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Missouri State Swim & Dive Announces 2024-25 Schedule

This upcoming season will mark the first time the Missouri Valley Conference has sponsored men’s swimming & diving since the 2002-03 season.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Dave Collins

Collins led Missouri State to an eighth straight Missouri Valley Conference title, and was named MVC Swimming Coach of the Year for the eighth time.

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Lee Smothers Named Assistant Coach At Missouri State

Smothers was most recently the head coach of the Jonesboro Jets, and also spent three years as the head site coach with the Arkansas Racers from 2019-22.

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Caitlyn Friebe Commits to Missouri State’s Class of 2027 With Roster Leading Times

Caitlyn Friebe from Springfield, Missouri has announced her commitment to in-state Missouri State University for the fall of 2023. 

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Missouri State Announces 2022-23 Swim & Dive Schedule

The MSU women have claimed six straight Missouri Valley Conference titles, while the men’s squad is coming off a third-place showing at the 2022 MAC meet.

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Missouri State Wins 6th-Straight MVC Title, Howell Wins 15th Individual Title

Missouri State has won their 6th consecutive Missouri Valley Conference title, and the 10th MVC title under head coach Dave Collins’ leadership.

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Southern Illinois Women Beat Missouri State For First Time Since 2015

The Southern Illinois women beat Missouri State for the first time in six years, led by a group of strong freshmen who secured some individual wins.

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2021 MVC Champs: Missouri State Wins 5th-Straight Title, Miller Hits 48.6 100FR

Missouri State won their 5th-straight MVC Championship last night, doing so by the largest margin in school history.

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Division II UIndy Breaks 5 Records in Wins over Missouri State, Indiana State

In a two-day meet the UIndy women came out 2-0 with five broken records, beating Missouri State 187.5-179.5 and Indiana State 195-173.

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Kansas Sweeps South Dakota, Missouri State in Weekend Double Dual

Kansas won in convincing fashion, topping South Dakota 261-87 and Missouri State 244-101 inside Robinson Natatorium on Friday and Saturday.

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Missouri State Women Picked to Win Missouri Valley Conference Crown

Missouri State has been unanimously selected by the league coaches as the favorite to win the Missouri Valley Conference women’s swimming and diving title.

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Four Home Meets on 2019-20 Slate for Missouri State

Missouri State coach Dave Collins announced the upcoming 2019-20 schedule for the Bears, highlighted by four home meets at Hammons Student Center (HSC) Pool.

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Drury Women, Missouri State Men Win in Thursday Dual

The Drury women’s swimming & diving team won 10 of 11 swimming events in Thursday’s ‘Duel in the Pool’ to pick up a 136-105 win over Missouri State, while the men fell to the Bears 169-65.

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Osvath, Howell Pace Missouri State in Sweep of Southern Illinois

Standouts Artur Osvath and Libby Howell each collected three individual titles as the Missouri State swimming and diving team notched its second straight sweep in a two-day period at Southern Illinois Saturday morning.

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Missouri State Wins 12 Individual Events in Sweep of Evansville

The Missouri State swimming and diving team sported 12 different individual winners – six men and six women – in landslide victories at Evansville Friday night.

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