happier with that and it is a good sign going into the rest of the season.”
Prior to starting the final day of events, the MSU senior class of Adriana Avila, Arthur Cury, Kellie Fischer, Trevor Fischer, Michael Hampel, Libby Howell, Pawel Krawczyk, Anna Miller, John David Spence and Alex Thorson were honored.
Missouri State got things started by winning the women’s 200 medley relay as the quartet of Kelly Sego, Sami Roemer, Yuliya Zubina and Anna Miller swam a 1:44.43. The MSU squad of Sira Limbu, Alessia Puleo, Payton Smith and Jordan Wenner (1:50.07).
In the men’s 200 freestyle relay, Robbie Hill, Hampel, Cury and Reese Hodgins were victorious with a time of 1:31.67. AJ Huskey, Nick Schuster, Arthur Cury and Reese Hodgins (1:34.55) finished third.
Missouri State swept the women’s 1000 freestyle as Libby Howell won in 10:04.9, followed by Vera Margula (10:09.8) in second and Sam Hietpas (10:15.8) in third.
Krawczyk followed up Moffatt in the 1000 freestyle by taking second with a time of 9:15.03.
Miller picked up her seventh win of the season in the women’s 50 freestyle by taking the event in 23.39, while Ulyana Zubina (24.51) finished third.
Hodgins and Bruno Guerra went 2-3 in the men’s 50 freestyle with times of 21.68 and 21.70, respectively.
In the women’s 100 backstroke, Hannah Amelung led the way by clocking a 58.75 to place second, while Sego (58.78) followed in third.
Robbie Hill was victorious in the men’s 100 backstroke, registering a time of 49.88. Huskey followed in third by swimming a 52.38.
The Bears took both of the 200 breaststroke events as Puleo (2:22.01) won the women’s and Hampel (2:06.04) won the men’s. Schuster also finished in the top-three with a time of 2:09.31 to take third.
Miller was victorious again in the 100 butterfly by registering a time of 56.27. Ulyana Zubina (58.22) followed in third.
Cury won the men’s 100 butterfly by swimming a 51.16 while Robbie Hill (51.54) finished fourth.
In the women’s 200 freestyle, Howell swam a 1:54.58 to win the event and Anna Lucas placed third with a time of 1:55.40.
Suzuki and Krawczyk went 1-2 in the men’s 200 freestyle with times of 1:41.20 and 1:43.74.
Missouri State was dominant in both the 400 IM events as the Bears swept both. Sego led the way for the women with a time of 4:24.70, followed by Roemer (4:26.30) in second and Smith (4:31.79) in third. Following Huskey on the men’s side was Tyler Lewis (4:01.92) in second and Moffatt (4:07.11) in third.
“It was really exciting,” Sego remarked. “All of our hard work is starting to pay off. We work so hard every day so it is nice to see that come into play. I am really excited to see what we can do at the meet at Purdue in a couple of weeks.”
In diving action Avila (243.52) placed third, Hailey Rissinger (234.67) took fourth and Courtney Stanbury (227.10) finished fifth on the 3-meter boards.
“I did pretty well for myself today,” Avila said. “At this point in the season I feel confident about everything that we’ve been doing and I am excited for what the rest of the season has to offer.”
In men’s 1-meter diving, Spence (259.20) finished first and Fischer (254.40) placed second.
“I am really proud of how we competed today on senior day,” Spence said. “It has been a lot of fun to dive with Trevor and Adrianna over the last four years and I think today was a good example of our hard work we’ve been putting in over the course of our careers.”
The Bears will be back in action when they travel to West Lafayette, Ind., to compete in the Purdue Invitational from Nov. 18-20.
Courtesy: Indiana State Athletics
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Indiana State wrapped up the this weekend’s dual meet at Missouri State with a pair of event titles as the Sycamores closed out the two-day event at the Hammons Student Center.
Madie Rutan completed the backstroke sweep on the weekend as the sophomore picked up the win in the 100-yard Backstroke event on Saturday, while Sarah Montgomery helped the Sycamores to the diving sweep as she and Bailey Betzer went 1-2 in the 3M diving event to highlight Indiana State’s efforts on the final day.
