Uvis Kalnins

Boilermakers Lead After Day 1 of Purdue Invite

The Boilermakers have taken control of their home invitational after day one scoring.

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Missouri State’s Kalnins Picks up Second MAC Swimmer of the Week Award

Senior Uvis Kalnins won two races and finished runner-up in two others to highlight the Bears’ performance at the Kansas Double Dual from Oct. 23-24.

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Dora Kiss Triples as Missouri State Hosts Drury

Missouri State hosted cross-town rival Drury at Hammons Pool, winning both the men’s and women’s meets.

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Bears and Salukis Split in Fierce Battle of Conference Rivals

Minki Kang fought off SIU’s Michael Wolfe for a close win in the 1000 free as Missouri State hosted Southern Illinois at Hammons Student Center on October 10th.

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Pool Record for Kalnins as Mo State Handles Evansville

Uvis Kalnins broke the Hammons Student Center Record in the 100 breaststroke as the Bears mauled conference rival Evansville.

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Chadwick Sweeps Sprints at Mizzou’s Show Me Showdown

Making his season debut, USA National Team member Michael Chadwick won the sprint double in dominating fashion.

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Missouri State Bears Named to CSCAA All-America Team List

Missouri State men’s swimming and diving finishes in the top 10 among all Division I institutions for its spring team GPA while Garrett Nevels and rising senior Uvis Kalnins lead a host of Bears being honored as CSCAA Scholar All-Americans.

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Missouri State’s Kalnins Set for Swimming’s Biggest Events This Summer

Missouri State’s Uvis Kalnins will swim for Latvia in two of the biggest competitive events in the world this summer when he travels to South Korea and Russia, respectively, for the World University Games and FINA World Championships.

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Bubble Watching From Night 2 of the 2015 Pac-12, MAC Championships

Cal’s Will Hamilton is on the right side of the bubble after the 500 free at the Pac-12 Championships, and still has his best race (the 200 fly) to go.

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Missouri State Swimming and Diving head to Notre Dame for Shamrock Invitational

The Missouri State men’s swimming and diving team heads to Notre Dame, Ind., for its final regular-season meet of the season at the Shamrock Invitational beginning at 4 p.m. CST Friday, Jan. 30, at Rolfs Aquatic Center.

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MEET NOTES: Missouri State Swimming & Diving take on Rice Saturday at 3pm

The Missouri State women’s swimming and diving team heads to Houston, Texas, for its first event of the New Year in a dual against the Rice Owls at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3.

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Kelsi Worrell Sets Pool Record On Day Three Prelims of Louisville Cardinals Invite

Kelsi Worrell who has been lighting it up at this meet with some very fast swims set herself up perfectly for another, taking the top seed in the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.86. The Louisville swimmer broke the pool record in the process with that time, and wasn’t that far off her Louisville team record of 48.48.

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Detro and Kalnins are MAC Swimmers of the Week for November 3rd

Becca Detro of Eastern Michigan was named MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week, while Missouri State’s Uvis Kalnins earned the men’s award.

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Missouri State Adds to Recruiting Class with Verbal from Distance Swimmer Minki Kang

Distance freestyler Minki Kang of Arkansas Dolphin Laser Swim Team is the latest to give his verbal commitment to the Missouri State Bears.

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Missouri State Bears Pick Up Verbal Commitment from Hungarian Breast/IM Specialist Artur Osvath

Hungarian breaststroker/IMer Artur Osvath has made a verbal commitment to Missouri State University for the 2015-16 season.

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