Overall, the Sycamores fell to the host Bears in the dual meet standings, 221-132, in the lone regular season dual meet that will feature the two Missouri Valley Conference rivals.
Rutan was tops in the field with another dominant display in the women’s 100-yard Backstroke event. After topping the field by nearly two seconds in Friday night’s opening 200-yard Back, Rutan continued to pull away from the field over the shorter distance with her time (57.63) sitting over a full second ahead of Missouri State’s Hannah Amelung to take the event title.
Montgomery also continues to build on a strong season as the junior posted a new career-high in the 3M diving event. Her score (266.55) was nearly 13 points higher than teammate Betzer (253.57) and five points higher than her previous career mark set two weeks ago against Northern Iowa. The Peru, Ind. native’s score also sits third all-time in the ISU annals and was the third-best performance in the MVC in the 2021-22 season.
Other Indiana State marks of note include Molly Fogarty posting a season-best 10:41.49 in the 1000-yard Freestyle, while freshman Alexa Szadorski continues to improve in knocking off nearly two seconds off her time for a season-best mark in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:26.67).
The Sycamores finish the day with strong performances in both relay events. Carmen Alard Vegas, Elle Gilkerson, Marni Gray, and Chloe Farro finish in second place in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:46.91. Farro, Szadorski, Alexandria Cotter, and Emily Webb also finish second in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:31.73.
Overall, Indiana State had a swimmer or diver finish in the top two in 8 of the 10 events on the day.
Up Next
The Sycamores will be splitting the team up in their next competition as the Indiana State diving team will travel to West Lafayette, Ind. for the Purdue Invite on Thursday, November 18 through November 20 at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center. The Sycamore swim team will travel to Lawrence, Kan. for the Kansas Classic on Friday, November 19 through November 21 at the Robinson Natatorium.
Courtesy: Missouri S&T Athletics
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri S&T’s swimming team dropped a dual meet for the second straight day to Missouri State on Saturday, but did get a winning performance along the way from Gabe Asevedo in a meet the Bears won by a count of 109.5-57.5.
Competing in nine different events than they did in their meet on Friday, the Miners got a win from Asevedo in the 50-yard freestyle as he edged Missouri State’s Reese Hodgins and teammate Connor Wiedemeier (West Monroe, LA/West Monroe) with a time of 21.61 seconds. Wiedemeier was tied with Hodgins for second in 21.68 seconds.
Noah Clancy (Alton, IL/Alton) recorded a second place performance in the 100-yard backstroke with his time of 50.76 seconds, as did Andy Huffman (Lee’s Summit, MO/Lee’s Summit) in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:06.96 and Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North) in the 100-yard butterfly in 51.21 seconds.
The Miners’ team of Clancy, Josh Umrysh, Nolan Fergus (Aurora, IL/Marmion Academy) and Asevedo finished second in the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:32.13, while their second team in that event of Mark Cavanaugh (Papillion, NE/Papillion-LaVista), Jay Mercer (Kansas City, MO/Whitefield Academy), Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North) and Cole Akal (Alton, IL/Alton) finished third in 1:34.55.
S&T also had second and third place finishes in the 400-yard freestyle relay, with the team of Wiedemeier, Asevedo, Baxter and Aidan Walters (Olathe, KS/Olathe East) taking second in 3:07.43. The Miners’ quartet that took third in a time of 3:12.80 consisted of Marcelo Busch (Sao Centrano Do Sui-Sp, Brazil/Colegio Ateneu), Alec Davis (Joplin, MO/Joplin), Akal and Umrysh.
Alex Graham (Parker, TX/Homeschooled) placed third in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:38 flat as did Nolan Fergus (Aurora, IL/Marmion Academy) in the 100-butterfly in 51.37 seconds and Wiedemeier in the 200-freestyle in 1:44.56. Fourth place finishes came courtesy of Martin Melinder (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) in the 1,000-freestyle in 9:38.38, Mercer in the 200-breaststroke in 2:09.53 and Huffman in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:12.29.
Missouri S&T’s next competition will take place at the Missouri Invitational starting on Nov. 17 in Columbia, Mo.
